September 26, 2010
This week was one of the best in so long
By: Gina
I didn’t travel anywhere nor did I do a rundown of absolutely anywhere but as far as my workout routines, I did excellent so I‘m quite pleased since all of last week I was in an eating marathon and I only managed to squeeze in my early Sunday run. Friday and Saturday could’ve been a lot more productive but I was too lazy to get up and I was feeling like a whale because, I got on the “seafood diet,” ate everything I saw (see) for an entire week. I’m glad my photo session didn’t happen! I guess it’s good that my photographer stood me up because I was mortified about those 3 extra kilos lounging around on my waist line! So while I look for another photographer, I will have some time to shed off those stubborn 3 kilos.
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It is really not an excuse but the reason why I didn’t work out was because I’ve been working on a documentary about Tequila with a Film Producer from Seattle and him and his camera man were here last week so we had to go to Tequila, Amatitán, etc, to do interviews, film and many things which makes me really happy career wise but fitness wise I am not giving my best so I need to manage my time better. I’ve always found that one of the biggest challenges because I don’t have any stability work wise so I can be working at 5, 6 am or sometimes at 9, 10 11 pm so I really need to do something about this issue.
Tomorrow I’m going with a friend to check out a 24 hour gym that is opening soon.
That is one of the things I miss the most about California, those 24 hour fitness, at times I feel somewhat limited in Guadalajara because I don’t feel safe to go on my super early morning runs like I used to when I was competing and 99% of the gyms here open at 6am so I’d have to rush to be teaching my first class at 8 o’clock so I don’t even enjoy my workouts because they’re too short and I am more focused on time than on my workouts.
So going back to this week, my workouts were a lot of fun because I broke out of the monotony and mixed them up just like I do with my clothes when I’m getting ready to go to work.
On Monday I did cross training, 20 minutes on the elliptical, 20 minutes on the Stairmaster and 20 minutes on the treadmill plus I worked out arms and abs. My target was to work out every other day this week but on Wednesday I had to take my mother to the airport and Tuesday and Thursday I had class at 7.
On Friday I was too lazy to make it to the gym at 6 so I went for a run at parque metropolitan, I jogged 5k and jogged and sprinted another. 5k. on Saturday I did an hour and 3 minutes of spinning plus arms and abs. Plus! Today I went hiking, total time: 1:40 minutes, 9.5k going down this really steep cliff and 9.5k coming back up.
I go there very seldom and it feels like every time it keeps getting harder and harder to make it back. I must be getting “OLD,” perhaps I’m falling out of shape, or both.
I thought my legs would be sore but they feel great! In 10 weeks I’ll be another year older and I will get on a military regimen so I can celebrate my birthday looking and feeling better.
I know I don’t have a set date to update my writing but I am trying, right!? At least I got it done, that’s what I always tell myself whenever I do something.
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Sunday, September 26, 2010
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Have you stopped and asked yourself?
Have you stopped and asked yourself?
Am I enjoying life to its fullest? Am I missing out on something? How often do I overindulge in things like drinking caffeine, drinking alcohol, checking or sending emails, talking on the phone, texting, spending time with a loved one, engaging with others on social media sites, watching TV, chronically complaining about what isn’t working, fueling drama, rushing from one activity or task to another, getting caught up, taking care of the needs of others,
this week while at a business dinner I was listening to a very successful man talk about how he no longer distracts himself with substance or activities that prevent him from living in the present. I was reminded of how important it is to limit these seductive actions. When overdone, they make it easy to numb out, avoid making necessary changes, lose connections with loved ones, or tolerate the things that would be intolerable to someone with healthy high standards.
That made me ask myself, which ones am I ready to limit this week so I can feel and experience more of my precious life.
While pondering at life in Guadalajara it made me realize that I lack the knowledge of so much more. It seems as if the last two or three years I’ve revolved around the same things. Work, workout, and travel here and there that I never make time to enjoy life to its max anymore. As far as culture goes, when I thought I had it all narrowed down, it dawned on me that I am nowhere near a third of knowing all about the beauty of this place. “Slow down” or “are you ever going to rest?” people say. And I tell them, I will rest when I die. I just go, go go and some people can’t keep up.
There are only 24 hours in one day and we must make time to sit back and enjoy the beauty of life, although sometimes it is impossible because when I think of how much knowledge I lack in many areas of life, I feel very stupid and……………….
I lost my train of thought, I am not fully concentrated, I am not making enough time to write as much as I did before.
It is the end of another day and my mind keeps spinning, thinking about the tough week that lies ahead.
Am I enjoying life to its fullest? Am I missing out on something? How often do I overindulge in things like drinking caffeine, drinking alcohol, checking or sending emails, talking on the phone, texting, spending time with a loved one, engaging with others on social media sites, watching TV, chronically complaining about what isn’t working, fueling drama, rushing from one activity or task to another, getting caught up, taking care of the needs of others,
this week while at a business dinner I was listening to a very successful man talk about how he no longer distracts himself with substance or activities that prevent him from living in the present. I was reminded of how important it is to limit these seductive actions. When overdone, they make it easy to numb out, avoid making necessary changes, lose connections with loved ones, or tolerate the things that would be intolerable to someone with healthy high standards.
That made me ask myself, which ones am I ready to limit this week so I can feel and experience more of my precious life.
While pondering at life in Guadalajara it made me realize that I lack the knowledge of so much more. It seems as if the last two or three years I’ve revolved around the same things. Work, workout, and travel here and there that I never make time to enjoy life to its max anymore. As far as culture goes, when I thought I had it all narrowed down, it dawned on me that I am nowhere near a third of knowing all about the beauty of this place. “Slow down” or “are you ever going to rest?” people say. And I tell them, I will rest when I die. I just go, go go and some people can’t keep up.
There are only 24 hours in one day and we must make time to sit back and enjoy the beauty of life, although sometimes it is impossible because when I think of how much knowledge I lack in many areas of life, I feel very stupid and……………….
I lost my train of thought, I am not fully concentrated, I am not making enough time to write as much as I did before.
It is the end of another day and my mind keeps spinning, thinking about the tough week that lies ahead.
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Road trip
On my way to a road trip of a few beaches in Jalisco earlier this month, I realized that I hadn’t felt so much peace in my mind heart and soul in such a long time. Planning to get away for a few days can be postponed many times because work, family, time, or many other excuses so this time I said, “ok, I’m going!” Isabel one of my students was headed that direction on the same day so she offered to pick me up.
On our way there, Isabel, her parents and I were talking about so many things that the 3 and a half hours to Compostela went by in a flash. I watched them closely and noticed how well they get along, they didn’t scream at each other, they didn’t make drama about anything, they were very loving, all they inspired was peace and happiness.
In the midst of all this turmoil in Mexico and everywhere in the world, when you turn on the t. v., when you read the news in the internet all you see is crime, violence, drugs, deaths, rage, revenge, perversion, it is easy for us to lose sleep and get depressed.
Being around that loving family made me realize that even though every single human being is born with a good side and an evil side and we develop our evil side a lot more, it doesn’t mean that we are all bad and that all we do is bad and harm one another. Throughout my journey in life I’ve come across many bad intentioned people but I’ve also been fortunate to meet a few good people and those are the ones who stay in my life forever. I like surrounding myself with good and energized people, those who generate good vibes. Being around with people who only project bad vibes can poison our souls. We already have enough with our own conflicts and we don’t want to take on someone else’s.
During the entire trip while talking to them, I also thought about many things like life’s challenges.
There have been very tough times in my life and I’ve kicked and cried and thrown fits, asked why many times, and I had a lot of anger, frustration, resentment and rage but timing is everything.
The end of 2008, all of 2009 and half of 2010 were really challenging for me because everything went downhill. Sometimes we make the wrong decisions because we are not patient.
the economy went out the roof and I lost a lot of money like millions of people did, I lost someone extremely close to me, I had an accident in December of 2008, the holidays came and I always feel melancholic, my relationship ended and as much as I tried to save it, it was too late, the beginning of 2009 seemed very depressing and tense because many companies were downsizing, then Easter break came and with that the influenza where I don’t make money in any holiday as I work as an independent contractor, Mexico was put on red alert because of the spread of the disease, then in June to top it off I had an accident in which I almost died. It wasn’t my fault, things in my family were not going well, it is normal for every family to have conflicts at times, other small incidents that I let get to me happened. I ended up getting very anxious and depressed. It’s like they say, “when it rains, it pours.”
The world was in crisis and I was in a much deeper crisis but I won’t go into details because it still hurts to dig down that path. I stopped enjoying all the things that I am passionate about like working out, going on my early morning run on Sundays, reading.
There have been very few moments like that in my life and I really dread them because I can’t control them.
Many things have happened while being in Guadalajara but I won’t act like a coward and take off because I am here for a reason. I know I have a mission here and I will accomplish it.
Throughout my crisis I made many mistakes and hurt a few loved ones, I held on to people who didn’t want me in their life anymore and it took me a long time to understand and accept it. One of the reasons I never understood why I was never given another chance was because I have always believed in second chances but not everyone is like me so I accept it.
One thing I’ve learned from that crisis though is never to wear my feelings on my shoulders and that it is through turmoil when you find out who really cares about you and who will be there in ups and downs, through black and white, through good and bad. It doesn’t mean that we can hurt and lie to our loved ones and that we can treat them as we please. Time fate have proven that things happen for a reason and that everything that was not meant to be, it will not happen as much as we fight for it.
I was afraid to look back and remember all those things but I’ve finally let them go. Live, learn, let go and continue. That road trip was the beginning of a new me, a peaceful me. The “me” that can once again enjoy my early morning runs and all the simple things in life.
On our way there, Isabel, her parents and I were talking about so many things that the 3 and a half hours to Compostela went by in a flash. I watched them closely and noticed how well they get along, they didn’t scream at each other, they didn’t make drama about anything, they were very loving, all they inspired was peace and happiness.
In the midst of all this turmoil in Mexico and everywhere in the world, when you turn on the t. v., when you read the news in the internet all you see is crime, violence, drugs, deaths, rage, revenge, perversion, it is easy for us to lose sleep and get depressed.
Being around that loving family made me realize that even though every single human being is born with a good side and an evil side and we develop our evil side a lot more, it doesn’t mean that we are all bad and that all we do is bad and harm one another. Throughout my journey in life I’ve come across many bad intentioned people but I’ve also been fortunate to meet a few good people and those are the ones who stay in my life forever. I like surrounding myself with good and energized people, those who generate good vibes. Being around with people who only project bad vibes can poison our souls. We already have enough with our own conflicts and we don’t want to take on someone else’s.
During the entire trip while talking to them, I also thought about many things like life’s challenges.
There have been very tough times in my life and I’ve kicked and cried and thrown fits, asked why many times, and I had a lot of anger, frustration, resentment and rage but timing is everything.
The end of 2008, all of 2009 and half of 2010 were really challenging for me because everything went downhill. Sometimes we make the wrong decisions because we are not patient.
the economy went out the roof and I lost a lot of money like millions of people did, I lost someone extremely close to me, I had an accident in December of 2008, the holidays came and I always feel melancholic, my relationship ended and as much as I tried to save it, it was too late, the beginning of 2009 seemed very depressing and tense because many companies were downsizing, then Easter break came and with that the influenza where I don’t make money in any holiday as I work as an independent contractor, Mexico was put on red alert because of the spread of the disease, then in June to top it off I had an accident in which I almost died. It wasn’t my fault, things in my family were not going well, it is normal for every family to have conflicts at times, other small incidents that I let get to me happened. I ended up getting very anxious and depressed. It’s like they say, “when it rains, it pours.”
The world was in crisis and I was in a much deeper crisis but I won’t go into details because it still hurts to dig down that path. I stopped enjoying all the things that I am passionate about like working out, going on my early morning run on Sundays, reading.
There have been very few moments like that in my life and I really dread them because I can’t control them.
Many things have happened while being in Guadalajara but I won’t act like a coward and take off because I am here for a reason. I know I have a mission here and I will accomplish it.
Throughout my crisis I made many mistakes and hurt a few loved ones, I held on to people who didn’t want me in their life anymore and it took me a long time to understand and accept it. One of the reasons I never understood why I was never given another chance was because I have always believed in second chances but not everyone is like me so I accept it.
One thing I’ve learned from that crisis though is never to wear my feelings on my shoulders and that it is through turmoil when you find out who really cares about you and who will be there in ups and downs, through black and white, through good and bad. It doesn’t mean that we can hurt and lie to our loved ones and that we can treat them as we please. Time fate have proven that things happen for a reason and that everything that was not meant to be, it will not happen as much as we fight for it.
I was afraid to look back and remember all those things but I’ve finally let them go. Live, learn, let go and continue. That road trip was the beginning of a new me, a peaceful me. The “me” that can once again enjoy my early morning runs and all the simple things in life.
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