Burning man preparations!

I am super stoked to be going back to the Burn this year, this is going to be my first year truly going it alone. I am going to be camping with a big group of strangers basically, but they are going to be hella rad people.

I bought myself a soulpad 4000 hybrid for the burn this year, I am pretty damn excited about it! This year is going to be my most comfortable year yet, I definitely want to make some kind of swamp cooler so I don't get crazy hot.

I am feeling very creative lately, I am inspired to make yarn/fake dread headresses or "dreadresses" as  I like to call them. I just can't wait until I have dreads of my own!

Goals this week: I need to get back on track and start training more.

GOAL 1: hula hooping 30 minutes per day minimum

GOAL 2: go running for 20-30 minutes

GOAL 3: go hiking somewhere for 1-2 hours, hike UPHILL

GOAL 4: hot yoga twice per week

GOAL 5: do my pole dance workout one time this week

GOAL 6: Drink green juice! Try for everyday!

Finally... a day off!!!

Wow I am so tired today! Dianne, Alex, and I spun some fire at the park last night, it was pretty fun. We ran into some cool cats down there, it was nice to be with other fire spinners! We ended up staying up a bit late though, and we met up for breakfast this morning around 9am. I was soooo tired  but breakfast was yummy and I was able to say goodbye to Dianne before she left back home.  It was a good week! Here are some photos from our adventure:

                                                                      Flathead Lake

House of Vortex

House of Vortex

Glacier National Park

Glacier National Park

Today, I ate some yummy veggie browns at burns street bistro made with brussel sprouts, cauliflower, broccoli and potatoes. After that, I basically went to go teach kids to hula hoop for an hour and then I fell asleep when I got home because I was so exhausted! So, just now, I treated myself to an almond milk frappe from Nitro with just a tiny bit of white chocolate so its not too sweet. YUM!

For Dinner, I NEED to make use of some of this zucchini from the garden so I think I will make pesto zoodles. I will post the recipe later! Ciao for now!

Enjoy Life

I haven't written for about 4 days, which doesn't mean that I have fallen off the wagon I have just been busy and not focused on my diet. My friend Dianne is here from southern california and so we have been hanging out with the Masc crew and doing fun stuff. We did alot of hanging out, flow arts, and we took a trip to Glacier and stopped at Flathead Lake and the House of Vortex... it was pretty amazing!!

My food choices have been pretty good, but I have decided today that I am ready to kick it up a notch and incorporate juice back into my diet. I have plenty of veggies in the garden that need harvesting and now would be a perfect time to start. I am going to the garden right after I write this post to water and check things out. I would also like to plant carrots and beets, maybe not today but maybe tomorrow.

I have been struggling with extreme fatigue lately. My moods have been subpar, I feel irritated, angry, and anxious a lot lately. I feel the stress of my job piling up and I feel like I really need a new job. I am going to work on my resume and apply at some local restaurants like the James Bar. I'm also considering not working this semester and focusing on school. The one great thing about the Cracker Barrel is the flexible scheduling. It was nice to only have to work like 10 hours a week during the winter.

I am planning on doing a few things to combat the fatigue. First of all, incorporating a cleansing diet with green juice and green smoothies. Secondly, I would like to quit smoking. Thirdly, I would like to eliminate coffee, at least for a few weeks or a month. And lastly, I would like to do more cardio exercise like hiking, running, jumping on a trampoline, etc.

I need to get more into teaching yoga. I need to develop my voice as a teacher. About focusing on the breath and such. I would like to memorize a script and use that until I am comfortable without it. I am going to call my class Yoga for Aerialists. I would also like to develop a restorative yoga class and call it Yoga Recovery for Athletes. I am going to be attending a lot more yoga classes and start writing down ideas after class about things I liked and didn't like. I need to start keeping a journal.

I am considering taking a semester off and taking part in Selena's 300 hour yoga teacher training in Thailand. Not only would I love to go to Thailand, I would have some friends with me and the familiarity of my teacher. My focus will be on yoga alignment and cross training with drills.

Fitness needs to become the center of my life. I am wondering if I can find a fitness-related job. For now, I am just asking the universe to provide me with the perfect job. I plan to spend some time by myself manifesting my perfect job/ boyfriend/ life.

All in all, I am confident about my future and excited about my year!!

Day 11

My eating habits were pretty good yesterday, I had my hemp milk/ cacao/ banana/ maca smoothie and it was YUM!! And then I picked up my friend Dianne from the airport and we made more smoothie and curry with basmati rice and naan, it was sooo good! But it was really HOT outside plus the curry was spicy and the stove heats up the house so I was sweating when I ate it haha.

Then I had a drink of tequila or two with my friends at Masc and we hula hooped, juggled, did yoga, and generally played around in the gym all silly-like. I love circus people so much!

I need to be around people, I need to be social or I get depressed.

So my plan for today is go to work (11-2... so awesome only 3-4 hours of work!) and when I get home, I am going to hit up my friends and go over to the studio to play with flow toys and I will probably go to aerial fitness.


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Day 8 9 and 10.. fall... get back on the horse!!!

If day 7 was a day of getting things done, day 8 was a day of messing things up.

I ended up drinking a whole bottle of cab sav on thursday night. I had like two bars of symphony chocolate.

and then i woke up and ate cheesy scrambled eggs with hash browns and wheat toast from pauls pancake parlor. I had an almond milk latte that was way too sweet from nitro. And I had a piece of pizza from wordens and a a frappe from the break. I also had some popcorn from Ace.

The next few days were filled with Big Dipper ice cream (yum!), pesto sticks from the bridge (hey but i also ate a salad lol), and strawberry rhubarb pie with more big dipper ice cream

And salads. So i guess the salads make up for the rest? hahaha i was running around at work all day too. Get back on the horse!!

Day 7 - Do it NOW

I woke up feeling very depressed today. I don't know why. I went over to Mikes house for a bit and after that, I decided that even though I didn't feel good, I was going to accomplish things.

So I started off by cleaning the shower in my bathroom. It was disgusting and it really needed it. I was on a cleaning kick so I did the dishes upstairs and cleaned the kitchen.

I then had some leftover curry from  yesterday, I did SUCH an amazing job! And I ate the naan yesterday but not today, just the curry and a quinoa patty. And hot sauce.. of course. I put some of this zucchini in my curry as well, I just harvested it from my garden that very same day! For dessert I had a whole lotta banana, almond butter, cacao, maca, hemp milk smoothie. It was so good, and it has been so hot around here lately it was nice to have something cold.

Yesterday when I was cooking curry I was also eating carrot sticks with jalapeno hummus. I had some again today when I got home from washing my car. I feel accomplished, I also went to the recycling center and to the ...dun dun dun... dreaded Wal Mart. I bought a vacuum and some other cleaning supplies, sponges, a pink tupperware bin, and leopard print seat covers. After I cleaned up my car and washed it, I put a hello kitty decal on my car that I have literally been trying to do for like 3 or 4 years. I can't remember when I bought it except I bought it because it had hello kitty hula hooping. I am pretty stoked to finally have that on my car.

     

I made a smoothie for dinner that was my favorite combo of banana, almond butter, hemp milk, maca, cacao, and I also put it some of my vegan protein powder since it was for a meal. It was really yummy!!

I'm doing laundry now, it feels really really good to have my room clean. I feel pretty accomplished even though I woke up feeling depressed. It just goes to show, that if you start doing stuff you will probably feel better in the long run, even if you don't feel like it. Just do it. Do it NOW!!! That was my motto today... Do it NOW!!!

Day 6

Woohoo! I am off work for the day and I have off the next two days! I have a lot of things I want to get done and I am pretty excited.

First things first, I need to record my yoga class and run through it. I will be recording that today. I need to get paper for my printer, apparently I can't find the paper I had before. I should get nail polish remover too, because I got ink on my hands yesterday when I was replacing the ink cartridges. I also need to pick up my medicine.

I am going to make curry tonight, I have all the ingredients. I also need to water all the gardens. I would like to make chocolate almond butter cups later too.

Aside from that, tomorrow I have to get my independent contractor's license fixed and notarized and mailed. I also need to deposit money in the bank. I am going to do my laundry, and maybe buy a lawnmower if my roommates will pitch in on it.

I will be training the next couple days too. I can't get crazy sweaty but I can go to aerial fitness and go on hikes. I can also do some yoga as long as it doesn't affect my tattoo at all. I can definitely do handstands. I will be hula hooping a lot too, and running drills. I am going to practice splits with the hoops (with hoops on the knee, stomach, foot, and hand or hoops on the knees, stomach, ribs, hands. I will also practice some quad hooping. I should really bring my computer with me to Masc so that I can look at some of the tutorials I have saved on my computer.

Mike wants to pick huckleberries on Friday so I guess I will be doing that. I will also be cleaning and organizing my room.

Last night I ended up making some oven fries with ketchup instead of making curry. I was too lazy and it was getting late anyway. I also ate that brownie.

Today I had my usual breakfast : 1 cup gluten free hot cereal with sliced banana, blackberries, honey, and ghee.

At work today I ate some hashbrowns with ketchup that were a screw up from the kitchen,  I was pretty stoked. I have also been drinking coffee.

Tonights food will be curry and rice with naan and chocolate almond butter cups for dessert
Its gonna be gooooood