What makes you "pretty amazing"?

The challenge this week: write out in bullet points/ think about the things that make you who you are and who you'd like to be:] DREAM, have a vision..it'll be easier to reach your goals and get over obstacles if you know what you desire from life..heres mine..

When I walk into a room, I smile, shine, and give people my passion for life. My past experiences have shaped who I am today. My present moment’s help me with who and what I will be in the future. My future will become whatever I desire if I set my “Pretty Amazing” mind to it. The people in my life, my positive attitude, my fun traits, my drive, and my passion to help others live a better life makes me truly “Pretty Amazing”. Growing up in San Jose, California, with supportive parents to help guide me in the right direction, two amazingly smart and talented sisters to look up to, and with driven friends with excellent values and goals, I have had a lot of awesome people influencing my life choices. I would love to help motivate people to make amazing life choices through having an active lifestyle, just as I grew up. I am pretty amazing because I am passionate about helping myself as well as other people become aware of their potential through their mind and body in a positive and proactive way. I love working with people every day and showing off a smile so that I can rub off a positive attitude on people every day in order to make their day a little brighter. My creativity shines through my art work that I have painted throughout my life, my passion for making people laugh with my silly jokes, and my ideas of coming up with innovative ways to help guide people with their lives through mind and body. I became a certified personal fitness trainer and lifestyle coach as soon as I turned eighteen and have become very passionate about motivating people to become active and eat well. By writing a blog as well as training clients in the gym, I have fully executed my passion and have influenced others to share my healthy lifestyle, too. The reason why this makes me so amazing is because not only have I helped people lose a lot of weight and because physically well, but I have also noticed how the lifestyle changes that my clients make [including myself as a client of mine] boost ones confidence and mental capacity. I have also worked for my dad as a DJ for ten years and I am very passionate about becoming motivated through music because I believe that music or any type of audio sets the mood for motivation. This is a big part of why I would love to move to San Francisco in a couple of years after receiving my AA degree and going to San Francisco State to get a degree in Communication Studies. With this degree and with my experience as a DJ/MC and motivating personal trainer, I would love to become a motivational speaker and author to help people become active and set goals for themselves. These goals might possibly include elements of one’s personal lives, professional lives, or a goal in order to help others gain a better life, just as I. My favorite part about this journey is that we must all take one baby step at a time in order to reach our big goals. I am physically tall and mentally strong. I am passionate about helping other people. I am “Pretty Amazing” because I would love to take the positive energy and fire that lives within me and shine it on to other people. 

Stay beYOUtiful -Katie

New Year, New You..2012 HERE WE COME:]

2012 BABY:] here we come. it's time to get on track and feel like a HOTTIE WITH A BODY. Here are my top 3 goals for 2012 for my health and fitness. 

1. -2lbs/month will get me to my goal of 160 by 2013[my 21st]

2. eat very clean/log onto myfitnesspal everyday

3. keep up with cardio/workouts

Goal setting. BlahBlahBlah. I'm sure you've heard to do that since you were a kid. when it comes to health and fitness though and reaching your highest potential for change, we MUST set goals. Be specific, take measurements, be realistic, and set a specific time to accomplish the goal. you have to think big while doing small things so that everything flows in the right direction. 

What is your 3 main goals for 2012? 

Stay beYOUtiful my bloggers;] -Katie

Body Update Pics:D

Hey guys, so as you know, JAN 13,2013..I WILL BE MY GOAL WEIGHT THAT I HAVE DREAMED OF. I am well on my weigh:] hehe. 


Anyhow,for the month of OCT 2011, I weighed in at 187.4. Starting at 202 in June of this year, I'm on my goal of 3lbs a month. 


Here's my progression:

June 2011-202lbs STARTING WEIGHT

July 2011-197.6lbs::  Workout rating=7/10,Eating rating=5/10 NEED TO: get on a routine and log food. Limit partying/drinking/ empty calories.

Aug 2011-193.6lbsWorkout rating=3/10,Eating rating=3/10 NEED TO: follow the plan 100percent and go to sleep earlier. drink more liquid[water,tea]

Sept 2011-194.0lbsWorkout rating=8/10,Eating rating=7/10 NEED TO: donot eat so many damn chipoltle burritos. 6small meals a day. 

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Oct2011-187.4lbsWorkout rating=9/10,Eating rating=8/10 NEEDto:be more explosive with workouts. portion all food into MYFITNESSPAL APP on phone. Put down EVERYthing. 

GOALS<----

Progression<----

187lbs well on my way to 160  and DOIN' IT:] ARE YOU TOO? time for a change. 

StaybeYOUtiful:]-Katie

they holiday[s]

hey guys:] sorry i havn't posted in a while, school is kickin my booty.

anyhow, wanted to drop in and talk about the big bad HOLIDAYS.

we all know that it's known that we tend to gain a little weight during the winter. why though? well i think most of us mistaiken the HOLIDAYS for being a long period of time, when really, the holidays on consist of a few days of the year. for example, halloween isn't a full week. it's a day. cheat meal it up on that day and then get right back on track.

imagine that your destination is your goal. you are driving in a car. a tire pops, what do you do? well, you don't get out and slash the other 3..do you? OF COURSE NOT. change out the tire, OR, mabye call for some help.'

same situation with workingout and eating rite. if you slip a day or 2, no worries. GET BACK ON TRACL. it's never too late. hope you all have a safe and happy halloween:D Stay beYOUtiful-Katie

You're not weak, Your workout's are just REALLY strong.

Good morning bloggers:]


It has come to my attention that many people that try new workouts that are hard think that they are really weak. If you think it, you'll believe it. Rather, your thought should be more focused on the workout itself being a challenge and something to work on rather than blaming yourself.

We are responsible for our body and thoughts. Our workouts MUST be strong in order to improve. If your workout was EXTREMELY light [unless you have an injury] what is that good for? nothing for seeing results. In my opinion, I think It's better to attempt things that are more challenging and believe that you can do it and feel as though you had a hard workout rather than just "getting by"/ The only way you'll get stronger is if you DO IT.

Not only for working out is this is great way of thinking, but in everyday life, too. We must challenge ourselves if we want to grow and learn from our mistakes .

So today's challange is to make a little mistaike and LEARN from it:] Hope you are all having a great week. Sorry for not posting for a while. I've been keeping up with my workouts and changed my routine last week, so I will post about that next time. Stay BE-YOUtiful:]-Katie

BIRTHDAY SHOUTOUT to STACEY:] happy 20th.LOVE YOU

5 tips for being a 10 on the hotness scale:]

Hey bloggers, soooo you may be thinking..is your title of this blog today really having to do with being a hotness scale?

The answer is YES. Because, not to be shallow, but if you consider yourself a ten, you will feel confident and feel great about yourself. Here are a few tips to help you be a 10:]

1: FOOD:] Learn how to read nutrition labels, know how many calories you should be eating per day vs grams of fat protein and carbs, drink plenty of water, snack throughout the day to keep your metabolism high so you always have energy, and practice portion control.
EXAMPLE: In order for me to reach my weight goal, I must consume 2000 calories everyday..including 200g Protein, 250 carbs, 60g fat. to get these nutrients I will eat 6 small meals throughout the day. I will always carry my water bottle with me, and keep my portions small. Nothing bigger than the palm of my hand.

 

2:WORKOUT:] Split your workouts into 2workouts a day at least 4-6 days a week with at least 4 hours between each workout. This way, your body will always be working for you, and you'll become a fat burning machine.
EXAMPLE: I wake up M-TH at 6AM to get my ass in the gym for 40-60min light cardio. Then in the PM, I'll do a weights and mini 20min cardio sesh. simple, and VERY effective. It takes more energy to criticize yourself in the mirror than it does to get your ass up in the morning. JUST DO IT.

3:BEING YOU:] Be confident and cool. Think of yourself as your own masterpiece. Your self-talk is so important. What you are to yourself, others will see. Write down what your proud of to enforce it to yourself if you really have to. Present yourself to people in a positive way. Don't worry so much as to what others think but of what you think of yourself. make a mission statement for yourself for your purpose in life. Even if you don't exactly know yet, make one up that sounds reasonable.
EXAMPLE: My mission- Some of you guys who have known me for a while may say I have changed a lot. You may say for the worse, but I say for the better...therefore I AM. You may say traded a sweet/shy girl for a cocky girl who only cares about looks, but I say for confidence and feeling good. You may say I've changed to" impress" others..but instead im just looking at myself in the mirror saying .."damn i look good". I'm here to make a difference in my world and not sit around wishing I were someone else. It's my time to get what I give to the world. I'm ready to give it my all. My heart. My soul. My passion.

4: ROLE MODELS:] It's important to have people in the world to look at who have succeed and see the different things you can take from them in order to succeed for yourself. Look at famous people, people in the world, people that used to be in the world, family members, even close friends or people you know form facebook that you admire for who they are and what they do but don't know too well. If you do what they do and aren't afraid to ask for guidance, you will succeed and mabye find your own twist of doing a similar thing.
EXAMPLE: My friends/people that workout at my gym are inspiring for me. I see them everyday of my life and I notice the things that they do. I learn new technique from some of them when I ask for help. It's important to keep learning new things. Also, bodyrock.tv is one of my favorite workout/nutrition sites/blogs.

5: AWARNESS:] It's all about WHO ,WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHY. What makes you curious/distracted/excited/motivated? Who helps/hurts/loves/motivates you? Where do you work hard/feel good/feel uncomfortable? When are you effective/moody/motivated? Why do you feel/act/be a certian way?
EXAMPLE: I feel motivated to workout in my favorite gym everyday because I love the people at my gym, I drink a cup of joe b my workouts for energy, and I want to look/feel great about myself. BAM..see? that easy:]

SO, those were my five tips for being HOT. Now, hotness isn't only about looks. Sure, its included..but is a person feels good, it will reflect onto other people as well. Try some of these things and let me know how it goes. I look forward to hearing what you have to say.



Stay BeYOUtiful;]
-Katie

I'm BACCCK

Hey Bloggers:] So sorry for nt posting for a while. Getting my stuff together because I recently started school. That doesn't mean though that I've stopped working out and eating right though hehe

Recently in my communication class in school, i had to talk about an accomplishment in my life. I sat in the library brainstorming a few ideas but nothing was exciting. graduating from highschool?giving a speech at grad?my job workin with my dad? i mean, sure these things are cool...but i need to talk about somehting i LOVE. in my life, as u may know, what better than to talk about what i'm doing right now?? WORKINGOUT and EATING RIGHT for a goal:] awwwhhhyehh.

I havn't posted in a few weeks. SO, I must tell you all..i have my 2nd weigh in...I started at 202 on june 24th, was 197.6 on July 24th, and on aug 24th i was 193.6. Agian, my goal is to lose 2-3lbs per month. very do-able considering that my school schedual has got my workingout 2x a day:]

Heres my new sched:

Sun-OFF
Mon-AM light cardio 40-60min, PM weights BACK/BICEP, 45min Run intervals
Tues-AM light cardio 40-60min, PM weights SHOULDERS/QUADS/lite ABS, 45min Run intervals
Wed-AM light carido 40-60min, PM weights CHEST/TRI, 45 min run intervals
Thurs- AM light cardio 40-60min, PM weights HAMSTRINGS/BUTT/lite ABS, 45 min run intervals
Friday -Afternoon 1hr cardio, SUPER-ABS
Sat-Afternoon 30min cardio, FULL BODY [1 set of an exercise for each body part]

I'll keep you guys posted:] this week I will show you guys how to make my favorite breakfast sandwhich after my morning cardio.

Stay Be-YOU-tiful:]

-Katie

PS-This is an awesome song. Try it in ur next weight sesh;]