#MINDSET OF A WINNER

Welcome back readers and fellow bloggers today I have had a slight change of heart I had previously started writing a blog about men and women and the whole Venus versus Mars concept but as I was trying to write my head just wasn’t in it. I kept getting flashbacks of Bolt in the men’s 100 m and Blake from the men’s 400m relay, and watching Nicola Adams make history and I just knew I had to write a completely different blog, an Olympian worthy one lol so here goes…… J

 Its been what three days now since the official closing cermeony and I am still experiencing withdrawl symptoms :-/ but how about the rest of you? How are you all feeling in the aftermath of the brilliant Olympics London 2012??? Of Mixed emotions I’m guessing right?? And understandably so, after all of the anticipation and basking in the roars of applause when Team GB finally won some of THE most coveted medals in the world!! We were ALL so proud. However with all the excitement of that coupled with the Legend himself showing us what GREATNESS personified looks like, the anti climax of coming down to earth when it was all over should be nothing more than expected to be fair, yet for me the awkward silence that followed was deafening.

I found that in the aftermath of such a great worldwide event I was not only feeling inspired and encouraged but also frustrated. I had accumulated all this positive energy just from watching the elite athletes at the top of their game, do what they KNOW they do best and as a direct result of that it highlighted my desires to do bigger and better things with my life. Now I have an even stronger urge to break boundaries, push myself and my body to its limits and make my mark on this world. However the only problem with all these BIG ideas is exactly that….. At this point they are all JUST ideas. As you know when it comes to energy it just needs direction, so whether we have too much or not enough of it, it’s up to us to redirect it where it’s needed. Too much potential and no movement will inevitably result in an implosion of sorts. So my advice is, to take that fresh energy, just like after the first day of the beginning of the year when we’re all ecstatic about setting our new year’s resolutions and START something. Start something that YOU LOVE because anything you put LOVE into WILL yield results. Energy is neither created nor destroyed its merely transferred hence you WILL get out what you put in. If you are in the process of something you have already started then focus more energy into that. Don’t let the excitement from the Olympics just fizzle out channel your energy and use it to gain momentum. Big dreams always start out small and when the reality of how you’re actually going to make them come to pass sets in that’s when there’s suddenly an overwhelming sense of doubt and fear but when their cousins ‘pride’ and ‘procrastination’ decide to pay you a visit, It’s at this point that you have a decision to make. You can either open the door to these thoughts of self-doubt and that nagging little devil on your shoulder that always voices his opinion even when it wasn’t asked for, or you can SHUT that door firmly in their face and become CXF’s reigning champion like 5x in a row J …….

…..hahaha ok wait! Let me just fill those in who may not have a clue what I’m talking about right now. Since the beginning of the year one of my New Year’s resolutions was to get my body back into shape after the birth of my beautiful prince. I started out on a whole new healthy lifestyle kick. I had already began the journey of getting my mind right and so it was time for body to get in line too, #HealthyMindHealthyBody was the Moto (not y.o.l.o Mr Wayne) but as always with me I don’t like to do things by halves in fact the only thing that I like to halve is the time taken to achieve a goal ;-). So I got myself a personal trainer, amended my diet and joined what can only be described as THE MOST Competitive, eXtreme yet super Fun (CXF) fitness classes around!! At a time when I was the Heaviest I have ever been, completely out of shape with no fitness level to speak of. Needless to say I was more than a little bit self-conscious about getting in front of a mirror never mind a personal trainer or room full of people but I knew in my mind what I wanted to achieve and I am old enough, sorry wise enough to know first-hand that the way to get what you want in life is to just go for it, so then my mantra became #DontSpeakAboutItBeAboutIt. Just over half way through the year and I have been putting in the work (you only have to look at my social networking sites to know that) training three times a week, eating right and I am feeling better than I ever have period. I have so much more energy, my confidence levels are right back up where they USED to be, I feel fitter, stronger and more determined than I ever was. So much so that I actually WANT to train most days and struggle to not do anything on my REST days (I know imagine that). I think it’s fair to say I have officially got the #CXFADDICTION and it’s not about looking good anymore it’s about the rush that I get when I push my body past its limits, or beat my previous target goals or compete in the CXF challenge against others who visibly appear to be stronger than me and I WIN ;-), it’s that feeling that is second to none and it reaffirms my lifelong mantra that everything is subject to #MindOverMatter and whatsoever you can conceive you can achieve!!

I don’t know about you guys but there is just something amazing about watching athletes who have put their heart and soul, blood, sweat and tears into something they believe in finally reap their rewards. Whether it was GOLD, SILVER or BRONZE it was an achievement that they worked hard for and NO ONE can ever take that away from them. It’s a moment in their lives that they will have forever. Your first Olympic Medal, the first time you create a new world record, the first moment that you can actually point to and say that was the day that everything changed, when I competed against the BEST on a world platform and WON!!!!!! Ok I’m sorry but I just get too excited just thinking about that, it seriously sends my head west and gets my heart racing (Who needs Porn lol)… Ladies be real with yourselves now, you can’t deny that between the men’s 100 m, the male divers and the Gymnasts on their pummel horses (Louis Antoine Smith and John Orozco) ;-) you were NOT visually disappointed were you????? I’m playing with you, but in all seriousness when its game time and you’re stood at the starting line it’s all on you, nothing that others can say or do can change what’s meant to be. Truthfully, I am in awe of that but I’m not jealous because I KNOW I’ll have my time and when I do I will make sure I savour every last moment of it after all in the end the only things we are left with are the memories, so I intend on creating some GREAT ones. I have soooo many things that I want to do with my life and I know for a fact that when I’m over sixty and I’m kicking back relaxing, Plus still looking HOTT (No seriously have you seen my Mum) I will feel like I’m flying high and ALL I will want to do is recall these days.

Never wish for tomorrow today, EVERYTHING has its time and place…live for the moment and savour the taste, Start your life today and don’t procrastinate. Put in the time and focus your energy on whatever it is YOU want from YOUR life, the hardest step is always the first one, once you can walk eventually you can run. The Olympians are proof that EVERYDAY someone’s dreams come true and all I’m saying is why can’t that someone be YOU!!!!

Hope you enjoyed my thoughts for the day J

#ALWAYSLOVE <3