Charger Girl Pre-Audition Workshop

My fabulous look for today:)

Today was the Charger Girls Pre-Audition Workshop. I have to say, even though I was so nervous I thought I might turn and run at any second, I am sooooo happy I went. This was probably the best thing that I could have done to help me on my journey. I had a lot of fun and it was really something that helped me find out where I am and how much further I have to go. Also, I was fortunate enough to buy one of the Charger Girl's calendar for this year. I have been wanting one for a long time and fortunately they were still selling them! Anyways, I think that being able to go to this workshop was something that helped get me on Lisa's (the director) and a few other current Charger Girl's radar. I know Brianna and she was super nice, agreeing to meet with me to help me work on the fitness and health aspect of the audition. We learned a wonderful dance that we then did a mock audition with. I will be posting a video of the dance later this week. I have to say I really enjoyed this process. I was happy to be dancing and performing again. I picked up the material really well. Now we need to work on being in shape and getting the dance perfected. Ahhhh! I am so excited for my audition next year. I have got to work my hardest. I know that I can do this. I know that I can make it. I just need to give it my all and focus. My training starts this week and we won't go back!

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Workout of My..Weekend

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So the past three days have been super busy. There has been a huge storm that has hit and I really haven't done much since it started. So, here is my post for my workout on 2/27/14. I ran 2 miles! Now, think about this. I haven't ran very much and I certainly don't run super fast. I ran TWO miles. 2! And it was a lot easier than you may think it was for me. I wasn't able to sprint it, but I started and I didn't stop. This has been an amazing progress journey. I am excited for next week. We up the workouts. 2 miles is the warm up. I have to either do weight lifting afterwards or I stretch and practice dance. I also am starting Crossfit once every week. If I really want to get in shape for Charger Girls, I have got to put some serious time in the workout portions. I mean come on, if I am to be able to take this type of picture, I have got some serious work to do. Go Brianna!

Now I say all of this is going to start next week and you may be thinking that I am saying that because I am too lazy to start right now. Well, sorta, but I actually am taking this weekend off. Tomorrow is the Charger Girls Audition Prep Class and I do not want to be exhausted and not able to do my best. Today I am going to stretch and practice some of my pirouettes, but that is going to be the extent of my workout today. So wish me luck tomorrow! I am going to post a full review/what I learned segment when I get back. So excited!

Workout of MY day 2/25-26/14

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Well obviously I didn't get around to posting yesterday, but I am making up for it today - kinda. I wanted to post for yesterday and today's workout. Yesterday I was only able to run 1.5 miles. My body is tired and I haven't been eating as much as I thought I would. I have been eating super healthy this week. The only junk food I have had this week was one pop tart (NOT the whole package) and a little bit of 7-up. Today's workout is I am hoping a long stretch session and a dance practice. Let's see if this is actually going to happen. I promise you some type of workout will happen. I have at least three more workouts until the workshop.

I am sorry. I was not able to fulfill my promise yesterday. (I'm writing this on 2/27). I was not able to go do any type of workout yesterday. I was able to do a bike ride down to my local grocery to pick up a free groceries for dinner but other than that I was not able to get a workout in. Now, this was not about not having enough time to do my workout. I was more than willing and able to make time for my workout. The reason I did not work out is because I learned a very valuable lesson about how important nutrition is. I didn't have very much to eat and this caused me to get so weak I almost passed out from my short bike ride. That would not have been very good. So, we are working on keeping out blood sugar up, eating plenty, and staying hydrated. On to the next day!

Workout of MY day 2/24/14

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Today's workout consists of a very long run of 2-3 miles. I am hoping to be able to complete at least 3 miles. I am working towards completing a 5K run in April of this year and this is part of my training. I am also working my  hardest this week because as I said in my last post, the Charger Girls audition prep class is this weekend. Wish me luck! I will update with my results.


Did 2 miles today!! :) can't wait until tomorrow's workout.

Charger Girls Prep Class

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This Sunday, March 2nd, is the Charger Girls Audition Prep Class. I am signed up and ready to go! This week I am going to bust my butt to be able to show them what I got this weekend. I know that I am not planning on auditioning until next year, but I want to get a feel for what it is going to be like. This workshop is going to be my ticket in to the squad. I am going to learn as much as I can from this experience. I am super excited to see everything start coming together.

My plan for this week is to eat 90% clean and workout every single day of this week. My neighbor is coming to the rescue and helping me with my makeup the day of and I am settling for a big, curly hairstyle. I am hoping that my weight doesn't hold me back too much, as I am very nervous about going. This is my chance to do an undercover snooping of the actual process of auditioning. I am more worried about my attire and appearance than anything. This will not deter me!  I am going to this workshop and I am going to learn all about this process and if I am the odd one out, well so be t. I will not allow my insecurities hold me back from preparing and learning all that I can before my actual audition.

Wish me luck! :s

Workout of MY day! 2/19/14

Today's workout of my day is a nice long cardio day! I am running from my house to the Mission  Bay RV Park here in San Diego. This is about a 4 mile run, there and back. I accomplished this run two days ago (yesterday was weight lifting day) and it was fabulous. Wish me luck! I will edit this post when I have completed my workout. :)

Update: I was able to do a 2 mile run at the gym. I wasn't able to make it down to the park before it got too dark. We will try this again this week!

Goal #1

My goal is to become one of these amazing girls:

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I am working on keeping this goal at the front of my mind everyday. I am not perfect. I have been working out on and off. I have gone more than a week without working out. I have not been eating great. But what keeps me coming back and trying again is being able to see these beautiful ladies. Plus, when I stare at my fitness calendar and see all of those big red X's has helped me get working again.

I am also learning how to be nicer to myself. Instead of saying "helped me get my big, lazy butt working again," I have identified the fact that this is negative language. I have identified that this isn't the right way to go about my health journey. I have to be able to love myself and the only way I am going to do that is if I am nice. When I show up for these auditions, I need to be confident in my body. The only way I am going to feel confident is if I love myself.

I have until April 2015. I have a little more than a year to get my dance technique on par and get my body toned and in shape. One of the best thoughts that I have had this past week was that yes I have a little over a year until I want to show up for auditions, but if I don't start now, then I will never get anywhere. I need to get it in gear and actually start making progress.

I am starting a new segment called Workout of the Day! I know a lot of blogs have these and they post wonderful workouts for all of us to do, but mine is a bit different. I am going to be posting MY workout for the day. This is basically a short post stating what I did that day. I hope to be able to use this to keep myself even more accountable. If you don't see a post from that day, make sure you call me out on it!! The only way I am going to get to my goal is if I actively work towards it. Ready, set, go! :)