Hello!

Hello there! Welcome to my new blog. I have another one I use for my writings and general but this one will be where I post my kettlebell training, weightloss goals, recipes and healthy eating. 

I see this as my scratchpad of sorts, where I can jot down what I'm doing and how I'm doing it - what works and what isn't working. 

Life is a journey and some days we hit the nail on the head while other days, we may miss by a long shot. And that's okay -- as long as we keep moving forward. Just as the quote I have at the top of the blog says: "It ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done!" ~Rocky Balboa. 

The Rocky movies (except for number five - which we pretend never happened) are my all-time favorite movies. Rocky was the first movie I saw in a theatre. I was four years old when it came out but I remember everything about it. It never fails to encourage me in a multitude of ways.

So now on to goals. I am going to lose 40 pounds. I train with kettlebells but I need to be more consistent with my training and my eating. If you asked me the one thing that tends to stand in my way, I would say consistency or lack thereof. 

The wise and fantastic Tracy Reifkind told me to catch those words before I say them or even think them and rather, reverse it. Instead say, "There is nothing standing in my way." 

There is nothing standing in my way.

The time is now. Let's do it!

Today:
snatches: 8kg - 10 minutes of snatch intervals
swings: 16kg - 21 x 10 = 210 swings

*almost forgot!
walking - 30 minutes this morning