This year is feeling like the year of events for me. I feel like things just haven’t stopped all year and it’s been amazing, but I get a bit tired being so busy and going away for these incredible things! But hey, it’s soooooooooo worth it when you get to meet amazing people like Amanda Tapping and Felicia Day. I mean seriously, I feel really lucky!

So this past weekend was Starfury’s Inva2ion with Eliza Dushku, Felicia Day, Amy Okuda, Robin Thorsen, Alessandra Torresani, Aaron Douglas, Dichen Lachman, Alaina Huffman and Elyse Levesque…

Oh my!

So cute

The WHOLE reason I was pushing to go to this one was Felicia Day who I think is incredible beyond measure and I have a truly huge amount of respect for. Amy & Robin were also special for me, because I love The Guild so much!

But everyone made the weekend pretty epic.

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The past few months have been challenging for me in a way that I’m not used to. I think my husband put it best when he commented that I’ve worked really hard over the years to become the person I am now and he hated to see me affected by one person’s comment in such a way that I feel so negatively about myself and start doubting everything I am and do. So I’ve been struggling a lot and stressing out over things that I haven’t felt or thought about myself for a very, very long time.

Right now, I feel better about myself than I have since I completely Insanity in Feb, and funnily enough, it’s thanks to spending the past 3 days at a convention with some of the coolest guests I’ve ever met. (And of course thanks to my husband being amazing, but that is always a given!)

I’ll have a full round up post on the weekend later, when I can sort my thoughts out about it all, but it was fun and I got to meet incredible people.

<3

When I find a workout I really love I become attached. It’s the same with anything – food, music, a place I like to visit, shopping… So when I loved Insanity so much earlier in the year, I knew it would definitely become a part of my regular workout rotation in some form.

What usually happens when you become attached to something? You get bored of it, too. That’s kinda what’s happened with me now. I love Insanity, but I’ve been craving other workouts lately. But I still want to do some Insanity stuff. So I’ve switched it up a bit and started a P90X/Insanity Hybrid workout to give me some variety.

I’m wanting to do more strength training and weights, so this is the perfect opportunity to do the Insanity that I love so much and incorporate weight training into my workout routine. I always love that it doesn’t take long to see a difference when you do weights, your muscles become defined and leaner very quickly, so you are motivated to keep doing it. That positive feedback of seeing results is what I need right now to motivate me and inspire me to keep going.

Switching it up should also keep me from hitting a wall and over the next 3 months I’m sure I’ll love and hate both programmes equally, but just as when I completed Insanity for the the first time, I will feel a sense of accomplishment and know I finished stronger and healthier than I was when I started.

Here’s to a healthy 3 months of strength and fitness! <3

Very suddenly, there is a heck of a lot going on in the next few months! And in order for me to keep up with everything I’m going to have to concentrate on working out so I have the energy I need to get through it and also eating right to fuel my workouts and my increasingly hectic life this summer!

But hey, it’s all good stuff and I’m excited about it all.

Inva2ion – In less than three weeks I will be meeting Felicia Day!!!!!!!!!! Other people will be there too, but my god, who cares? It’s Felicia. <3 Our tickets arrived today!

Cheering up a friend – I’m going to visit a close friend for a weekend. He needs major ass kicking and cheering up, which apparently is the perfect job for me!

Collectormania, which we haven’t decided about yet. But if we do it’ll be good. If not I won’t sweat it, there’s a lot going on.

Tenacious D!! Woot, I can’t wait to see The D live in London!!!

Family – going to see some family for a few days.

LFCC – woo! There are loads of amazing people there this year. I can’t wait to meet Chris Judge and get a hug off him

Metric! Seeing Metric in Oxford

And much later in the year I’m seeing Jazon Mraz.

All amazing things that I have to look forward to, and to motivate me!

This week’s been rough; an emotional roller coaster that took me from the highest I’ve been in months to the lowest I’ve been in years. Like I said, rough.

But today is a new day. I’m feeling a little better about myself and have the day off to spend with my amazing Hubby.

I looked over at my Inspiration Board this morning and saw two items on there that I really should have paid more attention to over the last couple of weeks.

Avoiding break downs? Not so much.

Ditch my body hang-ups? Certainly not!

I’ve spent the last few weeks feeling increasingly horrible about my body and no amount of my friends and family telling me how amazing and beautiful I am will change how I feel about myself. (It’s always nice to hear, though! ) So I need to find ways to improve my feelings about myself.

Last night I pampered myself a bit and felt more peaceful. This morning I weighed myself and found I’ve lost 5lbs in the last 10 days. Amazing news and I’m happy about that

Someone suggested I make a list, which I will do at some point over the weekend, of all the things I like about myself and all the things I don’t and to come up with a plan to change the things I don’t.

That’s what I need.  A plan – a road map – to navigate out of the horrible place I’ve come to.

I’ll leave you with this bit of inspiration:

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