Turbo Jam Rocks! (..Did My First Pull Up Ever)

If was one of my goals to be able to do a pull up. Back in school when we had physical fitness testing they would always have us do pull ups as one of the tests and I never could.

Recently I had decided to make it one of my fitness goals to be able to do at least 1 pull up. My little brother installed a pull up bar in his doorway to his room so a couple of times when I had been to my moms house I would try to do a pull up but I couldn't do it and I couldn't even get very far up either though I could jump up.

I was inspired by an infomercial for Brazillian Butt Lift another Beachbody product. I have been using Turbo Jam by Chalene Johnson. The Turbo Jam is the first program I tried before joining the gym to get started loosing weight because as I have said on other blogs in my story I had gone from about 135 or so after high school to 175 and had seen my friends personal trainner and been told I needed to loose some of my body fat percentage because I was up to about 40% body fat.

I have actually been using the Turbo Jam videos a lot more lately and was inspired after I had been looking on the Beachbody site and was looking at the one she created called Chalean Extreme and it mentioned something about her showing you how to start adding more and more weight and how to shed the body fat and that day I decided that I would start to do the Turbo Sculpt workout in my Turbo Jam series that I have but I was going to increase my weights. I usually use 5lbs so I decided to do 10lbs instead. The first time I did the workout I was able to get through maybe half and had to switch back to the 5 lbs but there were a few that I did near the end where I used the 10lbs again.  The next day I had a rest day and the following day I was only able to do 10 mins of the workout before having to get ready for work. The next day was actually today a rest day.

Today is when I went to my Mom's house to visit and talk as I like doing when I need to get some help with problems. So I while I was there my mom actually was working out on the treadmill and using my lil bros weights and doing a little bit of working out and so I did some pushups with her as well and then my lil bro challenged me to do 25 and I was already tired out from doing a set of 10 and the other set of 10 only on my knees. So I was only able to do 20 instead of 25 then I stopped. It was only a few minutes after this I went to the bar in his bedroom door way and put my hands on the bar and all the way up I went I was so totally amazed I actually screamed out pretty loudly!

After the first I did 2 more but to do 3 pull ups was an absolute miracle for me. I even tried to do some chin ups and did manage 1 and a half and by that time I was increadibly tired out.

I absolutely love the Turbo Jam workouts and I look forward to buying more of them. I really want to get the ball workouts and I want that one that didn't come with my package that is geared more toward the butt. Of course I have also changed the way I eat as well but with the package I bought there are some tips for healthy eating and the one I got included the 10 day start plan and I actually did follow it and that is what got me started on the right track to making healthier choices in my diet.

I have been working online to build up my online business and I am learning about online marketing and one of the main ways to make money is affiliate marketing so I joined the Amazon Assocites program because I love these particular products so much and I wanted to share them with others and make a bit of extra money so.

So I highly recommened any of the Turbo Jam workout DVD's and I have my favorite picks in the awesome widget below this...

My World is Full of Magic I Create!

While I have been doing a lot of work to try to get my business up and running and start making some money I have also been working on my personal growth and development and have learned quite a lot about the law of attraction and manifesting my desires.

I recently read "Real Magic" by Dr. Wayne Dyer also didn't finish the end cus I had to return to the library LOL though I plan on reading the last little bit whether at the bookstore or back at the library again! The reason I mention this is because I have been working on using a lot of the things I learned and read about in that book as well as the many others relating to this subject from manifesting to success principles to laws of success and thinking and growing rich.

Sometimes for example on my short 5 min drive from this apartment to the disneyland cast member parking lot I will kinda like will all the lights to change green for me and sometimes they will change for me right when I get right up to the car who is stopped in front of me. I was thinking about it the other day and I imagined that I had this power to click the light to green with just my mind. Also yesterday before leaving I said or asked for my favorite parking space and not have to go too far and when I did arrive I almost past by it because I didn't realize it would be waiting for me there just as I had asked for it before I left my house.

I am also trying to use the science of getting rich and do things in a certain way. As well as learning and reading think and grow rich.

I just wanted to share a little bit about all the magic I create because I am going through a difficult time right now with my financial situation but as I look at these little magical creations that I make happen I am given evidence and I know with absolute truth and unwavering faith that I have the power inside of me to create the results I want and to obtain my dreams of financial freedom as I act in a certain way each day working toward recieving all the riches that I know are already on their way to me.

There is so much that I would like to share on this blog but I am working hard at trying to write about one specific topic in each post. I also hope to provide some useful and valuable information by sharing my experiences with others.

Please feel free to leave comments on this, or any of my past or future posts!

Making Money Online with Internet Marketing

Recently I have been trying to start an online business and Make a little bit of extra income with Internet marketing because I am only part time at Disneyland and during the slow months I don't really get that many hours and it makes it hard to have enough money for rent and bills and I don't want to have to struggle to pay my bills. I would like to have financial freedom where I don't worry about if I will have enough money for my rent or my cable bill or my phone bill or the other bills including money to eat.

So around the time that I moved into my new apartment closer to work at Disneyland I decided to start my online business. This part is a story for another post but short version is I got myself into some debt trying to get started.

Then I came across the free DVD from Lee McIntyre for his 2 day Inside Out Upside Down Manchester Workshop. Since I already knew it would be full of some great value I decided to get it sent right away since the shipping was only $6.95 something that I could easily afford. I also was given the 14 day trial to the Point and Click Coaching Program. I just could not give it up even when I knew that I would barely have enough money to pay my bills. So this is the main purpose of this post, I haven't made any affiliate sales yet but I have been doing lots of research and learning and getting as many of the free reports from many of the blogs that he listed as high traffic blogs to go comment on to drive traffic.

But I was looking at my google analytics account and I saw that I was actually getting Organic traffic from google and I wanted to find out what page on google it was on so I looked in my analytics at which keywords it ranked for and then I did the search on google.

I could not believe that my little review blog had been ranked on the second page of Google for the keyword point and click coaching. I did write about 5 articles linking back to it on ezine articles and I had submitted to some blog carnivals but I have just received my first acceptance to a blog carnival and I was happy about that as well.

I still have yet to make my first affiliate sale and it looks like I might need to continue to work on driving traffic.

I was just getting ready to try to start implementing the list building process that Jit Uppal and Adam Spiel have create some free training videos on.

Also I was starting to think that I might not want to use Article marketing but then I do love to write. My main reason was I wasn't sure if I was doing my keyword research correctly. But I think I might keep working at it.

I look forward to getting to the point where I finally am able to create my own information products and sell those to give me the financial freedom that I dream of so I can eliminate my debt and buy my dream home and live the life of my dreams.

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45 lessons life taught me By Regina Brett

Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio."To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I've ever written. My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:
1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good. 2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first pay check.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.
16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
19. it’s never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. Over prepare, and then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: 'In five years, will this matter?'
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive everyone everything.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.
37. Your children get only one childhood.
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.
41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
42. The best is yet to come.
43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
44. Yield.
45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift."

Some random mumbles as I fall asleep!

I really should be asleep right now getting some rest. I have quite a bit I need to get done later on this day. After my workout tonight I kinda got started changing the layout for this blog. Well after I updated my weight log and workout log for my weebly blog/site.

I am currently trying to start my own business or create some multiple streams of income for myself. Currently I have a few things that I am trying to use such as the ACME people Search business with the GDI income opportunity. I will post links to everything later because at the moment I am to tired to go find all the links I will need to add to this post.

I am also trying to do some affiliate marketing as well promoting different affiliate products. I am learning a lot of new tools and tricks but so far I have not seen any money showing up in any of my affiliate accounts. Apparently I haven't been able to get any site visits converted to sales of the products that I am promoting. I am going to keep trying.

As I said I should be sleeping so I am going to end this post right now on account of the fact that I am too tired to contine.

The Demi Lovato Tinker Bell song is on Disney Channel right now!

Our crazy move to Anaheim from Long Beach

So Here we are now at the new apartment in Anaheim and it is absolutely gorgeous. I have been working hard on unpacking and organizing all the stuff that I brought over from the Long Beach apartment. I still have quite a bit of stuff to bring over from Mom's house though.
I am planning on sorting through everything little by little and trying to store some more of the things I don't need or use in the closet of my old room at my Mom's house. Currently they turned my old room into a weight room for my little brother. He also now has a membership at 24 hour fitness as well.
And speaking of 24 hour fitness there is one just down the street that I can get to quite easily even though we have a fitness center in our complex that is available 24 hours. I don't really want to cancel my membership because I still enjoy going to classes there and also using the sauna two things that would not be available to me other wise and also if I go out of town I will always be able to go to a 24 hour fitness if I wanna work out.
I haven't really had a lot of time to explore this new area but I do know where a few things are located close by due to the fact that I have had to go to a few places before work. I do know we are pretty close to quite a few things in this area.
We are just up the street from the Block. We are also up the street from Disneyland and Gardenwalk, both our works, LOL. We are pretty close to the Main Place mall as well. And close to Orange where Champman University is located. I used to go there years ago LOL but never finished.
We are also across the street from Angel Stadium and the Honda Center is just up the street as well. Also the train station which is right by the Honda Center. There is everything I need pretty much within a walking distance.
I already love it here and haven't even had a chance to check out all the wonderful amenities. There are 3 different pools and they have cabanas with flat screen t.v.'s in them. The pools also have BBQ's. There is even a business center as well and a game room with a pool table. Of course one of the best parts is the washer and dryer in the unit as well as two parking spaces in the parking structure.
So basically all I have left to do is finish getting all my stuff over and organizing and unpacking and I might need to get some organizers from Target. Lucky for me the Target is pretty close and there is also a 99 cent store right there so I can get lots of supplies I need.

♥Jen♥

Little bit more bout Dreams

The other day or night I guess I had a dream and my Grandmother was in it. She passes away when I was 12. But in my dream I believe she was giving me her blessing to be with the woman that I love. It is strange how sometimes dreams can feel so real. Then I was just thinking there are a few types of dreams LOL. There are dreams you have when you sleep and are unconcious which are mostly things from our subconscious and then there are also the dreams we have like things we wish for or "dream" of having.


♥Jen♥

I love Disney!

I swear I have been watching Disney wayyyyy too much. I love most of the shows and I usually watch it before I go to bed and that is how I remember what time I went to bed by what show I saw last LOL! And now I say "Awesome" all the time cus I picked that one up from Cory in the House. I also say "Yay Me" from Suite Life of Zack and Cody. I love Wizards of Waverly Place. That is one of my most faves and Selena Gomez is so cute LOL! Well that is all for this one LOL!

♥Jen♥

Ponderings...Books, a look into my imagination

I seem to have an opinion about everything. I have been doing a lot of reading lately of books in the metaphysical category. Ok I know that first sentence really has nothing to do with the next but I just wanted to start somewhere and that was the first thing that was in my head. The fact of the matter is that I love to read and I love to write. I am so drawn to the bookstore. I just can't help wondering if I am trying to unconsciously guide myself to becoming an author. When I walk through the book store I am just so amazed at all the books that have been written. I love books because you can use them to increase your knowledge. Some books are written to teach you things. Books are also written for the pure pleasure of reading entertaining stories. The stories written can take you to other times and places. They can transport you to worlds with limitless possibilities. There are no limits but those of the authors imagination. In the world of imagination anything is possible. I was sitting in the bookstore aisle reading a book having to do with the metaphysical stuff and I happened to hear some guy talking to someone about how with books that are made into movies usually the book was better or so he thought up until the Jarassic Park movie in 1994 and how real and life like and close to the book it was. I actually didn't read the book but I do remember the movie. Most of the time books are better because more is possible when writing because it makes the reader use their imagination and things that are not possible or at least don't seem to be possible in real life and sometimes hard to create in the movies can be written and described. I have had lots of experiences where the book is better than the movie. I can name a few of them where I liked the book better and those include; Where the heart is, the one with Glenn Close and Ann Hathaway and Im totally blocking on the name right now...after locating the book, The devil wears prada, that is all I can think of right now cus it's starting to get late. But in my opinion the Harry Potter movies were very true to the book. The movie Star Dust was a little different from the book but I really enjoyed the movie just as well as I enjoyed the book. Even though the movie made some changes I thought they were good changes and it did not mess it up for me. I also liked the Nanny Diaries. I enjoyed the book and I enjoyed the movie cus Alicia Keys is in it. I actually thought they did a good job with the Nanny Diaries because there where several parts that were done perfectly. I just recently finished the Secret life of Bees and I can't wait to see the movie. I want to write great stories that will transport readers to other worlds and different times and places. I love fantasy. I love wizards, faries, unicorns, dragons, elfs. pixies, and other magical creatures. I also love disney fairytales. I also love the disney princesses. I was just thinking that the Wicked stage play was as good as the book Wicked.

♥Jen♥

My Recent Employment History

Right around the time I was going to graduate the Art Institute for Multimedia and Web Design I was looking for a job. I found one from one of the leads that I received from my career councilor. I had an interview which went well and then was first given an internship for a week after which they decided to employ me. I worked there for about a month but was let go because I was told that a customer had made a complaint about something I said or did on the phone. I was trying my very hardest to be as helpful as I could and give customers the correct information so I have no idea who complained or why and he never told me who it was and I would have liked to know so I wouldn't make that same kind of mistake in the future. To this day I still do not really know. While I was working there I got a call from a lady I had sent my resume too and she needed some help with some website stuff that was easy but time consuming so I came to her place on the weekend to help her out and she paid me $125 for helping her. She also told me if the job didn't work out for me she had something I might be interested in doing. When they let me go I gave her a call and came over and she showed me how to create training tutorials on DVD for computer programs like Adobe Photoshop and other programs. I continued on with her until June 15, 2007 when I found a job that would pay me as an employee because working for her I was doing contract work and getting paid based on projects. I enjoyed the work and the hours were good for me. It was at a company called Sync Cast who was actually bought by Technicolor. I was a quality assurance technician. I watched media content to make sure it was good quality before it was put up for public consumption. I was really having fun but about a month into it before I got my benefits they told me that they felt I would better serve as a contractor and they gave me my last paycheck. I was sad to go cus I really liked the job and the pay was good and I was about to get really good benefits too. Now I took up an offer from my former boss the lady I worked for before I was hired at Sync Cast. I am going to work for her for three weeks till I leave for my vacation to North Carolina and when I get back I will continue to search for the perfect job. Also while searching I thought I found something but it turned out to be a scam when I did some online research about the company president. I know the perfect job is out there for me I guess I just haven't found it yet.

Because I originally wrote this as a post on Sunday August 5th 2007 I have more to add to my employment history since that time.

In September 2007 I was hired at Kohls. I may have even wrote a short post about it. I was hired on the adset team and I worked mostly nights. The hours being from 6 or 7pm till 2am. I also started getting as many extra hours as I could working on the floor doing recovery and price changes. In July Stacy came to me with an offer of full time work 40 hours a week $8/hour. So I told KOHLS that I was going to cut back my hours but that I still wanted to keep my job with them. I worked it out with Stacy so that I would have Friday, Saturday, and Sunday to work at KOHLS. When I cut my hours back they told me that they no longer had a postion for me. I did not really want to quit but in some way they kinda fired me because I wasn't available to work as many hours as they needed me for. So I did start working for Stacy full time. Eventually she ran out of money and went way too crazy for me to continue working for her and I had to start looking for a new job. I have been helping out my Step dad 1 or 2 days a week for the past few weeks now just to make a little bit of money. And right now I am still searching for the perfect job!

♥Jen♥