{"id":3162,"date":"2011-09-28T14:57:19","date_gmt":"2011-09-28T22:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/?p=3162"},"modified":"2011-09-28T14:57:19","modified_gmt":"2011-09-28T22:57:19","slug":"wellness-wednesday-finding-your-motivation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/2011\/09\/wellness-wednesday-finding-your-motivation\/","title":{"rendered":"Wellness Wednesday-  Finding your motivation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey Chicks,<\/p>\n<p>Happy Wednesday!<\/p>\n<p>In today&#8217;s post I was going to give you a recap of our fab weekend at the Ottawa Women Show and tell you about all of the\u00a0 inspiring women we met who shared their fitness accomplishments, stories of health and weight loss and their struggles with us.\u00a0 Now I will share that in a later post but after chatting with them,\u00a0 I began thinking\u00a0 alot about motivation and what motivates me everyday..in life, fitness, my career on my drive home.<\/p>\n<p>To be honest, I have been feeling a little down lately.\u00a0 Not sure if it is post summer blues, feeling overworked or that I have just hit a bit slump, but I have been feeling like I really need a little pick me up lately.\u00a0 So on my drive home I decided to put together a list of all the things that motivate me when I feel down to keep active and healthy, continue my passion of helping other women reach their full potential through FIT CHICKS and just keep loving life and\u00a0 being positive in general. It really helped me refocus!\u00a0 Here a little taste of my list (Mom, you are on there too but I only have limited space for this post:)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3163\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/18364_425689710633_740900633_10814957_1046880_n.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3163\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3163\" title=\"18364_425689710633_740900633_10814957_1046880_n\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/18364_425689710633_740900633_10814957_1046880_n-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My Best Friend &amp; Co Head Chick Amanda!<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>1.\u00a0 My best friend and Co Head Chick Amanda<\/strong>.\u00a0 Whether we are planning new workouts or travelling the world (this pic was on our way to Chile during <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/2010\/02\/where-in-the-world-are-the-chicks\/\">our South American adventure to hike Machu Picchu<\/a> &#8211; don&#8217;t you love how we are still both wearing FIT CHICKS yellow!), she always is there to keep pushing me to think bigger and never give up.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3164\" style=\"width: 182px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Curiousity.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3164\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3164\" title=\"Curiousity\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Curiousity.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"172\" height=\"147\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3164\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You are never too old to be curious!<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>2.\u00a0 My Curiosity.<\/strong> I am insatiably curious.\u00a0 I love learning new things, exploring new places, meeting new people and trying to decipher why people do what they do (or why I do what I do!). I recently watched an interview with<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oprah.com\/own-master-class-the-lessons\/master-class-wake-up-curious.html#diane-sawyer-1\"> the amazing Diane Sawyer<\/a> and she was chatting about her life and how her one piece of advice is to always wake up curious! Life will never be boring if you are excited to see what is around the bend.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3165\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/293463_10150778572430634_740900633_20760311_3332955_n.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3165\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3165\" title=\"293463_10150778572430634_740900633_20760311_3332955_n\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/293463_10150778572430634_740900633_20760311_3332955_n-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3165\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunsets in Maui<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>3. Sunny days!<\/strong> Even though I don&#8217;t always get to see the sunrise \/ set in Maui, beautiful weather, sunshine, being outdoors by the ocean, mountains or even in my amazing city Toronto &#8211; motivates me to make today a great day!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3166\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/twins.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3166\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3166\" title=\"twins\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/twins-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/twins-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/twins.jpg 453w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3166\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You are never too young to love burpees!<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>4. My nieces. <\/strong> They are twin 4 year old named Jayme and Delaney and they are hilarious!\u00a0 Jayme told me this past weekend &#8220;Auntie Laura, i don&#8217;t like you very much because I love you too much!&#8221;. I want to always be a healthy example for them (even though <a title=\"MAMA CHICK MONDAY \u2013 Let your kids make healthy choices!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/2011\/09\/3118\/\">my sister already has them requesting broccol<\/a>i as a snack- she is magic!)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3168\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/FCindoor146-version-2.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3168\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3168\" title=\"FCindoor146 - version 2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/FCindoor146-version-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3168\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My Toronto Danforth Chicks in Action!<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>5.\u00a0 My Chicks! <\/strong> I am so lucky to get to have a job where I get to meet, train and work with so many amazing women.\u00a0 The stories they share with me, seeing how hard they work in class and having a team that truly give 150% to helping other people try to reach their goals, gets me all warm and fuzzy! I always say in my classes that I can tell the way you live your life by the way you work out &#8211; do you give up when it gets hard, do you make excuses why you can&#8217;t make it, do you help motivate others in class. My favorite is when I know I have converted someone into believing they actually are strong enough to do this and that they deserve to be healthy strong (it is scary how many chicks believe they don&#8217;t!).\u00a0 It motivates me to keep at my own fitness goals and keep making our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\">FIT CHICKS programs<\/a> even better.<\/p>\n<p>I have taken my motivation list and put it on my fridge so on the days when I am feeling low, it reminds me about what motivates me today (I even feel alot better after writing this post!). So don&#8217;t be shy &#8211; share with me what motivates you too!\u00a0 I would love to know!<\/p>\n<p>Make today an awesome one!<\/p>\n<p>Your Head Chick, Laura xo<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey Chicks, Happy Wednesday! 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