INSPIRE ME! Team Abundance's Ongoing Conversation

San
Hello Team, just wanted to report that my 'special challenge' to bump up my efforts for one week went well today. I am on day three of the Cleanse ... it is going fine but hoping for more energy tomorrow. I began my day with a wonderful SeaSource Detox Bath. I had shakes for both breakfast and lunch, Rog and I walked at the park before dinner & we made a nice healthy meal. I put in solid a day of work, this weather is inspiring! I hope tomorrow goes as well! Love you all! San
PS Only seven days until we begin!
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Gin
Hi Team! The last day of summer and such a beautiful day! Bittersweet comes to mind. I will remember today on those cold days in February.... I took a long walk on Sandy Neck Beach and I was sweating!! It was in the mid 70's, sun was so warm, you can tell fall is in the air but there were people swimming!So we have a Mermaid in training and San sounds like she is in training for the Boston Marathon! I have to set a fitness goal. Okay, back to my 10 questions on health and 10 about my business.So looking forward to a week from Monday night, in the mean time 'see' you all in the morning!Much Love and Affection! Gin
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San
The following was sent to Mark after he wrote that I was 'exceeding his expectations' :-) I tend to thrive on positive feed back. We will do this for each other and our teams as well.


Mark, YOU and our entire process have exceeded my expectations so it is lovely to think that I am exceeding yours.
I just gardened for a while (it is a perfect day) and now I am switching back to the training which is coming along well.
I lost a few more pounds ... I just need to say it to someone. The way my body seems to work is in little up and downs, up and downs but it is now definitely going more down than up! I was 182 this morning so that is ten lbs from my official start weight/picture. I am getting excited about this. When I pass 15 pounds I will be on my way.
As soon as I wrap the training up I will get back to my Coaching book/categories.
Then later Rog and I are going to the park to walk the loop. I have never gone around twice and that is my intention today.
Also, I decided to challenge myself this week I am committing to having two meals a day as shakes. I usually only do one. Plus I will have raw veggies to snack on. I am also on day two of the SeaSource internal cleanse. It is a perfect week to do both of these and should give me bonus results!
Talk with you soon. Love and Hugs, San

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San
Wow, Kate, Mermaid in Training ... I am so impressed that you are water jogging. And, five times a week, good for you! I think that we are all going to be sooooo good for each other.
I want to share that on Thursday, I walked three miles around the entire Naval Academy grounds. It was a gorgeous day, gorgeous setting, gorgeous young healthy people everywhere and I reconnected with an old friend. This is just one of three walking dates I have made lately instead of lunch dates! Plus Julie and I booked another one.

I also had a facial and brought my Arbonne products for the woman to use. It felt amazing and my skin really loved it. This was my first reward for the seven pounds that I have lost so far!
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Kate
Mermaid in training….….So I know I am stepping to a new level (as to what’s on this new level, I’m not sure). I made up my mind that…this is it! I need to pay attention to myself and not everyone else for a while at least until I train myself to take care of me. So to get started before the 29th I joined the YMCA and I have been water jogging 5 times a week for 30 minutes. A big start while at wait for the unknown…..While I am in the pool, my mind wanders…last week it was all about being too fat to put a bathing suit on. I was convinced everyone was staring and talking about me, especially when I overheard one man say, I shouldn’t be there at lap time since I wasn’t “technically” swimming laps. But I stuck it out and went back this week. And I became less and less focused on what was going on around me and then the” inner chatter”, which I always have, became less negative and more positive. Several times I chanted to myself “I am right where I belong.”Oh how I long to be happy with myself. I guess this morning I’m looking at it like my water jogging. I’m not getting very far very fast, but the hard work will reap great rewards….”slow and steady wins the race”.I am VERY grateful you all have come into my life…at just the right time, before I threw in the towel and called it a life. Kate

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Suzanne
Team Abundance
I feel a little like an idiot, I didn't know about this blogging business until today, but worse I really don't know how to do this but we'll see if this works.First guess I should tell everyone my goals!! I need to lose about 30lbs and I really, really need to stop smoking, without gaining weight now that's going to be a challenge!!!!
I was already so honored and grateful to be picked for this team but after reading everything everyone else has written I feel even more excited, challenged and blessed and a little intimidated by how very well everyone writes!!! I feel this is going to be so wonderful and so life changing and all you guys are so awesome!!!! I don't really know anyone that well, San the best of course but just from reading everything I feel I know everyone so much better already, and you're all such great ladies!! Looking so forward to Sept 29th, to be with all of you and meet Mark !
Lots of Love, Suzanne
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Gin
Okay, that does it, as long as I can't fail, as long as I grow and I love learning things about me....lol....'cause it's all about me don't ya know! I can't wait to connect with you all!! I want a winter white suit for NTC too! Did you see how it says Ignite for NTC? Kind of goes along with inspire!! Love You All! More Later! Gin
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Tee
Dear Team -I should probably not be reading personal e-mail at work but...Thank God I have an office with a door that I can close because I am literally bawling my eyes out. I just went to the BLOG page (thank you San for building that!) and I am shaking. I can't wait to start this journey with you. I feel a very weird combination of fear and excitement. My stomach hurts and my palms are sweating. I think the thought of finally breaking through intimidates me a little. I am so used to carrying all of my baggage that to let is go feels scary!You all inspire me right to my soul.
I love you all. GO TEAM. Tee
ps: maybe we should all invest in Kleenex stock now!! :)
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Mark
This was very inspiring and touching ‘Tee’.
I would love to encourage you all to post thoughts and feelings of this nature up on the blog (San we need to have an area where everyone can easily add comment after comment (like the one below and the one I am now making) in a continuous thread… perhaps you can call it ‘Inspire Me’. The idea of this is to inspire one another as we move through this exciting process together. What you wrote below Teresa will be very encouraging to you one day when you look back at where you started and realize how far you’ve come. It will also help to inspire others as they see that they aren’t the only ones experiencing fear or anxiety over this new adventure. By the way… the fear is good; it means that you are taking this commitment seriously, which is exactly how you will ensure the results you are looking for. And yet… we don’t want your palms to sweat; that’s not what I meant when I said that ‘some of you will ‘work up a good sweat’ in our health & fitness program.’ J To reduce the fear for now just remember this… you can’t fail at this… my definition of failure is ‘the absence of growth’… so as long as you learn anything at all about yourself through this process you will have won. And keep telling yourself what you would tell anyone else who was making this effort… focus on the process… let the results take care of themselves… and ENJOY THE JOURNEY… this is going to be FUN!!!!!!!!!
See you all soon!!!!
With Love & Support,
Mark Fourniér
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Gerri
Wow - I am so overwhelmed by the power of everyone's words and the passion behind them. As I read through them I feel inadequate and at the same time empowered. More importantly, I feel safe in your company. I don't have to be perfect, I just need to do the best that I can as much as I can. I don't know if the vibrations (butterflies and dragonflies) I feel inside me do anything for increasing my metabolism; I just know it's a good thing. :-DLooking forward to our time together. And feeling soooo much gratitude for Mark and San for making this possible and believing in us.

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Kate
Wow ... I really had no idea just how much you were doing. I knew you were working hard on this, but you keep surprising us with more. Thank you thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Love, Kate