Q & A with Dawn Alison

[fitbody]

Dec 11, 2014
pt of the day

Every dream needs a mind that moves with faith, courage, consistent actions and patience.
If you want to drive your passion to the territory of greatness,
you must separate yourself from people that don’t respect the power of passion.
Some people would tell you that it’s impossible for you to become successful in your line of passion.
But don’t be distracted by them because it is only you that need to believe in your dream in order for it to manifest.
You absolutely don’t need the world to cosign your passion for you.
The people that understand the power of following your true passion in life would never tell you that your dream is impossible to attain.
Rather, they would show you some strategic ways to take your passion to greater heights.
There is no better feeling than shinning the light of manifestation on your true passion in life.

PIC: Dawn Alison 2008

[fitbody]

Dec 14, 2014
pt of the day


“There are always two choices.
Two paths to take.
One is easy. And its only reward is that it's easy.”

“While we are free to choose our actions,
we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions.”
FOR EVERY ACTION THERES A REACTION...
FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU REALLY WANT &
MAKE CHOICES THAT CONSISTENTLY TAKE YOU CLOSER TO RATHER THAN FURTHER FROM YOUR GOALS
& YOU WILL ACHIEVE SUCCESS.
what is food ?
Food is FUEL for our bodies... NUTRITION....
what is Nutrition ? the definition is:
nu·tri·tion - the process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and grow; food; nourishment.
The wrong type of FOOD can poison and bring harm to our bodies.
BE CONSCIOUS OF YOUR CHOICES AS IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT VANITY,
IT'S ABOUT HEALTH, QUALITY OF LIFE,
PERFORMANCE: physically, mentally, emotionally...
PEOPLE USE FOOD FOR THE WRONG REASONS ALOT OF TIMES....
when you think about what you are eating and what it is doing to you,
and you start making conscious choices that allow you to have a more fulfilling life
THEN YOU ARE LIVING YOUR LIFE TO MORE OF IT'S FULL POTENTIAL !


AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb6iN6nGSgo
PLEASE WATCH THIS AND START LIVING NOW !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb6iN6nGSgo

[fitbody]

Dec 15, 2014
pt of the day

You cannot manage your life if you do not manage your self.
You cannot manage your self if you do not manage your choices.
Manage your choices, and you will manage your life.”

“The end result of your life here on earth will always be
the sum total of the choices you made while you were here.”

[fitbody]

Dec 16, 2014
pt of the day

"If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost. "
Success is the maximum utilization of the ability you have.
Success means doing the best we can with what we have.
Success is the doing,
not the getting;
in the trying, not the triumph.
Success is a personal standard,
reaching for the highest that is in us,
becoming all that we can be.

[fitbody]

Dec 17, 2014
pt of the day

Every achieved success is an outcome of some positive thoughts properly put into consistent actions.
The beginning of every success lies in one’s mind.
But continuous actions bring it to the light of reality.
There is always a price paid for every achievement made on earth.
So therefore,
achievement comes from the willingness
and ability to pay the price that comes with the dream.

[fitbody]

Dec 18, 2014
pt of the day


You are only as strong as the thoughts that constantly dwell in your mind.
With our thoughts we make the world.
Do what you can with what you’ve got wherever you are.
I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career.
I’ve lost almost 300 games.
26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed.
I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life.
And that is why I succeed.
Basketball Great: Micheal Jordan
PERSEVERE TILL THE MIRACLE HAPPENS !!!!!!!

[fitbody]

Dec 19, 2014
pt of the day

Greatness is what happens when
you persistently and courageously compete against your fears,
doubts and self-limitations.
The master key to every permanent positive change is
to be positively redeemed from your old ways of thinking.

[fitbody]

Dec 20, 2014
pt of the day

Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling,
but in rising every time we fall.
Success depends upon previous preparation,
and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.
Whatever you do,
do with all your heart.

[fitbody]

Dec 21, 2014
pt of the day

I believe life is constantly testing us for our level of commitment,
and life’s greatest rewards are reserved for those who
demonstrate a never-ending commitment to act until they achieve.
This level of resolve can move mountains,
but it must be constant and consistent.
As simplistic as this may sound,
it is still the common denominator separating those who
live their dreams from those who live in regret.

[fitbody]

NOTE THIS SHOW WILL SELL OUT SO GET TIX NOW AND DON'T BE DISSAPPOINTED
March Muscle Classic tix onsale now for Mar 14th
contact: Massey Theatre:
Tickets onsale for BCABBA Muscle Classic 2015 March
Tickets are Now Available online at www.MasseyTheatre.com or by calling the Box Office at 604-521-5050
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GREAT TURNOUT FOR POSING TODAY seeing it's less than a week till Xmas.... yaaaaaaah i'm happy: 5 figure, 1 mens physique, 9 bikini, 3 womens physique, 1 female bber, 1 male bber
posing continues usual times right thru holidays
fri 1pm
sun 2 - 2:30 figure and mens phys
2:30 - 3 bikini
3 womens phys and bbing
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DETERMINATION
Dec 22, 2014
pt of the day


In the heart of every winner lies
the spirit of strong determination and dedication.
It is quite obvious that success has never been an overnight journey.
Apparently, this is why success has always been a stranger to a mind that
continuously refuses to embrace the habit of staying fully determined and dedicated to its daily endeavors.
There is no other way around succeeding in life than
to sacrifice your time and energy on every single one of the goals that you set for your dreams.
It might be very hard to stay consistent with your actions,
but unfortunately, life would even be a lot harder if you decided to turn your back on your goals.
The only assured way out of a challenging situation is to activate your faith and courageously go all the way through it.
You were brought on earth to experience a victorious life,
and the worst thing that you could ever do to yourself is to allow negative thoughts to convince you to believe otherwise.
If your thoughts are not against your positive desires, nothing else on earth will succeed in stopping you from succeeding in life.
Success has never disappointed any mind that always pushes itself day in and day out with a great level of courage, confidence and faith,
while focusing on the golden prize that lies ahead.

PIC: TEAM Fit Body's St Matt Law GUNNING FOR MARCH MUSCLE CLASSIC

[fitbody]

Dec 23, 2014
pt of the day

CHOICES:
One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words;
it is expressed in the choices one makes.
In the long run, we shape our lives and we shape ourselves.
The process never ends until we die.
And, the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICES FOR A WONDERFUL LIFE

PIC: is me Dawn Alison in 2008
Photocredit: Steve Wennerstrom

[fitbody]

Dec 24, 2014
pt of the day

Greatness can never be achieved by
the same mental attitude that doubted its possibility in the first place.
To achieve greatness,
one has to think great, act great,
hope to be great and be patient for however long the journey takes.

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by
every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.

PICS: are me Dawn Alison 1991
Squatting 485 lbs, Benching 259 lbs,
that's Powerlifting Legend and my husband at the time,
3 x World Champ Powerlifter, 3x World Record Holder in the Bench Press Doug Young spotting me....
that year I won US Powerlifting Nationals...
DOUG TAUGHT ME SO MUCH ABOUT LIFTING, LOVE & LIFE...
HE TAUGHT ME COURAGE,
and IF YOU CAN SEE IT, YOU CAN BE IT !
thank you Doug... gone but never forgotten

[fitbody]

Dec 27, 2014
pt of the day

THE MAN IN THE ARENA
It is not the critic who counts;
not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles,
or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena,
whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood;
who strives valiantly;
who errs, who comes short again and again,
because there is no effort without error and shortcoming;
but who does actually strive to do the deeds;
who knows great enthusiasms,
the great devotions;
who spends himself in a worthy cause;
who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement,
and who at the worst, if he fails,
at least fails while daring greatly,
so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

[cog]

Dec 24, 2014
pt of the day

Greatness can never be achieved by
the same mental attitude that doubted its possibility in the first place.
To achieve greatness,
one has to think great, act great,
hope to be great and be patient for however long the journey takes.

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by
every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.

PICS: are me Dawn Alison 1991
Squatting 485 lbs, Benching 259 lbs,
that's Powerlifting Legend and my husband at the time,
3 x World Champ Powerlifter, 3x World Record Holder in the Bench Press Doug Young spotting me....
that year I won US Powerlifting Nationals...
DOUG TAUGHT ME SO MUCH ABOUT LIFTING, LOVE & LIFE...
HE TAUGHT ME COURAGE,
and IF YOU CAN SEE IT, YOU CAN BE IT !
thank you Doug... gone but never forgotten

Pretty sure he was on the cover of Powerlifting USA in the early 80's.Pretty impressive bench raw.

[fitbody]

Dec 28, 2014
pt of the day

All who have accomplished great things
have had a great aim
and have fixed their gaze on a goal
that is high–one that sometimes seems impossible.
A man is but the product of his thoughts;
what he thinks,
he becomes.
Success is a state of mind.
If you want success,
start thinking of yourself as a success.
I am the master of my fate;
I am the captain of my soul.
NEW YEAR, A NEW YOU....
just do it

[fitbody]

Dec 29, 2014
pt of the day

Achievers don’t just dream,
they courageously take plenty of actions on their dreams to ensure that they come into manifestation.
There has never been any man in the history of mankind that achieved something tangible without taking consistent actions.
Almost every single thing that is worth keeping takes time.
This is why we have to be willing and able to take actions,
and at the same time be willing to have patience.
I feel that the most important step in any major accomplishment is
setting a specific goal.
This enables you to keep your mind focused on your goal
and off the many obstacles that will arise when you’re striving to do your best.

[fitbody]

Dec 30, 2014
pt of the day

DETERMINATION:
Nothing on earth can stop us from proclaiming our destiny in life,
unless we decide to fall into the habit of seeing so many difficulties in things,
instead of the possibilities in things.
Nothing steals one’s dream faster than one’s constant self-doubts.
No motivation can ever survive in the long-term,
if one refuses to free his or her mind from the fears of the struggles,
challenges and obstacles that lie ahead.
The beginning of strong determination starts from one’s consistent positive thoughts.
An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything
and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.
JUST DO IT !

PIC: TEAM Fit Body's Brandon Best

[fitbody]

Dec 31, 2014
pt of the day

Delayed Gratification Defined:
simply, it means
making a choice which
limits the ability of getting something now,
for the pleasure of being able to have something bigger or better later.
GREAT THINGS come to those who wait !
STOP PROCRASTINATING YOUR GOALS & LIFE AWAY...
this New Year make consistent choices that take you closer to,
rather than further from
YOUR GOALS !

[fitbody]

Jan 1st, 2015
pt of the day

HAPPY NEW YEAR, a new year,
a new start to become the best you ever...
The reason most people never reach their goals is
that they don’t define them,
or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable.
Winners can tell you where they are going,
what they plan to do along the way,
and who will be sharing the adventure with them.
Goal setting is very important in life,
because without goals we would forever live in the land of imagination
with no chance of experiencing the taste of true reality.
So many things in life that are yet to be achieved are because
people haven’t bothered to set goals on them and follow their goals to the finish line.
The beginning of any success starts from setting clear effective goals.
Goals can help you approach life in a positive direction,
because so many people are full of desires,
but don’t really know how to go about fulfilling their desires.
Life without goals is truly a life without a specific direction.
Most of the great things that were achieved on earth were achieved by people who
had specific goals for themselves.

[fitbody]

Jan 2nd, 2015
pt of the day

You may have a fresh start any moment you choose,
for this thing that we call ‘failure’
is not the falling down,
but the staying down.
The difference between a successful person and others
is not a lack of strength,
not a lack of knowledge,
but rather a lack of will.

[fitbody]

Jan 3, 2015
pt of the day

For anything worth having one must pay the price;
and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice
no paper currency, no promises to pay,
but the gold of real service.

He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little;
he who would achieve much must sacrifice much;
he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly.

The longer I live,
the more I am certain that the great difference between
the great and the insignificant, is
energy -- invincible determination
a purpose once fixed,
and then death or victory.

[fitbody]

Jan 4, 2015
pt of the day

Trials, temptations, disappointments
all these are helps instead of hindrances,
if one uses them rightly.
They not only test the fiber of character but strengthen it.
Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy.
Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit
makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.
There is no better than adversity.
Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss,
contains its own seed,
its own lesson
on how to improve your performance the next time.

Challenges are what make life interesting;
overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.

Nothing splendid was ever created in cold blood.
Heat is required to forge anything.
Every great accomplishment is the story of a flaming heart.

PIC: is me

[fitbody]

Jan 5, 2015
pt of the day

Nothing great is created suddenly,
any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig.
If you tell me that you desire a fig.
I answer you that there must be time.
Let it first blossom,
then bear fruit,
then ripen.
Patience is the key to contentment.
Patience is bitter,
but its fruit is sweet.
Let me look upward into the branches of the flowering oak
and know that it grew great and strong
because it grew slowly and well.

[fitbody]

Jan 6, 2015
pt of the day

Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality.
It is the words that speak boldly of your intentions.
And the actions which speak louder than the words.
It is making the time when there is none.
Coming through time after time after time,
year after year after year.
Commitment is the stuff character is made of;
the power to change the face of things.

Competing in sports has taught me
that if I'm not willing to give 120 percent,
somebody else will

[Luna]

Well if it makes you feel any better, despite not being a 'body builder' like you, I've been fighting the fat monster for the better part of 19 years. Still fighting. Refuse to quit.... even though some days it seems completely hopeless. If I could even just get down to a normal weight I'd be over the moon (and yes I've tried body building and can't seem to shake the fat) so YOU GO GIRL!!! You can do it!! :) :)

[fitbody]

Jan 7. 2015
pt of the day

No one ever attains very eminent success by
simply doing what is required of him;
it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required,
that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction.

First, have a definite,
clear practical ideal;
a goal, an objective.
Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends;
wisdom, money, materials, and methods.
Third, adjust all your means to that end.

[fitbody]

Jan 8, 2015
pt of the day

You must see your goals clearly and specifically
before you can set out for them.
Hold them in your mind until they become second nature.
Numerous peak performers use the skill of mental rehearsal of visualization.
They mentally run through important events before they happen.
SEE IT, BELIEVE IT, BE IT...

PIC; TEAM Fit Body's St Matt Law
gunning for March Muscle Classic Show

[fitbody]

Jan 10, 2015
pt of the day

Be the one they want injured in the warmup.
Who blurs the line between hate and respect.
Who can never be stopped, only feared.
Make your mark in each and every game.
Today, tomorrow, next saturday, your competition.
Effort is between you, and you, and nobody else.
Great things are not done by impulse,
but by a series of small things brought together.
The drudgery and relentlessness of effort,
repeated day in and day out, month after month, year after year,
that is what separates the strong soul from the weak,
the winner from the loser.
There are no pills, no secrets, no passwords
on the path to greatness.
You’ve got to embrace the pain, push the threshold
and JUST DO IT !

PIC: TEAM Fit Body's Marina Wojtczak
prepping for the BC Championships

[fitbody]

Jan 10, 2015
pt of the day

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand.
The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it
but what he becomes by it.
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BCABBA's New VICTORIA CUP August 15, 2015
at the McPherson Playhouse in Victoria, BC
Guest Posers: IFBB Pro Bodybuilder Jose Raymond
& IFBB Pro Female Bodybulder Shannon Courtney
see attached for poster

[fitbody]

Jan 12, 2015
pt of the day

“The Tao Te Ching says,
when I let go of what I am,
I become what I might be.
When I let go of what I have,
I receive what I need. Have you ever struggled to find work or love,
only to find them after you have given up?
This is the paradox of letting go.
Let go, in order to achieve.
Letting go is God’s law.”

[fitbody]

Jan 13, 2015
pt of the day


Remember only God can shape a flower,
but any foolish child can pull it to pieces.
Never allow anyone to rain on your parade
and thus cast a pall of gloom and defeat on the entire day.
Remember that no talent, no self-denial, no brains, no character,
are required to set up in the fault-finding business.
Nothing external can have any power over you unless you permit it.
Your time is too precious to be sacrificed in wasted days combating the menial forces of hate, jealously, and envy.
Guard your fragile life carefully.

[fitbody]

Jan 14, 2015
pt of the day

“Some of you say, “Joy is greater than sorrow,”
and others say, “Nay, sorrow is the greater.”
But I say unto you, they are inseparable.
Together they come,
and when one sits alone with you at your board,
remember that the other is asleep upon your bed.”

“And a woman spoke, saying, "Tell us of Pain."
And he said: Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
Even as the stone of the fruit must break
, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain.
And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life,
your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy;
And you would accept the seasons of your heart,
even as you have always accepted the seasons that pass over your fields.
And you would watch with serenity through the winters of your grief.
Much of your pain is self-chosen.
It is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self.
Therefore trust the physician,
and drink his remedy in silence and tranquillity:
For his hand, though heavy and hard,
is guided by the tender hand of the Unseen,
And the cup he brings,
though it burn your lips,
has been fashioned of the clay which the Potter has moistened with His own sacred tears.”

― Khalil Gibran, The Prophet

[fitbody]

Jan 15, 2015
pt of the day

A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner.

If you can conquer your negative thoughts
and replace them with positive thoughts,
this is a living proof that you have mastered the art of
thriving through all negative circumstances in life.

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life
as by the obstacles which he has overcome.

[fitbody]

Jan 16, 2015
pt of the day

In all human affairs there are efforts,
and there are results,
and the strength of effort
is the measure of the results.
Every failure, obstacle or hardship is an opportunity in disguise.
Success in many cases is failure turned inside out.
The greatest pollution problem we face today is negativity.
Eliminate the negative attitude and believe you can do anything.
Replace 'if I can, I hope, maybe' with 'I can, I will, I must.'

[fitbody]

Jan 17, 2015
pt of the day

The galleries are full of critics.
They play no ball, they fight no fights.
They make no mistakes because they attempt nothing.
Down in the arena are the doers.
They make mistakes because they try many things.
The man who makes no mistakes lacks boldness and the spirit of adventure.
He is the one who never tries anything.
His is the brake on the wheel of progress.
And yet it cannot be truly said he makes no mistakes,
because his biggest mistake is the very fact that he tries nothing,
does nothing,
except criticize those who do things.

[fitbody]

Jan 18, 2015
pt of the day

Far better it is to dare mighty things,
to win glorious triumphs,
even though checkered by failure,
than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer too much,
because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.

[fitbody]

Jan 19, 2015
pt of the day

Kindness is never wasted.
If it has no effect on the recipient,
at least it benefits the bestower.
Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries.
Without them humanity cannot survive.
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

PIC: TEAM Fit Body at POSING PRACTICE YESTERDAY.
I am grateful for such a wonderful bunch of people
I have surrounding me in my life,
thank you

[faller]

Hi Dawn. I'm asking this question on behalf of a female friend. She is a first time user of Var. I'll just paste what she wrote on another board:

"I recently started a cycle with Anavar (10 mg to start then reduced to 5mg after 3 weeks) and had quite dramatic water retention. I have a very clean diet, prepare my own food, do not drink and only dine out occasionally so no excess sodium. I train hard on a 4 day split and do 2 HIIT sessions a week. Consume 4 litres of water/day on average. I stopped the Var after 5 weeks as I was so uncomfortable. 8 weeks later I've decided to try again (starting with 2.5 mg..I'm not kidding lol). After 8 days I'm experiencing the same bloating. Anyone have experience with estrogen inhibitors in regards to water retention? I am 53 years old (a very fit 53) and only menstruate about 4 times a year now. I have never experienced any of the usual menopause symptoms. Thanks for any help."

[fitbody]

Jan 20, 2015
pt of the day

A man with a half volition goes backwards and forwards,
and makes no way on the smoothest road;
a man with a whole volition advances on the roughest,
and will reach his purpose,
if there be even a little worthiness in it.
The man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder
a waif, a nothing, a no man.
Have a purpose in life and having it,
throw such strength of mind
and muscle into your work as God has given you.

[fitbody]

Jan 21, 2015
pt of the day

Be daring, be different, be impractical,
be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against
the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.
If you are not willing to risk the unusual,
you will have to settle for the ordinary.
It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance.
It's the dream afraid of waking that never takes the chance.
It's the one who won't be taken, who cannot seem to give,
and the soul afraid of dyin' that never learns to live.

PIC: is me Dawn Alison) photocredit: Paul Patrick Hammill

[fitbody]

Jan 22, 2015
pt of the day

Courage is the first of human qualities because
it is the quality which guarantees the others.
I do not ask to walk smooth paths nor bear an easy load.
I pray for strength and fortitude to climb the rock strewn road.
Give me such courage and I can scale the hardest peaks alone,
And transform every stumbling block into a stepping stone.

[fitbody]

Jan 23, 2015
pt of the day

Self-respect is the root of discipline.
The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to one's self.
There are always two choices. Two paths to take
. One is easy. And its only reward is that it's easy.
You've got to get up every morning with determination
if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction.

[fitbody]

Jan 24, 2015
pt of the day

Every choice carries a consequence.
For better or worse,
each choice is the unavoidable consequence of its predecessor.
There are not exceptions.
If you can accept that a bad choice carries the seed of its own punishment,
why not accept the fact that a good choice yields desirable fruit?

Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself:
I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today.
I can choose which it shall be.
Yesterday is dead,
tomorrow hasn't arrived yet.
I have just one day, today,
and I'm going to be happy in it.

[fitbody]

Jan 25, 2015
pt of the day

The remarkable thing we have is a choice every day
regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day.
We cannot change our past...
We cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way.
We cannot change the inevitable.
The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have,
and that is our attitude

[fitbody]

Jan 26, 2015
pt of the day

When you learn to embrace your self with a sense of appreciation and affection,
you begin to glimpse the goodness and light that is in you
and gradually you will realize that you are worthy of respect from yourself.
When you recognize your limits,
but still embrace your life with affection and graciousness,
the sense of inner dignity begins to grow.
You become freer
and less dependent on the affirmation of outer voices
and less troubled by the negativity of others.

PIC: TEAM Fit Body's SUNDAY POSING PRACTICE
- always such fun

[fitbody]

Jan 27, 2015
pt of the day

We cannot choose how many years we will live,
but we can choose how much life those years will have.
We cannot control the beauty of our face,
but we can control the expression on it.
We cannot control life's difficult moments but we can choose to make life less difficult.
We cannot control the negative atmosphere of the world,
but we can control the atmosphere of our minds.
Too often we try to choose and control things we cannot.
Too seldom we choose to control what we can …
our attitude.

PIC: TEAM Fit Body at Fabric Selection for suits on Saturday

[fitbody]

Jan 26 ,2015
pt of the day

No one else "makes us angry."
We make ourselves angry when
we surrender control of our attitude.
What someone else may have done is irrelevant.
We choose, not they.
They merely put our attitude to a test.
We cannot choose how many years we will live,
but we can choose how much life those years will have.
We cannot control the beauty of our face,
but we can control the expression on it.
We cannot control life's difficult moments
but we can choose to make life less difficult.
We cannot control the negative atmosphere of the world,
but we can control the atmosphere of our minds.
Too often we try to choose and control things we cannot.
Too seldom we choose to control what we can …
our attitude.
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain
but it takes character and self control
to be understanding and forgiving.

[fitbody]

Jan 29, 2015
pt of the day

Confronting our feelings
and giving them appropriate expression
always takes strength, not weakness.
It takes strength to acknowledge our anger,
and sometimes more strength yet to curb the aggressive urges anger may bring
and to channel them into nonviolent outlets.
It takes strength to face our sadness
and to grieve and to let our grief
and our anger flow in tears when they need to.
It takes strength to talk about our feelings
and to reach out for help
and comfort when we need it.

PIC is me Dawn Alison
photocredit: Paul Patrick Hammill

[fitbody]

Feb 4, 2015
pt of the day

Always bear in mind
that your own resolution to success
is more important than any other one thing.
Being challenged in life is inevitable,
being defeated is optional.
Everything can be taken from a man
but the last of human freedoms,
the right to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances
the right to choose one's own way.
I am bigger than anything that can happen to me.
All these things, sorrow, misfortune, and suffering,
are outside my door.
I am in the house and I have the key.

PIC: is me Dawn Alison​.
Photocredit Paul Patrick Hammill​

[fitbody]

sorry for being MIA
my computor went down
and had to get a new one
it's been a huge learning curve with new operating system
back in the saddle now

[fitbody]

Feb 25, 2015
pt of the day

Our greatest glory is not in never failing,
but in rising up every time we fail.
Life is not about how fast you run or how high you climb
but how well you bounce.

PIC: is me Dawn Alison​ 2008,
Photocredit: Paul Patrick Hammill​

[fitbody]

Feb 26, 2015
pt o the day

In the midst of movement and chaos,
keep stillness inside of you.
The key to happiness is inner peace.
The greatest obstacles to inner peace are disturbing emotions
such as anger, attachment, fear and suspicion,
while love and compassion and a sense of universal responsibility are
the sources of peace and happiness.

PIC: TEAM Fit Body's Brandon Best,
original photo by: Vicky Lee, PhotoArt by Uriel Art

[fitbody]

Feb 29, 2015
pt of the day


Luck is when OPPORTUNITY meets PREPAREDNESS

pic is me Dawn Alison​ CANADIAN NATIONALS 2013

[fitbody]

March 1, 2015
pt of the day

A NEW MONTH
A NEW CHANCE FOR A NEW ATTITUDE
spring is on it’s way
cast off the darkness & the cold
embrace the change of the season

Never allow anyone to rain on your parade
and thus cast a pall of gloom and defeat on the entire day.
Remember that no talent, no self-denial, no brains, no character,
are required to set up in the fault-finding business.
Nothing external can have any power over you unless you permit it.
Your time is too precious to be sacrificed in wasted days combating the menial forces of hate, jealously, and envy.
Guard your fragile life carefully.
Only God can shape a flower,
but any foolish child can pull it to pieces.

[fitbody]

March 2, 2015
pt of the day

Keep moving in the direction of your dreams.
No matter how slows it may seems, stay focus,
you will get to the finish line.”
Finishing races is important,
but racing is more important.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal:
it is the courage to continue that counts.
A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes.
It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results.

[fitbody]

Mar 3, 2015 pt of the day

“Life will break you.

Nobody can protect you from that,

and living alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning.

You have to love.

You have to feel.

It is the reason you are here on earth.

You are here to risk your heart.

You are here to be swallowed up.

And when it happens that you are broken, or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or death brushes near

, let yourself sit by an apple tree and listen to the apples falling all around you in heaps, wasting their sweetness.

Tell yourself you tasted as many as you could.”


PIC: TEAM Fit Body's SUNDAY POSING PRACTICE
- I'M BLESSED WITH SUCH AN AMAZING GROUP OF PEOPLE

[fitbody]

March 4, 2015
pt of the day

Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
Life is a challenge, meet it !
It is the character of a brave and resolute man
not to be ruffled by adversity and not to desert his post.
MEET LIFE HEAD ON BOOYAH !!

[fitbody]

Mar 5, 2015
pt of the day

“Never consider the possibility of failure;
as long as you persist,
you will be successful.
“I am not judged by the number of times I fail,
but by the number of times I succeed.

[fitbody]

Mar 6, 2015
pt of the day

The difference between a successful person and others
is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.
Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men,
and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
Failure will never overtake me
if my determination to succeed is strong enough

[fitbody]

March 7, 2015
pt of the day

I expect to pass through this world but once;
any good thing therefore that I can do,
or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature,
let me do it now;
let me not defer or neglect it,
for I shall not pass this way again.
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

PIC: is TEAM Fit Body’s FRIDAY POSING PRACTICE

[fitbody]

March 9, 2015
pt of the day

Our greatest weaknes
s lies in giving up.
At the end of the day,
life is hard for all of us (though to varying degrees),
and there will be many obstacles to what we want from life.
You might look at successful people and from the outside – it looks easy.
You might think you’re putting in as much effort as anyone else.
But the truth is that as humans,
we often overestimate our own determination
and underestimate the determination of those around us.
“Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.”

[fitbody]

Mar 10, 2015
pt of the day

"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow."
"Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value."
"The only mistake in life is the lesson not learned."
"Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master.
For this reason mastery demands all of a person."

PIC: is me Dawn Alison​.... photocredit: Paul Patrick Hammill​

[fitbody]

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March 11, 2015
pt of the day


“A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever.”
“If at first you don’t succeed, you are running about average.”
“Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.”
“The principle is competing against yourself
. It’s about self-improvement,
about being better than you were the day before.”
As long as you gave it your all,
did the best you could with what you have,
under the circumstances you are under,
that is all you can do....
be happy and content in knowing that....
this is winning !

[fitbody]

Mar 12, 2015
pt of the day

Sometimes feelings of defeat, failure and anxiety will sneak up on you.
When they do,
try to feed your courage instead of fuel your fear.
Overcome the resistance with unrelenting persistence.
Parts of the journey will be hellish and hard,
but the only thing that can make it worse is quitting.
Keep going.
Make the struggle worth it by persisting.
Its not how many times you get knocked down,
but how many times you get back up......
Champions keep playing until they get it right

[fitbody]

March 13, 2015
pt of the day

There comes a time in your life,
when you walk away from all the drama
and people who create it.
You surround yourself with people who make you laugh.
Forget the bad, and focus on the good.
Love the people who treat you right,
pray for the ones who don’t
. Life is too short to be anything but happy.
Falling down is a part of life,
getting back up is living.

[fitbody]

Good luck to all TEAM Fit Body athletes so proud of you all.

Have fun today.

COURAGE: is being scared to death but doing it anyway.




BCABBA PRESIDENT Dawn Alison's MESSAGE TO ALL the Muscle Classic Athletes today competing...
On Behalf of the BCABBA we'd like to welcome you to the 2015 Muscle Classic Championships.
I commend you and I have the utmost respect of anyone who can make all the way to the stage.
As it's one of the toughest journeys anyone will undergo.
Many say they are going to do a show, not many make it.
It takes a huge amount of dedication, committment, sacrifice, it's physically, mentally, emotionally & financially grueling.
Really it cannot be described, and no one can understand unless they themselves have been through it.
Life has a way of throwing curveballs at you when you are going on this journey.
you can either choose to succumb to these obstacles
or you can dust yourself off when life knocks you down and get up and GO AGAIN,
To all the competitors making it to this show, shows me what you are made of.
You are all CHAMPIONS in my eyes,
CONGRATS TO YOU ALL !
Sincerely, Dawn Alison BCABBA PRESIDENT

[fitbody]

TEAM Fit Body's Muscle Classic 2015 Results

Tamara Firlott – Womens Bodybuilding Champ
Judy Gall – Womens Physique 3rd Place Champ
Tara Gustafson – Figure A 5th Place Champ
Alec Abbott – Mens Physique C 3rd Place Champ
Matt Law – Mens Physique C – competitor
Kim Murray – Grand Masters Bikini – 4th Place Champ (Posing Client)
Carol Novotnik - Grand Masters Bikini – 5th Place Champ
Nicole G Leirer – Bikini A – competitor
Harj Hadani – Bikini B – 5th Place Champ
Cat Wheatley – Bikini B – competitor
Jenn Gornenski - Bikini B – competitor
Tasha Vickard – Bikini C – competitor
Vivian Wang – Bikini C – competitor
Michelle Fairney – Bikini D 5th Place Champ

BIG CONGRATS TO EVERYONE SO PROUD OF YOU ALL

[fitbody]

BCABBA MUSCLE CLASSIC Final OFFICIAL ALL Results
March 14, 2015

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BODYBUILDING
Junior Men BB

Competitor # Membership # First Name Last Name Final Placing
2 15171 Lee Hannen 1
3 15097 Afshin Zare 2
5 15019 Vlad Raducu 3
4 15264 Matus Kucharek 4
6 15006 Jeff Lee 5

Master Men BB

Competitor # Membership # First Name Last Name Final Placing
13 Ron Stone 1
11 Ivan Czach 3
12 Jake Palmberg 2

GrandMaster Men BB

Competitor # Membership # First Name Last Name Final Placing
8 15334 Ted Komick 1
9 15161 Wendell Small 2
10 15134 David Vella 3
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Open Women BODYBUILDING

Competitor # Membership # First Name Last Name Final Placing
40 15309 Tamara Firlotte 1
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Lightweight Men BB

Competitor # Membership # First Name Last Name Final Placing
16 15217 Trung Danh 1
17 15330 Behzad Radbooei 2
15 15294 Ty Seo 3
18 15365 Ivan Czach 4


Middleweight Men BB

Competitor # Membership # First Name Last Name Final Placing
19 15295 Daniel Gazzola 1
23 15297 David Malubag 2
22 15019 Vlad Raducu 3
20 15203 Brad Willson 4
21 15302 Atilla Akdogan 5

Light Heavyweight Men BB

Competitor # Membership # First Name Last Name Final Placing
27 15319 Burhan Pourmokhtari 1
28 15342 Tyler Dare 2
25 15065 Ryan Ferguson 3
24 15346 Tim Kolton 4
26 15372 Jason Zaw 5
29 15035 Kevin Dufault 6

Heavyweight Men BB

Competitor # Membership # First Name Last Name Final Placing
35 15078 Robert Thornton 1
36 15171 Lee Hannen 2
37 15340 Andy Alexiou 3
34 15292 Steve Ridgeley 4
32 15205 Anthony Mattioda 5
33 15298 Vladimir Klubert 6

Best Poser Men’s: Robert Thornton
Men’s Overall: Robert Thornton
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Masters Women Physique

Competitor # Membership # First Name Last Name Final Placing
41 15054 Bianca Schiavone 1
42 15325 Christina Kam 2

Women Physique

Competitor # Membership # First Name Last Name Final Placing
46 15064 Elyssa Starchuk 1
44 15061 Patty Nixon 2
47 15259 Judy Gail 3
45 15013 Robyn Graham 4

Best Poser Women’s: Elyssa Starchuk
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GrandMaster Figure

Competitor # Membership # First Name Last Name Final Placing
51 15051 Yvette Bradley 1
53 15027 Annette Willson 2
49 15240 Angela Seckler 3
52 15216 Joanne Dragani 4
50 15154 Laura lee Lauriente 5

Master Figure

Competitor # Membership # First Name Last Name Final Placing
54 15050 Tina Campbell 1
57 15156 Ayeshe Minouzadeh 2
59 15093 Kara Sproule 3
58 15062 Amber Wold 4
55 15381 Penny Gagnon 5
60 15066 Laurel Duffie 6
56 15254 Shera Wust 7

Figure A

Competitor # Membership # First Name Last Name Final Placing
69 15201 Natalie Coutu 1
64 15210 Abigail McKague 2
65 15153 Mary Anne MacGillivray 3
63 15238 Francesca Bolton 4
66 15112 Tara Gustafson 5
68 15105 Karighan Dumont 6
67 15286 Jessica Marcelino 7


Figure B

Competitor # Membership # First Name Last Name Final Placing
79 15073 Kelly Bentley 1
80 15052 Amber Rimes 2
75 15030 Shelbi Watton 3
81 15299 Amy Hopkins 4
77 15063 Katie Larsen 5
76 15096 Milena Canta 6
74 15025 Kristin Cerney 7
82 15313 Amber Gage 8
73 15348 Carrie Norman 9
78 15091 Chelsea Yelland 10

Overall Figure: Natalie Coutu

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Masters Men Physique

Competitor # Membership # First Name Last Name Final Placing
87 15225 Kirk Swaby 87
88 15320 Pablo Mejia 88
86 15347 Jonathan Archambault 86
85 15252 Robert Seckler 85

Men Physique A

Competitor # Membership # First Name Last Name Final Placing
91 15120 Jeffrey De Jesus 1
89 15053 Tyler De La Paz 2
93 15162 Nick Petz 3
97 15202 Sopheaktra Van 4
94 15281 Dylan Cameron 5
95 15227 Michael Lazaro 6
98 15301 Cesar Pineda 7
96 15375 Justin Hamade 8
92 15349 Ehtesham Sajid 9
90 Rick K 10
Men Physique B

Competitor # Membership # First Name Last Name Final Placing
110 15215 Leon Chung Him Lai 1
111 15328 Brennan Gademans 2
112 15245 Ryan Villeneuve 3
105 15122 David Miao 4
107 15313 George Hatzikiriakos 5
109 15369 Aaron Prevost 6
101 15018 Ramsey Pretty 7
113 15193 Trevor Stack 8
114 15305 Paul Russell 9
104 15182 Olasunkanmi Alagboro 10
100 15127 Tristan Bucchiotti 11
103 15289 Darren Ogden 12
106 15004 Ronald Hernandez-Lebron 13
116 15415 Jayson Wyner 14
102 15098 Levi de la Giroday 15
108 15350 Adrian Tay 15
115 15361 James Kellett 16

Men Physique C

Competitor # Membership # First Name Last Name Final Placing
130 15271 Jacob Taylor 1
120 15071 Luke Kim 2
125 15196 Alec Abbott 3
126 15121 Colton Hengg 4
128 15038 Nick Kozuback 5
123 15384 Kristian Josok 6
129 15011 Aaron Keller 7
121 15367 Kenny Moore 8
124 15327 John Morin 9
122 15306 Troy Nadjiwon 10
119 15103 Marc-Andre Lavoie 11
131 15072 Matt Law 12
118 15370 Julian Miller 13
127 15068 Matt Kiselbach 14

Men Physique D

Competitor # Membership # First Name Last Name Final Placing
142 15366 Nicholas Kleider 1
138 15307 Spencer Johnston 2
136 15357 Spensor Farbatuk 3
139 15321 Peter Johns 4
137 15351 Mahdi Kazempour 5
141 15088 Baron Swainson 6
135 15059 Cole Seidel 7
140 15317 Cody Curlew 8
134 15241 Derek Bains 9

Overall Men Physique: Jeffery de Jesus
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GrandMaster Bikini

Competitor # Membership # First Name Last Name Final Placing
150 15318 Loan-Anh Phillips 1
148 15003 Sandra Martin 2
151 15041 Kelora Clingwall 3
149 15069 Kimberley Murray 4
152 15113 Carol Novotnik 5
147 15269 Sandra Vrba 6


Master Bikini A

Competitor # Membership # First Name Last Name Final Placing
166 15291 Blanca Beaupré 1
156 15278 Carrie Roulette 2
154 15056 Sheila Jaeger 3
155 lara Leontowich 4
167 15362 Ariel Evans 5
153 15123 Nola Pullar 6
157 15009 Jennifer Mann 7
158 15353 Rina Kapusta 8

Master Bikini B

Competitor # Membership # First Name Last Name Final Placing
159 15175 Leah Wagner 1
162 15194 Chelan Wilkins 2
163 15034 Jaime Chorney 3
165 15268 Heidi Johnson 4
161 15107 Kimberly Adams 5
160 15033 Sue Heikkila 6
164 15049 Krystal Pearson 7


Bikini A

Competitor # Membership # First Name Last Name Final Placing
170 15037 Rashelle Gauthier 1
171 15005 Kennedy Ledgerwood 2
182 15364 Renee Cooper 3
178 15226 Chelsie Dunne 4
183 15371 Reani Sharp 5
173 15029 Christine Kinvig 6
177 15016 Marianne Cottingham 7
172 15148 May Cheng 8
175 15293 Ashley May Hill 9
176 15015 Vanessa Chung 9
169 15023 Kelsey Robinson 11
174 15332 Nicole G Leier 12
181 15208 Kelsey Cirez 13
180 15296 Charmane Terpstra 14
179 15111 Joelyn Robertson 15
168 15243 Carly Bonnyman 16

Bikini B

Competitor # Membership # First Name Last Name Final Placing
187 15356 Caitlin Botterill 1
192 15002 Kristina Matic 2
198 15279 Dana Maternick 3
219 15255 Kaelan Sockman 4
197 15304 Harj Hadani 5
196 15249 Deepika Sivia 6
193 15273 Selina Hawes 7
191 15165 Cobi Vaughn 8
190 15092 Brandi Thompson 9
189 15128 Catherine Wheatley 10
188 15028 Jill Schellekens 11
186 15026 Dana Evangelista 12
194 15008 Sydney O'Dare 13
195 15212 Jennifer Gornenski 14
199 15057 Sandeep Singh 15

Bikini C

Competitor # Membership # First Name Last Name Final Placing
203 15303 Nicole Hall 1
216 15204 Alyssa Janes 2
215 15021 Gopi (Gurpreet) Takhar 3
205 15042 Marlo Williams 4
213 15272 Cassie Faris 5
206 15218 Ashley Evancio 6
214 15032 Meagan Walter 7
212 15110 Kim Lockhart 8
204 15132 Andrea Thomas 9
202 15248 Carleigh O'Leary 10
210 15387 Sarah Rempel 11
207 15300 Amy Ma 12
211 15358 Alejandra Prada 13
217 15067 Annika Granander 14
208 15228 Tasha Vickerd 15
209 15181 Vivian Wang 16
218 15283 Alesha Beckett 16


Bikini D

Competitor # Membership # First Name Last Name Final Placing
226 15137 Laura Merkel 1
223 15158 Montana Jade Lee 2
225 15206 Melissa Olson 3
229 15345 Kristina Gabrysh 4
227 15087 Michelle Fairney 5
230 15266 Carlie Gollner 6
231 15142 Danielle Hall 7
224 15014 Kirsten Dickie 8
228 15085 Robyn Grey 9

Bikini E

Competitor # Membership # First Name Last Name Final Placing
235 15261 Teela Chapdelaine 1
237 15044 Pamela Steeper 2
245 15343 Brianna Manno 3
243 15020 Tara Allison 4
239 15250 Julia Dion 5
241 15354 Candice Woods 6
236 15262 Rebecca Gaetz 7
244 15055 Vanessa Stone 8
242 15290 Ashley Williams 9
238 15333 Stephanie Giesbrecht 10
240 15172 Elizabeth O'brien 11

Overall Bikini: Laura Merkel

[fitbody]

Mar 16, 2015
pt of the day

When times get tough
it’s helpful and heartwarming to know that
“this too will pass”
yet, how we respond
or react to the more extreme circumstances in life,
especially in times of persistent trial and trouble,
truly defines us.
“Physical strength is measured by what we carry.
Inner strength is measured by what we can bear”

[fitbody]

Mar 17, 2015
pt of the day

You can achieve almost any goal you set for yourself
as long as you have the discipline
to pay the price
to do what you need to do
and to never give up.
You can make excuses
or you can make progress.
You choose

[fitbody]

Mar 18, 2015
pt of the day

The secret of health for both mind and body
is not to mourn for the past,
not to worry about the future,
not to anticipate the future,
but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.

Be where you are;
otherwise you will miss your life.

- Buddha..

[fitbody]

Mar 21, 2015
pt of the day


You can't escape karma ...
It is what it is.
It doesn't judge,
it's neither good nor bad like most people think.
It's the result of all the actions, positive and negative
a constant balancing act of events
cause and effect--tit for tat--reaping and sowing--what goes around comes around ...
However you phrase it,
it's the same in the end.

[fitbody]

March 22,2015
pt of the day

Letting go is can be a painful yet necessary part of life.
And letting go can also result in feeling free.
Letting go helps us to to live in a more peaceful state of mind and helps restore our balance.
It allows others to be responsible for themselves
and for us to take our hands off situations that do not belong to us.
This frees us from unnecessary stress.
Let go of your attachment to being right,
and suddenly your mind is more open.
The mental and physical space we create by
letting go of things that belong in our past gives us…
the option to fill the space with something new.
AMEN !

[fitbody]

Mar 23, 2015
pt of the day


“With everything that has happened to you,
you can either feel sorry for yourself
or treat what has happened as a gift.
Everything is either an opportunity to grow
or an obstacle to keep you from growing.
You get to choose.”
“Learning is a gift.
Even when pain is your teacher.”
“No matter what the situation, remind yourself “
I have a choice.”
“You must make a decision that you are going to move on.
It wont happen automatically.
You will have to rise up and say,
‘I don’t care how hard this is,
I don’t care how disappointed I am,
I’m not going to let this get the best of me.
I’m moving on with my life.”

[fitbody]

Mar 24, 2015
pt of the day


Success is the result of
perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.
No student ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him/her:
it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required,
that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction.

PIC: TEAM Fit Body's INCOMPARABLE Christine Wallace​

[fitbody]

Mar 25, 2015
pt of the day

"I am thankful for friends who stand by me through the ups and downs of life.
My truest friends are those who know everything about me,
but love me just the same.
The words that escape a friend's mouth are
"I'll be there when you say you need me"
but the words that are unheard from a true friend's heart are
"I'll be there... whether you say you need me or not
LOYALTY

[fitbody]

March 25, 2015
pt of the day

"As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world ...
as in being able to remake ourselves."
Try to realize it's all within yourself
no one else can make you change.
The most important of life's battles is
the one we fight daily in the silent chambers of the soul.

[fitbody]

March 27, 2015
pt of the day

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“Everything we have created on this planet
was essentially first created in the mind.
All the work done by humans
both the wonderful things and the horrible things
first found expression in the mind,
then became manifested in the outside world. In the yogic tradition,
a well-established mind is referred to as a “Kalpavriksha” or a “wishing tree.”
If you organize your mind to a certain level,
it in turn organizes your whole system;
your body, emotions and energies get organized in that direction.
If this happens, you are a Kalpavriksha yourself.
Anything that you wish will happen.”
~Sadhguru

[fitbody]

March 28, 2015
pt of the day

PATIENCE, TRUST & TEAMWORK:
the below pictures show my client Christine Wallace​ BEFORE PICTURES
& her last competition which took a period of 2 yrs to accomplish.
Her 1st show 2012 was Bikini where she placed 4th,
then she did Figure 2013 and got 2nd.
Then 2014 moved up to Physique and was CHAMPION.
So many people think this CHANGING OF THEIR BODY TRANSFORMATION is INSTANT...
and when they don't get what they want,
flippantly jump ship & try another trainer usually lookin for an easier, softer, quicker way to get what they want.
Christine is a perfect example of a GREAT STUDENT/ PROTEGE
as she listens to her coach & follows instructions for diet, training, supplements
and all the things a coach gives their client in order to succeed,
she works hard, stays consistent, stays focused,
when she's struggling she reaches out, tells me what is going on,
and what obstacles she's up against so i can help her overcome them.
If you don't tell your coach what is going on they can't help you,
Success is far beyond lifting weights, cardio & a meal plan....
Its a balance and dance of TEAMWORK between CLIENT & COACH.
And only through COMMUNICATION, PERSEVERANCE, COMMITMENT, DEDICATION,
& TRUST ON BOTH SIDES can the COACH/CLIENT relationship & GOALS OF EACH COME TO FRUITION....
thank you Christine for allowing me to be apart of your journey & life,
and having the trust in faith in me to stick with me these last almost 3 years,
and to watch you rise not only as an athlete,
but as the wonderful soul you are,
love you, your coach Dawn Alison

[fitbody]

Mar 29,2015
pt of the day

But it’s important to remember that setbacks, failures, and tragedy are a part of life.
Whether we manage to find joy and success in the daily struggle of life
is largely dependent on our ability to persevere through even the toughest adversity without ever giving up.
“We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.”
“The gem cannot be polished without friction,
nor man perfected without trials.”
“Tough times never last,
but tough people do.”
“It is only in our darkest hours that we may discover the true strength of the brilliant light
“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life.
It goes on.”


BEST SPEECH EVER.... ROCKY.....
Let me tell you something you already know.
The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows.
It's a very mean and nasty place
and I don't care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees
and keep you there permanently if you let it.
You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life.
But it ain't about how hard ya hit.
It's about how hard you can get it
and keep moving forward.
How much you can take and keep moving forward.
That's how winning is done!
Now if you know what you're worth then go out and get what you're worth.
But ya gotta be willing to take the hits,
and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody!
Cowards do that and that ain't you!
You're better than that!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_Vg4uyYwEk

[fitbody]

Mar 30, 2015
pt of the day

There will be times in your life where you’re challenged,

where nothing seems to be going right,

where tragedy strikes and you’re left to pick up the pieces.

In some cases,

being strong is simply about being able to persevere through extreme adversity.

It can be something horrific like the tragic loss of a loved one,

or something difficult and trying like getting laid off.

It can also be emotional trauma,

like recovering from a divorce or a tough break up.

These experiences leave us feeling weak and hopeless.

But that’s no reason to stay down for long.

No matter what you’re going through in life,

other people just like you have gone through the same or worse

and come out stronger on the other side.

It’s times like these you need to be strong and never give up.

[fitbody]

March 31, 2015
pt of the day

Success isn’t measured by money or power or social rank.
Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace.
Suffering usually relates to wanting things to be different from the way they are.
Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.
At the end of the day, vigorous self examination is the greatest form of maturity.
Life isn’t about getting and having,
it’s about giving and being.
Be happy in the moment, that’s enough.
Each moment is all we need, not more.

[fitbody]

April 1, 2015
pt of the day

Sometimes you’ve got to emotionally let go of the things that once meant a lot to you,
so you can move beyond the past and the pains they bring you,
and open the next chapter in your life.
Moving on doesn’t mean forgetting,
it means you choose happiness over hurt.
In life,
you get what you put in.
Everything comes back around.

[fitbody]

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2015 BC CHAMPIONSHIPS POSTERS going to print today

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[fitbody]

April 2, 2015
pt of the day


When you can forgive, yourself and others,
and stop the imprisonment,
you’re creating the love of your life.
Life will never be perfect, no matter how hard you try.
Even if you pour your heart and soul into it,
you will never have that perfection you seek.
There will always be broken hearts,
there will always be days where nothing goes right.
But you must accept
and learn that even the most imperfect things
will always be made better with love and laughter.

[fitbody]

April 3, 2015
pt of the day

You are responsible for how you feel
no matter what someone does to you.
Remember,
you are always in control of your thoughts
so choose to feel confident and adequate
rather than angry and insecure.
If you want your life to change,
your choices and actions must change.
Every day brings a chance to start over.

[fitbody]

April 4, 2015
pt of the day

DELAYING GRATIFICATION:
is a process of scheduling the pain and pleasure of life
in such as way as to enhance the pleasure by
meeting and experiencing the pain first and getting it over with.
It is the only decent way to live >
When we teach ourselves & others discipline,
we are teaching them and ourselves how to suffer and also how to grow.
There are 4 tools:
delaying gratification,
acceptance of responsibility,
dedication to the truth
and balancing.

PIC: TEAM Fit Body’s Bikini Girl Daisy Nahasati

[fitbody]

April 5, 2015
pt of the day


“Happiness depends upon ourselves.”
“When one door of happiness closes,
another opens,
but often we look so long at the closed door
that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.”
“Happiness depends upon ourselves.”

“The most beautiful people we have known are those who
have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss,
and have found their way out of the depths.
These persons have an appreciation,
a sensitivity and an understanding of life
that fills them with compassions, gentleness, and a deep loving concern.
Beautiful people do not just happen.”

HAPPY EASTER TO YOU & YOUR LOVED ONES...
WISHING YOU HEALTH & HAPPINESS

[fitbody]

April 6, 2015
pt of the day

“We are all different,
which is great because we are all unique.
Without diversity life would be very boring.”
A lot of different flowers make a bouquet.”
PIC: TEAM Fit Body's EASTER SUNDAY PRACTICE....
CELEBRATING THE DIVERSITY & THE INDIVIDUALITY as well as the TEAM...
Alone we can do so little;
together we can do so much.
It is literally true that you can succeed best
and quickest by helping others to succeed.
The strength of the team is each individual member.
The strength of each member is the team.
Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision.
The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives.
It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.

[fitbody]

April 7, 2015
pt of the day

“Strength does not come from winning.
Your struggles develop your strengths.
When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.”
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal:
it is the courage to continue that counts.”
“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.
Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened,
vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.”

[fitbody]

April 8, 2015
pt of the day

“Life is 10% what happens to us
and 90% how we react to it.”
“Live each day as if your life had just begun.”
“Though no one can go back and make a brand new start,
anyone can start from now
and make a brand new ending.”

PIC: TEAM Fit Body's Judy Gall​.
PHOTOCREDIT: Vicky Lee​ of Satire Images

[fitbody]

April 9, 2015
pt of the day


When you find yourself cocooned in isolation and despair
and cannot find your way out of the darkness,
remember that this is similar to the place where caterpillars go to grow their wings
.Of all the things that can be stolen from you
your possessions, your youth, your health, your words, your rights
what no one can ever take from you is your freedom to choose what you will believe in,
and who and what your heart will love.
Even though you cannot control everything that happens,
you can control your attitude toward what happens.
And in that,
you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.
Sometimes you just need to relax, breathe, let go,
and just live in the moment.

[fitbody]

April 10, 2015
pt of the day


Hold fast to dreams,
for if dreams die,
life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
The question for each person to settle is not what he would do if he had means,
time, influence and educational advantages;
the question is what he will do with the things he has.
The moment a person ceases to dream
or to bemoan his lack of opportunities
and resolutely looks his conditions in the face,
and resolves to change them,
he lays the corner-stone of a solid and honorable success.
JUST DO IT

[fitbody]

April 11, 2015
pt of the day

He who would accomplish little
must sacrifice little;
he who would achieve much
must sacrifice much;
he who would attain highly
must sacrifice greatly.


PIC: 3 of TEAM Fit Body’s 2014 BIKINI CHAMPIONS,
Sarah Bailey – KRACK KLASSIC CHAMP,
Sandy Sira - FORT ST JOHN CHAMP,
Amy Lee – Sandra Wickham Fall Classic Champ

[fitbody]

April 12, 2015
pt of the day

Perseverance is the hard work you do
after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.
Stubbornly persist,
and you will find that the limits of your stubbornness
go well beyond the stubbornness of your limits.
The race is not always to the swift,
but to those who keep on running.
JUST DO IT

[fitbody]

April 13, 2015
pt of the day


“Successful people aren't born that way.
They become successful by
establishing the habit of doing things unsuccessful people don't like to do.
The successful people don't always like these things themselves;
they just get on and do them.”
“Try and fail,
but don't fail to try.”
“What you want to do,
and what you can do,
is limited only by what you can dream.”
“Doing the best at this moment
puts you in the best place for the next moment.”

PIC: TEAM Fit Body’s SUNDAY POSING PRACTICE

[fitbody]

April 14, 2015
pt of the day

Life is a sum of all your choices.
Motivation is what gets you started.
Habit is what keeps you going.
If you think you can, you can.
And if you think you can't,
you're right.

WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT
YOU BRING ABOUT

JUST DO IT

[fitbody]

PT OF THE DAY
APRIL 15, 2015

“Construct your determination with
Sustained Effort,
Controlled Attention,
and Concentrated Energy.
Opportunities never come to those who wait…
they are captured by those who dare to attack.”

[fitbody]

April 16, 2015
pt of the day

The essence of the Way is detachment.
Whatever feelings arise
whether pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral
abide contemplating impermanence in those feelings,
contemplate fading away,
relinquishment,
letting go of all those feelings.
Contemplating this one does not cling to anything in this world.
When not clinging, there is no agitation.
When not agitated one personally attains Nibbana
.The Pali word Nibbana is formed of Ni and Vana.
Ni is a negative particle
and vana means lusting or craving.
"It is called Nibbana,
in that it is a departure from the craving which is called vana, lusting."
Literally, Nibbana means non-attachment.
From a metaphysical standpoint Nibbana is deliverance from suffering.
From a psychological standpoint Nibbana is the eradication of egoism.
From an ethical standpoint Nibbana is the destruction of lust, hatred and ignorance.

[fitbody]

April 17, 2015
pt of the day

“There’s a difference between interest and commitment.
When you’re interested in doing something,
you do it only when circumstance permit.
When you’re committed to something,
you accept no excuses, only results.”
You create your own luck with persistence and preparation!
PIC: TEAM Fit Body’s Brad Piacek lookin awesome
5 wks and 2 days out of the BC Championships
Go Brad

[fitbody]

April 18, 2015
pt of the day

The MAN in the ARENA: It is not the critic who counts;

not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles,

or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena,

whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood;

who strives valiantly;

who errs, who comes short again and again,

because there is no effort without error and shortcoming;

but who does actually strive to do the deeds;

who knows great enthusiasms,

the great devotions;

who spends himself in a worthy cause;

who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement,

and who at the worst, if he fails,

at least fails while daring greatly,

so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls

who neither know victory nor defeat.

[fitbody]

Apr 19, 2015
pt of the day


“Without goals, and plans to reach them,
you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination.”
“People with goals succeed because
they know where they’re going.”
“Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan,
in which we must fervently believe,
and upon which we must vigorously act.”

PIC: TEAM Fit Body's Ni Na
prepping for the BC Championships lookin smokin'

[fitbody]

April 20, 2015
pt of the day

Our lives are not own own.
From womb to tomb...
we are bound to each other,
past & present.
And by each crime & kindness
we birth our future.
I believe death is only a door.
When one door closes another door opens.

PIC: TEAM Fit Body’s SUNDAY POSING PRACTICE

[fitbody]

April 21, 2015
pt of the day

Worry less about what others think
and focus more on how you see yourself.
The most important opinion of you is your own.
Don't let outside voices tell you otherwise.
Be who you are and say what you feel,
because those who mind don't matter
and those who matter don't mind.

[fitbody]

April 22, 2015
pt of the day

DON’T QUIT

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,

When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit-
Rest if you must, but don't you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns,

As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a fellow turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out.
Don't give up though the pace seems slow -
You may succeed with another blow.
Often the goal is nearer than

It seems to a faint and faltering man;
Often the struggler has given up
Whe he might have captured the victor's cup;
And he learned too late when the night came down,
How close he was to the golden crown.
Success is failure turned inside out -

The silver tint in the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It might be near when it seems afar;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit -
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.

[fitbody]

Apri 23, 2015
pt of the day



Letting go helps us to to live in a more peaceful state of mind
and helps restore our balance.
It allows others to be responsible for themselves
and for us to take our hands off situations that do not belong to us.
This frees us from unnecessary stress

[fitbody]

April 24, 2015
pt of the day

He who conquers others is strong;
He who conquers himself is mighty.


As the sculptor devotes himself to wood and stone,
I would devote myself to my soul.

One can choose to go back toward safety
or forward toward growth.
Growth must be chosen again and again;
fear must be overcome again and again.

[fitbody]

April 24, 2015
pt of the day


Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.
Only through experience of trial and suffering
can the soul be strengthened,
vision cleared,
ambition inspired,
and success achieved.

[fitbody]

April 26, 2015
pt of the day

“I am not a product of my circumstances.
I am a product of my decisions.”
“The only person you are destined to become
is the person you decide to be.”
“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.”

[fitbody]

April 27, 2015
pt of the day




To be nobody but yourself
in a world which is doing its best, night and day,
to make you everybody else
means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight;
and never stop fighting.

PIC IS TEAM Fit Body’s Sunday Posing Practice yesterday

[fitbody]

April 28, 2015
pt of the day

Trust yourself.
Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life.
Make the most of yourself
by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.

PIC TEAM Fit Body’s AMAZING TRANSFORMATION of BILL Fergason
WAY TO GO BILL

[fitbody]

April 29, 2015
pt of the day

“Success is processional.
It’s the result of a series of small disciplines
that lead us into habitual patterns of success
that no longer require consistent will or effort.”

SUCCESS IS THE SUM OF EFFORT
that is repeated moment after moment,
day after day,
week after week,
month after month,
year after year,
CONSISTENCY IS WHAT REAPS REWARDS

[fitbody]

April 30, 2015
pt of the day


Its not how hard you can hit.
Its how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.
That's how winning is done.
No one is gonna hit you harder than life.
KEEP GRINDING

[fitbody]

May 1, 2015
pt of the day

“Sometimes you don’t realize your own strength

until you come face to face with your greatest weakness.

Courage is looking fear right in the eye and saying,

Get the hell out of my way, I’ve got things to do.

Man can live about forty days without food,

about three days without water,

about eight minutes without air,

but only for one second without hope

Success is not final,

failure is not fatal:

it is the courage to continue that counts.”



PIC: TEAM Fit Body’s An Amigo prepping for Kelowna Show

- lookin awesome

[fitbody]

May 2, 2015
pt of the day

“The person without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder.”
“Construct your determination with Sustained Effort,
Controlled Attention,
and Concentrated Energy.
Opportunities never come to those who wait…
they are captured by those who dare to attack.”

[fitbody]

May 3, 2015
pt of the day


It's not who you are that holds you back,
it's who you think you're not.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

[fitbody]

May 4th, 2015
pt of the day

“Alone we can do so little;
together we can do so much”
“The strength of the team is each individual member.
The strength of each member is the team.”
“Teamwork is the secret that make common people achieve uncommon result.”

PIC: TEAM Fit Body's SUNDAY POSING PRACTICE
6 days out of Kelowna,
1wk days out of FSJ,
2 wks 6 days out of BC's
and then other competitors for shows later this year in here as well,
always constantly in different stages & levels,
GREAT WORK,
GOOD LUCK to all,
safe travels to the shows

[fitbody]

May 5, 2015
pt of the day

"Visualize this thing that you want,
see it, feel it, believe in it.
Make your mental blue print,
and begin to build."
"Its discovered that numerous peak performers
use the skill of mental rehearsal of visualization.
They mentally run through important events before they happen."

[fitbody]

May 6, 2015
pt of the day

“Until you make peace with who you are,
you’ll never be content with what you have.”
“There is no greater gift you can give or receive than to honor your calling.
It’s why you were born.
And how you become most truly alive.”
DARE TO BE THE PERSON YOU WERE BORN TO BE.
“You are never given a dream without also being given the power to make it true.”

[fitbody]

May 7, 2015
pt of the day

SAFE TRAVELS TO ALL THOSE GOING TO KELOWNA SHOW
AND BEST OF LUCK TO ALL THE COMPETITORS
All our dreams can come true,
if we have the courage to pursue them.
Dreams pass into the reality of action.
From the actions stems the dream again;
and this interdependence produces the highest form of living.

PIC: TEAM Fit Body's WHEELCHAIR BODYBUILDER Dave Wheeler​

[fitbody]

May 11, 2015
pt of the day


“Winners never quit,
and quitters never win.”
“Many of life’s failures are
people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”

[fitbody]

May 13, 2015
pt of the day

“Successful people aren't born that way.
They become successful by
establishing the habit of doing things unsuccessful people don't like to do.
The successful people don't always like these things themselves;
they just get on and do them.”

PIC: TEAM Fit Body's Brad Piacek just under 2 wks out of BC Champs
LOOKIN AWESOME

[fitbody]

May 14, 2015
pt of the day

Don't Quit

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest, if you must, but don't you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about,
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don't give up though the pace seems slow--
You may succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than,
It seems to a faint and faltering man,
Often the struggler has given up,
When he might have captured the victor's cup,
And he learned too late when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out--
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far,
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit--
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.

PIC: TEAM Fit Body's Christine Wallace
gunning for BC CHAMPIONSHIPS PHYSIQUE

[fitbody]

May 20, 2015
pt of the day

The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work.
The best way to gain self-confidence is to do what you are afraid to do.

[fitbody]

MAY 21, 2015
pt of the day

“Happiness is the art of
never holding in your mind the memory of any unpleasant thing that has passed.”
“It isn’t what you have,
or who you are,
or where you are,
or what you are doing
that makes you happy or unhappy.
It is what you think about.”

THIS SATURDAY IS THE BC CHAMPIONSHIPS
ticket available at ticketmaster
or at the door
9am prejudging
6pm night show
THE BEST IN BC COMPETING FOR THE BC TITLES
DON'T MISS IT

[fitbody]

May 30, 2015
pt of the day

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation,
because your character is what you really are,
while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

PIC: TEAM Fit Body's Hamed
4th Place BC Champion Mens Physique

[fitbody]

May 31, 2015
pt of the day

"You are only as lazy or lacking in willpower as you think you are."
"To assert your willpower is simply to make up your mind that you want something,
and then refuse to be put off."

[fitbody]

Jun 7, 2015
pt of the day

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters
compared to what lives within us.

[fitbody]

June 8th, 2015
pt of the day

I believe that if you don't derive a deep sense of purpose from what you do,
if you don't come radiantly alive several times a day,
if you don't feel deeply grateful at the tremendous good fortune that has been bestowed on you,
then you are wasting your life.
And life is too short to waste

PIC: TEAM Fit Body’s Lauren Fuller
2nd Place BC Champion Bikini

[fitbody]

Jun 9, 2015
pt of the day

“I can be changed by what happens to me
but I refuse to be reduced by it.”

[fitbody]

June 10, 2015
pt of the day

It’s easy to forget what an amazing gift life really is.
Our lives are nothing but a cosmic blink.
Even our seemingly all-encompassing world is
just tiny blue dot circling an average sized star spiraling around
a galaxy of 200-400 billion stars,
which itself is just one galaxy among billions more.
Yet for one brief moment,
we get to experience the wonders of existence,
of consciousness.
DON'T WASTE IT.

[fitbody]

June 11, 2015
pt of the day


Press on.
Obstacles are seldom the same size tomorrow
as they are today.
My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life,
but doing the best at this moment
puts you in the best place for the next moment.

PIC: TEAM Fit Body's Wheel Chair BC Bodybuilding Champion Dave Wheeler,
with Coaches Dawn Alison & Brandon Best
Photocredit: Vicky Lee of Satire Images

[fitbody]

June 12, 2015
pt of the day


When I let go of what I am,
I become what I might be.

[fitbody]

June 14, 2015
pt of the day

“People do not lack strength; they lack will.”
‘Strength does not come from physical capacity,
it comes from indomitable will’

PIC: TEAM Fit Body's PHYSIQUE GIRLS Jodi Fiddler & Crystal E

[fitbody]

June 15, 2015
pt of the day

“Take up one idea.
Make that one idea your life
think of it, dream of it, live on that idea.
Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body,
be full of that idea,
and just leave every other idea alone.
This is the way to success.”

[fitbody]

June 16, 2015
pt of the day



"Get rid of the emotions that drag you down,
hold you down,
and eventually put you down permanently."

“No one is in control of your happiness but you;
therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself
or your life that you want to change.”

[Odysseus]

Sometimes I log in just to read your motivational posts. The more improvements I make, the more haters I seem to attract. Can be difficult to deal with.

[fitbody]

Sometimes I log in just to read your motivational posts. The more improvements I make, the more haters I seem to attract. Can be difficult to deal with.

the more improvements you make sets you away from the norm the commoners
the commoners always want to drag you down to their level
so many of my clients when they change to eating healthy its astounding to them and still me after all this time
the level of rebellion that follows from a majority of their family, friends, co-workers etc
"how long are you going to eat like that?"
"that's not healthy"
"oh come on you can have just one"
"you're no fun anymiore"
and on and on

march to the beat of your own drum
dare to be different

the more haters you have
the more you know you are a LION not a sheep

[fitbody]

June 17, 2015
pt of the day

We plant seeds that will flower as results in our lives,
so best to remove the weeds of anger, avarice, envy, and doubt,
that peace and abundance may manifest for all.

WE REAP WHAT WE SOW

[fitbody]

June 18, 2015
pt of the day

The greatest results in life are usually attained by
simple means and the exercise of ordinary qualities.
These may for the most part be summed in these two:
common-sense and perseverance.

[fitbody]

June 19, 2015
pt of the day

The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon,
but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher.
The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers.
But above all, the world needs dreamers who do.

[fitbody]

June 20, 2015
pt of the day

Everything in this world is created twice:
First – creation in your mind,
followed by the manifestation in reality.
Without the mental creation,
there will be no physical creation.
When you set a goal, you already accomplish the first creation.
You have set into motion a decree for yourself
and the forces of your universe to materialize the goal in the physical reality.

[fitbody]

June 21, 2015
pt of the day


Dream no small dreams
for they have no power to move the hearts of men.
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams,
and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined,
he will meet with success unexpected in common hours.
All our dreams can come true,
if we have the courage to pursue them.

[fitbody]

June 22, 2015
pt of the day

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
Successful people maintain a positive focus in life no matter what is going on around them.
They stay focused on their past successes rather than their past failures,
and on the next action steps they need to take to get them closer to the fulfillment of their goals
rather than all the other distractions that life presents to them.

[fitbody]

June 23, 2015
pt of the day

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances,
but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
Its not what happens to you that determines how far you will go in life
it is how you handle what happens to you.

[fitbody]

June 25, 2015
pt of the day

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.
Don’t be trapped by dogma
which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.
Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.
And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.
They somehow already know what you truly want to become.
Everything else is secondary.

[fitbody]

June 25, 2015
pt of the day

Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.
Many of the qualities that come so effortlessly to dogs
- loyalty, devotion, selflessness, unflagging optimism, unqualified love
- can be elusive to humans.
The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present,
but it is a source of inspiration,
of vitality and hope where others have resigned;
it enables a man to hold his head high,
to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy.

[fitbody]

June 26, 2015
pt of the day

“What you focus on expands.
So focus on what you want,
not what you do not want.”
What you focus on expands,
and when you focus on the goodness in your life,
you create more of it.
Opportunities, relationships,
even money flowed my way
when I learned to be grateful no matter what happened in my life.

[fitbody]

June 27, 2015
pt of the day


If you let your fear of failure stop you from trying,
you’ll miss out on far more than had you just failed in the first place.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to continually be afraid you will make one.
The more you try, the better you get.
So instead of worrying,
just get started
and you’ll eventually figure things out.
The more we do,
the more we can do.
Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.

[fitbody]

June 28, 2015
pt of the day

“Never, ever, sacrifice what you want the most, for what you want the most at that moment.”
“Delaying gratification is a process of
scheduling the pain and pleasure of life in such a way
as to enhance the pleasure of life in such a way
as to enhance the pleasure by meeting and experiencing the pain first and getting it over with.
It is the only decent way to live.”

[fitbody]

June 30, 2015
pt of the day

When you wake up every day you have 2 choices.
You can either be positive or negative.
An optimist or a pessimist.
It's all a matter of perspective

[fitbody]

july 1, 2015
HAPPY CANADA DAY

“You may encounter many defeats,
but you must not be defeated.
In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats,
so you can know who you are,
what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.”

[fitbody]

July 2, 2015
pt of the day

The secret of health for both mind and body is
not to mourn for the past,
not to worry about the future,
or not to anticipate troubles,
but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
“Happiness, not in another place but this place…
not for another hour,
but this hour.”
Life is available only in the present moment.

[fitbody]

July 3, 2015
pt of the day

Always Do Your Best.
Your best is going to change from moment to moment;
it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick.
Under any circumstance,
simply do your best,
and you will avoid self-judgment,
self-abuse and regret.
If you try to do your best there is no failure.

[fitbody]

July 5, 2015
pt of the day

Be happy.
Be yourself.
If others don’t like it, then let them be.
Happiness is a choice.
Life isn’t about pleasing everybody.
Happiness is not determined by what’s happening around you,
but rather what’s happening inside you.
Most people depend on others to gain happiness,
but the truth is,
it always comes from within.
If you don’t like something, change it.
If you can’t change it,
change the way you think about it.
You can’t start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading your last one.

[fitbody]

My 1st husband who got me into the IRON SPORTS - POWERLIFTING LEGEND DOUG YOUNG
3x World Champion Powerlifter and 3x World Record Holder in the Bench press.
He was the first man in history to bench press over 300 lbs weighing under 600 lbs bodywt.
He also held 2 man Deadlift record in the Guinness book of world records with his older brother Bob Young,
who was a 3x NFL ALL PRO Offensive Lineman
and placed 2nd in the Inaugural World's Strongest Man contest in 1977 trained by Doug.
Both Doug & Bob are now gone but not forgotten.
As I use what Doug taught me everyday with my own clients.
RIP

[fitbody]

July 6, 2015
pt of the day

“People who lack the clarity, courage, or determination to follow their own dreams
will often find ways to discourage yours.
Live your truth and don't EVER stop!”
“Love what you do and do what you love.
Don't listen to anyone else who tells you not to do it.
You do what you want, what you love.
Imagination should be the center of your life.”

[fitbody]

July 7, 2014
pt of the day

“Whenever you want to achieve something,
keep your eyes open,
concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want.
No one can hit their target with their eyes closed.”

PIC: TEAM Fit Body's Amy Lee
just over a week out of CANADIAN NATIONALS in Bikini
GO AMY

[fitbody]

July 8, 2015
pt of the day


“People tend to be generous when sharing their nonsense, fear, and ignorance.
And while they seem quite eager to feed you their negativity,
please remember that sometimes the diet we need to be on is a spiritual and emotional one.
Be cautious with what you feed your mind and soul.
Fuel yourself with positivity and let that fuel propel you into positive action.”

[fitbody]

July 9, 2015
pt of the day

“Self-respect is the root of discipline:
The sense of dignity grows
with the ability to say no to oneself.”
“Self-control is the chief element in self-respect,
and self-respect is the chief element in courage.”

“A disciplined mind leads to happiness,
and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering.”
- Dalai Lama XIV, The Art of Happiness

[fitbody]

July 10, 2015
pt of the day

“Sacrifice is a part of life.
It's supposed to be.
It's not something to regret.
It's something to aspire to.”

Delayed gratification is one of the most effective personal traits of successful people.
People that delay gratification are more successful with their career, relationships, health, finances and really, all areas of life.
Delaying gratification is a pretty simple concept.
Simply, it means making a choice which limits the ability of getting something now,
for the pleasure of being able to have something bigger or better later.

EVERYTHING YOU CHOOSE TAKES YOU CLOSER TO OR FURTHER FROM YOUR GOALS....
so make sure you are making the correct choices in each moment
or you will not end up where you really want to be
and you will be the residual result of all your past thoughts and actions...
.if you want something know what it takes to get it,
and make choices that lead you to YOUR GOAL....
THE CHOICE IS ALWAYS YOURS

[fitbody]

jULY 12, 2015
pt of the day


“To dream by night is to escape your life.
To dream by day is to make it happen.”
'If you think you can then you can.”
“Doing the tough things sets winners apart from losers.”
“The true test of one's mettle is how many times you will try before you give up.”
“The only thing limiting your aspiration is your imagination.”
“Live in this moment ... for it is the only moment we have!”
“Don’t dare to dream big, just dream BIG!”

[fitbody]

July 15, 2015
pt of the day

“I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today.
I can choose which it shall be.
Yesterday is dead,
tomorrow hasn't arrived yet.
I have just one day, today,
and I'm going to be happy in it.”

[fitbody]

July 17, 2015
pt of the day

“Don’t let mental blocks control you.
Set yourself free.
Confront your fear and turn the mental blocks into building blocks.
A diamond doesn't start out polished and shining.
It once was nothing special, but with enough pressure and time,
becomes spectacular.
BE A DIAMOND !”

[fitbody]

july 17, 2015
pt of the day


“Always follow your dreams with all your heart,
no matter how unpopular they are in the minds of others.
At the end of the day,
what matters the most is being happy with the life that you are living.”

PIC: TEAM Fit Body’s Rhea Proulx
prepping for PHYSIQUE in September.
Go Rhea

[fitbody]

July 18th, 2015
pt of the day

WISHING TEAM Fit Body’s Harpreet Pandher & Amy Lee
all the best at CANADIAN NATIONALS in Bikini today
so proud of you guys

The Man in the Glass
When you get what you want in your struggle for self
And the world makes you king for a day,
Just go to the mirror and look at yourself,
And see what that man has to say.
For it isn't your father or mother or wife,
Who judgment upon you must pass;
The fellow whose verdict counts most in your life Is the one starring back from the glass.
He's the fellow to please, never mind all the rest.
For he's with you clear up to the end,
And you've passed the most dangerous,
difficult test If the man in the glass is your friend.
You may be like Jack Horner and "chisel" a plum,
And think you're a wonderful guy,
But the man in the glass says you're only a bum If you can't look him straight in the eye.
You may fool the whole world down the pathway of years.
And get pats on the back as you pass,
But your final reward will be the heartaches and tears If you've cheated the man in the glass.

[fitbody]

July 20, 2015
pt of the day

"March on. Do not tarry.
To go forward is to move toward perfection.
March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path."
"I don't take success and failure seriously.
The only thing I do seriously is march forward.
If I fall, I get up and march again."
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls;
the most massive characters are seared with scars.”
“Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you
as by the attitude you bring to life;
not so much by what happens to you
as by the way your mind looks at what happens.”

[fitbody]

July 21, 2015
pt of the day

“If you are distressed by anything external,
the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it;
and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.”
Our life is what our thoughts make it.”
“Attitude
is a little thing that makes a big difference.”

[fitbody]

July 22, 2015
pt of the day

“Your body is a temple, but only if you treat it as one.”
“Today, more than 95% of all chronic disease is caused by food choice,
toxic food ingredients,
nutritional deficiencies
and lack of physical exercise.”
“The greatest wealth is Health.”

[fitbody]

jULY 23, 2015
PT OF THE DAY

“The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are.
You trade in your reality for a role.
You trade in your sense for an act.
You give up your ability to feel,
and in exchange, put on a mask.
There can't be any large-scale revolution until there's a personal revolution,
on an individual level.
It's got to happen inside first.”
FREE YOURSELF, BE YOURSELF !

PIC: is me (Dawn Alison). Photocredit: Paul Patrick Hammill

[fitbody]

July 24, 2015
pt of the day

“Failure is instructive.
The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes.”
“Many times what we perceive as an error or failure is actually a gift.
And eventually we find that lessons learned from that discouraging experience prove to be of great worth.”
“Without making mistakes,
there won't be lessons learned.
Without getting hurt,
there won't be knowledge gained.
The only way we grow is by learning from the past.
Always be willing to learn and grow daily.
It's how we come to know who we are and what we are made of.”

[fitbody]

July 25, 2015
pt of the day

“Promise Yourself

To be so strong that nothing
can disturb your peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness, and prosperity
to every person you meet.

To make all your friends feel
that there is something in them
To look at the sunny side of everything
and make your optimism come true.

To think only the best, to work only for the best,
and to expect only the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others
as you are about your own.

To forget the mistakes of the past
and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
To wear a cheerful countenance at all times
and give every living creature you meet a smile.

To give so much time to the improvement of yourself
that you have no time to criticize others.
To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear,
and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.

To think well of yourself and to proclaim this fact to the world,
not in loud words but great deeds.
To live in faith that the whole world is on your side
so long as you are true to the best that is in you.”

[fitbody]

July 26, 2015
pt of the day

“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”
“Health is the greatest possession.
Contentment is the greatest treasure.
Confidence is the greatest friend.”

Love this next BUDDA QUOTE:
“To keep the body in good health is a duty,
for otherwise we shall not be able to trim the lamp of wisdom,
and keep our mind strong and clear.
Water surrounds the lotus flower,
but does not wet its petals.”

[fitbody]

July 27, 2015
pt of the day

“Self-respect is the root of discipline:
The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.”
“A disciplined mind leads to happiness,
and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering.”
DELAYED GRATIFICATION
OVER INSTANT GRATIFICATION:
leads to GOAL ATTAINMENT
instead of FRUSTRATION & DISAPPOINTMENT...
the choice is yours,
the responsibility is your own

[fitbody]

July 28, 2015
pt of the day

“The only time you fail is when you fall down and stay down.”
“The true measure of success is how many times you can bounce back from failure.”
“I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today.
I can choose which it shall be.
Yesterday is dead,
tomorrow hasn't arrived yet.
I have just one day, today,
and I'm going to be happy in it.”

[fitbody]

JULY 29, 2015
PT OF THE DAY

if you do what you have always done,
you will get what you've always got.
if you want change, you have got to change,
if not your are stuck !
When you are sick & tired of being sick & tired,
when you hit a bottom, you can continue to wallow there,
or you can get up and make changes that
take you closer to
rather than further from your goals...
CHOICE IS YOURS

[fitbody]

July 30, 2015
pt of the day

To accomplish great things,
we must not only act,
but also dream;
not only plan,
but also believe.
We all have dreams.
But in order to make dreams come into reality,
it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.
All men dream, but not equally.
Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds,
wake in the day to find that it was vanity:
but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men,
for they may act on their dreams with open eyes,
to make them possible.
All our dreams can come true,
if we have the courage to pursue them.

[fitbody]

July 31, 2015
pt of the day

"Focused will is incredible.
If you have a dream
and you don't give up no matter what obstacles come up,
then life's problems will fall away
and you will get what you want.
It happens.
It works."
Being challenged in life is inevitable,
being defeated is optional.
Difficulties strengthen the mind,
as labor does the body.
The greater the obstacle,
the more glory in overcoming it
.Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

[fitbody]

Aug 1, 2015
pt of the day


Self Fulfilling Prophecy
Positive or negative expectations about
circumstances, events, or people
that may affect a persons behavior toward them
in a manner that he or she (unknowingly) creates situations in which those expectations are fulfilled.

In other words, causing something to happen by believing it will come true

[fitbody]

Aug 2nd, 2015
pt of the day

“Absorb what is useful,
Discard what is not,
Add what is uniquely your own.”

“Between stimulus and response there is a space.
In that space is our power to choose our response.
In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”

“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.
Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened,
ambition inspired, and success achieved.”

“It is your attitude, not your aptitude,
that determines your altitude.”

YOU CHOOSE.....

[fitbody]

Aug 3, 2015
pt of the day

“Don't exist. Live.
Get out, explore
.Thrive.Challenge authority.
Challenge yourself.
Evolve.Change forever.
Become who you say you always will.
Keep moving. Don't stop.
Start the revolution.
Become a freedom fighter.
Become a superhero.
Just because everyone doesn't know your name doesn't mean you dont matter.
Are you happy? Have you ever been happy? '
What have you done today to matter?
Did you exist or did you live? How did you thrive?
Become a chameleon-fit in anywhere.
Be a rockstar-stand out everywhere.
Do nothing, do everything.
Forget everything, remember everyone.
Care, don't just pretend to.
Listen to everyone.
Love everyone and nothing at the same time.
Its impossible to be everything,but you can't stop trying to do it all.
All I know is that I have no idea where I am right now.
I feel like I am in training for something,
making progress with every step I take.
I fear standing still.
It is my greatest weakness.
I talk big, but often don't follow through.
That's my biggest problem.
I don't even know what to think right now.
It's about time I start to take a jump.
**** starting to take.
Just jump-over everything. Leap.
It's time to be aggressive.
You've started to speak your mind,
now keep going with it,
but not with the intention of sparking controversy
or picking a germane fight.
Get your gloves on,
it's time for rebirth.
There IS no room for the nice guys in the history books.
THIS IS THE START OF A REVOLUTION.
THE REVOLUTION IS YOUR LIFE.
THE GOAL IS IMMORTALITY.
LET'S LIVE, BABY.
LET'S FEEL ALIVE AT ALL TIMES.
TAKE NO PRISONERS.
HOLD NO SOUL UNACCOUNTABLE,
ESPECIALLY NOT YOUR OWN.
IF SOMETHING DOESN'T HAPPEN, IT'S YOUR FAULT.
Make this moment your reckoning.
Your head has been held under water for too long
and now it is time to rise up and take your first true breath.
Do everything with exact calculation,
nothing without meaning.
Do not make careful your words,
but make no excuses for what you say.
**** em' all.
Set a goal for everyday
and never be tired.”

[fitbody]

Aug 5, 2015
pt of the day

“The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die.
As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions;
they cease to be mind.”
“Those who cannot change their minds
cannot change anything.”
“Destiny is not a matter of chance;
it is a matter of choice.
It is not a thing to be waited for,
it is a thing to be achieved.”

[fitbody]

Aug 6, 2015
pt of the day

“Don't let others box you into their idea of what they think you should be.
A confined identity is a miserable way to exist.
Be you and live free.
Trust that in living true to yourself,
you will attract people that support and love you,
just as you are.”

[fitbody]

Aug 7, 2015
pt of the day

“Impossible is not a fact…
it’s an opinion.
What’s impossible only remains so
until someone finds a way to do what others are sure can’t be done.”
“If you want to succeed in your life, remember this phrase:
That past does not equal the future.
Because you failed yesterday;
or all day today;
or a moment ago;
or for the last six months;
the last sixteen years;
or the last fifty years of life,
doesn’t mean anything…
All that matters is:
What are you going to do, right now?”

[fitbody]

Aug 9, 2015
pt of the day

“Some of us think holding on makes us strong,
but sometimes it is letting go.”
“We must be willing to let go of the life we’ve planned,
so as to have the life that is waiting…
“The truth is, unless you let go,
unless you forgive yourself,
unless you forgive the situation,
unless you realize that the situation is over,
you cannot move forward.”
“Forgiveness means letting go of the past.”
“There’s an important difference between giving up and letting go.”
KEEP MOVING FORWARD....
today, this present moment is all we have,
live it to it's fullest, enjoy,
because in a a flash it's gone,
make sure you use your moments wisely
as you never know how many you have.

[fitbody]

Aug 10, 2015
pt of the day

HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL....
“Defeat is only defeat if we accept it as defeat.
Victory often comes after defeat,
because one was too stubborn to allow it to be their reality.
In the trail of any great conflict you will see the scuff marks,
where the one was beaten down,
but they could not be taught to stay that way.”
THERE IS NOT WINNING & LOSING,
JUST LEARNING...
“Tenacity is what it takes to dare unrelentingly”
“There can be no success without tenacity.”
DREAM IT,
THINK IT,
BELIEVE IT,
DO IT,
BE IT !

[fitbody]

Aug 11, 2015
pt of the day

Focus on Being the Best Version of Yourself.
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man;
true nobility is being superior to your former self.”
what’s great is when you surpass yourself and your limits.
Rather than strive to supersede others,
strive to supersede yourself.
Create a tracking sheet with metrics of your goals,
and measure your progress over time.
Aim to outdo yourself every step of the way.
That’s what it means to be excellent
. “Always be a first-rate version of yourself,
instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.”
Ultimately, your biggest, and only, source of competition in life is yourself.

[fitbody]

August 12, 2015
pt of the day

“All men dream: but not equally.
Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds
wake up in the day to find it was vanity,
but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men,
for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.”
WE HOLD OUR DESTINY IN OUR OWN HANDS,
EACH CHOICE WE MAKE FROM MOMENT TO MOMENT EITHER TAKES US
CLOSER TO OR FURTHER FROM OUR OWN GOALS....
YOU CHOOSE

[fitbody]

Aug 17, 2015
pt of the day

BEING REALISTIC IS THE MOST COMMONLY TRAVELED ROAD TO MEDIOCRITY

when I start training someone I always as for a picture of what they want to look like

they say to me “I KNOW THIS IS UNREALISTIC”

I say “THE ONLY REASON IT’S COULD BE UNREALISTIC IS IF YOU ARE UNWILLING TO DO WHAT IT TAKES TO GET IT”

ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE IF YOU SET YOU MIND TO IT AND YOU ARE WILLING TO DO WHAT IT TAKE TO GET IT




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Team Fit Body’s Results Victoria Cup 2015

Crystal Edge - (VEGETARIAN)
2nd Place Champion Womens Physique Open
2nd Place Champion Womens Physique Masters

Maxine Alexandra Somov - 4th Place Champion Bikini Tall

so proud of these ladies amazing transformations

[fitbody]

Aug 18, 2015
pt of the day

You are the master of your own destiny.
Use your strengths well.
They are the keys to your destiny and your success in life.
Once you know yourself and take action to realize your dreams,
you can unlock the doors to your own potential.
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

[fitbody]

Aug 19, 2015
pt of the day

Care about what other people think
and you will always be their prisoner.
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe.
If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened.
But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.
Be who you are
and say what you feel,
because those who mind don’t matter
and those who matter don’t mind.

[fitbody]

Aug 20, 2015
pt of the day

Happiness is an attitude.
We either make ourselves miserable,
or happy and strong.
The amount of work is the same.
Your life is your garden,
Your thoughts are the seeds.
If your life isn't awesome,
You've been watering the weeds.
YOUR ATTITUDE YOUR LIFE YOUR CHOICE

pic I took last thursday at Parksville on Vancouver Island

[fitbody]

Aug 21, 2015
pt of the day

Courage doesn't always roar.
Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying
'I will try again tomorrow.'
A failure is not always a mistake.
It may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances.
The real mistake is to stop trying.

[fitbody]

Aug 22, 2015
pt of the day

BEST OF LUCK TO TEAM Fit Body’s Tiffany Vik & Sarah MacDonald
who are in Toronto today competing in Figure at the
World Qualifier – Canadian Drug Tested Nationals

“Our greatest abilities are called gifts because
they are best used when they are given to others.”

[fitbody]

TEAM Fit Body's Sarah MacDonald on left 4th Place CHAMPION FIGURE MASTERS
World Qualifier 2015 Drug Tested Canadian Nationals CONGRATS



below....
TEAM Fit Body's Tiffany Vik on left 4th (IN PINK) Place CHAMPION.
TEAM Fit Body's Sarah MacDonald on right 5th Place CHAMPION.
World Qualifier 2015 Drug Tested Canadian Nationals.
Congrats Ladies ★★★★

[fitbody]

Aug 24, 2015
pt of the day

Every moment we make choices ‘'
that take us
CLOSER TO
or
FURTHER FROM OUR GOALS.
Take responsibility for how you look,
how you feel,
your self-esteem,
your fitness,
your life.
YOUR DIET IS LIKE A BANK ACCOUNT.
GOOD FOOD CHOICES ARE INVESTMENTS.

[fitbody]

Aug 25, 2015
pt of the day

“The person who follows the crowd
will usually go no further than the crowd.
The person who walks alone
is likely to find himself in places no one has ever seen before.”
― Albert Einstein

[fitbody]

Aug 26, 2015
pt of the day

“I existed on my own terms.
I was different my entire life.
Some called me divergent,
wild, crazy, unpredictable and unconformed
an apostate to the rules of the majority.
I called myself God’s creation
and found purpose in the madness.
When that day came,
I didn’t allow other people to dictate how I should feel or act.
I learned there was no shame in imperfection because
history had shown being different had the power to change perspectives
and eventually the world.
This is when I realized that flaws had responsibility.
This was the day that I learned I was truly BLESSED.”

[fitbody]

Aug 27, 2015
pt of the day

Today I will do what others won't,
so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't”
“It’s not the will to win that matters
everyone has that.
It’s the will to prepare to win that …
“I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.”
“If at first you don’t succeed,
you are running about average.”
“The difference between the impossible and the possible
lies in a person’s determination.”
SEE IT
BELIEVE IT
JUST DO IT
BE IT

[fitbody]

Aug 28, 2015
pt of the day

“You will be bitter in life,
when you compare yourself with others.
Run the race of life at your own pace.”

[fitbody]

Aug 29, 2015
pt of the day

“The habit of always putting off an experience until
you can afford it,
or until the time is right,
or until you know how to do it
is one of the greatest burglars of joy.
Be deliberate,
but once you’ve made up your mind
jump in.”

“Time wasted is existence; used is life.”

[fitbody]

August 30, 2015
pt of the day

Respect yourself enough to walk away from anything that
no longer serves you, grows you, or makes you happy.
When we are no longer able to change a situation
we are challenged to change ourselves.
Change is the law of life
And those who look only to the past or present
are certain to miss the future.

“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes.
Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow.
Let reality be reality.
Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.”

[fitbody]

Aug 21, 2015
pt of the day

“Sometimes good things fall apart
so better things can fall together.”
Change your thoughts
and you change your world.
We are shaped by our thoughts;
we become what we think.
A man is but the product of his thoughts
what he thinks, he becomes.
YOU CREATE YOUR OWN REALITY.
YOU CREATE YOU.
SO IF YOU WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT
IT STARTS AND ENDS WITH YOUR THOUGHTS

[fitbody]

Sept 1, 2015
pt of the day

“Look well into thyself;
there is a source of strength which
will always spring up if thou wilt always look.”
“Dig deep and empower yourself today.
Stand in your inner strength.
Be uniquely you.”

“You cannot blame circumstances for any failure.
The ultimate power lies within you
to fearlessly conquer challenges for your achievements.”

[fitbody]

Sept 2nd, 2015
pt of the day

Life is a struggle.
Life will throw curveballs at you.
It will humble you.
It will attempt to break you down.
And just when you think things are starting to look up,
life can smack you back down with ruthless indifference.
The reason most people don't realize their goals is because
THEY SIMPLY GIVE UP.
Life wasn't meant to be easy.
It's a constant struggle with extreme highs and extreme lows.
Remember the times when its most important to persevere
are the times that you will be most tested.
NEVER GIVE UP NEVER GIVE UP NEVER GIVE UP

[fitbody]

Sept 3, 2015
pt of the day

"Competing is exciting and winning is exhilarating,
but the true prize will always be
the self-knowledge and understanding
that you have gained along the way."

"Self-discipline is a form of freedom.
Freedom from laziness and lethargy,
freedom from the expectations and demands of others,
freedom from weakness and fear—and doubt.
Self-discipline allows a person to feel their individuality,
their inner strength,
their talent.
He is master of,
rather than a slave to,
his thoughts and emotions."

[fitbody]

Sept 4, 2015
pt of the day

“A diamond doesn't start out polished and shining.
It once was nothing special,
but with enough pressure and time,
becomes spectacular.
I'm that diamond.”

“Never let the opinion of another affect your opinion of yourself.”

[fitbody]

Sept 9th, 2015
pt of the day

“In the race of life,
sometimes we win, sometimes we lose.
We must never be afraid of losing.
There is a chance for winning when we press-on to reach the end of the race.”
“Do not compete with anyone in the race of life.
Compete with yourself.”
It does not matter who finishes first.
What matters most is being able to complete your race.”
THE ONLY ONES WHO REALLY LOSE ARE
THOSE WHO ARE TOO AFRAID TO TRY.

BEST OF LUCK TO TEAM Fit Body’s Knight of Championship CREW TODAY
RHEA (in womens physique) & Jerry & Voltaire (in mens lightwt bodybuilding)
they are looking amazing, so proud of these guys

[fitbody]

TEAM Fit Body’s KNIGHT of CHAMPIONS RESULTS
Rhea Prolx 2nd Place Champion Womens Physique
Voltaire Light Weight Mens Bodybuilding Champ
Jerry White Light Wt Mens BB 2nd Place Champ

congrats guys great job



Sept 6, 2015
pt of the day

Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.
The virtue lies in the struggle,
not in the prize.
To reach a port, we must sail
Sail, not tie at anchor
Sail, not drift.
A goal is a dream with a deadline.
In absence of clearly defined goals,
we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.

[fitbody]

Sept 7, 2015
pt of the day

What a man thinks of himself,
that it is which determines,
or rather indicates his fate.
A person can grow only as much as his horizon allows
.Dreams do come true if you keep believing in yourself.
Anything is possible.

[fitbody]

Sept 8, 2015
pt of the day

All action results from thought,
so it is thoughts that matter.
Action is the foundational key to all success.
“The future depends on what you do today.”
“Let today be the day you stop being haunted by the ghost of yesterday.
Holding a grudge & harboring anger/resentment is poison to the soul.
Get even with people...
but not those who have hurt us, forget them,
instead get even with those who have helped us.”
“Renew, release, let go.
Yesterday’s gone.
There’s nothing you can do to bring it back.
You can’t “should’ve” done something.
You can only DO something.
Renew yourself.
Release that attachment.
Today is a new day!”

[fitbody]

Sept 9, 2015
pt of the day

“Success is dependent on effort.”
It takes courage to push yourself to places that you have never been before...
to test your limits...
to break through barriers.
“Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by
tired and discouraged men who kept on working.”
“Effort only fully releases its reward after
a person refuses to quit.”

[fitbody]

Sept 10, 2015
pt of the day

Find a healthy way to express your pain:
“It’s common to reject or punish yourself when you’ve been rejected by others.
When you experience disappointment from the way your family or others treat you,
that’s the time to take special care of yourself.
What are you doing to nurture yourself?
What are you doing to protect yourself?
Find a healthy way to express your pain.”
LIFT WEIGHTS xoxo

[fitbody]

Sept 11, 2015
pt of the day

“You may encounter many defeats,
but you must not be defeated.
In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats,
so you can know who you are, what you can rise from,
how you can still come out of it.”
“Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.”
“The difference between a successful person and others is
not a lack of strength,
not a lack of knowledge,
but rather a lack in will.”
JUST DO IT

[fitbody]

Sept 12. 2015
pt of the day

You chose.

You chose to give away your love.
You chose to have a broken heart.
You chose to give up.
You chose to hang on.

You chose to react.
You chose to feel insecure.
You chose to feel anger.
You chose to fight back.
You chose to have hope.

You chose to be naïve.
You chose to ignore your intuition.
You chose to ignore advice.
You chose to look the other way.
You chose to not listen.
You chose to be stuck in the past.

You chose your perspective.
You chose to blame.
You chose to be right.
You chose your pride.
You chose your games.
You chose your ego.
You chose your paranoia.
You chose to compete.
You chose your enemies.
You chose your consequences.

You chose.
You chose.
You chose.
You chose.

However, you are not alone. Generations of others in your family have chosen. People around the world have chosen. We all have chosen at one time in our lives. We stand behind you now screaming:

Choose to let go.
Choose dignity.
Choose to forgive yourself.
Choose to forgive others.
Choose to see your value.
Choose to show the world you’re not a victim.
Choose to make us proud.”

[fitbody]

Sept 14, 2015
pt of the day

so what’s your excuse?
on this picture in this post is Amazing words
and an even more AMAZING INSPIRATION IS THIS MAN @squatpresspull
shown here doing a 1 handed deadlift as he only has 1 arm
on my instagram @dawn_alison there’s videos of him doing...
1 arm
DEADLIFT 341 lbs
BENCH 143 lbs
SQUAT 534 lbs

[fitbody]

Sept 15, 2015
pt of the day

You can’t chose what life throws at you,
but you can chose how you respond.
I can be changed by what happens to me.
But I refuse to be reduced by it.
Success isn’t about not failing,
it’s about bouncing back after you fail.
I don’t measure a man’s success by how high he climbs
but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.

[fitbody]

Sept 16, 2015
pt of the day

this says it all !!!!!!!!!!!
so many are looking for the "EASIER & SOFTER WAY"
think it shouldn't be painful,
they shouldn't have to sacrifice...
well nothing worth having comes easy
and if you aren't willing to sacrifice & suffer
then someone else will.

YOU CHOOSE

[fitbody]

Sept 17, 2015
pt of the day

Change can come in many forms in our lives.
It might come forcefully like a tidal wave,
or creep along incrementally like a glacier.
It might come in the form of devastating tragedy,
difficult choices, broken relationships,
or even new opportunities.
But even though change is often difficult,
many times it’s also for the best.
Accomplishing anything great in life requires
significant change that pushes us beyond our comfort zones.
“It doesn’t matter where you are,
you are nowhere compared to where you can go.”

[fitbody]

Sept 18, 2015
pt of the day

“About all you can do in life is be who you are.
Some people will love you for you.
Most will love you for what you can do for them,
and some won't like you at all.”
Always be yourself,
express yourself,
have faith in yourself,
do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.”
“Decide what you want to be....
Pay the Price ...
And be what you want to be.”
TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE

[fitbody]

Sept 19, 2015
pt of the day

“The most dangerous way we sabotage ourselves is by
waiting for the perfect moment to begin.
Nothing works perfectly the first time,
or the first fifty times.
Everything has a learning curve.
The beginning is just that - a beginning.
Surrender your desire to do it flawlessly on the first try.
It's not possible.
Learn to learn.
Learn to fail.
Learn to learn from failing.
And begin today.
Begin now.
Stop waiting.”

[fitbody]

Sept 21, 2015
pt of the day

Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice.

Delaying gratification is a process of scheduling the pain and pleasure of life
in such a way as to enhance the pleasure by
meeting and experiencing the pain first
and getting over it.
It is the only decent way to live.

[fitbody]

Sept 22, 2015
pt of the day

you got to figure out what you want,
then find out how you get it,
then you are either willing to do what it takes in order to reach those goals
and have those things
or you are not....
YOU SET YOUR OWN LIMITATIONS WITH YOUR THINKING & YOUR ACTIONS....
nothing is unrealistic unless you are UNWILLING to do what it takes,
Dawn Alison

[fitbody]

Sept 23, 2015
pt of the day

“Action is the foundational key to all success.”
“A body in motion remains in motion
unless it is acted on by an external force.
If the body is at rest it remains at rest”
.It's never too late to start over.
If you weren't happy with yesterday,
try something different today.
Don't stay stuck.
Do better.
MAKE UP YOUR MIND & ACT !

[fitbody]

Sept 24, 2015
pt of the day

Every person has free choice.
Free to obey or disobey the Natural Laws.
Your choice determines the consequences.
Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices.
“success awaits those who steadfastly commit to any requisite sacrifice”
Delaying gratification is a pretty simple concept.
Simply, it means making a choice which limits the ability of getting something now,
for the pleasure of being able to have something bigger or better later.
Every choice you make from moment to moment creates you and the life you have.
Taking responsibility
and saying “No” to oneself
creates self-esteem through a level of self-control
that builds with each and every time you make a choice that takes you
closer to
rather than further from your goal.
All those small moment to moment choices add up to HUGE
either SUCCESS or FAILURE.
YOU CHOOSE...
what is it going to be ?

[fitbody]

Sept 25, 2015
pt of the day

BODYBUILDING IS MUCH BIGGER THAN THE GYM:
This isn’t some hobby like boating or rock climbing,
that you try to make time for after work or on the weekends.
Bodybuilding is a way of life.
And the goals you set for yourself should dictate how you live it.
Because everything you do from how much sleep, to the foods you eat,
is either helping you achieve your goals
or getting in the way of them.
Life is measured in ounces, centimeters, carbs and daily percentages.
Some call it OBSESSIVE.
But they’re wrong.
An obsession is something you have no control over.
Bodybuilding, on the other hand,
DEMANDS COMPLETE DISCIPLINE
– BOTH INSIDE & OUTSIDE THE GYM....
YOU DECIDE HOW GREAT YOU WILL BE !

[fitbody]

Sept 27, 2015
pt of the day

Action is the foundational key to all success.
You don’t have to be great to start,
but you have to start to be great.
There is no easier softer way to greatness
you have to put in the work
to reap the rewards.

[fitbody]

Sept 28, 2015
pt of the day


“You must make a decision that you are going to move on.
It wont happen automatically.
You will have to rise up and say,
‘I don’t care how hard this is,
I don’t care how disappointed I am,
I’m not going to let this get the best of me.
I’m moving on with my life.”
“Letting go doesn't mean that you don't care about someone anymore.
It's just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.”

[fitbody]

Sept 29, 2015
pt of the day

Start by doing what's necessary;
then do what's possible;
and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
“All that man achieves
and all that he fails to achieve
is the direct result of his own thoughts and actions
coupled with perseverance,
never giving up
no matter how long it takes
in order to realize those objectives "
knowing what you want
& having the willingness TO DO WHAT IT TAKES
in order to achieve those goals.
SIMPLE

[fitbody]

Sept 30, 2015
pt of the day

“You have power over your mind - not outside events.
Realize this, and you will find strength.”
We are shaped by our thoughts;
we become what we think.
With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.
Change your thoughts and you change your world.

[fitbody]

Oct 1, 2015
pt of the day

“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
“The weak can never forgive.
Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
“The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself,
unless you forgive the situation,
unless you realize that the situation is over,
you cannot move forward.”
“You must learn to let go.
Release the stress.
You were never in control anyway.”
“Renew, release, let go.
Yesterday’s gone.
There’s nothing you can do to bring it back.
You can’t “should’ve” done something.
You can only DO something.
Renew yourself.
Release that attachment.
Today is a new day!”
And a new month another chance to CHANGE YOUR THINKING,
CHANGE YOUR LIFE,
CHANGE YOU,
CHANGE YOUR REALITY,
DON’T WASTE ANOTHER SECOND,
START NOW !

[fitbody]

Oct 2, 2015
pt of the day

“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much”
“We = power”
“Linked together as a team with one goal,
we soon realized we were only as strong as our weakest link.
But did we condemn the weaker member?
That wouldn’t serve any purpose.
Instead, the stronger guys responded by carrying more weight than the weaker teammate.
Encouragement was key in reaching the top of the stadium,
standing as one.
Sometimes one person on your team may not be as strong as another.
Strengths usually differ.
Likewise, in an encounter with another,
someone may have a different set of beliefs or ideas.
To accomplish any goal,
embracing the strengths and weaknesses of each member
and compensating where necessary are the best ways to make it to the top.”
SUCCESS IS US ALL MAKING IT CONGRATS TO EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU
WHO HAVE OVERCAME ALL OBSTACLES TO STEP ONSTAGE,
THIS IS SUCCESS,
THIS IS WINNING,
YOU ARE A CHAMPION,
CONGRATS,
SO PROUD OF YOU ALL.
COACH Dawn Alison

BEST OF LUCK TO TEAM Fit Body’s Crew of:
Jodi, Cat, Lauren & Brandon
who compete in the Iron Ore in Prince George tomorrow Saturday

[fitbody]

TEAM Fit Body's IRON ORE RESULTS 2015
.
Brandon Best Masters Bodybuilding Champion.

Jodi Fiddler Masters Physique Champion
Jodi Fiddler 2nd Place Open Physique Champion
Jodi Fiddler Overall Best Poser Champion.

Lauren Chaychuk Physique Champion
Lauren Chaychuk Overall Physique Champion.

Cat Wheatley 4th Place CHAMPION BIKINI

So proud of all of you
★★★★

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Oct 5, 2015
pt of the day

Success is about dedication.
You may not be where you want to be
or do what you want to do when you're on the journey.
But you've got to be willing to have vision and foresight
that leads you to an incredible end.
“Your passion is measured by
the difference between your willingness to take actions
and your desire to quit.
When your desire to quit
outweighs your willingness to persist,
you are ripe for failure!”
“Don’t forget, success is a product of choices.
One of those choices is the willingness to make changes.
Make changes and achieve your big dreams!”
Perseverance is not a long race;
it is many short races one after the other.
If your determination is fixed,
I do not counsel you to despair.
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.
Great works are performed not by strength,
but perseverance.
Your Journey may be short,
or it maybe long to your goal
but you will get there if
you are determined & persist

[fitbody]

Oct 6, 2015
pt of the day

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my HUSBAND Brandon Best.
The BIG 40 today.
“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when
our hearts are conscious of our treasures.”
I'm blessed to have you in my life.
Much love & appreciation, now & always,
love Dawn xoxo

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Our prime purpose in life is to help others.
And if you can't help them,
at least don't hurt them.
BE A NICE HUMAN ♡
have a wonderful day
Our prime purpose in life is to help others.
And if you can't help them,
at least don't hurt them.
BE A NICE HUMAN ♡
have a wonderful day

[fitbody]

Oct 7th, 2015
pt of the day

In Memory of my baby Brother Bruce who died at 21 yrs old Sept 1991.
It’s his birthday today.
He may be gone, but never forgotten.
Those we Love remain with us,
for Love itself lives on.
Cherished memories never fade,
because a loved one is gone.
Those we Love can never be,
more than a thought apart.
For as long as there is a memory,
they’ll live on in our heart.
Happy birthday little brother.
Miss you much, love you always, Dawn xoxo

[fitbody]

Oct 8, 2015
pt of the day


To succeed at anything,
you have to be willing to do whatever it takes to get there.
Life favors the persistent AND the willing,
the person who won't take "no" as the final answer.
“There are so many ways to fail
but only one way to succeed;
NEVER GIVE UP!”
Decide what you want,
decide what you are willing to exchange for it.
Establish your priorities and go to work.
In everything in life there is a price.
If you want something....
you need to learn what it takes in order to get it,
then you are either willing to do what it takes to get it,
or you are not.
Easy no,
but yes it’s that simple.
YOUR CHOICE YOU CHOOSE

[fitbody]

Oct 9, 2015
pt of the day

If it wasn't hard,
everyone would do it.
It's the hard that makes it great.
THAT’S WHAT MAKES YOU GREAT.
That’s what sets you apart from mediocrity.
You'll either pay the price of success
or the price of regret.
The price of success weighs ounces.
The price of regret weighs tons.
It's Your Choice ...

[fitbody]

Oct 10, 2015
pt of the day

It's not "think outside the box".
It's like "WHAT BOX? "

Dawn Alison
@dawn_alison

[fitbody]

Oct 11, 2015
pt of the day

HAPPY CANADIAN THANKSGIVING
BE CAREFUL OF YOUR PORTIONS (see attached picture)

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief.
And once that belief becomes a deep conviction,
things begin to happen.
Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind
and nourish with repetition
and emotion
will one day become a reality.
SEE IT, THINK IT, BELIEVE IT, BE IT...
we are the residual effect of all our past thoughts & actions.
Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out,
over and over,
moment after moment,
day after day,
week after week,
month after month,
year after year.
Its in this consistency that renders the results you seek to attain and KEEP !

[fitbody]

Oct 12, 2015
pt of the day

If you do what you have always done.
You will get what you have always got.
If you want change.
You have to be willing to change.
If not,
you're stuck.

[fitbody]

Oct 13, 2015
pt of the day

“Forget yesterday - it has already forgotten you.
Don't sweat tomorrow - you haven't even met.
Instead, open your eyes and your heart to a truly precious gift - today.”
“When you arise in the morning,
think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive
—to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love—
then make that day count!”
“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings,
turn routine jobs into joy,
and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.”

[fitbody]

Oct 14, 2015
pt of the day


“No matter who you are,
no matter what you did,
no matter where you've come from,
you can always change,
become a better version of yourself.”
“You may encounter many defeats,
but you must not be defeated.
In fact,
it may be necessary to encounter the defeats,
so you can know who you are,
what you can rise from,
how you can still come out of it.”
It’s not how hard you can hit,
but how hard you can get hit
and keep moving forward.
MARCH ON....

[fitbody]

Oct 15, 2015
pt of the day

It is not the critic who counts;
not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles,
or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena,
whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood;
who strives valiantly;
who errs,
who comes short again and again,
because there is no effort without error and shortcoming;
but who does actually strive to do the deeds;
who knows great enthusiasms,
the great devotions;
who spends himself in a worthy cause;
who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement,
and who at the worst, if he fails,
at least fails while daring greatly,
so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls
who neither know victory nor defeat.

[fitbody]

Oct 16, 2015
pt of the day

The price of success is hard work,
dedication to the job at hand,
and the determination that whether we win or lose,
we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.

[fitbody]

Oct 18, 2015
pt of the day

There's no better teacher than adversity.
Every defeat, every loss,
contains its own seed,
its own lesson on how to improve next time.
The biggest lesson all of us have to learn is
unconditional love,
which includes not only others
but ourselves as well
★ peace be the journey ★

[fitbody]

Oct 19, 2015
pt of the day

FAILURE KEEPS YOU HUMBLE,
SUCCESS KEEPS YOU GLOWING,
BUT ONLY FAITH KEEPS YOU GOING.
I’ve competed in Bodybuilding 24 years,
trained over 30 years,
competed at National level 9 x’s.
I’ve overcome unbelievable obstacles:
injuries, many surgeries, divorces, childbirth, drug addiction,
deaths of loved ones, disappointments, broken hearts, etc.
BUT I DO RECOVER & GO AGAIN
Dawn Alison prepping for Canadian Nationals 2016...
not done yet...

@dawn_alison
www.FitBodyBC.com

[fitbody]

Oct 20, 2015
pt of the day

Our ability to commit will determine our ability to
succeed, prevail and overcome.
Most get started,
but very few finish.
“The quality of a person’s life
is in direct proportion to their commitment to
excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.”
“Desire is the key to motivation,
but it’s determination
and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal
a commitment to excellence
that will enable you to attain the success you seek.”

[fitbody]

Oct 21, 2015
pt of the day

Commitment is the difference between goal and a wish.
Anybody can have a hope and wish,
but what matters most is
the resolve to make it happen.
You create your own luck with
persistence and preparation!

[fitbody]

Oct 22, 2015
pt of the day


what separates the good from the great ?
THAT EXTRA DEGREE....
to get what we've never had,
we must do what we've never done.
The only thing that stands between a person
and what they want in life
is the will to try it
and the falth to believe it possible.
Many of life's failures are
men who did not realize how close they were to success
when they gave up.
It's your life.
You are responsible for the results.
It's time to turn up the heat.

one of my favorite motivational videos
"YouTube 212 degrees The Extra Degree":
please watch you will be glad you did:
https://youtu.be/qil2Z5vWSb0



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRDNLTMaZqo

[fitbody]

Oct 23, 2015
pt of the day

“Don't be afraid of your fears.
They're not there to scare you.
They're there to let you know that something is worth it.”
COURAGE IS FEELING THE FEAR
& DOING IT ANYWAYS.
“Courage is the most important of all the virtues
because without courage,
you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”