Dawn you certainly have turned your life around and should be VERY proud as im sure your son is of all you have done , this should be treated as your greatest win ever !
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Originally Posted by fitbody
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Dawn you certainly have turned your life around and should be VERY proud as im sure your son is of all you have done , this should be treated as your greatest win ever !
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Originally Posted by fitbody
Oct 20, 2011
pt of the nite
"Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right,
decide on what you think is right and stick to it."
INTEGRITY of my my most valued values
"Your reputation and integrity are everything.
Follow through on what you say you’re going to do.
Your credibility can only be built over time,
and it is built from the history of your words and actions."
Dawn reloading....
10 months out of Canadians 2011
Oct 21, 2011
pt of day
Strength is a matter of a made up mind.
"There is no limit to what you can imagine.
And with commitment, with effort, what you can imagine you can become.
Put your mind to work for you.
Believe that you can do it.
The world will tell you that you can't.
Yet, in your belief you'll find the strength,
you'll find the ability,
to do it anyway."
Dawn reloading...
10 months to Canadian Nationals
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Originally Posted by JMP
thank you
and you're right
the night before last when we were downtown killing time walkin the streets of Vancouver before the chocolate 101 course was to start
we were waitin for traffic so we could cross this road
on the other side this addict is yelling something
when we crossed i realized he was talking / yelling at me
even in a hoody i guess i still look BIG lol
he's goin on about how he used to weight 250 and then he got hooked on herion
he had his pipe etc right there on the steps
Brandon and Storm tried to ingnore him and keep walking but i stopped and talked to him
Brandon seemed a bit bewildered by me stopping and talking to him
but i always make time for addicts no matter where or what condition they're in
i explained how i just turned 15 yrs clean and i was a crack addict
we talked quite awhile
i told him to go to NA Narcotics Anonymous
and tried to instill in him hope that you can get clean and stay clean if you want it bad enough
pix below are of my 15 year medallion i got yesterday
it's actually black and purple but for some reason it looks blue lol
15 yrs...congrats to you Dawn..that is no easy task. I know many people who have tried (to get clean) but life has a way of pulling them back and their addiction takes over...a huge accomplishment for you and be proud....and thank you for sharing your experience with this battle and hopefully you will inspire others.
I have spent a lot of time in the east end of Vancouver in various roles and am not naive about addictions and the battles that come with them...keep the course.
Congrats again.
This is awesome Dawn , its got "pay it forward " written all over it . Many others would just keep walking ......Congrats !
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Originally Posted by fitbody
Oct 21, 2011
pt of the nite
AN ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE: 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.
Joy is a heart full and a mind purified by gratitude.
ps: i'm grateful to get to eat whatever i want lol
actually i'm grateful for a hell of alot more than that
i'm grateful for my life, my health, my son, my family, my husband, my pets, my friends, my clients, my car (1990 VW Golf) ,
my gym (Platinum's cool) , my country (Yeah Canada), my happiness, my clean time, friggin' everything... my lifes awesome !
Dawn reloading
10 months outta Canadian Nationals 2012
i never forget where i wasQuote:
Originally Posted by JMP
and you just never know if you give someone a glimpse of HOPE that may be all they need
BY ME STAYING CLEAN AND SHARING MY STORY THEN I "AM THE MESSAGE"
THE MESSAGE OF HOPE
THAT ANY ADDICT CAN GET CLEAN AND STAY CLEAN
my Addictions Doctor Dr.Douglas Coleman said i was one of the worst he's ever seen
i was just PURE INSANE
but i had the will to not die in addicition
i'd had enough
i went to 2 Treatment Centers got kicked out of both
1st Maple Ridge Treatment Center then was a co-ed facility i detoxed in there got kicked out in 4 wks of a 6 wk program lol
then i said **** you guys i'm gonna stay clean
i went to 3 - 4 or more meetings a day
NA, AA, COCAINE ANONYMOUS, MARIJUANA ANONYMOUS, OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS, SEXAHOLICS ANONYMOUS
i'd lost my drivers license due to drinking and driving lol
so was on the bus to meeting after meeting
i was declared by my doctor "MEDICALLY INABLE TO WORK" so was on "MEDICAL EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE"
so was at a morning meeting, then lunch meeting, then evening meeting, then sometimes i'd go to the Recovery Club for a midnite meeting
bound and determined i was
i did meetings like i did my drugs... I POUNDED IT !!!!!!
THE ONLY WAY I DO THINGS IS ALL OR NOTHING
i hadta retrain my brain
i had to find the path that many before me had
i had to open my mind
cuz i was raised not to believe in God or a higher power
i was raised an Atheist
but in 12 step programs you HAVETA HAVE A "HIGHER POWER"
so at 1st i just wrote my baby brother Bruce's (who died in 1991) name on my hand over and over again every day with 2 hearts
cuz i believed that something was watching out over me
something had to be cuz theres no way i should be alive
all the drinking and driving i did, all the car accidents, i couldn't count how many cars i've totalled, not just wrecked totalled...
all the insane predicaments i'd put myself in
the amount of chemicals i'd injested orally, snorted, smoked
crack, speed, pharmaceuticals, alcohol by the gallons, pot, amphetamines, designer drugs,
piles of coke & speed snorted, and oh the X-tasy wow like 5 - 10 a day hahaha
how the hell am i still alive
BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD THERE GO I THATZ WHY
and i've been keep around for a reason
and when i heard in those meetings...
"ONE IS TOO MANY AND A 1000 IS NEVER ENOUGH"
oh boy oh baby did i get that one
there was never 1 drink, 1 toke, 1 line, 1 hit NOOOOOOOOOOOOO NEVER
that 1... hell who the hell would know where i'd end up, another city, province, country SERIOUSLY
jail AGAIN !!!!!!!!! crap
oh man
all true
my life is crazier than any movie i guarantee you
and i lived thru it all
and sitting in those rooms those meetings i heard a message of hope
a message that any addict can get clean and stay clean if you apply the program to your life
and don't worry about anyone else you gotta be selfish you gotta be there for you
and you gotta do whatever it takes to get clean and stay clean
you haveta change everything
all your friends, your thinking everything
and you haveta been committed
and you haveta know without a shadow of a doubt YOU ARE AN ADDICT
which means you can never again have a drink, a toke a line a NOTHING
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YOU ARE DONE IT'S OVER
and in order to have a happy healthy life
you not only haveta abstain for using whatever it is you use...
drugs, alcohol, shopping, sex, gambling, food
you haveta apply the program to your life for the rest of your life
then and only then will you have RECOVERY
if you don't you are only a dry drunk you may not use but you have still the sickness within you poisoning you
TRUE RECOVERY IS TRUE WELLNESS... WHOLENESS
and it is here you find true happiness
LOOK NOT TO WHAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED IN THE WORLD
BUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED IN YOURSELF
and because i surrendered to the program
surrendered to the fact i'm an addict and always will be an addict
it is here that I FOUND MY TRUE POWER
and it took me a long time to get where i called my higher power GOD
but i am not religious
but do believe in theres some out there greater than myself
i believe in angels
i believe theres something thats watched out over me
all i know is this
the program of NA works
i'm a living example
thank you for my clean time
love always Dawn xox
thank you and you are rightQuote:
Originally Posted by razorsedge
i remember when i was at Maple Ridge treatment center they said about 2 % addicts that get clean stay clean
most die
alot i know have died since i came in
and i'm sure there's lots i don't know about died too
i always share my story in hopes that if it helps just one person it was worth it
and you never know who it affects
it's very interesting
most people are affected in some way if not themselves a family member or a friend a co-worker
addiction crosses every race, every class of people, every profession
i will go to any length to help someone get clean
Offical News: MENS PHYSIQUE & WOMENS PHSIQUE classes
WILL BE STARTING here in BC in 2012
at the Kelowna Show, then Fort St John
then the BC's.... onward
IMPORTANT CBBF ANNOUNCEMENT on PHYSIQUE CLASSES
The CBBF is proud to announce that in 2012 we will be providing the Women’s and Men’s Physique classes at our one or many yet to be determined CBBF national events.
The following information provides potential classes, determined by numbers of athletes wishing to participate as well as the rules for women’s and men’s physique.
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Women's Physique Height Classes:
Up to and including 5’4”
Over 5’4 and up to and including 5’6”
Over 5’6”
For 2012 CBBF Physique Championships inclusion into a CBBF national event to be determined shortly!
In addition in 2012 at the CBBF national event only two classes will be provided, at this time, Up to and including 5’5” and over 5’5.
Depending on numbers we may increase to the above mentioned 3 classes.
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Men's Physique Height Classes:
As an optional choice in the new Men’s Physique division, a promoter may elect to have three height classes in the division as follows:
One Class
For contests with two classes:
Up to including 5’8”
Over 5’8”
For contests with three classes:
Under 5’7”
Over 5”7” up to and including 5’10”
Over 5’10”
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For 2012 CBBF Physique Championships inclusion into a CBBF national event
to be determined shortly!
In addition in 2012 at the CBBF national event only two classes will be provided, at this time, Up to and including 5’8” and over 5’8.
Depending on numbers we may increase to the above mentioned 3 classes.
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WOMENS PHYSIQUE
DEFINITION:
WOMEN’S PHYSIQUE DIVISION (HERIN REFERRED TO AS “WP”) HAS BEEN CREATED TO GIVE A PLATFORM FOR WOMEN WHO ENJOY WEIGHT TRAINING, COMPETING, CONTEST PREPERATION. COMPETITORS SHOULD DISPLAY A TONED, ATHLETIC PHYSIQUE SHOWCASING FEMININITY, MUSCLE TONE, BEAUTY/FLOW OF PHYSIQUE.
JUDGING CRITERIA:
WP WILL BE JUDGED ON THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
* SYMMETRY, SHAPE, PROPORTION, MUSCLE TONE, POISE AND BEAUTY FLOW *PHYSIQUE ASSESSMENT AND COMPARISON WILL TAKE PLACE DURING PREJUDGING
PHYSIQUE SHOULD DISPLAY ALL OF THE ABOVE CRITERIA WITHOUT COMPROMISING FEMININITY, BEAUTY/FLOW OF PHYSIQUE, ETC.
THE FOLLOWING ARE EXAMPLES OF COMMON TERMS USED IN THE BODYBUILDING INDUSTRY. THESE WORDS CAN BE HELPFUL TO ASSESS WHAT SHOULD NOT BE DESCRIPTIVE TO THE PHYSIQUES BEING JUDGED IN WP:
EX.) RIPPED, SHREDDED, PEELED, STRIATED, DRY, DICED, HARD, VASCULAR, GRAINY, MASSIVE, THICK, DENSE, ETC.
WHILE ALL TYPES OF PHYSIQUES WILL BE CONSIDERED WHEN IT COMES TO HEIGHT, WEIGHT, STRUCTURE, ETC. EXCESSIVE MUSCULARITY SHOULD BE SCORED DOWN ACCORDINGLY.
WP SHOULD BE JUDGED AS A STANDARD BETWEEN WOMEN’S FIGURE AND WOMENS BODYBUILDING.
JUDGING FORMAT:
PREJUDGING
INDIVIDUAL ONE MINUTE ROUTINE WITH 10 SECOND WARNING
QUARTER TURNS, IF WARRANTED!
MANDATORY POSING COMPARISONS/ CALLOUTS
FINALS
INDIVIDUAL POSING ROUTINE
RULES
*SUITS WORN BY WP COMPETITORS FOR PREJUDGING MUST BE A TWO PIECE. SUITS DO NOT HAVE TO BE SOLID IN COLOR. THE BOTTOM OF THE SUIT MUST BE V-SHAPED. NO THONGS ARE PERMITTED. COMPETITORS CAN COMPETE IN AN OFF THE RACK SUIT. ALL SUITS MUST BE IN GOOD TASTE.
*MANDATOTY POSES WILL BE PERFORMED WITH OPEN HAND STYLE AND INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING POSES:
FRONT DOUBLE BICEPS/OPEN HANDS (NO FLAT FOOTED FULL FRONT POSE – SOME SORT OF FRONT TWISTING POSE) BACK DOUBLE BICEPS/OPEN HANDS SIDE TRICEP WITH LEG EXTENDED SIDE CHEST WITH ARMS EXTENDED FRONT AB/THIGH
*FINALS ROUTINE WILL BE MAXIMUM 60 SECONDS IN LENGTH, PERFORMED TO MUSIC OF ATHLETES CHOICE.
MUSIC CONTAINING PROFANITY OR EXPLICIT LANGUAGE SHOULD NOT BE USED AND MAY RESULT IN ROUTINE BEING CUT SHORT.
*NO PROPS WILL BE USED.
*NO HEELS MAY BE WORN AT ANY TIME DURING THE COMPETITON/JUDGING OF WP.
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MEN’S PHYSIQUE
JUDGING CRITERIA:
Muscularity and Body Condition
Judges will be looking for fit contestants who display proper shape and symmetry combined with muscularity and overall condition. This is not a bodybuilding contest so extreme muscularity should be marked down.
Stage Presence and Personality
Contestants will be asked to walk in board shorts (shorts must be just above the knee in length and can be one inch below the belly button, no spandex and no logos are permitted on the board shorts however a manufacturer’s logo such as Nike symbol or Billabongs are acceptable.) Competitors will enter the stage without a shirt and barefoot. No lewd acts allowed for example the moon pose. Judges are looking for the contestant with the best stage presence and poise who can successfully convey his personality to the audience.
COMPETITION JUDGING
Presentation:
Competitors will walk to the center of the stage alone and perform quarter (1/4) turns with optional pose of hand on hip or hand in pocket, face the judges as directed then proceed to the side of the stage.
Comparison Round –
The competitors will be brought back out in a group and directed to do quarter turns
Judges will have the opportunity to compare competitors against each other in quarter turns.
Oct 22, 2011
pt of the day
Variety is the soul of pleasure.
“Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavour.”
i have clients say to me all the time...
"I'M BORED WITH MY FOOD!"
i'm like " YOU GOTTA GET CREATIVE"
for instance here's something i just made last night while i was sleeping in the slow cooker.....
"CHICKEN, YAM, CARROT STEW/SOUP"
in slow cooker i put 3lbs 4 oz of frozen chicken breast
now i always get "how do i figure out how much to eat ??????"
well cuz i put in that amount theres 16 oz in 1 lb so.... thatz 52 oz.
my serving size for me for me is 5 1/2 oz per meal
so 52 divided by 5.5 = 9.5 servings
so when i cook the whole pot i get 9 bowls and i divide evenly by those 9 VOILA !
ok so in the slow cooker i have
chicken, chopped carrots, chopped yams, chopped onions,
fresh thyme and rosmary washed and the leaves ripped off stock and put in the stew
cover with water, add salt and pepper
cook on high for 10 hrs or so so all veggies soft and meat easily falls apart
then i add into food processor & blend till smooth
it turns out to be like a cream vegtable/chicken soup
it's delicious, it reminds me of my moms homemade veggie cream soup without the cream lol
then when all is blended
get out how many bowls you need
and divide evenly by all the bowls
and you are styin'
OF COURSE YOU DON'T HAVETA BLEND IT UP IF YOU DON'T WANT TO...
YOU CAN JUST ENJOY IT AS A CHUNKY STEW IF YOU PREFER
ENJOY
ps: i will be doing alot more recipes and soon doin' vids puttin on my youtube channel
for cookin healthy clean bodybuilding meals
Dawn reloading
10 months outta Nationals
Oct 22, 2010
pt of the nite
Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT NEW PHYSIQUE CLASSes coming !!!
pic is of me in 1999
IFBB ATHLETES REP: Bob Cicherillo when Womens Physique 1st was being introduced
was answering questions on rxmuscle.com thread...
people were posting pix trying to figure what the look for Physique was...
i sneakily posted this pic of me and asked Bob "how about this?
" he answered "that would be fine"
i chuckled to myself...
someone posted "that's an old pic of Dawn"
someone else put "Dawn Alison???"
hahahahhaha "Yeah thatz me lol !"
Dawn reloading...
2 wks post 2011 Canadian Nationals i'm finally feeling like my normal self
rested, carbed up, happy, had some great sex this morning so feeling much better
10 months outta 2012 Canadian NATIONALS
BOOYAH LETS ****IN' DO THIS !!!!!
I lost my oldest brother to it Dawn and reading what you just put out there makes me wish he would have had the drive , the courage ...the chance......Your honesty has just gained you a HUGE amount of respect from me , hope to see you at one of the shows in BC ( SW classic?). Incredible story , the funny part is not matter what we lift , how many trips you have made to the gym , your real strength is in the story above .....cant convince me otherwise !
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Originally Posted by fitbody
Oct 23. 2011
pt of the day
Attitude precedes service.
Your positive mental attitude is the basis for the way you act and react to people.
'You become what you think about' is the foundation of your actions and reactions.
What are your thoughts? Positive all the time? How are you guiding them?
"Begin where you are;
work where you are;
the hour which you are now wasting,
dreaming of some far off success may be crowded with grand possibilities."
"It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment
rarely sat back and let things happen to them.
They went out and made things happen."
Dawn reloading...
10 months outta 2012 Canadian NATIONALS
sorry to hear about you brotherQuote:
Originally Posted by JMP
i'm sure my baby brother Bruce was drinking and driving when he had his accident
they airlifted him to Vancouver from Sechelt (Sunshine Coast of BC)
he had massive head injuries
my parents ended up taking him off life support
it was 1991
i was living in Texas at the time
when my parents called me and told me he was gone i couldnt accept it or bring myself to come back
i didnt' come back to Canada till my marriage broke up
then i had to deal with his death it was very very hard and took me years to work thru it
i said i'd never live to see 21
he died at 21
at the time he was the only one in my family i loved or cared about
when we were young we did everything together
i'm at every BC show except the FSJ ones, some i go to but it's an expensive trip up north love the show it's just getting there
come say hi to me at the Nov show i'm hard to miss lol
i got 13 competitors in so i will be making alot of noise
thank you for your kind words
see ya soon
d
some pix of my baby brother Bruce and I
Oct 23, 2011
pt of the nite
Accept everything about yourself--I mean everything,
You are you and that is the beginning and the end
no apologies, no regrets.
Be who you are
and say what you feel,
because those who mind don't matter,
and those who matter don't mind.
TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE
Dawn reloading...
10 months outta 2012 Canadian NATIONALS
pic of me onstage i'm the 2nd one in from the left
at 2011 Canadian BBing Nationals Womens Heavywt Class
pic taken by BC Mens competitor Todd Hnatiuk... thank youTodd for sending me
Oct 24, 2011
pt of the day
Bear in mind,
if you are going to amount to anything,
that your success does not depend upon the brilliancy
and the impetuosity with which you take hold,
but upon the everlasting and sanctified bulldoggedness with which
you hang on after you have taken hold.
All respect comes from persisting to completion.
Dawn reloading...
10 months outta Canadian Nationals 2012
pic of me onstage i'm the 2nd one in from the left at 2011 Canadian BBing Nationals Womens Heavywt Class
pic taken by BC Mens competitor Todd Hnatiuk... thank youTodd for sending me
Oct 24, 2011
pt of the nite
The dream begins, most of the time,
with a teacher who believes in you,
who tugs and pushes
and leads you to the next plateau,
sometimes with a sharp stick called truth.
AND ONE THING THAT I HAVE FOUND IS ALOTTA PEOPLE CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH
AND IF YOU DON'T WANT THE TRUTH THEN YOU BETTA STEER CLEAR OF ME lol
Dawn reloading
10 months to 2012 Canadians.....
Oct 25, 2011
pt of the day
The greatest thing is, at any moment,
to be willing to give up who we are
in order to become all that we can be.
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
It's important that people should know what you stand for.
It's equally important that they know what you won't stand for.
Dawn reloading....
10 months out of Canadian Nationals 2012
Oct 25, 2011
pt of the nite
Do not ask for fulfillment in all your life, but for patience to accept frustration.
Do not ask for perfection in all you do, but for the wisdom not to repeat mistakes.
Do not ask for more,
before saying "Thank You" for what you have already received.
Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.
Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.
If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich
Dawn reloading
10 months outta Canadian Nationals
my thread went over 10,000 views today
cool !
Oct 26, 2011
pt of the day
Each of us makes his own weather,
determines the color of the skies in the emotional universe which he inhabits.
NO ONE CAN MAKE YOU FEEL INFERIOR WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT
if someone critisizes you, take a good look at it,
if theres one grain of truth in it...
wash it, utilize the knowledge....
Too many times we take criticism as a personal attack, as an insult to who we are.
But it’s not. Well, perhaps sometimes it is, but we don’t have to take it that way.
Take it as a criticism of your actions, not your person.
If you do that, you can detach yourself from the criticism emotionally
and see what should be done.
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances,
but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes
Dawn reloading...
10 months out of 2012 Canadians
Oct 26, 2011
pt of the day
Hardening of the attitudes is the most deadly disease on the face of the earth.
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.
I am convinced that attitude is the key to
success or failure in almost any of life's endeavors.
Your attitude--your perspective, your outlook,
how you feel about yourself, how you feel about other people
determines your priorities, your actions, your values.
Your attitude determines how you interact with other people
and how you interact with yourself
I cannot always control what goes on outside.
But I can always control what goes on inside
Dawn reloading
10 months outta 2012 Canadians
Oct 27, 2011
pt of the day
The biggest lie in choosing is, "I can't."
That is simply not true.
We can do anything we want If we don't do something,
it is because we have committed our time, energy and resources somewhere else
Choice of attention--to pay attention to this and ignore that
is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer.
In both choices man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences
Master your choices, or become the slave of their consequences
Dawn reloading....
10 months outta 2012 Canadians
Oct 27, 2011
pt of the nite
Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle:
Some things are within our control, and some things are not.
It is only after you have faced up to this fundamental rule
and learned to distinguish between what you can and can't control
that inner tranquility and outer effectiveness become possible
Happiness and high performance come to you when
you choose to live your life consistent with your highest values
and your deepest convictions.
Dawn reloading
10 months outta 2012 Canadians
Oct 28, 2011
pt of the day
You have to have confidence in your ability,
and then be tough enough to follow through.
TO ALL MY NOV SHOW COMPETITORS: HOMESTRETCH KIDDIES...
2 WEEKS & 1 DAY OF TORTURE TO GO, SHOW ME WHAT YOUR MADE OF !
People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because
they don't know when to quit.
Most men succeed because they are determined to
Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
Dawn reloading...
10 months outta Canadians 2012
Oct 28, 2011
pt of the nite
Any great achievement is preceded by many difficulties and many lessons;
great achievements are not possible without them.
All that a man achieves and all that he falls to achieve is
the direct result of his own thoughts
All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim,
have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high,
one which sometimes seemed impossible
WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT YOU BRING ABOUT
DREAM IT, SEE IT, BELIEVE IT, BE IT... JUST FRIGGIN' DO IT !!
Dawn reloading...
10 months outta Canadians 2012
i need to drill this into my head right now....
KUNG HU PANDA AWESOME WORDS OF WISDOM:
You will never fullfill your destiny unless you give up the ILLUSION OF CONTROL !
i cannot make this peach tree blossom when it suits me
nor bear fruit before it's time...
.
NOR CAN I CONTROL WHAT ANYONE ELSE DOES IN OTHER WORDS: FREE WILL !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x62c8...eature=related
Oct 29, 2011
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.
When nothing seems to help,
I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock
perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it.
Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two,
and I know it was not that blow that did it
but all that had gone before
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not;
nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not;
unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education alone will not;
the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve
the problems of the human race
TO ALL MY NOVEMBER SHOW CREW....
2 WEEKS OUT KIDDIES
HANG IN THERE
YOU WILL BE GETTIN FINAL TOUCHUPS &THEN OFF YOU GO TO THE THEATRE...
i'm sooooooooo excited to see you all up there
kick in the after burners this is your final push to the finish line
this is what separates them right here
and pat yourself on the back cuz many have dropped off at this point already
i totally respect anyone who can make it all the way to the stage
you are in an elite bunch, and have shown me you have heart, guts, discipline & determination
alot of traits too few have these days in these days and times of convenience
and wanting everything to be easy
theres no easy way to the stage
it's just friggin hard
plain & simple
i congratulate you
Dawn reloading...
10 months outta Canadian Nationals
Oct 29, 2011
pt of the nite
The big challenge is to become all that you have the possibility of becoming.
You cannot believe what it does to the human spirit to
maximize your human potential and stretch yourself to the limit.
It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges,
and I believe in myself ~ Muhammad Ali
Dawn reloading....
10 months till Canadians 2012
Oct 30, 2011
pt of the day
“The past and the future are illusions.
They only exist to the degree we focus our attention on them right now.
We create the past and the future by imagining them in the PRESENT.
But we don’t even exist outside the NOW.”
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is mystery but today is a gift
that is why it is call "PRESENT"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7BwWNMFJwE&feature=related
Dawn reloading...
10 months outta 2012 Canadians
Oct 30, 2011
pt of the nite
Living well has something to do with the spirituality of wholeheartedness,
of seeing life more as a grace than as a penance,
as time to be lived with eager expectation of its goodness,
not in dread of its challenges.
GRAB LIFE BY THE BALLS & LIVE IT BOOOYAAHHH !!!!!!
“Forgiveness is the same as acceptance.
Acceptance is the same as letting go of one’s disempowering feelings.
Letting go of one’s disempowering feelings is the same as moving on.
Moving on is the same as being able to see new possibilities.
Being able to see new possibilities is the same as
getting a chance to live a rewarding life.”
Dawn reloading....
10 months outta Canadians 2012
Oct 31, 2011
pt of the day
HAPPY HALLOWEEN
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.
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.
AMEN TO THE ABOVE
TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE
like my old friend Smokey Hill would say about me...
"you may like Dawn or you may hate Dawn, but at least you know where you stand"
one thing about me i'm blunt, i'm a true sagittarian... meaning "THE SEEKER OF TRUTH"
i'm not gonna tell you everything you like to hear,
but you can count on me giving it to you straight
and some can handle the truth
and some cannot
oh well
Dawn reloading....
10 months out of Canadians 2012
PUMPKIN RECIPES
here's a healthy pumpkin pie (well sorta)
3 cups canned pumpkin
3 cups egg whites
1 whole egg
2 - 3 scoops vanilla protein
nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon
splenda or stevia to taste
blend all together
bake 350 for 40 mins approx
top with walnuts
or put canned pumpkin in your shakes
or you can make PUMPKIN EGG WHITE PANCAKES
just eggwhites
cinnamon
oats
canned pumpkin
blend
cook pancake
top with natural pb or nut butter
OR MAKE PUMPKIN LOAF
Dry ingredients: Mix together
· 1½ cups of oatmeal (ground up in blender, coffee grinder like flour)
· 1 large scoop of vanilla protein powder,
· ¼ cup splenda,
· 2 teaspoons Magic baking powder,
· 1 teaspoon salt (optional)
· ¼ teaspoon baking soda,
· Add other ingredient to taste (i.e: nutmeg, cinnamon, etc).
Liquid ingredients: Mixed together in a larger bowl
· 1 1/2 CUPS CANNED PUMPKIN,
· 1/3 cup E.D. Smith “No sugar added” maple syrup,
· 1/3 cup extra virgin oil / macadamia nut oil
· 4 egg whites.
Steps:
1. Pre-heat oven at 350ºC,
2. Mix the “solids” into the “liquids” in three parts,
3. In a floured “bread cooking bowl”, pour mixture
(Try not to eat all the batter before pouring it in the cooking bowl)
4. Bake for 60 minutes,
5. Before taking it, check with a knife if ready.
To do so, insert knife all the way in.
If knife comes out wet, continue cooking for 5 more minutes,
covering bread with aluminum foil.
6. Take out of the oven and remove from bowl, upside down.
7. Cool off for at least 15 minutes before trying a piece.
8. Enjoy!!!
NOTE: You can replace PUMPKIN WITH bananas with 1½ cups of other fruit like:
strawberries (my personal favorite), blueberries or apple (shredded and keep juices in).
You will of course want to modify ingredients like nutmeg for cinnamon etc.)
Happy Eatin'
Dawn
Food for the Soul
Oct 31. 2011
PT OF THE NITE
HAPPY HALLOWEEN
Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams.
Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential.
Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in,
but with what it is still possible for you to do.
Dawn reloading....
10 months outta Canadians 2012
pic: HAPPY HALLOWEEN: My son Storm as RADAR from TV Show MASH
totally his idea
3 military surplus stores = almost 100% totally authentic Military outfit
Nov 1, 2011
pt of the day
HAPPY NOVEMBER 1st
"The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing
for you if you don't let it get the best of you."
THIS IS SOOoooooooooo TRUE !
"Often God has to shut a door in our face,
so that He can subsequently
open the door through which He wants us to go."
SO MANY TIMES WE DO NOT SEE IT AT THE TIME
BUT DOWN THE ROAD WE HAVE THAT "AH HA !" MOMENT
SO THATZ WHY THAT HAPPENED !
THERE ARE NO ACCIDENTS !!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q04LPj99ZPc
Dawn reloading....
10 months outta 2012 Canadians
Nov 1, 2011
pt of the nite
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.
The minute you start talking about what you're going to do if you lose, you have lost.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
You have no control over what the other guy does.
You only have control over what you do.
Dawn reloading...
10 months outta Canadians 2012
Nov 2, 2011
pt of the day
"Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from....
something they have deep inside the - a desire, a dream, a vision.
They have to have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster,
they have to have the skill and the will.
But the will must be stronger than the skill."
"A man can be as great as he wants to be.
If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination,
the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice
the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile,
it can be done."
Your intensity and determination to succeed lies
first within your mind and then within your heart.
Utilize both you mind and body to attain your goals
and you will be triumphant.
Dawn reloading....
41 weeks & 3 days outta Canadians 2012
BCABBA 2012 Competitive Year News
BC'S 2012 is June 30th, 2012
mens physique top 5 at bc's go to figure, fitness, bikini & mens physique nationals
aug 11, 2012 which will be here in Vancouver
womens physique is in Edmonton at Bodybuilding Nationals Aug 18, 2012
- top 3 at bc's ONLY qualify for Nationals
Top 5 applies to Men's physique and Fig/Bik/Fitness due to Nationals being in BC