Q & A with Dawn Alison

Dec 31st, 2012
pt of the day

HAPPY NEW YEARS EVE

Ultimately all people want happiness,
but they are not willing to do the things necessary
to reach that happiness.
And by this I am not a believer of deferred happiness,
happiness is something you can achieve right now at this very moment
and continue to have every moment in your life.
Most people are unaware of it.

Think your own dream body will give you the happiness you want?
Perhaps it will give a short-lived satisfaction and please your ego.
Nothing or nobody can make you happy.
Neither can anything along the spectrum of time; past, present or future.
It is not based on anything external.

Happiness is a choice.
You can never be responsible for anybody else's happiness but that of yourself.
Therefore the route to happiness is by
establishing who you truly are and acting upon your inner wants.

My family, my husband, a new car....
none of these can make me happy
because I am already happy!
You do all ADD happiness to what already exists

CHOOSE WISELY
LIFE GOES FAST
ALL THE BEST FOR THE NEW YEAR
d

Jan 1, 2013
pt of the day

HAPPY NEW YEAR

“Remember today,
for it is the beginning of always.
Today marks the start of a brave new future
filled with all your dreams can hold.
Think truly to the future
and make those dreams come true.”


“Mind is all that counts.
You can be whatever you make up your mind to be.”

JUST DO IT
NEW YEAR
NEW GOALS
NEW DREAMS
NEW YOU....
d

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May 31 - Jun 1, 2013
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4 qualifiers for Ms.O
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Jan 2, 2013
pt of the day

“The vision that you glorify in your mind,
the ideal that you enthrone in your heart
this you will build your life by,
and this you will become.”

SEE IT
get the knowledge, make a plan...
stick to it
BELIEVE IT
JUST DO IT
BE IT....


PIC: TEAM Fit Body's Jessica Schmid BIG BIG CONGRATS to her
for now LOSING OVER 30 lbs so far
and well on the way to an amazing TRANSFORMATION
2013 is gonna be great !

Jan 3, 2013
pt of the day

"Goals determine what you're going to be."

"Persistence is the ability to maintain actions regardless of your feelings.
You press on even when you feel like quitting.
When you work on any big goal your motivation will wax and wane
like the waves hitting the shore.
Sometimes you’ll feel motivated, sometimes you won’t.
But it’s not your motivation that creates results - it’s your action.

Persistence allows you to keep taking action even when
you don’t feel motivated to do so,
and therefore you keep accumulating results.
Persistence will ultimately provide its own motivation.
If you simply keep taking action, you’ll eventually get results,
and results can be very motivating."

just do it
Dawn

Jan 4, 2013
pt of the day

Decide what you want ..
believe you can have it,
believe you deserve it,
believe it's possible for you
Play the picture in your mind
focus on the end result
VISUALIZE!!! Rehearse your future
VISUALIZE!!! See it, feel it!
This is where action begins

“Your life right now is a reflection of your past thoughts.
That includes all the great things,
and all the things you consider not so great.
Since you attract to you what you think about most,
it is easy to see what your dominant thoughts have been
on every subject of your life,
because that is what you have experienced.
Until now!”

Dawn unchained.....

Jan 5, 2013
pt of the day

What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday,
and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow:
Our life is the creation of our mind.”
“The thought manifests as the word.
The word manifests as the deed.
The deed develops into habit.
And the habit hardens into character.
So watch the thought and its ways with care.

THE LAW OF ATTRACTION....

“Nothing can prevent your picture from coming into concrete form
except the same power which gave it birth
yourself.”

“Everyone visualizes whether he knows it or not.
Visualizing is the great secret of success.”

Dawn unchained.....

Jan 6, 2013
pt of the day

"Your goals are the road maps that
guide you and show you what is possible for your life."

The vast majority of people are born, grow up, struggle,
and go through life in misery and failure,
not realizing that it would be just as easy to switch over
and get exactly what they want out of life,
not recognizing that the mind attracts the thing it dwells upon.”

Dawn unchained...

Jan 7, 2013
pt of the day

Your role in achieving your goal must be giving your all.
Involve yourself whole:
with your heart, your mind and your soul.

Write it down.
Written goals have a way of
transforming wishes into wants; cant's into cans;
dreams into plans;
and plans into reality.
Don't just think it - ink it!

The most important key to achieving great success is to
decide upon your goal and launch,
get started, take action, move.

just do it
Dawn

Jan 8, 2013
pt of the day

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.

“Twenty years from now
you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do
than by the ones you did do.
So throw off the bowlines.
Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover.”

just do it
Dawn

Jan 9, 2013
pt of the day


"Adhere to your purpose
and you will soon feel as well as you ever did.
On the contrary, if you falter, and give up,
you will lose the power of keeping any resolution,
and will regret it all your LIFE

"It's always too soon to quit!"


"Develop success from failures.
Discouragement and failure
are two of the surest stepping stones to success."

just do it
Dawn....

PIC: TEAM Fit Body's Jenn Gornenski's transformation
WAY TO GO JENN
lookin' great and ready for the beach !

Jan 10, 2013
pt of the day

Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker.
Failure is delay, not defeat.
It is a temporary detour, not a dead end.
Failure is something we can avoid only by
saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.


The size of your success is measured by
the strength of your desire;
the size of your dream;
and how you handle disappointment along the way.

see it
believe it
just do it
be it
Dawn fully reloaded....

I will be the BCABBA Athletes rep
for World Qualifier in Winnipeg this April.
So any BCABBA athlete needing anything give me a shout.
Flying in thurs before show I'm there to help u in anyway I can

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YOU CAN FREEZE THEM TOO
i put 3 in the fridge door,
then when i use 1,
I take another out of the freezer,
but the time i get to that one it's defrosted....
i just keep rotating that way,
but depends how quickly you go thru them
i buy 2 cases at one time

i also buy INPRO 90 there
which is an unflavored unsweetened Isolate protein powder,
i've been using it for years,
cuz i look at it as in the course of my life
how much of those chemical sweeteners
am i ingesting from protein powders,
so i switched man over 15 yrs ago or more now.....

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Jan 11, 2013
pt of the day

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions.
Small people always do that,
but the really great make you feel that you too can become great.

Great spirits have always encountered
violent opposition from mediocre minds.

A life without dreams
is like a garden without flowers.

PIC: TEAM Fit Body's Montana Saari enjoying the sun in Hawaii
and prepping for BC's Championships for Bikini

2013 BCABBA / CBBF 16wks out schedule

World Qualifier 16wks out Jan 5th
Kelowna show 16wks out Jan 26th
Fort St John show 16wks out Feb 16th
BC's 16wks out Mar 2nd
BB Nationals 16wks out Mar 16th
F,F,B, Mens & Women Phys Nationals 16wks out April 20th
Nov show 16wks out July 20th

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BCABBA / CBBF SHOW DATES

World Qualifier Apr 27th Winnipeg
Kelowna show May 18
Fort St John June 8th
BC's June 22
BB Nationals July 6th Hailfax
F,F,B, Mens & Women Phys. Aug 10th New West, BC
Nov show Nov 8 & 9th

Jan 12, 2013
pt of the day

SELF-DISCIPLINE
"The first and best victory is to conquer self."

"Mastering others is strength.
Mastering yourself is true power."

"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."

JUST DO IT
Dawn

Jan 13. 2012
pt of the day

A habit is something you can do without thinking
which is why most of us have so many of them.


We first make our habits,
and then our habits make us.

Good habits result from resisting temptation.

just do it
Dawn

2013 IFBB International Events Qualifier

Saturday, April 27th, 2013
Winnipeg, MB

Host Hotel: Greenwood Inn & Suites
1715 Wellington Avenue
Winnipeg, MB
www.greenwoodwinnipeg.com
For reservations call Toll Free 1- 888-233-6730
Room rate is $111.00 per night
A guest room damage deposit of $250.00 refundable at check out.
Quote Group Code 042513MABBA for the special CBBF room rate.
Courtesy shuttle service from the airport to the host hotel is available, use the courtesy phone located by the luggage pick up.

Weigh-In and Competitors meeting April 26th in the Evergreen Ballroom.
Weigh-In from 12:00pm to 5:00pm
Competitors meeting from 6:00pm to 8:30pm

Competition Location: McPhillips Station Casino
484 McPhillips Street
Winnipeg, MB
Pre judging at 9:00am, Finals at 5:00pm

Official Spray Tanning Services: Liquid Sun Rayz
Christina Mehling
christina@liquidsunrayz.com
Cost: $125 – This includes unlimited coats of color as well as backstage touchups, glazing and bikini bite

Jan 14, 2013
pt of the day

“Motivation is what gets you started.
Habit is what keeps you going.”

“First we make our habits,
then our habits make us.”

“We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”

Try not.
Do or do not.
There is no try.

just do it
Dawn

Jan 15, 2013
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.

Failure will never overtake me if
my determination to succeed is strong enough.

just do it
Dawn

its now BCABBA official:
no qualification needed for
womens physique at this years 2013 BC Championships....
meaning you can go straight to BC's without doing a novice show

Jan 16. 2013
pt of the day

Strength doesn't come from what you can do.
It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn't.

You can't reach what's in front of you,
until you let go of what's behind you.

just do it
Dawn

Jan 17, 2013
pt of the day


People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are.
I don't believe in circumstances.
The people who get on in this world are
the people who get up
and look for the circumstances they want,
and, if they can't find them,
make them.

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.

just do it
Dawn

pic: TEAM Fit Body's Melissa Ward
2008 BC & Canadian National Junior Champion Bodybuilder....
and new mom of a 1 yr old baby girl...
now prepping for Kelowna show in Bikini
way to go Melissa good work

Jan 18, 2013
pt of the day

Look at a stone cutter
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 the last blow that did it,
but all that had gone before

Success seems to be largely a matter of
hanging on after others have let go.

perseverence & determination
focus & consistency
goal seeking vision
sacrifice
sweat, tears, work hard, courage...
this is what it takes to succeed in anything
see it
believe it
just do it
Dawn

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once in awhile i love watching this video
my good friend Luis Ramirez made for me back in 2008...
makes me keep goin...
http://youtu.be/jSjQjtymVZQ

http://youtu.be/jSjQjtymVZQ

Jan 19, 2013
pt of the day

“The best way to not feel hopeless is
to get up and do something.
Don’t wait for good things to happen to you.
If you go out and make some good things happen,
you will fill the world with hope,
you will fill yourself with hope.”

“Courage: the most important of all the virtues because
without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”

just do it
Dawn

Jan 20, 2013
pt of the day

I do not want people to be agreeable,
as it saves me that trouble of liking them.

There comes a time in life when
you realize not to worry about the people in your past,
there's a reason the didn't make it to your future.

don't worry
be happy
life goes on
chin up
head high
booyah onward march.....
Dawn

Jan 21, 2012
pt of the day

If you don't aim for anything - you will never hit your mark.
You lose 100% of the time - if you don't even try.



awesome article
TRAIN YOUR THOUGHTS
The power of positive thoughts.

It's a new year and perhaps a new opportunity to train our thoughts.
We've all heard that what we focus on in life is typically what we attract in life.
Self limiting beliefs can take away our joy and create needless torment.
By changing our focus of thought,
we can transcend the pointlessness of negative energy
by learning to center on all that is positive in our lives.

Here are ten, somewhat related, choices that need to be addressed daily
by competitive athletes and everyone alike.

1) Trying to be perfect.
As athletes, our minds are programmed to be number one.
Keep things in perspective.
The fixation on the impossible can only lead to disappointment,
so rather than trying to be perfect,
let's simply enjoy life doing our best at everything we do
without becoming obsessed on perfection.
We can take pride in doing something well, to the best of our ability,
but remember no one on earth is perfect.



2) Comparing ourselves to others.
For those competing in a physique sport
it's very simple to look at the physical attributes,
or the athleticism of those around us.
We have each been given a genetic code that can be maximized,
but we need to keep things real and simply do our best with what we have been given.
Striving to be the best "me" is a lofty goal in of itself
without trying to be better than someone else over which we have no control.
Let's not worry about what others think of us.
Even as we step on stage, all we can control is ourselves.
Judging is subjective. That we know. We did our best. That we know.
Everything else is out of our control.


3) Focusing on the past or the future.
The past is something that is already over.
Each of us learns from experience but
what happened in the past will never exactly duplicate itself again.
Let the past go and start living in the present.
Let's focus our attention on what we are doing now.
A close friend of mine had to reiterate that to me over and over a number of years ago
as it always seemed I was too focused on the future.
It's good to set goals, definitely including some long term goals,
but let's not get caught up in focusing most of our energy
in this direction or on the past.
The most important moment in time is now.


4) Procrastinating.
This practice usually originates from childhood when
we put off doing something because we didn't like doing it,
or there was something more "fun" to do first.
In university, a couple of my professors would tell me,
"David, had you worked the entire semester as you did the last two weeks,
you would have been a straight A student."
I had more important things to do.
The gym and sports being my main focus.
Although I still fall into this trap at times,
"getting things done today" relieves a ton of headaches
that build each day something is put off.
Take care of that business asap
and let's get our game back at the gym and everywhere else in our lives.


5) Feeling we can't do something.
The only way we can't do something is if we don't even try.
If something is important to us,
there is no reason why we can't start working towards it.
Progress, even baby steps, will reward us with the feeling of accomplishment.
Let's track our progress
and we'll soon see that what we thought was a far off lofty goal,
is coming closer and with it the realization that it was always accessible.
Stop sharing "I'm bored" with your social network.
Get offline, if need be, and start making things happen.


6) Living for others.
We have to live in harmony with others, however,
we are free to set goals and work towards them.
I have seen a lot of people live their lives feeling
that they need to do things this or that way to appease family and friends
or to be better than someone we see as competition.
At the end of the day,
the only way we will move forward and feel good about ourselves is
if we did things for ourselves in our own way
without worrying what others think or how others see us.



7) Keeping things inside.
Communication.
That one word, if executed correctly and thoroughly
is the answer to almost every single issue that arises in our lives.
From work to relationships, if we know the situation, where others are coming from,
then it paints a clearer map that is easy to navigate.
Don't allow anything to bottle up inside.
Share feelings with those closest that you trust.
Discuss the hard topics,
the topics that might even hurt at times.
It's much better to have everything out in the open then to
keep something inside growing until it amounts to an insurmountable obstacle.
Communicate daily. Perhaps set times to "debrief" each day.



8) Having expectations.
The moment we put an expectation on someone or something
is the moment we open ourselves up to disappointment.
This can apply to our commute to work, at the gym waiting for equipment,
waiting for a training partner to show up or in our intimate lives.
Everyday we are faced with countless moments of expectation.
How we handle each determines our mood and the rest of the day
limiting those expectations will limit those negative emotions
that can flood up quickly.
Enjoy what is.



9) Trying to control everything in our life.
Life happens. Allow it and accept it.
It is impossible to control every aspect of our life
so that the results are always favourable.
Let's not worry if we make mistakes, we're human.
Learn to enjoy each moment for what it is.

10) Blaming others.
As much as we would like to deny it,
this is one of the most common signs of lacking happiness,
confidence and focus inside ourselves.
The amount to which we can fulfill our dreams depends on
the amount to which we take responsibility for the journey we lay out for ourselves.
We need to accept responsibility for the life we are creating for ourselves
and with this responsibility comes the need to "free everyone around us".
Blaming others denies our responsibility.
It allows others to have power over that aspect of our lives.
The sooner we let this go,
the sooner our lives will move forward at an exponential rate.

By recognizing and addressing these ten choices as soon as possible,
we will start to feel a new found freedom in our life.
Yes, it takes a conscientious effort.
Some days may be more challenging than others,
but it's keeping the course of our path moving forward
that will present us with more opportunities then we ever realized possible
and with the happiest frame of mind possible.

These ten points to consider are relevant in our personal lives as well
as in our competitive lives.
Regardless of who or what we are up against,
believing in ourselves, that we are bigger then our problems,
focusing on what is positive in our lives,
will inevitably reward us with the life we seek for ourselves.
Once we can step back from our life for a moment,
the energy we put out becomes clear.
Is it the energy we want to attract in our lives?
I challenge each of you to walk to a mirror where you can be alone,
look yourself in the eye,
and tell that person (you) that you love them
and that you are going to work your hardest to be the best person you can be
EVERY day.
Feels weird doesn't it.
We all joke about self affirmations
but there is something to them.
We all have battles inside and demons we need to get rid of.
These fears and insecurities will not go easily.
It will take daily self reassurance
to get through many of the points I laid out above.

Beginning this moment,
let's think before we speak, before we act,
and ensure our words, our tone, our actions
improve our life and the lives of those around us.
We will feel the positive effects immediately in the gym and in our lives.
I have seen these points help myself and friends around me,
let me know how it works for you.

Jan 22, 2013
pt of the day

Believe in yourself!
Have faith in your abilities!
Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers
you cannot be successful or happy.

It's not who you are that holds you back,
it's who you think you're not.

If you think you can, you can.
And if you think you can't, you're right.

Don't wait until everything is just right.
It will never be perfect.
There will always be challenges, obstacles
and less than perfect conditions.
So what. Get started now.
With each step you take,
you will grow stronger and stronger,
more and more skilled,
more and more self-confident
and more and more successful.

JUST DO IT
Dawn

Jan 23, 2013
pt of the day

AWESOMENESS:
“If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and true enemies; succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; be honest and frank anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous; be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; do good anyway…
You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God; it was never between you and them anyway.

Grant me the serenity
to accept the things i cannot change
the courage to change the things i can
and the wisdom to know the difference

Jan 24, 2013
pt of the day

Life isn't about finding yourself.
Life is about creating yourself.

Only those who will risk going too far
can possibly find out how far one can go.

Goals are dreams with deadlines.

Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by
people not smart enough to know they were impossible.

just do it
Dawn

PIC: TEAM Fit Body's Brandon Best

Jan 25, 2013
pt of the day

Don’t let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something
stand in the way of your doing it.
The time will pass anyway;
we might just as well put that passing time
to the best possible use.

How long should you try?
Until.

“Edison failed 10, 000 times
before he made the electric light.
Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times.”

“Success consists of getting up just one more time
than you fall.”

just do it
Dawn

Jan 26, 2013
pt of the day

"Come to the edge", he said.
They said, "We are afraid".
"Come to the edge", he said.
They came.
He pushed them ...
and they flew.

“A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.”

“Success is a state of mind.
If you want success,
start thinking of yourself as a success.”

just do it
Dawn

Jan 27, 2012
pt of the day

You were born to be real,
not to be perfect.
You're here to be you,
not to be what someone else wants you to be.
Stand up for yourself,
look them in the eye,
and say Don't judge me until you know me,
don't underestimate me until you've challenged me,
and don't talk about me until you've talked to me.

To believe in yourself
and to follow your dreams,
to have goals in life
and a drive to succeed,
and to surround yourself
with the things and the people that make you happy
this is success!

just do it
Dawn

Jan 28, 2013
pt of the day

When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning,
by dreams that need completion,
by pure love that needs expressing,
then we truly live life.

Dream lofty dreams,
and as you dream, so shall you become.
Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be;
your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.

just do it
Dawn

Jan 29, 2013
pt of the day

“Finish each day and be done with it.
You have done what you could.
Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in;

“A life without regret
can be attained by
full awareness of one's actions
in their present moment.”


“Finish each day and be done with it.
You have done what you could.
Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in;
put them behind as soon as you can.
Today is a new day.
You shall begin it serenely
and with too high a spirit
to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”
LIVE IN THE MOMENT
LIVE IN THE NOW
“The past is behind, learn from it.
The future is ahead, prepare for it.
The present is here, live it.”

just do it
and DO IT WELL
Dawn.....

Jan 31, 2013
pt of the day

Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us.
They are essential to really keep us alive.

If you have a goal in life that takes a lot of energy,
that requires a lot of work,
that incurs a great deal of interest
and that is a challenge to you,
you will always look forward to waking up
to see what the new day brings.

just do it
Dawn