Health & Wellness by Lexa's Journal

My mission in life is to not merely survive, but to thrive: and do so with passion, compassion, humor, and style. – Maya Angelou

Author: Lexa

  •   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. -Albert Einstein In the mornings and while my home is still relatively quiet, I seek out daily inspiration.  One of my favorite go to’s is TED Talk.…

  • Four weeks from the upcoming Saturday, I will be strutting my stuff on stage and flexing my deltoids, trapezes, triceps, rhomboids, biceps, and more.  And so the real countdown has begun. It is hard to fathom, that only six months ago I decided to compete. For nearly six months, my focus has been eating clean,…

  • While I haven’t written a post in a week or so, I have been busy preparing for stage day. Happy Friday!

  • Eight Weeks Out And Counting

      “The mind is everything. What you think, you become.” -Buddha Yesterday marks the 8-week out milestone to stage day! Woo! Hoo!   It’s crunch time! Pinch me!  Rarely do I have the house to myself; it’s a treat. As I write this, my home is completely silent. Well… other than the tapping sounds of my…

  • Completing yesterday’s WOD was the intended topic of this post. However, in the middle of writing about my workout, I became captivated by the audio that hubby was listening to. Nearly six-hour earlier, a deadly fire in Boston killed two firefighters. My hubby has dedicated his entire life to firefighting. At age six, the smell…

  • Image courtesy of l-e-m-i-n-i-m-a-l-i-s-m-e.tumblr.com I’m so excited!!  After grappling over vibrant fabric samples with cool textures, trying to figure out which color will look best against my tanned brown skin on stage, I finally decided. I did it!!  There is NO turning back. I ordered my suit for May’s competition! Climbing out of bed daily…