New Moon and How It Can Be a Positive Phase for Your Fitness!

Image Credits: JCCC Astronomy

The moon revolves around the Earth, which puts it in 4 main phases: New Moon, First Quarter, Full Moon & Last Quarter.

The New Moon is the beginning of the Lunar Phase, and it looks like a slender, crescent in the sky. Spiritually it means for new beginnings and renewal, a chance to start over with a clean slate! When it comes to fitness there are many times you will fall off the bandwagon, but it does not mean you can't start over! As I have been practicing my photography skills lately, taking shots of the moon in distinct phases, I started looking up more information about it and saw how the spiritual meaning can really help my clients organize themselves mentally and spiritually to reach their fitness goals. 

Shot with My Nikon D3400

New Moon Journal Ideas:

You should be writing down your workouts, how much weight you used, your food intake and how you feel in your fitness journal. If you have not, this could be the reason you are not seeing the changes that you want. As a personal trainer, I always make note of clients' workouts, changes in training phases, their triumphs and failures besides also creating their meal plans. This is why you pay so much for personal training because we do all the paperwork (journaling), motivation, implementing and changing the plan that you are not capable of doing on your own. So, make sure if you do not have a personal trainer that you work with, write down everything when it comes to reaching your fitness goals. 

Here Are Some Other New Journaling Ideas to Consider Adding:

• What motivates you? 
• Release unhealthy habits that are hindering your fitness success and try out healthy ones. 
• Write down 3 - 5 reasons why you want to get healthy. 
• Visualize how you want to feel and look inside and out. 
• What is your favorite way to get yourself delighted over working out? 
• What fitness goals would you like to achieve by the next Full Moon? 

2013 Austin, Tx.

Write a goodbye letter to something that is no longer helping you reach your goals and fitness goals. Burn this letter under the New Moon as a way to release anxiety, anger, guilt, shame, fears, stress, and old habits. Make a visualization board for your regular and fitness goals! Seeing your goals in front of you really helps you to stay focused! Try out a new healthy recipe you found online, or a friend shared.

My Beginning 2007

 

Another thing to try is making a list of your greatest fitness accomplishments. This also includes just staying consistent with going to the gym. That is a huge accomplishment because most would rather be home. Make a playlist of your favorite songs for workout and cardio sessions. 

Stay focus, stay consistent and the changes will happen!

Candace

Transformation Tuesday

1990 Visiting my relatives in Mississippi at 13 years old wearing almost a size 16. I hated myself and developed bulimia that I suffered from until I was 28 years old after finding the love for fitness.

27 years old, I was sick and tired of not having the body I wanted. I smoked cigarettes, drank too much alcohol and was 4 years of getting over many drug addictions that included cocaine, crack, and ecstasy. This is when I decided I was going to get healthy the right way and try to inspire my Mother to take her cancer diagnoses seriously. I ended up losing 45 lbs. without any fat burners. I discovered "Eating Clean".

2010 Finally getting fit! After 2 years of solid weight training and eating clean, my baby muscles were coming out!

My first competition with the INBF Alamo Showdown 2011. Placed 3rd top 5 in San Antonio, Tx. my first time competing. 

 Opened up Fit Science LLC in 2011 after my Mother was fired from her job because her cancer came back the 3rd time. In addition, at the gym I worked at they wanted to cut my wage down by half and I could not survive on such a wage for the transformations I was giving people with my knowledge.

2014 When I won my first Pro Card with the WNBF. Fit Science LLC had been open for almost 4 years!

My 2nd Worlds Champions with the WNBF were I placed 4th top 5!

2017 WNBF Pro Extravanga in Augusta, GA. Placed 3rd top 5!

2017 Almost 10 years later a gym owner, certified bodybuilding judge, competition prep coach and Pro Natural Figure and Fit Body Competitor!