Great things happening at D3!!

Hey all,

I hope you are all well. There are so many good things happening at D3 so I want to take a moment to share all of the news.

D3 Updates:

Madison and Jillian passed their training certifications and are now officially certified!! Great job ladies! You will soon have your own classes...as soon as I think you are ready :)

D3 On Demand is up and running! So far we have over 12 people who subscribe so please check it out when you get a chance at http://d3bootcamp.com/ondemand.html. The videos are amazing and you can watch them as many times as you would like. A new video is posted every Wednesday afternoon! I will be adding Zumba w/ Weights to the videos soon!

The D3 Nutrition Plan launches on January 7th! This plan is amazing and can really change lives. It is NOT a diet, but rather a serious life shift!!

Preview to my DVD: A preview clip of The Diesel Dome Hustle will be taped in mid Feb! I am so excited about this DVD series. This concept is so different....can't wait to see what God has for this!

D3 is all about effective and efficient training.....not just training to train, like most group fitness classes and boot camps. I am now a Heart Rate Performance Specialist and I can teach you how to use your Polar heart rate monitors to work smarter, not harder! If you really want to burn fat, its not about training HARD, its about knowing your heart rate zones and training in your FAT BURN zones. See me if you want to know more...we also sell Polar watches in the D3 office!

Kickbutt Energy Ballz...if you have not tried them, you are missing out! They taste great, have b- 12 for energy but also whey protein and fiber....awesome combo!

D3 is RE-BRANDING in January....can't tell you what we are doing yet...but stay tuned, its HOTTT. Let's just say this, we will no longer be known just for boot camp! D3 is SOO much more than that!!!!

Lastly, I was nominated and selected to be one of the Top 25 Women in Chicago! I am so excited about this honor and plan to keep accomplishing all my dreams!

Thanks to all of you who read this blog. If you ever have suggestions or comments, please add them to the blog.

Happy Thanksgiving to you all!! I am looking forward to a fit and fab end of the year!

PRU ~ POST COMP BLOGGIN

WEEK 43 – POST CONTEST: Thursday, November 18, 2010
Well it’s been almost a week since my first figure competition and I can tell you I am still just walking around in disbelief and excitement! I am also a little lost … been taking it easy this week - just cardio – which is so strange. Don’t get it twisted though; I have a game plan so I will be back in the gym hard for the D3 show!!! Gotta maintain … Gotta maintain!

I don’t even know where to start. There is so much I have to share. I have received so many wonderful and positive comments from everywhere! I want to again thank my D3 family … this is an accomplishment for all of us!!!

The thing that most resonates right now is that so many people are telling me that I have now inspired and/or motivated them to get in shape. This is a great thing. What I’d like to impart is that this has been the beginning of a journey of REBIRTH for me. In nine months, I SHED 40 pounds and a lot of doubts, and gave BIRTH to a new, healthier, positive, energetic and “TAKE YOUR DREAMS OFF THE SHELF AND GET THE IMPLEMENTING” - ME! And of course back on track spiritually.

When I look at the before picture - that Dre posted in a previous newsletter this week - I just want to scream! I remember that day so clearly. That’s the day/timeframe that I said to myself … “self … it’s either now or never, so what you going to do playa (smile)!” I was at the heaviest I had ever been in my life and I felt so dowdy. I made up my mind that day that it was time to get the body in order. I had not been to D3 consistently for some time, so I started back and added one more class. Then Dre threw me the ultimate challenge in February 2010 … to be a part of the D3 Dropdown team. I needed it and was so glad that she picked me.

Like all of us, I made up excuses as to why I wouldn’t be able to dedicate the amount of time required – family/work obligations, impending bunion surgery, etc., etc.,. I realized that these were just excuses. Once I commit to something I commit. That’s exactly what I did. The original goal was to just lose 20 pounds by my 45th birthday and 25 pounds by November – a figure competition wasn’t even on the radar. I remember telling Dre, I will be so happy if I can just get down to 135. Once I hit 135,,, it was on! About May, she asked if any of us wanted to do a figure competition and I said I’m in. I just wanted to see how far I could push my body. I listened to Dre and did whatever she asked. I also did my own homework.

There were many hurdles/challenges along the way … some of which I hinted at in my blogs. I won’t go into a lot of it now, but I just want you all to know that this was not a cakewalk. Like most people, my life is not without trials and obligations: family, work, illness, death. However, the D3 motto is so true … there is nothing that can defeat a “made up mind”! And Andrea Everett … yes D3 is truly “life-changing fitness for a made up mind”! And Andrea Everett … YOU ARE THE TRUTH!

On that note, Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I wish you and your families continued blessings! Love you all!


WEEK 43 – POST CONTEST: Monday, November 15, 2010
Well it’s the Monday after my first competition and the fog has cleared a bit (smile)! Let me just say this has been one of the most incredible journey’s of my life!!! Simply incredible! I don’t even know where to start … well first off I know I worked unbelievably HARD to get my body prepared for this competition. Not a cheat DAY, MEAL, SNACK, TASTE!!! I made up my mind that I was going to put my ALL in this and that is what I did.

I didn’t place in the competition – and I won’t lie to you I was truly disappointed because I know I had one of the BEST bodies there – BUT as Dre, my husband and everyone who was there to support me reminded me … the trophy is this awesome, sculpted body that is mine. I want a trophy though (LOL)! I prayed, cried, talked it through and by Sunday after church I was cool with it all. Dre told me after the competition, it is soooooo much bigger than you winning a place in a competition … God has something bigger for you. I love her! More importantly I believe that this is true to my core! I’m not a big believer in God talking to people, but I do know that God has been revealing so many things to me as I embarked on this journey. You see, though I was working to lose weight and to see how far I could push my body, God was re-inventing and re-invigorating my SOUL! He was giving me some much needed spiritual nourishment, as I shed the weight I also began to shed some fears, stagnation, self-doubt, unhealthy thoughts … all that … and I got the old but a more new and mature ME back if that makes sense. I am READY to take my dreams off the shelf and start implementing them and STARTING NOW … that’s exactly what I’m going to do!!! Just had an AHA moment … THIS IS MY TROPHY!!!

Well I have to run for right now, but I’m going to give you a blow by blow of the competition a little later. I had to get those thoughts out right now!

WEEK 42 – FOUR DAYS TO GO

WEEK 42 – FOUR DAYS TO GO
It’s Tuesday night and its taking everything I have to blog tonight. I am just not in the mood. I have lost my focus. As many of you know, Dre lost her sister-n-law and my D3 drop down challenge, workout partner and friend Roz Glanton. I am devastated. The reality of it set in today as I received calls early this morning.

Dre summed it up in her email to the D3 family. Roz was a beautiful, beautiful person! One of the hardest working individuals I have ever met. I would always tell her how much she has inspired me. I admired how she worked through her physical challenges and still managed to lose a RIDICULOUS amount of weight. If she couldn’t lift, she was at the health club, early in the morning swimming. Always positive, always had words of encouragement …

She texted me a week before her surgery to let me know that she was having surgery, and that she was going still going to try and attend my 1st competition to cheer me on. She told me how proud she was of me – which she often did! I sent her a text a couple of days after her surgery to let her know I was thinking of her and asked how she was feeling. She sent a text back, “I’m fine.” My last text to her was … “now don’t be pushing yourself doing P90X at home … I know you!” That was our last exchange.

Roz, your physical presence will be GREATLY missed but your BEAUTIFUL SPIRIT endures FOREVER in our hearts and souls!

Please pray for Dre and Roz’ entire family.

WEEK 41 – EIGHT DAYS TO GO

WEEK 41 – EIGHT DAYS TO GO
Whoa! Today has been rough. I got an early cardio workout in this morning, then had a KILLER training session with Dre. Oh I thought for sure I was going to burst into tears. I had to fight them back. I had to fight through it as best as I could – and of course she is encouraging all the way – but she WILL NOT let you punk out. Ohhhhhhh it was a toughie.

I struggled so hard today for a number of reasons:
SLEEP DEPRIVATION: I CANNOT SLEEP! I am so charged up for this competition that I CANNOT sleep. On top of that my son keeps me up too, as he slaps me in the head and kicks me all night … I gotta get his behind OUT OF MY BED! It’s rough. We won’t even mention the fact that I have to go to the bathroom about every 1.5-2.0 hours from all the water I’m drinking. THIS IS NUTS!!! But I’m loving every single minute of it.

LOW CARBS: The diet for the last two weeks before competition is ROUGH! It is LOW, LOW, LOW carb and its challenging. I barely made it through the workout and NOTICEABLY petered out quickly. However, I was able to lift some heavy weight so I’m pretty proud of myself. Dre threw me another lifeline though and told me I was thinning out to quickly … YEAH BABY! BABY! … so that means I get to add SOME carbs back in!!! THANK GOODNESS! Let me tell you … peanut butter NEVER tasted so good!

Hopefully I will fall out tonight. I really have to get rested. I want to be radiant and beautiful for the competition, not emaciated and burned up!

Props to my hubby Mickey who cooked all my meals for another 5 days or so! YOU ARE THE BEST BABY!!! I LOVE YOU!

That’s it for now!

Hey All I'm Back!!

Man, talk about a hectic 2 weeks!! I feel like I have been through the ringer TWICE! But I am back and feeling great. I actually picked up my workouts lately because I am getting ready to start on my dvd project that I am so excited about. I can't tell you much about it but just know it is going to be fantastic!!

A few announcements!! D3 On Demand is UP!!! Just go to http://d3bootcamp.com/ondemand.html to check it out. A great you can take on line!! I feel very good that it is finally up and ready to go. I already have 4 people who have purchased it and so far they seem to really like it. I will be downloading new videos every Monday. I plan to add multiple videos as we grow. I hope you can try it!

Now, lets talk about a little motivation for you (Mechell...I know you are reading this so I wanted to tell you that I am so proud of you. Keep adding to your days at D3...you are on your way sweets!)

I know some days you really just do not feel like working out...and I have those days too. This is what I do to get through those days: 1. I tell myself that if I can just get to my trainer, I know I will feel so happy and accomplished when I am leaving. 2. I set my Polar watch so that I can track my calories and work efficiently in my zones so that I am not overtraining and that is always a motivation for me. 3. I also think about the way I want to look...if I get up and go to my work out, the closer I am to getting that look. 4. And lastly, I schedule my workouts just like any other appointment and I don't give myself an out!! I consider my workouts and paying myself...and I am not gonna under-pay myself!!

Think about those things when you really do not want to go to your workouts. They help me so I hope they will help you as well.

Next Blog will be on the Heart Rate Performance Seminar I will be leading at D3 this Friday at 7:30pm. I will update you on what I teach them about using a HR monitor to enhance your workouts! I just took my Heart Rate Performance test yesterday so I hope I passed..I will let you know in a weeks but I am pretty sure I did!! So exciting!!

Take care and GO TO YOUR WORKOUTS!!

Dre

PRU ~ WEEK 41 - 2 WEEK COUNTDOWN

WEEK 41 – COUNTDOWN … 2 WEEKS!!!!
Thursday, November 04, 2010
Well it’s been a great week, thus far! I am sooooo charged that I can barely sleep. A month ago I was keeping my competition quest very quiet. I just wasn’t ready for people to know. BUT NOW … I can’t keep my mouth shut! (smile). A lot of it comes from my D3 family … you diva’s are so wonderful to me. AGAIN … I appreciate every compliment, words of support and encouragement. Keep them coming because I’m on the 7-day COUNTDOWN and its only going to get harder from here.

So let’s talk about today. I shifted over yesterday to the STRICT diet. You don’t want to know … that’s all I’m going to say. IT’S STRICT! Let’s just say … if I don’t see or smell another piece of fish for the rest of my life I will be happy!!! I made it through today surprisingly well, but I started running on “E” during class tonight. Thanks Vikki for pushing me! Next days … will be even harder as I cut down more carbs.

I had another posing session with my FABULOUS, PRO-Figure Champion & Coach MATTIE today. I’m just going to tell you … Mattie is the QUEEN OF ELEGANCE! After all, she was my workout/running partner at D3 and then she just disappeared. The next time I saw her a few months later at D3 – her body had transformed into a SCULPTED PIECE OF ART!!! I mean ABS, ARMS, SHOULDERS, BACK, LEGS … I was like … well DAMN! Truth-be-told, Mattie was/is my inspiration for seeing if I could get my body in shape to be able to compete in a figure competition! So I thank you Mattie …

Okay .. back to my posing session … I had to throw Mattie some props. So this posing thing is no joke. I know the poses I need to do – and you all know DRE don’t play when it comes to ANYTHING, she will make you feel like Ike & Tina – but I had some refining I need to do. Mattie is so ELEGANT. She got me straight today - had my BUTT and BACK screaming - but I’m feeling even more confident. I’m in this to win this … so I have to make it do what it do!

So Dre was texting me my weight loss numbers from when we started in February. When we started I was at 159lbs and now 126lbs!!! But why'd she try to cheat me and have me down for "no" - ZERO - weight loss between July and August!!! OH NO … I had to consult with MY CALENDAR and sure enough I lost 6 lbs over a 6 week period. I texted her back with the, UH UH … I went from 139 mid July to 133 late August! I followed the plan … I didn’t CHEAT nor did I stagnate!!! We gotta tell the whole story! It was during that time period that I made a major switch to my diet, so there was no way I could stagnate on the weight. Well you all know Dre ... she texted me back with … yeah “FOOD IS A MOTHER F@$#@$”LOL!!! I said yeah, sounds look a book title or chapter, to me!!!

Okay … I’m going to try to blog every day for my last week, so please hit the COMMENT link below the blog and blog me back. I need your energy to get me through.

Love you all. DRE, MATTIE and JILL … U just don’t know … U just don’t know. I APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR ME!




Monday, November 01, 2010
God is GOOD! I may or may not have mentioned that I found out - a few weeks back – that my mom is having some serious health challenges right now. For those of you that may not know, my ENTIRE immediate family live in Seattle. So my not being there, has taken me through even more emotions. At any rate, my mother had to have a fairly serious procedure done today. I am happy to say that she is home, feeling well and sounds like she is in GREAT spirits! This has been so heavy on me for the past few weeks, so I give ALL THANKS TO GOD! Please keep her in your prayers.


On the Countdown Tip:
I am just BEYOND charged right now!!! I am literally in countdown mode. I am 13 days away from the big competition! Wow. I am dreaming about it, living it, feeling it. Am I ready yet? Not quite, but I’m getting there. I go through a range of emotions … gotta tweak this, gotta try and pump that … gotta eat this … focus here … gotta, gotta, gotta.

Worked out with Dre yesterday, and as always she kicked my butt! I tell you DRE is THE REAL DEAL! If you don’t know by now … you aren’t taking enough classes! This is one PHENOMENAL WOMAN!!! I have lost a total of 36 POUNDS, since February 2010!!! I have not been at this weight in 15 years! Talk about MOTIVATION! OMG!!! If you don’t believe you can achieve your fitness goals, I am a living example that you can. And it can be done at any age or weight and during any life challenges.

Anyway, it’s 11:00 and WAY past my bed time, BUT my damn job … well I thank God for this damn job … but my manager threw a monkey-wrench in my workout plans, so I find myself up late trying to get reports done, etc., etc.,. It has thrown off my workout schedule today - so I will have to make up for it throughout the rest of the week. Now don’t get it twisted - I worked out … three times as a matter of fact - BUT, I didn’t get in all that I needed. It’s too close to the competition for that, but I feel that I can make it up.

Oh I almost forgot … my posing suit is complete with the bling! It looks good. Of course I have a few more things I’d like added, but Joy did an awesome job. Thanks Joy!

All right good night! Blog me back …

Sunday, October 31, 2010
Well today I had to show off to my hubby. So I put on my posing shoes – they look like hooker shoes … I’m not going to lie - walked into the room with my boy-shorts and bra top and asked my husband if “he liked his wife’s new body” (SMILE)!!! The expression on his face … PRICELESS!!! Even more priceless than that … the expression on the face of my 4 year old son!!! HILARIOUS!!! He looked at me like WTH are you working with! Ahhhhh, the men in MY LIFE! You gotta love it! Needless to say … my hubby LOVES IT!!!

I made it to church today and worked out with Dre. As always, she kicked my butt! I tell you DRE is THE REAL DEAL! If you don’t know by now … you aren’t taking enough classes! This is one PHENOMENAL WOMAN!!! I have lost a total of 36 POUNDS, since February 2010!!! I have not been at this weight in 15 years! Talk about MOTIVATION! OMG!!! If you don’t believe you can achieve your fitness goals, I am a living example that you can. And it can be done at any age or weight and during any life challenges. Most importantly it can be done HEALTHY! There is no quick fix. Plastic surgery is temporary. The effort/work/honesty it takes to GO DEEP WITHIN and re-evaluate your SELF, to have the COURAGE to ask and find the answers to the WHY’S in your inner world - will YIELD a CHANGE in your LIFE that MONEY CANNOT BUY! Now I’m not saying that I got it all figured out, but I can honestly say that along this journey I’m on, I’ve learned and continue to learn about ME!

Well, that’s it for tonight. Two weeks … just two weeks and its STAGE TIME!