375 Days Happiness Project

Day 106, 4/6/25

Happy blessed 😇 Sunday everyone. So today I’m blogging and meal prep planning at my local Panera where locals are nice and actually talk to each other.

Like this lady sitting to my left who saw my Catholic bulletin and asked to read it. Yes, of course I said and walked it over to her. A few minutes later, when she returned it, I noticed she was in an aesthetically pleasant outfit: a Vintage JCrew kinda vibe. White canvas shoes, tan ankle socks, white collar shirt, tan knitted cardigan with cute brown buttons where she buttoned the first one and allowed the sweater to look like a lose and cute cape. She topped off the look with animal print eyeglasses that framed her face well.

I told her she looked like a total fashionista 🛍️ and appreciated her well put together aesthetic. She smiled 😊 the kind of smile when someone feels appreciated and seen 😍

I hope you feel appreciated 😊 and seen today 😍 as well.

I am action oriented so I want you to make your corner of the world 🌎 happier today like I did mine by doing 3 good things outside of yourself today:

You can use my examples below or just improvise: 3 good things before 3 pm outside of yourself:

1) go to church

2) share something with a stranger

3) genuinely compliment a stranger

I’ll see you guys tomorrow. Have a wonderful day 💝

Day 105, 4/5/25

Shades up, hair down, fur on cuz it’s the frickin’ weekind’ baby❣️Be courageous and fiercely 🐅 yourself today and every day ok 🤩 Peace ✌️

Running 🏃🏻‍♀️ update

We were given homework 📚 to log in running miles 🏃🏻‍♀️ in between our next training 🥊 session so I did 4.17 miles today. Mostly walking and a little jogging because my body is still feeling beat up 🤕 (The good athletic beat down kind.) I’ve been here before, know how this feels like, and aware that leveling up in fitness is a process. Patience, consistency, proper nutrition, and recovery are essential.

With that said there is nothing as rejuvenating to me as a sunset 🌅 run. Coyote Hills is 2 miles away from my door so that’s an easy 4 miles back and forth 🏡 Definitely feels like Spring 🌷🏃🏻‍♀️💓🌄

I talk more about my training here to keep myself motivated, focused, and accountable Training Blog

Day 104, 4/4/25

Boxing update 🥊👍:

Last night, I trained with Coach Gilbert and his crew and it was good vibes all around 🙌He is the founder of Phight Club in Oakland and simultaneously runs group boxing + fitness sessions outside the ring 🥊🥊🥊 We sparred, hit the mitts, hit the bags, and finished off with dynamic movements and core work. Definitely a strong 💪 + fun 🤩 addition to my fitness routine. Have a wonderful weekend everyone❣️

Day 103, 4/3/25

My lovepup says hello 🐶👋🏽 🌍 💻 💓

Day 102, 4/2/25

My purpose in life is to spread love ❤️, cheer people 📣 on, and stack 📚 our collective wins. Today’s win, is easily sliding into a vintage pair of jeans 👖 that are 16 years old, that I couldn’t fit into until recently. “Vintage” thangs stay cute, sturdy, and most of all stand the test of time🕰️👯‍♀️💯🙏🏽 Stay Sassy Babies 💁🏻‍♀️ and Happy Wednesday 💕

Day 101, 4/1/25 

Happy 1st of the month my loves❣️❣️I am making this project better because it is starting to get phaatttt. I gotta streamline the aesthetics and navigation of this thread if it is going to grow up properly👍

Firstly, I'm putting the newest entries up top to make scrolling less tedious. This is a current and living compilation of life in the written form 📖 So, if you see the date not highlighted, know it is going be moved and fixed ✅

For me, tedium leads to boredom. Boredom leads to me dipping. I'm not gonna dip on myself and this project! The momentum and positive life force I am creating is REAL! Have a wonderful Tuesday 💓💗💕💞

Day 100, is here ya’ll 3/31/25 

🥳 Woooot 🥳 I made a playlist and art cover to celebrate 🎉 with some UpChill vibes (Upbeat + Chill) inspired by my recent visit to Ko’Olina Beach, Hawaii earlier this month.

I recommend getting the party started at “Wild Out” and just let it ride from there

🏄🏻‍♀️ 🌞🏖️🙌🎶😉🙌

Here’s the link

Enjoy 😉 💃🏻 🪩 🕺🏻

Boxing 🥊 Update:

I finally found a boxing 🥊 coach in my area who invited me to start sparring with his crew at my gym.Turns out the real boxers train at night and I thank my lucky stars 🌟 I trained late today. Talk about Right place ✅ Right time ✅

His fighters look legit so I know he’s a good trainer. I had to completely stop what I was doing because they were so in sync and I was mesmerized. He approached me and told me I have good foot work and coordination.

FINALLY!!!!

Super excited 🙌 Laterz babies 👶 See ya’ll mañana 👍

Day 99, 3/30/25 

Life can be seen as a beautiful progression, unfolding one moment at a time, when you frame 🖼️ it with love 💕 and a good 😊 perspective 👓

Case in point, check out this vintage jacket 🧥 of mine that has proven its fashion value and has time traveled 🧳 with me and Gigi for nearly two decades:

February 16, 2008 Gigi marinating in there

Four months in and she’s making me chunky, giving me heartburn, and saying Hello 👋🏽 Mama 🌎 stop eating so fast

The jacket 🧥 makes another appearance October 29, 2017 with Gigi being an adorable 8 year old.

Then Lo and Behold, today, the 16 year old fashionista herself puts it on, owns it, and rocks 🎸it even better than her Mama 🤗

Cute huh? 🥰 Have a magical and lovely Sunday everyone❣️

Day 98, 3/29/25 Got thoroughly beat up early today from a long + challenging stamina building hitting session 💥🥊Thank you Coach 🙏🏽🥇🙌 Always love seeing the crew💗💕

After some recovery and food, and while Gigi studied nearby, I squeezed in an afternoon session to work on core and a mini full body HIIT to complete the beat down. Finally satisfied it was Gigi’s turn.

Gigi has fallen into her own fitness routine, staying consistent, and seeing overall strength gains. Good job honey 👏 Keep it up❣️

Happy 😊 Saturday beautiful 🤩 people!

Day 97, 3/28/25 Spreading joy is our mission🌼Happy Friday🌷

Power moves 💥🧨🌋💣

Alrighty. I have a power move I am compelled to share. I call this exercise the incline abs / arm press.

It is equal parts fun and challenging in that it activates the whole body: lower body for stabilization, core and upper body for strength. 

I do this two ways. One is pressing outwardly at eye level once at the peak landing point kind of like the level of a punch 🥊. The power here comes from the horizontal line of your eyes that you transmit and push out through your arms and the bar. The burst of energy you generate is excitement as you work with building your momentum and exerting your power through this full body movement.

Second, is an overhead press where the bar is pressed upwards above your head once you reach the peak landing point. The power here comes from the perpendicular line aligned with your ears. With that line from your ears, you just pop it out and push it upwards. Make sure your breathing is supporting your movement and you’re not holding your breath. 

I did both ways at the gym yesterday and surprisingly my core is not yet thoroughly beat up so I need to go back and it give it a few more rounds today lol 😊I love this workout so much I have to write about it here ✍️ Go give this a try and have some fun with this favorite power move of mine 🙌

How to do this:

1. Find an ab incline bench 
2. Adjust it to highest level
3. Find a bar with weights you’re comfortable lifting from a negative incline position to an upright position. I like 30 lbs right now
4. Lift off and press 10 reps for 3 sets
5. Congratulate yourself for being a badass working your whole body with agility, vigor, and strength!!
6. Now go and dance 💃🏻 or box 🥊 or run 🏃🏻‍♀️ and do some more power moves. For me, the back bended selfie 🤳 is another challenging 🤨 and fun 🤩 one because I usually topple a bit after taking it lol 😜

Have a wonderful weekend everyone whatever you are doing 💝

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Day 96, 3/27/25

Our Spring schedule is falling into place nicely and yesterday we celebrated the end of a productive basketball 🏀 season for Logan.

Honorable mention goes out to the JV Team that came out in first place🥇in their division 🙌

I enjoy the camaraderie they are building and with time, I hope Gavin continues to hone his athleticism at the highest level he can take it.

That’s going to take dedication, discipline, day in and day out, on and off season.

Congratulations to all the student athletes we know and love❣️Keep working and striving to be your best every day. Happy 😃 Thursday 💛

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Days 1 - 11 here

Day 12, 1/1/25: Yoloooo ❣️Happy 1st 🥇 day of a brand spanking New Year. Like whhhuuuttttt it’s finally twenty twenty five 🥳 The kids and I finished the old year strong 💪 and this energy continued and we put it out on this first day.

Slept in a bit and had a substantial Filipino breakfast of fish 🐟, salted duck 🦆 egg, with tomatoes 🍅 and rice 🍚.

We trained in hills today and enjoyed a nature walk ⛰️ at Coyote Hills and a nice family gave us their parking 🅿️ ticket as they were driving out. It was a cool exchange and I’m glad I had my window down and was paying attention 💁🏻‍♀️

I failed trying to do the same on our way out multiple times so now it’s a lil souvenir for the day 🌷

I like the inclines here. Runnable so we did a little to train our bodies this natural way with varied terrain. 

My wolf 🐺 pack lol 😜 Woof 🐶

Great vantage point and photo by Gigi.

Cumulus looking clouds add texture to photos. No rain so yay 🌞

She got a good incline pic here 👍

Kids and their Big Dawg 🐺 Great looking subjects that happen to be mine 💗💗💗

That was our warm up then hit the gym for all our own workouts. Gavin did a full body workout, Gigi trained legs, and I boxed and danced.

We did healthy stuff we all loved 🥰 and now we’re waiting for our food so I’m blogging while killing time.

Our food is here so hasta la mañana amigos y amigas. Happy 2025🥳

Day 13, 1/2/25: I love 💕 surprising strangers where they completely on their own, feel compelled to share their delight with me ✌️🤓

Like today, I was walking to the building where my in person meetings were held and a random stranger walking the opposite direction loudly retorted:

“Oh. Mah. Gawwwd! You look damn goooood!”

lol 😂 His shocked 😳 verbal declaration made me internally chuckle, so I responded respectfully:

”Thank you Sir. Happy New Year and have a wonderful day.”

Politeness is an old fashioned way of being that shows (1) self respect and (2) respect for others of which I think our fast paced modern world needs more of.

Doling this out is a good thing for society, in my humble opinion.

Day 14, 1/3/25: Stopped and enjoyed the murals today. Happy Friday 💗

Day 15, 1/4/25: Waiting for our gym to open. Open open open 🤳 💅🦆💁🏻‍♀️🌟🌷💗 Busy Saturday for us gotta get it in ✅

Done ✅

Sunk that 🏀🗑️⛹🏻👍

Strong 💪 dudes

Thanks for coming to watch Gavin play Lyle💯

This one needs a Malatown Detox lol 😂 She loves it here too much 💕

Day 16, 1/5/25: We had a very good Sunday 🕊️🙏🏽🥰💗

Got in our workouts and wanted to focus on a long cardio session day.

Put in 8.5 miles on the bike 🚲 at the gym to get the heart pumping and blood flowing.

Took some measurements to get a baseline of where my body is currently so that I can keep building muscle and an overall leaner physique.

Also took advantage of the great weather today and got in a 2 city outdoor run 🏃🏻‍♀️ from our gym in Hayward and ran to Union Landing and back.

I was telling my brother Lyle how amazing it felt to be able to do an outdoor jog with minimal stopping and throw in some nice burst of short sprints as my body allowed me to do.

Hitting a sub 8 minute mile pace during my short sprints felt amazing and I am very grateful to feel my stamina and power in my running 🏃🏻‍♀️ slowly building up again 🙏🏽💕

Later we hung out at my mom’s for food and family time. Little Lyle and Lenny are the cutest 🥰🥰

And of course so is Mama’s Roawd dawg, Rosie ❣️

See y’all mañana 🕊️✌️✨🏃🏻‍♀️

Day 17, 1/6/25: We were all on our game today, from meal prepping, to school, work, workouts, and extracurricular activities etc.

Gavin’s team dominated tonight as they were the more accurate and defensively stronger team. It was exciting to see our boys push themselves from start to finish.

Gigi and team got to meet the former mayor of Union City through their volunteer work today. Many exciting positive projects are underway to empower the local youth.

Day 18, 1/7/25: Gorgeous day for some hill training today🏞️ 🙏🏽🏃🏻‍♀️✌️

Day 19, 1/8/25: I personally enjoy feeling like my own sunshine 🌞 so I vibe out in my stylist’s chair every few weeks to get 💇‍♀️ my hair done how I like it.

Color treated hair needs to taken cared of and babied 👶 My stylist has instructed me how to do this and I’ve cultivated a day to day process to keep my crown 👸🏻 vibrant, healthy, and growing 🌼🌱🌿💗

See? That’s all natural 🌱 hair growth 👍

Tanya does the bleaching process where it’s not bothersome to my scalp.I came prepared and meal prepped because it takes 3+ hours to get the whole system down pat ==> Set the bleach/process it/rinse it/set the toner/cook/rinse/trim/dry.

👩🏻‍🍳 Cooking in the “oven”

Tada 🎉 Shes done ✨👑✌️🌼 Thank you Tanya 🌷

Invest 📈 in your most valuable resource:

✨YOU✨👸🏻🥰🏃🏻‍♀️🏞️🕊️👩🏻‍🍳

Day 20, 1/9/25: Protect your peace my loves💕 🙏🏽🕊️🏞️by protecting your attention and your time 🕰️ Allow people to learn you and ignore what’s NOT moving your day forward. Stick to your plan and most of all WORK your plan.

The squat is not an exercise but a resting position. Modern humans think and move otherwise. Here I’m practicing strengthening the whole lower body system and toes 🩰 for maximum “hang” time.

Hands, fingers, and limbs need to be activated daily or they’ll brittle and get weak. We don’t want that. Don’t skip the heavy bags if you don’t have gloves. Just go 🏃🏻‍♀️

Day 21, 1/10/25: Happy Aloha Friyay blogosphere 🌎 🕊️🙌✌️ Our meal 🥘 prep game is strong 💪 baby💗 Have a blessed one everyone 😇

Day 22, 1/11/25: I enjoy listening to humans smarter than me who have done their own work and are spreading that good around. Dr. Jordan B. Peterson is one of those humans 🌎 🕊️🙌✌️One of my favorite lessons from him is the following:

Day 23, 1/12/25: 10:57 am: Revving myself up for a three (3) city run/walk/jog today. The thought of it excites and scares me because I don't remember the last time I did this. My plan is to run to Costco so I will naturally hit Fremont, Union City, and Hayward. Then I will stop and eat. Then I will decide to Uber back or not. Baby steps. Be back to report how things went. Peace out 🕊️🙌🏃🏻‍♀️🤩

5:27 pm: I am currently (1) enjoying my “post race” meal 🍽️ that my son lovingly prepared for me (thanks honey you’re the best🌷) (2) blogging in bed, and (3) responding to text messages. Yes, I thoroughly enjoy multitasking where it makes sense and don’t feel like a scattered mess lol 😆

Lets chat about todays long walk/run/jog before I forget all details tomorrow because these moments are fleeting and don’t need to be stored in long term memory other than the details I write ✍️ about here.

First city sign I hit up was Fremont at around 2.2 miles here’s proof.

I ran with Nike Air Max 270 lifestyle trainers 👟 and they held up well. When I discovered these shoes I fell in love so I bought four pairs in the color combinations that I liked.

Next sign 🪧Union City was only 4 minutes away, the second city which was a nice 👍 and “easy” win lol 😆 I mapped out this route so I get motivated early and keeps me motivated to keep going.

Getting to the third sign 🪧 post was not easy and felt like forever to get to Hayward at 5.21 miles.

Got a burst of energy when I got to my finish line 🏁 at Costco at 5.87 miles so naturally I kept going 🏃🏻‍♀️

By 2:00 pm at 7.77 miles, I reached my lactic acid threshold and only walked from there and did occasional leg ups to distribute the lactic acid more evenly and not get “lead legs.”

Fatigue was slapping me around around the 9.92 mile mark and I almost stopped at the bus stop to take public transit or call an Uber but I pushed through. I was too close to double digit mileage all on my own human volition, without wheels, and on my feet 👣 so I decided not to be a sissy and stop.

Then I got another energy boost when I saw my home 🏡 city sign at around 10.10 miles.

Almost home so was getting giddy so I wanted to remember this and took a pic ✌️

Clocked ⏰ in 11.73 non stop miles on foot 👣 at 3:33 pm and felt super accomplished 🏁🕊️✍️🏃🏻‍♀️

K. I’m done 🏃🏻‍♀️✅ See ya’ll mañana 💗👸🏻🌎✌️

Here are a few pages from Dr. Sheehan's book, The Essential Sheehan, that expresses this idea of play quite nicely:

And another excerpt that talks about two types of physical energy. One that is magical and playful and another that is mundane and obligatory.

With all that said I hope hope you get out there, connect with others, get moving, and find YOUR PLAY!!

Before long, you will find yourself invigorated and inspired once again.

Happy weekend friends!

Day 24, 1/13/25: 2:15 pm: Happy 😃 Monday. Hope your day is going well whatever time you are seeing this. For me, it’s another at the gym blogging post.

To aid my muscles in recovering yesterday, I took a hot salt bath 🛀 and rolled out with a foam roller. Today my legs felt good and nimble with minimal soreness. I want to keep the recovery on an upward trend 📈 so I focused on mobility training and an active recovery type workout today. So far so good 😊 Thank you 🙏🏽 God for all that my body can do💗

Day 25, 1/14/25, 10:20 am. Show 🎟️🎪me your brave and I’ll show you mine. Go get it and conquer your day everyone💪🌟That’s what I’m doing. Happy Tuesday ya’ll 🤠🐎🏃🏻‍♀️

Day 26, 1/15/25, 9:21 am Gavin and his team dominated yesterday against Newark. Great job guys 👏👍❤️☄️

Day 27,1/16/25 😃✌️😊 The basketball 🏀 ninjas 🥷🏽 handled business well today. Great job fellas 👏

Day 28, 1/17/25 Bang ‼️ bang ‼️ watch out now. My cool a$$ doctor gave me a bunch of free contact lenses today so now I can see someone’s face clearly from one end of a Costco to another and read body language from far as well. I should really be a spy 🕵️‍♀️ or long distance sniper *pew* x 2 🔫lol 😂 Happy 😃 Aloha 🌺 Friyay and MLK weekend everyone 🌟 Hope you enjoy it❣️

Day 29, 1/18/25 Sunset nature walk 🌅 Happy Saturday 💛🐶🐾

Day 30, 1/19/25 Off to an early and active start for all us today. Gavin had basketball training, I worked on mobility / dance choreography, and Gigi placed in her speech tournament. Happy blessed 😇 Sunday friends 💕

I counted 18 instances of roaring audience laughter and 3 tender “aww” tender hearted moments of connection. The dynamic duo of Gigi and Noah most definitely delighted audiences with their performance tonight. Congratulations and well done you two 👏👏

Day 31, 1/20/25 Happy MLK day everyone. I hope you keep blossoming wherever you are planted 🪴🌱🌻🌷

My mom and I were delighted to see these blossoms because these plants have moved with her and my dad, have been replanted numerous times, and this is the first time they are blossoming. Bellísima 💕💖💞💗

I went to Dale hardware today and found it to be a breath of fresh air compared to the other, bigger tool stores.

First, it’s closer to home and so much more digestible aesthetically in how it is organized. I bought what I needed and was greeted with helpful and knowledgeable employees. (I’m never going back to the other places from now on.)

Anyhow, today I taught myself how to uninstall burnt out overhead light fixtures in my kitchen and replace them with newer LED fixtures without YouTube and did it the old fashioned way of trial and error. I am so freaking proud of myself because this task was super duper not easy !! I am sure my old man 👴🏽 in heaven was with me because I had a lucid dream of him last night helping me babysit my future grand children like he did with his own grandchildren when he was alive. Thank you Papa🌷 Now I can add this to my resume lol 😂 Be blessed and loved 🥰 ya’ll. See you mañana ✌️

Tada 🎉😁🥳🤨💪 I fixed my own lights💡

Day 32, 1/21/25 I love grappling with ideas 💡 and ways of living to become a better human. I believe whatever I can learn and embody, the better off my children and bloodline will be because they will have in their own home a living and breathing example of a happy, productive, positive, and God-loving mother. Living in this manner fuels me and is one of the greatest purposes of my life. My prayer this year is to gain more wisdom and understanding in everyday moments as they unfold.

Proverbs 4: 1-9 is one of my favorite verses because there’s a lot packed in there and it’s not superfluous or random.

Like today I had to dig, define, reflect, and write about this✍️.

So, based on the above definitions wisdom is an ability that fuses information of all kinds (technical, sensory, intuitive, and experiencial) that come together in a way that the action that is taken is of the highest and best outcome based on that ability.

One definition of understanding could then be the ability to decipher how all these disparate pieces come come together from start to finish adding each element at the right time and in the right quantity.

That’s all from me today💕Thank you for reading and have a wonderful day🌞

Day 33, 1/22/25 I decided to break up with Bread 🍞 yesterday 😢🤨 Last month it was IG + FB. This is not a forever thing ♾️but it’s what’s necessary and on the chopping block this month🔪I hope you are doing hard things and crushing it 💪💞 LFG😘✌️

Day 34, 1/23/25 I love leather 🥰 That’s all 😁 Have a snappy day🫰

Day 35, 1/24/25 It was a very productive and positive week. Work projects and home projects progressing at a good clip and kids doing well in school and their chosen activities. Have a wonderful weekend everyone 🌷👍🌞💞

Day 36, 1/25/25 I met this beautiful entrepreneurial family (Grama, mom, & kids) selling children’s books 📚 and hard bound journals 📒 at Logan’s MLK Competition last week. All their products were well made and aesthetically pleasing. Since I’ve been looking around for a hard bound food journal since last year 📔 I was overjoyed 😍 to find one💘 I got their contact so I will be a repeat customer of theirs for sure 👍 Here’s a pic of it and No,I’m not sharing what I write ✍️ in there (duh 🙄) because that’s my business 👩🏻‍💼 not yours lol 😆✌️😜 Good news is 📰 by using it I did drop 4 pounds easy..say whhaaaattt🎉🎉🎉🎉Woot woot 🤸🤸🤸to not getting fat 💘💘💘**hugs** 🤗🤗🤗

Day 37, 1/26/25 I 🙋🏻‍♀️ am learning how to fix and repair small things 🔨 around my house 🏡 and today I fixed a broken arm of a kitchen drawer that had been broken for years. I put my leather motorcycle 🏍️ gloves on for maximum grip and popped that bad boy in place like a broken elbow. The drawer is functional now💪 Just call me Miss Fixes-a-lot 😎 Happy 😊 Sunday, have a blessed one 😇

Off the rail living is not good for an arm drawerIt was stubborn and fought back but I popped it back in. Now its back to its purpose to serve its proper role now 🎯She did that ⬆️✔️💅🎀

Day 38, 1/27/25 Waddup, waddup. Happy Monday❣️This cute employee at Costco was like “Aren’t you cold? I was like, “No, I just came from the gym and I’m still hot.” They’re like, “PERIOD!” Lmao 😂 These young bucks. Gotta love ‘em and their young buck talk 🐎

Speaking of young bucks 🐴🐴, here are recent pics of mine 🥰🥰

Gigi got the golden 🔑 for semi-finaling and finaling in her speech competitions this weekend.Gavin gaining more strength 💪 and competence 🏀 in his chosen activity.

The kids and I are on this winning mindset and we want our loved ones to catch it so TAG you’re it 🏃🏻‍♀️🤗🌟💘😘

Get itttttttttttt 🎯🎯🎯

Day 39, 1/28/25 Ratatataatttaat 🥊Tat tat 🥊🥊🥊 Love making them dance 🕺🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻Throw your weight around and show them who’s in charge 💪 ok? Para mi? Por favor 🤗 See ya mañana🌞 Grrr 🦁✌️lol

Day 40, 1/29/25 Your favorite hybrid Asian firecracker 🧨 wishes you a Happy Lunar Year 🧧 Peace ✌️ Love ❤️ and Blessings 🙏🏽

Breaking news 6:53 pm📰: Logan Men’s Basketball 🏀 beat Moreau (again) babbbyyy❣️Well done FELLAS. That was a hell of a game 🕺🏻🏀✌️❤️

Day 39, 1/30/25 Very nice family dinner with the kids and my mom.

Day 41, 1/31/25 Early start for a busy weekend for us. Happy 😊 Friday everyone❣️Hope you are doing what you love 💕

Day 42, 2/1/25 Happy 1st 🥇 day of this second month of 2025 💕 I love taking stock of my wins and accomplishments at the end and beginning of the month to access where I’ve been, where I am, and where I am going 🗺️

Yesterday, my trainer measured me and I am happy to report 📰 that my body composition is positively changing in that I have dropped 3% of body fat which means I have been consistently building more muscle 💪 I was so happy 🥰 I literally was jumping up and down because I did indulge 🙈in rich foods over the holidays so to hear this was music to my ears.

With that said, I invite you to continue reaching for your goals and build positive things in your life that yield positive returns 📈 Muscle 💪 is 💯 one of my favorite assets because it makes the whole human system function better and is only gained through hard work and consistency.

We got this❣️Let’s get to it 🎯

Heavy things are our friends 💛 Working with them makes us stronger, faster, and better 🌻

Day 43, 2/2/25 Happy Sunday Lovelies❣️I went shopping 🛍️ with my mom and aunt today and found the BEST new hair accessory ever. It’s like eyelashes but for your crown 👑

I wanted to create a balayage undertone so I opted for these invisible extensions that are secured with a single band that almost feels like a flexible fishing 🎣 line (very easy, comfortable, w/ no clips or strips).

Alternatively, a popular brand called halo 😇 is priced at $212 a box and these ones I found are a whopping $49 a box💕Also, I gave them a trim to layer with my natural length and bam 💥 I got a Ginger Blonde Balayage Upgrade ❤️‍🔥 💇‍♀️This is a total hair hack and an easy way to glam up any crown 👸🏻

Check it:

Day 44, 2/3/25 Happy 1st 🥇Monday to you. Jumping on the early morning train 🚊 to get our 5 am fasted gym sessions this week 🗓️ Thank you James for inspiring us, and Sharon for kicking my butt 🙏🏽🥊💪💃🏻

On a side note 📝 this good boy 🐶 says hi 👋🏽 everyone have a wonderful day 💝

See ya’ll mañana💕

Day 45, 2/4/25. Day 2 of 5 am’ers. Goal is 5 this week. It’s been a nice challenge to my gym routine to get my fasted cardio/HIIT done, start my day earlier, and max out daylight hours. On days I have personal training, I come in twice a day. So far, I’m ok with this added load because my sleep 😴 is locked in 🥰 Be healthy and well friends🌻

Day 46, 2/5/25. Good morning 🌞 Let’s make it a good one ☝️ Day 3 of 5 am’ers done ✅

Protein packed lunch 🥗 hack thanks to In-n-Out and a little planning. That’s my favorite packaged salad at $3.49 per bag. Those are fresh plain (no salt) beef patties for dogs *woof* 🐶🐾😆 At $1.50 per patty this is about 2 meals for me✌️This high protein, high veggie yield is a hack because it is fresh, on the go, healthy, and priced well at $9.24 (($3.49+$15) ➗2) per meal. Here’s to eating well while out n about 🫶

Kids say hey 👋🏽

Day 47, 2/6/25. Good morning🌞 Day 4 of 5 5 am’ers in the bag 💼 Have a wonderful day 💕

Day 48, 2/7/25. Good morning🌞 Day 5 of 5, 5 am’ers are done'zo! I'm gonna try and pass along what I did today because it was a very well balanced power workout that I was able to do fasted first thing in the morning at around 5:10 am.

Warm up:

I found this to be necessary because I didn't have any caffeine in me so I had to produce energy on my own by moving my body. 15 minutes did the job and I was able to move along nicely onto the main segment.

Power HIIT: (main segment)

So I added the word Power because there are strength training elements in this HIIT workout I normally don't do together but was compelled to because I wanted to feel that muscle PUMP! lol ;-) Here are pics and I will do my best to explain the sequence I did them.

1. Bridge exercise w/ the battle ropes. Take the ropes by hand, use leverage, and bend over backwards as far you can with the goal of touching your head to the ground making a "bridge" with your body. I absolutely love this move and touching the ground with my head feels like a "touchdown" lololol.

2. Battle it out with the ropes. I like full extension whips up and down for 20 reps.

3. Take the dumbells and do walking lunges toward the strong board and leave them there. 10 reps

4. Align yourself optimally atop the big red ball and do push ups while keeping your balance. 10 reps

5. Take those dumbells and do weighted punches with them while walking them over and bringing them to your starting point. 10 reps

6. Get on the other strongboard while balancing yourself with a 15 lb medicine ball near the TRX structure. Use one arm to carry the medicine ball, while the other arm you are using to get on the strongboard in a balanced manner. Now do deep squats while holding the medicine ball close to your core. Inhale while you go down on the deep squat and exhale while pushing the medicine ball out perpendicular to the ground, then back to starting position, all while maintaining your balance on the strongboard. 10 reps

7. Do RDLs. Two 35 lb plates on the bar. Cleanly with good form. 8 reps

8. Do basic swings w/ 35 lb kettlebell. Cleanly with good form. 10 reps

9. Hip thrusts the old fashioned way. You'll need to use a bolted down bench, bar, two 45 lb plates. Don't do this if you've not been properly trained to do it. My trainer taught me how to do this properly and ppl glance over and look at me like yo wtf is she doing? lol This is an advanced movement in the setting up of it, the doing it, and the breaking down of it. It's heavier work, unassisted, unlike the Smith machine lol 

10. Last one. Find a squat rack. Load it up with a good weight for you. I did two 25 lb plates. Go for 10 reps with good form. That's it.

Cool down:

Walk slow, wash up, and freshen up lol ;-) Congratulate yourself for kicking your own a$$!

Day 49, 2/8/25. Happy Saturday 💝 This guy is learning self soothing skills while Gigi and Noah rehearse loudly lol 😆 He’s so cute 🥰 even if he’s a little stressed out 😂 Puppy 🐶 gotta grow and learn 🫶🐾

Day 50, 2/9/25. Happy Sunday 🌞 Found this cute guy on our lawn today.

I found out he’s a runner 🏃🏽 so I had to lure him with turkey.

He loved it so I was able to put a leash on him and we walked the neighborhood to find his home 🏡 

Went door to door and found his mom who was very relieved to see him 🥰 Have a wonderful upcoming week everyone 💕

Day 51, 2/10/25. Wow it’s already halfway through this project. This Monday was a good and full one. Pics I wanna remember today:

Day 52, 2/11/25. Happy Tuesday ❣️Gavin passed along this great candid team shot to me. Let’s go Colts ❤️🐴🤍

Day 53, 2/12/25. Good morning sunshines 🌞🌞🌞🌞 Let’s make it a good 👍 one 💝

2:37 pm

Guys. Let's have a lil mid day chat 💬

I was at the Safeway parking lot, looked to my right, and saw a firetruck. As I approached the store not one but three fire fighters greeted me hello like they knew me. Very amicably and one of them engaged in good natured banter with me.

He was like, "Miss how tall do you think I am?

I had to stop because he asked an honest question and wanted my opinion. I placed myself squarely in front of him, looked him up and down, and said "five foot ten."

The two other fire fighters oooooo'd and said, "she's gooood!"

The five foot ten guy was like "the lady in there said I look six foot."

To that I looked him in the eyes and said, "Nope, but you're still cute. Have a nice day fellas."

2/12 Lesson of the day: Leave people better than they found you. That way you'll leave a positive imprint that they can carry around with them :-)

Day 54, 2/13/25. Getting hammered with lots of rain ☔️ today. Gigi and forensics team got to Boston safely for a speech tournament and Gavin’s team won their basketball game yesterday. Also, our cheerleaders 📣 are talented and delightful to watch. Great 👍 job across the board Logan👏 Proud of you all and be safe everyone ❣️🙏🏽❤️✨

Day 55, 2/14/25. My kids don’t know this but I have purposely and positively been molding them since they were born not to become my mini me’s but rather to become what God is calling them to be.

A formative experience I gave them was when they were attending elementary school at Forest Park. I took my passion for fitness and family and put it into a fun after school program we taught together for three years. This had multi beneficial social and emotional learning for them.

They learned how to be comfortable being in the spotlight and in servant-leadership roles. They learned how to positively interface with all members in our school community. And they also learned that being positively engaged in their own lives is the only path toward success.

All that said, here are some fun blast from the past pics from our Family Fitness Classes we taught together. I called the class “fitness” but they were actually choreographed dance classes with a fitness twist.

Our vibe was not Zumba and definitely cooler 😎 because they were popular classes with the kids. As an instructor, my goal for the children was to give them the skills and confidence to move their bodies in joyful ways to music. 💃🏻🩰🕺🏻👟

My hope is that you teach your loved ones to serve with their talents and watch them shine🤩🤩 Happy Valentine’s Day my Loves 💕💕 Enjoy your day🥰🥰

Here’s the original post from 10 years ago

https://thepassionateheroine.blogspot.com/2015/10/family-fitness.html

Day 56, 2/15/25 Worked out early with the crew today and had a nice team breakfast after🌝Hope you all get your workouts in with the people you enjoy ✌️

Day 57, 2/16/25 Happy 😊 Lord’s Day 💕🙏🏽😇🕺🏻🥰💃🏻

Day 58, 2/17/25 Mondays seem to have a way of sneaking up on me and smacking me around 🙄 I just smack back harder and keep chugging along like a bullet train 🚅 Have a good week everyone 🌟💫✨🌟

20 mins boxing 🥊 drills + 20 mins across the floor dancing 💃🏻 drills

20 min HIIT

100 incline sit ups w/ 25 pound plate. I expect to be sore tomorrow

Day 59, 2/18/25 Good morning 🌝 Not sore so came back for more. Plus timing ⏱️ matters cuz that fasted first thing in the morning cardio pump hits different and sets the tone for day. Gonna come back for personal training later so gonna squeeze stuff in between now and then. Have a positive + productive day everyone 💘

Day 60, 2/19/25 This little blog of mine is hitting places like Germany 🇩🇪 Iran 🇮🇷 France 🇫🇷 Singapore 🇸🇬 Austria 🇦🇹 Hong Kong 🇭🇰 Mexico 🇲🇽 Russia 🇷🇺 China 🇨🇳 United Kingdom 🇬🇧 and of course my good ole’ USA 🇺🇸. My workout 🏋️ log 📔 and I say hello 👋🏽 fellow world 🌎 travelers 🧳 Sending love 💕 light 🌟 and strength 💘your way✨💫😊✨💫 today and everyday✌️

Day 61, 2/20/25, Happy Thursday❣️

”In dreams and love there are no impossibilities.”

- Janos Arany, Hungarian Poet

Therefore, we should dream big💭💭💭and love bigger 💘💗💓

Day 62, 2/21/25, I love running into this fit grandpa 👴🏽 who parks, gets out his car, drops off his teenage grand kids, kisses them on the top of their heads, and rounds up his 2-3 dogs for a pack walk 🐺 at the nearby park. Now that’s love 💛 Hope your weekend is filled with it ❣️

6:07 pm

We had great weather 🌞 today so I maxed out on sunlight and made three van trips to St. Vincent de Paul to drop off useable donations. 

No gym lifting today but real life power lifting for like 5 hours lol 🤣 Nothing invites Spring like Spring decluttering and cleaning 🧤🧼🚐 📦 🪣

I like this manual laborer side of me lmao 😜 This counts as exercise for sure 👍

Day 63, 2/22/25, Finally the proud owner of a tall ladder 🪜🌟With it I can fix more things like replace overhead lights in the garage like I did today. Got more donations donated too. It’s a home improvement kinda day 🧰🏡📦

Day 64, 2/23/25, we say heaayyy 👋🏽

Day 65, 2/24/25, Happy Monday 🥰🍎🍳💻

Day 66, 2/25/25, striving for consistency is both grounding and invigorating 🏋🏻‍♀️ Have a wonderful day💖

4:01 pm

Letting go feels sooooo goood 💗It’s like losing weight ✅ 5th drop off to date 📅 Gonna do this 5 days this week until I’m at my goal 🎯

Day 67, 2/26/25, Getting some sunnnn 🌞 Yeeeeee 😎 Have a wonderful day sunshines 💖

6th van load drop off donations to date. May cause spontaneous giggling 🤭 from being so proud of yourself 👍 Or that’s just me lmao 😂

See ya’ll mañana 🕊️

Day 68, 2/27/25, Playtime 🐾 🐶🐾🐶

6th donation drop off 👍

Day 69, 2/28/25,

**New thing to the blog**Today will be known as Happy Lenny Day (aka Friday!)

Lenny Kravitz is a gift 🎁 to humanity 🌎 because his music is uplifting, inspiring, and he is age-defyingly-fiiyynnee🔥(He’s 60 years old.)

I’ve been a fan forever and a song of his I just recently discovered, “Human”, is new fuel for my motivation gas tank⛽️ (2024).

Presenting, Mr. Sexaaayyy Lennaaayyy below Hayyyyee 🤩

Here’s my tried and true, positively taste tested playlist that will get you moving 💃🏻, feeling confident 💖, bopping your head🐶, and welcoming the weekend ahead 🎸😎💪🌟👍

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0eRrxjSq2TqbxTf3s30VPF?si=Sqw55K7xTya8VjyKiXn3yQ&pi=0adz0fSHThyAd

Day 70, 3/1/25

Simple joys are my jam 🎸

Creating love is an act of grace 🕊️and expanding it outward is a blessing 💗

This is how wholesomeness heals, from the inside out ❤️🤗🌎💟

Happy Saturday❣️

Day 71, 3/2/25

Grow good fruit 🍊🍎🍇 Happy Sunday 🙏🏽

Day 72, 3/3/25. Starting the week off strong 💪 Happy Monday 🤗

Day 73, 3/4/25. Gettin it like I doooooo👍 Not gonna stop. Happy Tuesday 🎸

Day 74, 3/5/25. Surf’s 🏄🏻‍♀️ up. Happy 😊 Wednesday guys 🥰

Day 75, 3/6/25. Just call me Harley 💗 today.

Gonna run to the local Foodland to hopefully find the exotic food thing I’m looking for.

Packed up my gear and got fueled ⛽️ up for this adventure on foot 🦶 with shoes 👟 lol 😆

Happy Thursday mi gente ❤️

Day 76, 3/7/25 Adventuring 🙌🏄🏻‍♀️🤗🌼

Day 77, 3/8/25 Be like the sun 🌞 and share your light wherever you go 🧳 Happy Saturday 🌼

Day 78, 3/9/25 Home 🏡 bound ✈️ pics:

Took lots of pics 📸 + notes 📝 so I can weave in details when I take the time to write ✍️ about my adventures. (Still figuring out how I want to organize and structure this.)

I did go for a cute and comfy travel 🧳 outfit even if it was a little dressy. Kind of a Spring time in Paris vibe 🇫🇷❤️💙🥖☕️

Even the road dawg got a good report and did well at his own hotel 🏨 

Had a good first time experience at PetsHotel 🏨🐾👍🧳❤️🤗

Look at that handsome face❣️

Gavin likes this pic of him, says he looks like a toddler 👶

Thank you God for a safe, peaceful, and enjoyable trip 🙏🏽Have a wonderful upcoming week everyone 🌺and Happy 😊 Sunday 🌸

Day 79, 3/10/25 Congratulations on placing first 🥇yesterday Gigi❣️ All that hard work paid off 🙌

Day 80, 3/11/25 Morning conversations 🌞 + breakfast in a cup 💗 = Happy Tuesday 🌼

Day 81, 3/12/25 Fremont has a happy and overall healthy kinda vibe 🏃🏻‍♀️🤗🌿👍😊✅ That’s why I love it here 💝

https://www.sunset.com/lifestyle/happiest-cities-in-us-2025

Day 82, 3/13/25 Generating your own power internally will spill over in everything you do. Strength, discipline, and growth never gets old. Happy 😊 Thursday 🌼

Day 83, 3/14/25 Been focusing on building upper body strength workouts coupled with mini lower body workouts daily this week in the same day. Squeezing shorter bursts of cardio throughout the week and longer sessions in the weekend. Happy Friday❣️

Day 84, 3/15/25 Got in a workout and breakfast with the crew. Happy 😃 Saturday!

Day 85, 3/16/25 Gym girliez in the hizzie 🏡

Danced till I dropped. 2+ hours of bliss. I always meet cool 😎 people boxing 🥊 or dancing 💃🏻. We’re the same actually 🙌🙌 Happy 😊 Sunday 🙏🏽

Day 86, 3/17/25 Goal is to lift 5 days a week for strength building. Mini cardio sessions weaved in during the week. Weekends are for longer cardio sessions and mileage building. Happy Monday❣️

Day 87, 3/18/25 Vitamin D therapy 🌞🏃🏻‍♀️Something outdoorsy after lifting needed to happen today✅

Rain ☔️ went away 🙏🏽

That cloud ☁️ looks like a heart to me. Happy Tuesday 🤍

Day 88, 3/19/25 This is Nacho, a neighborhood dog I recently met. Apparently, he just plops down when he’s “done.” ✅

His owner has to pretend to leave so he will get back up. Lmao 😂 Happy Wednesday 🫶

Day 89, 3/20/25 Feeling like a million bucks 🐎 🌟 💪🌸 💵 Worked. Lifted. Ate what I prepped. Danced till I dropped. Happy Thursday ✅

Day 90, 3/21/25 Out the door. Friday vibes. Have a good weekend everyone 🌼

Gavin was a part of his Freshman skit this year and they did a good job organizing themselves, from the dance routines, plot lines, and performance. It was delightful to see him in this new light and shine. He played LeBron James lol 😆👍💛🙌

Day 91, 3/22/25 Hello, helllooo 👋🏽 I have made it into the single digits of the second installation of this Happiness Project of mine. Am super proud of all the joy, love, healthy habits, and positive focus I’ve generated in the 191 days I have been doing this without missing a beat. Yeeeee 🤸🏻‍♀️🤸🏻‍♀️🤸🏻‍♀️

Its shaping up to be a busy Saturday already and I wanted to wish everyone that organic feeling of happiness that spills over when your heart is in the right place 💝 **hugs**

Day 92, 3/23/25 Carrying my 52 pound nephew at his 6th birthday party with his baby brother, and grama. We wish you the best every day buddy 💓 We love you❣️

Day 93, 3/24/25 Happy Monday you Sexy Thang. **Giggles** 😉

Day 94, 3/25/25:

Happiness Project Update:

If I did my Math right and I asked Google the correct question then 94 done days + 281 to go days left of 2025 will yield a new project name: 375 Days Happiness Project. I like the sound of that because 10 days will naturally spill over to 2026.

The positive results from this writing ✍️ project of mine have been numerous:

(1) I have been super not distracted, (2) not scattered, (3) dialed into my priorities, (4) shedded unhealthy habits / mindsets (5) shedded weight, and (6) gaining lots of natural goodness like (temperance, discipline, & consistency) that are spilling over 🌊 in all areas of my life. Plus, finishing a second batch of 100 will give a “Meh, been there, done that feeling already 🥱. »

With that said 375 days is the new goal as of today. By the end of this project, if successful, I will be time traveling into 2026❣️Oh my snap 😳 Now, that’s exciting.

Calm down tiger 🎀🐯 Un dia at a time. See you guys mañana. I’m hella Bay Area Spanglish lol 😝 This is a personal blog so imperfect grammar and colloquialisms will abound 💟

Day 95, 3/26/25:

Daily family togetherness is important to me and the best way to have this is in natural moments like meal times. 

Finally nailed a tender, tasty, and healthy beef 🥩 dish that is not oxtail. Woot woot!! This is a marinated beef + veggie dish I just taught myself this week. Kids loved it and Gigi made a point to tell me twice to pack her extra for her lunch 🤗💛🌼❤️

Afterschool meal: hot roast beef sandwiches and a protein/fruit smoothie

During the weekdays, having two meals together, breakfast and dinner, opens and closes our days, very nicely. I love it 💗

Gavin eats A LOT. I have to keep baselining him because his intake changes. He can have 4 slices of bacon 🥓 and 6 turkey sausages. He’s 5’9” at 14 years old and is bulking up. I want him to get yakked 💪 so he can be a stronger and more versatile athlete.

The planning, time, and effort it takes to do home 🏡 made meals has always been worth it to me. I fully enjoy donning an apron, getting the kitchen messy, then cleaning it all up 👩‍🎨🎨

I’m super chatty today. Gotta run now. Go and make time to cook and eat with those you love. The experience goes a really long way 😍 Happy Wednesday❣️

Focus on the good so it grows 🌱and have a charmed & blessed day friends 🙏🏽🌷✨📈👩🏻‍💻