Sunday, December 11, 2011

Introducing my new baby!

HAPPIEST HEALTHY Holiday Wishes to you, my friends! 

I am so excited to announce the birth of my new baby, the ezine "Radiant YOU!".  This will be your go-to source of healthy education, inspiration and delicious nutritious FUN!  

Its coming January 2012, and I wanted to share it with my nearest and dearest first.   Want to join me in this fabulous endeavor?  Sign up by clicking HERE.

As a thank you for signing up, the first 500 subscribers will receive The Top Five Tips to LOSE THE WINTER BLOAT & Lose 5 lbs in 7 days!

January's first issue will explore New Years Traditions, and why resolutions can HURT more than HELP you!  Later in the month, look for tips to CLEANSE and RENEW in the New Year, with a special invitation to join my first group cleanse of 2012.

Its easy to subscribe, and best of all, its F.R.E.E.!.  Just click on this link to get the Radiant YOU ezine and your Top 5 Tips!

Have the most wonderful of holiday seasons, 

Kelly Scotti
Founder and Director, Flying Dragon Wellness
Creator of the RADIANT YOU Platinum Program

Lose the weight, the drama, and the stress and UNCOVER your BRILLIANT and SEXY Self!


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Friday, July 29, 2011

YOGA Love

For those of you that know me, you know that my current obsession is yoga.  I still find the TRI to be wonderful, but the YOGA-its love, love, love.  I received my 200hr RYT certification this month, and started teaching at the local country club.  I also took a children's yoga training and am so excited to get out of my ego and tap into my playful side with the kids. 

I interviewed at the Solebury Club today.  They have a beautiful yoga studio and the director of the Yoga Program there is divine.  She radiates calm and compassion, and I really hope that she chooses to hire me-its seemed to go well (YAY:)).

What athletic endevour is currently capturing your attention?  Would love for you to share!

And for those of you new to TRI, please note, yoga can really help with flexibility, focus, strength, and stretch..all qualities you need to succeed in the sport.  Check out this link for a 15 minute yoga sequence designed specifically for triathletes.

And have a wonderful weekend!!!!!

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

GETTING CLEAR AND GETTING THERE

GETTING CLEAR AND GETTING THERE

AUGUST 2011 Intentions

If you are like me, you are interested in a million things, and cant wait to find out more about all of them.  You spend hours surfing the net and taking it all in, and then you wonder why you feel overwhelmed, undermotivated, and basically, a little off kilter.  Yes, its great that I have so many interests, and want to explore the world at large, that related to my family, my interests, my business, my body, my spirit, and so much more.  I wonder, though, does the way I explore these things really limit me from getting the most out of that which most interests me at the moment (which changes daily it seems)? 

I process information and read very quickly.  I superficially (ie one the surface) soak in that which appeals to me, making a mental note to go back and research that a little more in the future…I set bookmarks on my computer, I buy books like they are going out of style (and sadly, the paper ones are)….and when I look back a day, week, month later, I find that I never really look at those books, the computer bookmarks, the articles I save to read.  I just keep floating around.  Sometimes, I end up back where I started, which is fun.  And sometimes, I look back in my files for things I did in my business years ago, that I realize are relevant now, and could really help promote my business now-but I forgot all about them!

Again, no judgement here.  I really want to start to pay attention though, start to focus on things that will help me become a better nutrition coach, a better yoga instructor, a better yogini, a better wife and mother.  Not because where I am in a bad place, or am not good at what I do, but because I want to change lives.  I want to make a difference, and to do that, I feel its important to always reach further than you feel comfortable doing, to learn more, to expand.  So I need start to pare down and really get deep with what grabs me, and then after Ive absorbed what appeals, move on to the next thing. Instead of having a 100 balls in the air all at once, which inevitably leads to 95 of those being dropped, I could have one to two things and really make those balls fly!

So how to focus?  How to get clear?  For me, I need a system.  I need a schedule.  I need a clear work space.  And I need a way to check and see how I am doing, and see if I ready to move on.

My intention for the month of the August, is to set a schedule for my surfing.  To make a filing system for my interests, and then to document them, do a brain dump, so that when I am ready to explore them, they are at my fingertips, documented, instead of rolling around in my head.  I am going to limit my extraneous inputs, such as bravo tv, for example (real housewives, anyone?).   I am going to write down the systems that I use to process and find information-nutrition, yoga, childrearing, etc, so that I may be able to help others limit the time they spend with the same searches.  Take this thing that comes so easily to me and share it with others (maybe as a signature system for my health coaching practice, perhaps?).

I have wanted to read a number of books in my library and actually document a review of these books on good reads or amazon, somewhere that will increase my presence on the web, adding some expert status to my business (at least if my reviews are informative, in depth, relevant, and concise, fingers crossed!).    Recent favorites have included the Four Hour Body, and Fierce Medicine. 

I also intend to make time to cook the amazing foods I get from the CSA I belong too, instead of letting them rot in the frig for a week and then trying to make them tasty.  And that will allow me to explore new recipes for veggies I've never had or enjoyed the past-lets try them again.  And my family will reap the benefits of eating whole foods cooked with love, instead of odious processed bagged foods that we tend to go to when we only have a few minutes to get the kids fed.  Lets make time for dinner around the table, shall we!!!!

I intend to teach at least two childrens yoga classes this month, 2-5 yrs old and 6-10- so that I can get my certificate for child light yoga.  And of course, continue my weekly adult class at the country club…

I intend to get back into a daily meditation practice, whether that be moving meditation (dancing), seated meditation, or yoga nidra.

What do I need in order to meet my goals for August?
Ø    Dedicated workspace (office)
Ø    Clear workspace-no clutter or mess so I can really focus on what I want to focus on
Ø    Calendar-schedule
o       Need to make sure it includes what books I want to review and when, with a clear idea of how long it will take, without pressure to get this done, so I make it really easy for me to meet my goal
Ø    Priorities exercise-whats important to me now, what do I want to focus on
o       Also need to document what I have found in the past that tends to throw me off course and try to come up with idea for course correction
Ø    Schedule time in every day for : dance (fun), exercise, tv, reading, cooking, meditation, brain dump (document everything I want to explore, that I found when surfing, etc) , surfing/email-and stick to that schedule
Ø    Once per week, day off, no schedule
Ø    Family meals-scheduled (since my hubby and I are like ships passing in the night)
Ø    Vitamins-daily

I have a number of tools in arsenal to make my goals for this month a reality.  I will start to dust them off and see which ones I really identify with at this stage of my lifecycle.  Most importantly, I think the meditation is going to rock in this process.  But I need to start on the clearing first, and make a commitment to keep things clear, take time to put things in their place, in order to keep this train on its tracks.

What about you?  What do you want to happen for you in August?  Share your intentions here!

Saturday, March 19, 2011

R4P2D4- 1.5 loss

Thats right, another round. Took me a long while to decide if i was going to try again after my disastrous 3rd round which ended in Oct. Started this round on Wed, March 16- that was book club night and Thurs was St pats so great loading days...Nursing a shoulder/neck strain so I'll make myself lay off the weights for the next few weeks during P2- which is good because without it I would have kept lifting and probably lessened my success. Going to start up again asap in P3.

Before loading, I weighed in At 150.5.

Loading was strange: gained 3.5 day one then lost 1.5 the next day after all my St Paddys drinking- even though I ate a ton. Down to 151 today from a high of 154. Chicken has been on the menu since I haven't gone shopping for anything else yet. Hope to lose the 20lbs I gained since end Oct this round... Fingers crossed I can stick with it.

Definitely feel preggers: so tired, moody, and headachy. Hopefully that will go away in the next day or two after my body is done detoxing.

Happy supermoon.


Kelly

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Words from Anne Lamont (and me!)


Over these years, my body has not gotten firmer. Just the opposite in fact. But when I feel fattest and flabbiest and most repulsive, I try to remember that gravity speaks; also, that no one needs that plastic body perfection from women of age and substance. 

Also, that I do not live in my thighs or in my droopy butt. I live in joy and motion and cover-ups. I live in the nourishment of food and the sun and the warmth of the people who love me.



Not matter where you are on this journey to love your body, know that YOU are beautiful and lovable and whole.  You need not change for me, I love you as you are, whomever you are, whatever size, shape, color, or type.  Let the divine light in you shine.

-all me baby!

Friday, January 7, 2011

Gentle she goes

So far so good on my New Years Intentions...Ive been listening to my body, feeding myself well, taking breaks when I need them, and pushing myself when I need to.  Ive been fighting this terrific cold, so Im making sure to take my vitamins, limit sugar, and get lots of sleep, and Im feeling pretty good despite the illness, and TOMs arrival yesterday (one week early, though granted, he was 8 weeks late when he arrived last month).  Ive dropped two pounds since the beginning of the week, and Im hoping my workout schedule (body pump 3 times per week, yoga three times per week, running at least once per week, and swimming once per week) in addition to my better eating keeps the numbers dropping.  I do have 8 frozen syringes and a vial of 5000iu left from my last round (though no more syringes), so I MIGHT try another round this winter, but knowing what my headspace was after the last round, and my striving to be more vegetarian in my food consumption (again, gentle, so not going full steam ahead), I want to see if I can get my body to lose when Im not on HCG.  And find out what that looks like. 
 
 I want to be a healthy eater all the time, choosing good foods/fuel for my body without worrying about what the scale says (so then I sabotage myself and rebel), and most importantly, I want to stop DIETING and start LIVING ( I know I sound like a Jenny Craig commercial, but its true) !!!!!  I want to stop making excuses and stop lying to myself (ie I was born this way, Im big boned, I wont be able to lose the weight without HCG) .  I am capable of great things and as my body is the vessel that allows me to do those things, it deserves to be treated well. 
 
I know to do that I need to be prepared and I need to be accountable.  I need to make sure I have heathly things in the house, and that I take the time to make them (no more withering away in the frig!!!!).  I need to have greens in the house at all times.  I need to have quick good food ready for those times when I have no time and Im itching to eat crap.  When my head is telling me to go eat, I need to distract myself and avoid food until my body tells me its time to eat.  I need to pay full attention when I eat and notice and enjoy every bite.  I need to drink at least one glass of water before my meal.  And I need to log my food and exercise so I can keep track of what worked for me (ie feeling powerful, strong, healthly and focused) and what Im too sensitive to or takes me out of balance or causes me to gain.  On the gentle side, I am allowing myself my worst vice, diet soda, so I dont feel overwhelmed (diet soda is bad for me since I have reactions to the aspartame in it), and I will give that up again soon....
 
Today I have eaten two slices of rye bread (panera) with 3 tbs sunflower butter, 1 piece whole wheat bread (small) with margarine, and a big bowl of brussels, collard greens, bok choy stir fried with garlic and onion.  Im still hungry, but Im going to give myself 15 minutes or so to see if thats my head saying I want to eat more or if Im actually hungry.  I also did an hour of weight training and plan to run later this afternoon.  So far so good...and the foods Im eating (lots of greens, good fats, some low glycemic carbs) are taking away my sugary cravings, so thats wonderful.
 
This weekend, four yoga classes are on the agenda, and date night with hubby (he doesnt know yet that I will be taking him to our Masters groups annual party after dinner at our favorite restaurant-should be a great time!).  Next weekend I have to teach my first hour long class, and Im freaked out big time!  But I will not allow the stress to overwhelm me or my fear to let me back out of it.
 
Got any big plans for the weekend?  How are you doing with your resolutions?