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Are you next?

Is YOUR name the next to be molded into this amazing Champions Medal?  I am so excited that 3 new Champions are about to be crowned! We have all watched you grow in so many ways. Self confidence gained ~ a true belief in yourself now that you are capable of much more than believed when you started out on this amazing journey 18 short weeks ago. Did you ever imagine your life would change so drastically? Did you ever dare to dream t...

November 17, 2008 | comments (7) | Uncategorized

Reaching out

I think that life is full of tests, and our response to those tests help create who we are. As some of you may know I don't have much of a relationship with my mother (that raised me) but she asked me to do her a favor. She does a bible study with about 6 young women at Borders every Monday and they all express a desire to get into better shape for various reasons. So I told her over the phone to send them here! Gave her the website, my user name...

November 14, 2008 | comments (6) | Uncategorized

The power of a moment

Every minute of every day we ALL have the wonderful ability to bring joy, peace, happiness, hope and love to someone else. How amazing and POWERFUL is that. Today I was at Borders and an elderly man was really struggling to put a lid on his coffee he had just bought....I watched him struggle and I really wanted to help but I was afraid he might be offended or not receiving of the gesture...but then I thought...so what - FEAR THIS!! I genuinely wa...

November 4, 2008 | comments (8) | Uncategorized

My Denver Experience

What a powerful and inspiring weekend. I have had a few days to reflect on my experience and the many emotions that went along with it. Of course I met so many from this community that touched my life well before this past weekend, so being able to meet them, hug them, laugh and cry with them was just a dream come true. But there was so much more to this event.....True inspiration and motivation from the Make A Wish children. You see them, you li...

October 22, 2008 | comments (10) | Uncategorized

"I have never saved a life"

Those words really stuck to me. Words from my "psuedo" (lol) mother (woman I lived with at the age of 14) who has been a Doctor for over 35 years now. This woman is amazing! She will be 70 on April 9th and she still works I.C.U. 7 days on 7 days off for 12 to 14 hour shifts!!!! She doesn't look a day over 55 really! We had a long heartfelt conversation that started when I spoke about Transformation and the power each of us here hav...

October 6, 2008 | comments (11) | Uncategorized

Don't sweat the small stuff....or take it for granted either!

As I was riding my spin bike today for an hour with FLIP FLOPS on...watching my husband have a blast jumping rope and doing hand stands (hey its a tough work out...try it!!!) I started to think to myself how lucky he is to be able to WEAR SHOES! As some of you may know I am struggling with my training for the marathon. I went from severe shin splints and having to stop running to intense hiking that has caused horrific blisters on both of my heel...

September 25, 2008 | comments (10) | Uncategorized

'Too annointed to be disappointed'

Someone will always be better looking. Someone will always be skinnier.Someone will always be smarter. Someone will always be stronger.Some of their houses will be bigger. Some will drive a better car. Their children will do better in school. And their husband will fix more things around the house.So let it go! Get on with it! Think about it!Love you and your circumstances.  The prettiest woman, or the most handsome man in the worl...

September 17, 2008 | comments (10) | Uncategorized

Lesson #11

Wow what a loaded lesson. I have had to really think and reflect on this one for a bit. For me there was a lot that I had to give up. I had to give up my sense of urgency and desperation. I traded one form of negative "self talk" for another. So instead of "I'm fat" "I look awful" "I am so unhappy" it became "Why aren't I changing" "What more do I have to do" "This isn't working&quo...

September 11, 2008 | comments (5) | Uncategorized

If you happen to stop by my place....

I will be out of town starting tomorrow 8/31 Sunday and will be back the following Sunday 9/7 (JUST IN TIME FOR DALLAS COWBOYS FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON!!!)I hope you all have a wonderful week full of great successes in your transformation journey! I will miss you all a lot and wish nothing but the best for everyone of you!!See you next week and hopefully I will have great tales of our hunting adventure to share with you!!!And don't worry I will s...

August 30, 2008 | comments (6) | Uncategorized

Stepping out from the darkness and into the light.

Stepping out from the darkness of our lives - our pasts and into the light is quite a scary thing to do. There is such a sense of familiarity and comfort in a twisted way in staying where we are. Why does it seem better to live a restricted, unhealthy, mentally torching life...then to do something about it? Why does it take hitting absolute bottom and hating ourselves, loathing, disgust for that which we have become to finally say ENOUGH...why so...

August 26, 2008 | comments (13) | Uncategorized

IT'S OUR RIGHT...OUR OBLIGATION!

Earlier today I ran across this profile http://www.transformation.com/denisa and 3 or 4 short lines of her I AM statement that at first confused me, I couldn't figure out what she was trying to say...so I read it over and over again and out if it I finally saw those powerful words:IT'S OUR RIGHT...OUR OBLIGATION!Wow! So since then those words have replayed over and over in my mind as one of the most meaningful and important messages of the d...

August 12, 2008 | comments (6) | Uncategorized

Words can change lives.

The power of words is astounding. They can make you smile, laugh, cry, angry, sympathetic, compassionate, uplifted, enriched, empowered....the list goes on and on. There are certain words I longed to hear my entire life from my birthmother and on Friday she said many of them to me in the most amazing, heart touching conversation. She told me that when she is around me, or talks to me that she understands WHO she is. And I thought WOW....ME TOO! A...

August 5, 2008 | comments (13) | Uncategorized

We don't know the affect of our ripple

Every day we come in contact with many people either via the internet or in life. I don't think most of us realize the full extent and affect of our "ripple" so if we continue to change our life we could be changing thousands of lives...just by our example. Make each day count, affect and influence the lives of many through simple things, gestures, smiles, words, encouragement and support.Each of us holds our own key to unlock an amazin...

August 4, 2008 | comments (5) | Uncategorized

Take care of yourself and look out for eachother....

I was listening to Dave Matthews the other day and it was one of his live concerts and at the end this "Take care of yourself and look out for eachother" is what he told the crowd and I thought PERFECT! That is US! That is our community. Doing this naturally without effort. Just lovin' up on our friends in need of compassion and understanding, motivation and inspiration without a second thought. Reach out to someone in need today....loo...

July 28, 2008 | comments (6) | Uncategorized

My heart is breaking

(((Deep sigh))) I just got back from doing my "track work". (running/jogging/skipping/hopping around a track that goes around our neighborhood park) and as we (my girls and I)  got there I saw 3 cute, skinny, blonde girls walking to the playground. Pretty far behind them I met up with a short, chubby, not so cute girl by herself. As I continued around the track I saw that she met up with the "cute" girls and sat there wit...

July 15, 2008 | comments (27) | Uncategorized

Why?

Assignment #4 ~ I decided to blog this instead of taking up a ton of space on Bill's Blog in the comment section...plus I want to be able to see it daily. Why? For me it has become very clear as to why I am doing this in the last few weeks. I sit and read so much of what is being said here and continue to be touched by the lives and struggles of others. What they have over come, and what they are still battling to let go of. I love being there fo...

July 15, 2008 | comments (7) | Uncategorized

I choose.......

I choose to be kind. I choose to be strong. I choose to inspire, motivate and encourage as many people as my time allows. I choose to forgive and to be forgiven. I choose to love and be loved. I choose to let go of pain and the chains that held me in hell for so long. I choose to MAKE A DIFFERENCE!YOU can make a difference! Reach out and help others you will find you are helping yourself. Be kind, be patient, be forgiving, be grateful, be strong ...

July 10, 2008 | comments (7) | Uncategorized

"We must be the change we want to see in the world" Gandhi

 "We must be the change we want to see in the world" Gandhi  A girl at the family reunion we went to over the weekend had this on the back of her sweat shirt!!! I was like WOW!!!!!!!!! Look at that! I will hold that in my mind and in my heart forever. I already had BE THE CHANGE...but this completes the phrase. Awesome. I think we as a community need to get those made! BE THE CHANGE bands like the I GET TO bands and all procee...

July 6, 2008 | comments (7) | Uncategorized

I'm outty for the long weekend!

We are leaving to go camping for the long weekend in Eagle Nest New Mexico, absolutely beautiful country! I'll take pics (especially for YOU Art!). I hope you are all safe this Holiday weekend and remember just becuase it's a "holiday" does not mean you get to stray from the plan! You can eat healthy! We are taking turkey burgers and whole grain buns, lots of fruit, veggies, egg whites and lean ham. Food is fuel and nothing more! I plan...

July 3, 2008 | comments (4) | Uncategorized

BELIEVING IS 90% OF DOING!

Such a great statement. I want all of my friends here (and those I have never even spoken to yet) to know that I believe in YOU! You are here, you are focusing on the positive, letting go of the negative chains that have held you back for so long. You are saying THIS IS MY LIFE and I AM TAKING BACK CONTROL. I couldn't be more proud of the internal progress going on with so many and that includes me. I have the most amazing feeling pouring through...

June 30, 2008 | comments (13) | Uncategorized

My Aunt Pat died this morning at 5am

I was going to go see her today on the way to her office so I could say good-bye because we knew it was soon. I am sad. But I am grateful that her pain is over. She could not even communicate over the last few days and just groaned in pain. Rest in Peace dear one. You are loved and you will be missed. ...

June 23, 2008 | comments (19) | Uncategorized

Angry, hurt, sad, disappointed, confused...........

Last night was tough for me. My family and I did the Relay for Life here in Rio Rancho to raise funds for cancer research. I did this walk in honor of Jonnae, and of my Aunt Pat who is dying and will not live much longer from her lung & brain cancer, my father who fights skin cancer, and Catharine (my second mother) who survived breast cancer and wasn't supposed to. It was a beautiful evening...a wonderfully organized event that touched my he...

June 21, 2008 | comments (6) | Uncategorized

What my transformation means to me.......

I wanted to share part of my essay to Bill ( I entered his local challege to us here in Albuquerque) and I am going to share it with you here. It was really hard for me to write, and even harder for me to share. But it is a way for me to deal with my past.They told me I wasn’t worth loving. They told me I wasn’t pretty. They told me nobody wanted me including my own birth mother. They told me money was more important than family....

June 17, 2008 | comments (12) | Uncategorized

I finished my 12 week Bill Phillips Challenge to Albuquerque

I feel happy with the external results! I lost a total of 20 pounds. Of that I lost 21.06 pounds of fat and gained 1.06 pounds of muscle. I lost:7.5% in bodyfat percentage2" chest.5" bicep6" waist (thats HUGE)2.5" Thighs (was happily surprised by this)I feel I have my eating and my exercise dialed in and definitely headed in the right direction for toning. I also feel that I have a ways to go to reach my true transformation go...

June 17, 2008 | comments (7) | Uncategorized

My relationship with alcoholism (LONG SORRY!)

I have been a niece, a grandaughter, a wife, a mother, a friend, an inlaw.. to an alcoholic. I have been loved by one, I have been beaten by one, I have watched one die from it and I have seen one be institutionalized from it. I had no clue that you could actually drink SO much in your life time that at the age of 40, months after giving birth to a beautiful baby boy, a switch could be flipped and suddenly your mind is gone and you believe y...

June 12, 2008 | comments (15) | Uncategorized

Remember Julie Witt?

Bill just did a blog about Jonnae, about our loving community, and about I GET TO and the band we can order to remember and live by Jonnaes words of wisdom beyond her years. It got me thinking about my experiences with Body for Life over the years and this is the second time in my 8 years of BFL that someone's life has touched me so profoundly...the first time was Julie Witt and her struggles! I still have the Baby Blue (my favorite color) band t...

June 10, 2008 | comments (5) | Uncategorized

Life is making more sense

Every day something, someone brings me to tears. My heart is being touched in profound ways here at Transformation.com. Tears of happiness and encouragement, tears of sadness and pain. This community, these people are changing my life and I am really grateful for that. I am learning to deal with my pain, my fears and it's something I just don't do. I'm a STUFFER! I figure the further down in my soul I hide my issues the better I will be and that ...

June 10, 2008 | comments (6) | Uncategorized

Two Eight Year Old Boogers!

LOL! That was all I could think of calling my daughters today as we were jogging the bosque. I decided " Ok, I'm going to let them have a little control over this work out today!" So I let them decide when we were going to run and when we were going to stop. Silly me thinking this would be cake! NOT! They made me run a lot and a long time! Little BOOGERS! They were thrilled with being "Mommy's trainer" for the day and pushing ...

June 5, 2008 | comments (2) | Uncategorized

Ouch!

Yesterday when I woke up I was thinking "Finally! A "free" day"...then my husband comes in and says "Do you want to do La Luz today?" Now this is a 7.2 mile climb up the Sandia Mountains with a 12% grade ending at 10,768' elevation. My initial response was NO WAY!!! Then he left the room...and I layed there in bed, and suddenly I realized what day it was..Jonnae's Day. And I layed there thinking what a wonderful way ...

June 2, 2008 | comments (3) | Uncategorized

Today was kinda hard...

((((Deep sigh)))) My heart breaks for Aunt Pat. She is so amazing and trying to be so strong and today she just feels awful.  Her chest really hurts, I suppose it would since that is where they are shooting the radiation. It is just really hard to see her in pain....She cried twice feeling bad about herself in life! Agghhh! I rolled up my sleeves (well not literally I am wearing a tank top! It's HOT here!) and let her have it!!! I reminded h...

May 30, 2008 | comments (5) | Uncategorized

I know why........

Everyday the reasons "why" are becoming more and more clear to me.  Last week I got a call from Catherine. She is the most amazing woman in my life. She took me in at the age of 14 when no one else wanted me. She has been more of a mother to me than my "mother" was.  She has been in my life for over 24 years now....needless to say I love her. She called to tell me that Aunt Pat (as I call her, she is Catherines Siste...

May 28, 2008 | comments (4) | Uncategorized

5 hummingbirds, 4 roadrunners, 7 lizards and 1 red flower....

Yesterdays jog along the Rio Grande was amazing! I saw 5 hummingbirds playing and chasing eachother. I love to watch the male try to impress the female. She sits, ever so dainty, in a tree and he swooshes past her in a U shape and then does this amazing climb up SO high in the air and dives back down, with such control and elegance.  The roadrunners are in heaven because the lizards are out and they are running and flying carrying lizards in...

May 20, 2008 | comments (1) | Uncategorized

As I see it

This is the view from "THE TOP"! Lately I have been doing extra hikes, walks and runs and I have realized that I am truly blessed to live in such an amazingly beautiful state.  Yesterday we did a two hour hike up the Sandia Mountains and I had my camera phone with me and when I reached the top I took this photo.  It was such an amazing feeling to make it to the top, it was not easy, my heart was pounding at about 165-170 the e...

May 19, 2008 | comments (3) | Uncategorized

Probably TMI....

In the past few weeks I have been really soul searching on many levels.  Reflecting on my childhood and wondering how long I am going to let the treatment I recieved from my mother affect me...do I really want to give her that power anymore? (well, I am an Aries and so the obvious answer to that is NO! I control everything...why not this part of my life too?) I have let her words make me believe that I am not a good person, that I am worthle...

May 15, 2008 | comments (5) | Uncategorized

Today IS a new day

You are all so incredibly amazing! You brought me to tears for your genuine care and concern and kind words of encouragement.  Paparock I have to tell you that I am on the same page as you. I have been doing accounting for over 18 years now and there honestly is no sense of accomplishment or importance in what I am doing...I am not helping anyone, not really.  Back when I first did BFL and was working to become a certified personal trai...

May 14, 2008 | comments (3) | Uncategorized

Life Hits Hard When You Least Expect It

Wow....so yesterday, here I am...beyond excited about this new little toy plopped in my life called transformation.com - so happy to see many familiar faces here and a new source of support and encouragement.  I'm into my 7th week of Bill's Personal invitation to accept a 12 week challenge and I am rockin' and rollin' my way through it! Focused! Determined! Hitting every 10! Eating super clean! I made a new really special friend th...

May 13, 2008 | comments (9) | Uncategorized

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