Fitness Cure

Check out Britney Spears AWESOME physique and performance at the Bambi Awards in Germany Thursday night!

“The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something. You can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.” -Arnold Schwarzenegger

The 25^th Anniversary of the Paradise Cup Bodybuilding and Figure Championships took place last Saturday, 11/22/2008 at the Sheraton Waikiki in Honolulu Hawaii.

Promoters Guy Leong and Greg Leffcourt hosted an awesome competition with over 110 athletes – the most competitors in the history of the show!

Steve Preza was the heavyweight and overall winner for the Men’s Bodybuilding and Sarah Nakajima won the figure short and overall – look for both of these competitors to make an impact on the national level in the not too distant future!

Branch Warren, Quincy Taylor and local IFBB pro Clifton “Giant Killah” Torres were the guest posers at the sold-out event.

-thank you to Photography by Aaron Myer for the pictures and thanks to Dave at John Scott Nitro for sending me these pictures!

CHECK OUT the pictures below!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Ever year, I usually run the 5k or 10k in the Run to Feed the Hungry Charity race. It’s a great way to start the day as we all know we will be eating just a little bit more than we usually do today!

Unfortunately, I had a very LATE night because it was my BIRTHDAY! Yep! I turned the big 2-8! I guess that’s a good excuse for not posting a motivation yesterday   We returned home the night before from our road trip and all of yesterday we were catching up on work stuff. Yesterday evening I had my family over for dinner. David prepared a great meal, my mom brought noodles for long life and my uncle brought a beautiful green cake! It was a very special day and I feel so blessed to have an amazing family and wonderful life that I give gratitude to each day.

ANYWAYS! So that was my birthday!

Today however, is Thanksgiving!!!! So – make it a point to do something active today. Even though I didn’t do the charity run, I DO intend on taking my dog for a nice, long Thanksgiving walk! SO – make it a goal today to do SOMETHING…ANYTHING…to get your heart rate going.

EARN your meal today!!!

My cake!

….I’ve been traveling!

So! If you only see motivations – it’s because that’s the least I can do!

I will be MUCH better in the following weeks I promise. I’ve just been so busy with traveling, appointments, and so forth.

Look forward to more interviews, holiday tips, personal journals and more in the future!

Have a great Tuesday!

Maria!

I was at Crater Lake, Oregon yesterday!