Allow me introduce myself.

My name is Sarah Modisette. I am 27 years old with a background in dance and theatre arts. I love ballet, jazz, and modern dance, I stink at tap but I can fake it just enough to get by. I love to sing although I think I am better at dancing. I consider myself a singer/ dancer, I am a performer.

In August I will be attending an audition for Le Reve in Boulder, Co. However, before I get to that I would like to tell you how this journey began.

Years ago I was introduced to aerial silk, an acrobatic art form that takes movement and places it on a fabric suspended in the air. I had always wanted to learn aerial silk, but could never found a person or place that taught this. After years of wishing and hoping my luck changed.

Last year I took a  job I would not usually take. Instead of being onstage as a performer I would add technical theatre to my resume, but I wasn’t your usual tech. I was hired on at SeaWorld San Antonio to work at the heights of a catwalk checking equipment and assisting bungee acrobats and aerial artists. It was an exciting new challenge and the first time I had the opportunity to work with heights. I found that I could work at heights with ease and comfort, you can do anything you set your mind to! It was last year I was suddenly surrounded by talented divers and acrobats that performed brilliantly on bungee, russian swing, lyra, and aerial silk! It was in this new job I met not one, but two beautiful aerial artists that would help me begin my journey with aerial silk.

I literally started learning with a silk hanging from a tree in the backyard of one of the aerialist, Elizabeth, and the other aerialist, Julia, teaching me, thoroughly inspected with a thumbs up on safety of course (location has since upgraded to a gym in Boerne). I didn’t think a year later I would plan to train for such a big audition as Le Reve, a remarkable show in Las Vegas. Little did I know I was starting on a journey. The road is difficult, but like I said before you can do anything you set your mind to.

I have been training for about a month now and it hasn’t been easy and time is running out. The audition date is August 9th and I have less then 6 weeks to get prepared. With the support of friends, family, and my trainer Meagan, I know I can do this.

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I typically try not to drink during the week. However, anyone who knows me, knows my weakness for wine, and after a long day behind the computer, I am in DIRE need of conversation and spirits (the liquid kind).

So, last night my sister and I went to Roaring Fork to talk business and catch up on life. For anyone who goes to happy hour, you absolutely must accompany wine with appetizers, especially if you’re at Roaring Fork – delicious! Unfortunately, as is usually the case with my sister and I, we drank a few more glasses of wine that we originally anticipated.

This morning I trained with Meagan and was in for a surprise. I regularly take two energy pills 30 minutes before I work out to help me burn fat and to wake me up for my early morning sessions. Unfortunately, energy/fat burning pills, intense weight training and a slight wine hangover don’t mix. Throw in a sinus headache for even more added value, and you’ll be the life of the party!

Next week, I highly intend NOT to drink wine the night before my training sessions. That’s a cocktail of delight which I will have to forgo in the future.

The good news, though, is those 5 lbs (the ones I put on during my 6 weeks off from my diet) are gone.

Cheers!

6/22/2010: Food Log
Breakfast: All-Brean wheat cereal (1/2 cup) with skin milk, low-sodium v8 juice (190 calories)
Snack: Fiber One Bar (130 calories) – Surprised?!
Lunch: Chicken Sausage in wheat tortilla (270 calories)
Snack: 1 cup of FiberOne Cereal in light vanilla yogurt (250 calories)
Dinner: Shredded chicken on corn tortilla (2), with black beans (330 calories)
Snack: Protein shake (110 calories)
Total Calories: 1280

6/23/2010: Food Log
Pre-weight: All-Brean wheat cereal (1/2 cup) with skin milk (130 calories)
Breakfast: 3 egg whites, one slice 2% Kraft cheese, 2 slices turkey bacon on wheat tortilla (290 calories)
Snack: Banana (90 calories)
Lunch: Chicken Sausage link, 1/2 cup of FiberOne Cereal in light vanilla yogurt (260 calories)
Dinner: Wine, seafood appetizers at Roaring Fork (700 calories ?)
Total Calories: 1470 (??)

Exercise: 45 minute resistance training with Meagan.

One of the most inspiring videos I have ever seen! You can do anything you want if you put your mind to it! I challenge you to do the things you have put off for fear of failure!! Trust that you can achieve what you set out to accomplish.  Trust your very own abilities!!

I often hear that people don’t get enough fiber in their diets. Fortunately, with the many delicious products offered by Fiber One, this is a thing of the past! I am obsessed with their original cereal (rabbit pellets, according to my husband) and their bars – absolutely yummy.

My current favorite bar is the Chocolate Mocha, so much that I actually had two yesterday.

While fiber is good to have in your diet, too much can be a bad thing….but thank goodness for absolutely delicious bars and cereals that are great for your health! Nom, nom nom……

6/21/2010: Food Log
Breakfast: Cereal with non-fat milk, banana (200 calories)
Snack: Fiber One Bar (130 calories)
Lunch: Chicken Sausage in wheat tortilla, banana (350 calories)
Snack: Protein shake, Fiber One Bar – yep, again! (240 calories)
Dinner: 3 egg whites, Kraft singles 2% cheese, wheat tortilla, 2 strips turkey bacon (320 calories)
Total Calories: 1240

Exercise: 45 mins on stationary bike while watching the newest episode of Lie to Me. Good times.

Guest Blogger: Ashleigh D, Nu-U Fitness Client

I love spinach.
(My 12-year-old former self is currently staring at me in disgust.)

Spinach is the best, and fortunately, I love spinach salads without dressing. If you’re looking for a tasty treat without the price tag, definitely head over to Pam’s Patio Kitchen. This is not just any ordinary salad. This salad is piled high with toasted pecans, fresh strawberries and juicy mandarin oranges.

You know you are in for a treat when the spinach stems are bursting from the seams of the to-go container – the yummy goodness taunting you, just waiting to be enjoyed.

6/17/2010: Food Log
Breakfast: Jimmy Dean Light Breakfast Croissant (290 calories)
Snack: Protein Shake (110 calories)
Lunch: Small Spinach, Fruit, Pecan Salad, sans dressing (250 calories)
Snack: Iced Americano, Shortbread cookie pack (170 calories)
Dinner: Chicken Sausage, mixed veggies (250 calories)
Total Calories: 1070

Exercise: 30 mins on stationary bike while watching Monsters, Inc. Ankle still healing, knee all sorts of out of whack. C’mon…I’m 28 years old, what’s up with this?!