Ladies...I have been working towards my 100 consecutive man push-ups for several months now. I am still moving towards to it! I had been kind of discouraged, because I had only made it to 40 push-ups. My friends still said that was a great accomplishment. But then it happened last week. I made it to 42 push-ups!!! Woohoo!! :) Much closer to 100! I believe I broke the plateau because I stopped putting so much pressure on myself to break the 40 mark. So now, I am on to 45 push-ups. Hopefully, I will make it this week...but no pressure. :) Your "goal girl", [e].

As many of you know and those that don't my mother is a fantastic baker. I have been privileged to be able to eat so many great desserts all my life, especially cakes. You name it, my mom has probably made it....and most importantly I would have eaten it. :) I thought to myself a few months ago I have never made a cake........well the Lord must have heard that thought because that all changed for me one Sunday morning at church. My Pastor was speaking that day and asked the ladies , w ho has made a cake raise your hand. Then he asked those who have not, raise your hand. Well it was at that moment Pastor Robb stood directly in front of my parents in the front row and my sister Tina and I were two rows almost directly behind them and saw our hands raised saying we had never made a cake. I had a feeling this was about to get me into trouble...haha. Needless to say my Pastor gave my sister and I an assignment. In fact, these were his exact words...."I’m going to give you an ...

Hey, U Goal Girls! The last time we talked I had a few goals going on. My latest update was I wanted to get to 100 situps and 100 consecutive man push ups. Well....today I did 105 situps! Woohoo. I did 21 man pushups...took a break then came back and did another 20. My highest goal for consecutive man ups is 40. I am still going after the goal. :) I am excited about the direction "U Goal Girl" is taking. I will keep you informed about it in the weeks to come. I am so thankful for all of you that read this blog. It is being read all around the world. So I will continue to write and hopefully one day, you will share your goals and the steps you took to get there. Goal challenge: Have you written down any goals lately? Are you going towards any one, two, or three of them? If you haven't....don't wait....start today. Until tomorrow. Your "goal girl", [e].

Hey, Ladies. Okay....so I am back! I wanted to make sure everyone had a chance to read about Rakisha's fantastic accomplishment! So proud of you Rakisha. :) Since I have been attempting my crazy push up challenge I have had women tell me that they have been encouraged to try to do "one man push up". Other ladies told me that they have done ladies push ups and they continue to increase their reps. I am so proud of you ladies...keep up the good work. As for me...I am back in the swing of things. Working out three times a week. I got up to 38 push ups today, but still striving for the 100 push ups goal. :) Something I started last week was a sit up challenge. I wanted to do 100 situps three days a week. I got up to 65 today! So Monday, Wednesday and Friday I will be going towards my 100 push ups goal. And Tuesday, Thursday and Saturdays I will do my 100 situps goal. I did clapping push ups today. I did a total of 4. They are pretty hard. I also did 10 staggered push ups. And...

I have known Rakisha for several years now. I wanted to feature her on today's blog. She is an incredible woman of perserverance and determination. A single parent that decicided to go to school to get her Doctorate. I wanted her to let me know what kept her going in order to complete her goal. See below.   What was my motivation to go back to school for my Doctorate? I always wanted to be a doctor.   Education was always a priority growing up.   So, going to school was never a question.   There are a few things that have inspired me along this journey of pursuing my doctorate.   Being a single mother my priority is making sure I am the best example to my daughter, spiritually, mentally, and physically.   I call the following my 4P’s 1. Pursue your dreams with all your heart.   Never give up what God has placed in your heart. 2. Passion determines my commitment to pursuing my dreams.   When you are passionate about something you ...

Okay....ladies. I had alot of goals for the month of February. 1. Write down everyday something I am thankful for. 2. Fast for the month of February. 3. Do 100 consecutive push ups. 4. Continue reading my bible plan to complete the bible in 1 year. 5. Right a post each day on my blog. So for the most part I was pretty consistent with all the above goals. I was distracted for a part of the month due to some new things happening in my life :) as well as dealing with some symptoms in my body. At times I did get off track, but kept moving forward. My push up challenge I got up to 40 total. But I am still going towards my goal of 100 consecutive push ups. I am proud of all my efforts this month and excited about what I will be doing in March. I will keep moving forward. Your "goal girl" [e].

I have always wanted to be in control of everything in my life. I think this is fairly common in women. If someone wanted to play a game with me I would need to know all the rules, all the details before we even start the game. Some of my leaders would just say why do you need to know everything, let's just start playing. I have had issues of trust, rejection, and abandonment. If I had plans with someone and they cancelled or wanted to change the plans, it brought me a huge level of discomfort and anxiety. But I noticed the more I was in control in my life, the less happy I was. For example, because I have been in some poor relationships in the past, me trying to be in control was I would make sure to protect my heart and put up alot of walls. But you know what? I couldn't experience the people in my present that loved me and supported me. You may think...when I am in control I can protect myself, but that's not true. God never asked you to protect yourself. He told you to ...