Michelle Koen » inspiration http://michellekoen.com Figure athlete, foodie and creative person Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:20:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Beautiful walk meme http://michellekoen.com/beautiful-walk-meme/ http://michellekoen.com/beautiful-walk-meme/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:45:16 +0000 Michelle http://michellekoen.com/?p=282 McLaren Vale has provided me with some of the most beautiful morning walks around. I don’t think I’ll ever cease to be moved by the sight of the vineyards with the WIllunga Hills in the background.

Kevin and I took the camera out to share our walk with everyone.

Sun rising over the vines

Click on the image to see the full set.

If you have a beautiful walk you do, how about sharing it on your blog. Leave me a note

]]> http://michellekoen.com/beautiful-walk-meme/feed/ 3 T-35 http://michellekoen.com/t-35/ http://michellekoen.com/t-35/#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:32:37 +0000 Michelle http://michellekoen.com/?p=214 dressBeing someone who only performs under pressure I thought I’d put the pressure on.

For my figure show I broke my collar bone and used that as my motivator. For my wedding I’ve bought this dress. It doesn’t really do up yet so  I’ve got exactly 5 weeks to fit into it. I’m hoping that a 1.2kg loss per week should get me where I need to be. If don’t fit the dress then I’ll still look smokin’ hot and my amazing sister can work emergency sewing magic for me.

]]> http://michellekoen.com/t-35/feed/ 3 Motivation http://michellekoen.com/motivation/ http://michellekoen.com/motivation/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:20:28 +0000 Michelle http://michellekoen.com/?p=85

“You can motivate by fear and you can motivate by reward. Both of these are temporary. The only lasting thing is self-motivation.”

Found in the Australian Red Cross Blood Service branding document, but too true to many things.

]]> http://michellekoen.com/motivation/feed/ 0 gooey with joy http://michellekoen.com/gooey-with-joy/ http://michellekoen.com/gooey-with-joy/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:37:17 +0000 Michelle http://michellekoen.com/?p=76 It’s so easy to write a post and complain about stuff that’s going on, but this afternoon I’ve just felt gooey with joy. No real reason, maybe it was just my chiropractic adjustment. Sometimes I leave Dr Frank’s that way. Apparently I had my bronchil tubes stretch and my large intestine poked at too. I can breath better and, well, I’ll spare the bathroom details.

Today is going to be my first training session in a week. Just a quick cardio session and a sauna. By a quick cardio session I mean 12 sprints of the FF Adelaide stairs. Can she do it? Not sure, but my plan is to not think about the completion just each single step.

Also want to do a quick congratulations to the gorgeous Nick, who helped me out a few times last year. 3 titles in 1 month, what a comeback!

Check out that bod! (That’s Nick in the red)

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…remember that  joy is free

David O’Doherty- Comedian

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