What Is Perfect?

Is she perfect?

Am I? … Are you?

I am a trainer, a coach, an athlete, a “model” of health, and yet, I am NOT perfect. My weight fluctuates with the seasons and I am still trying to get it right. I struggle with my diet everyday. And some days I flat out don’t want to workout. Sometimes I push through it, other days I cave and give in. Today, was one of “those days” where all I wanted was to eat ice cream in bed. I tried to fight the urge, but I just couldn’t shake it. As part of my work I take and post lots of photos, not just because I dabble in modeling, but because I genuinely love the art of photography. I enjoy everything about creating a photograph from designing the set and the mood, to creating angles with my body and character in my expression, I choose the fashion, do the hair, the makeup, I edit my own work and I choose what to share, it is not always fitness, sometimes it’s sexier, edgier, it is NEVER “glamour,” it is always artistic and it is always a part of me. In some pictures I have a six pack, in others, I clearly do not. But, I try to share my struggles as well as my success. Many of my pictures are edited (by me). These are not.

Here, some shots from my latest photo shoot with AJG FILMPRODUCTIONS that illustrate the mood I was in today, wanting to curl up in bed and indulge in sweet treats. I have traded my six pack for “rolls” in these shots, but I am sharing the photos untouched; not even lighting has been corrected. Completely raw, entirely real. UN-edited… ME.

 

Watch this video to see photoshop EXPOSED. Now, tell me, is she perfect?

HOW PHOTOSHOP SHOULD BE USED >>

Now, I am going to go to the gym. I had a lazy day. I ate ice cream. I stayed in bed longer than anyone should. Even if I only get through half my workout, I owe it to myself and my dreams to try! Not for perfection, not to be someone other than me. To be ME, for me, the best me I can be!

Together in Health!

xob

Everyday Better

If you have been reading my blog you know I have been having a tough time over a breakup, and not just any breakup, but heartbreak over a man who I loved deeply and I truly admired, the man, if you recall, I call Alligator Hands. Last night, I cried. Again. But, if you know me beyond this new blog, if you have followed my story on Facebook.com/BiancaSultana for the last three years, if you have read my daily tweets @BiancaSultana you know my motto is #EverydayBetter.

So, am I still living Everyday Better?

The answer is YES. I enjoy my life; I do not endure my life. That means I do not live in spite of my problems, I live outside of my problems. Trust, bad times come with the good, and I am a sensitive girl, so while I cannot prevent negativity from crossing paths with my heart, I CAN refuse it into my spirit. So, I may cry over a breakup in one moment, but in the very next I will be out on my bike smiling over the beauty of a palm tree, which since I moved here to Florida happen to be all around me. I am blessed.

I started sharing my journey because I aspired to inspire. I have a story I feel has to be shared and a voice worthy of telling. I have battled some real issues from disordering eating to depression, family strife to financial hardship. But somehow, even when it seemed every odd was stacked against me, and there were plenty, I am coming out on top and I love that I can bring you with me. I am Everyday Better.

Are you?

Together in Health! ❤ xob

Do What You Want

“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.”  ― Henry David Thoreau, Walden

I do not fear death for I have faith. But I will not flee life for I have learned the key to living, and it is so simple it boarders on insulting: DO. WHAT. YOU. WANT.

Abandon every notion you have on what you thought you wanted and who you believed you needed to be because it’s crap! Do not live in the shadow your parents, your teachers, your peers painted for you because the very fact that it is shaded makes it dark, and as much as a plant soaks in the sun, we feed on light.

DO WHAT YOU WANT. It’s simple. You KNOW what you want. But we have been so conditioned by society’s shackles we even believe that we do not know what we want. But that’s crap. What you want is to be happy. It’s not money, a Chanel handbag or Louboutins. It’s not a corner office, a Ferrari, a mansion or yearly yacht excursions to St. Barths. Find what makes you happy, truly happy, and you will be free. Perfect it, and you will be rich.

I did this. I know. I live Everyday Better because that is my daily choice.

Together in Health!

xob

Do What You Want

“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden

I do not fear death for I have faith. But I will not flee life for I have learned the key to living, and it is so simple it boarders on insulting: DO. WHAT. YOU. WANT.Abandon every notion you have on what you thought you wanted and who you believed you needed to be because it’s crap! Do not live in the shadow your parents, your teachers, your peers painted for you because the very fact that it is shaded makes it dark, and as much as a plant soaks in the sun, we feed on light.

DO WHAT YOU WANT. It’s simple. You KNOW what you want. But we have been so conditioned by society’s shackles we even believe that we do not know what we want. But that’s crap. What you want is to be happy. It’s not money, a Chanel handbag or Louboutins. It’s not a corner office, a Ferrari, a mansion or yearly yacht excursions to St. Barths. Find what makes you happy, truly happy, and you will be free. Perfect it, and you will be rich.

I did this. I know. I live Everyday Better because that is my daily choice.

xob