A figure competitor’s path

OK - Now I know it’s nothing to brag about or to write home about (especially since my parents do NOT support what I do) but I lost a pound FINALLY! That was the freakin hardest pound to lose in my life. But I took everyone’s advice that wrote to me over this past week and stayed the course and it finally paid off.

 See, here’s the situation. Last Friday I woke up and I was 131 lbs! Yay - great! Woke up Saturday at 132 and that’s where I stayed ALL WEEK! I think the 131 just happened to be a fluke, but it got me excited and then when I went back up to 132 I thought I was doing something wrong. Instead, I think the 131 was just a mistake. So it took me 5 full days to get back down to 131 and I am there. Hey- It’s the small successes. But what’s even more interesting though is even though it was only 1 lb this week, I started to see subtle changes in my body as I was waiting for that pound to come off. For instance, the muscle in the top of my leg popped out just a slight bit more. I can see it more when I flex.

What does this mean to me? It means I did it the right way and lost a lound of fat, instead of losing muscle or water. That hard worked for pound should be gone now and it’s time to start working on the next. I actually can’t wait for my figure coach, Terry Stokes to take my body fat and see what reflection that one pound had on the body fat.

Moral of this long - probably boring story? Keep on keepin on. Just because you don’t see a change on the scale, doesn’t mean that the change isn’t subtly happening in your body and your muscles. Don’t get discouraged. The end of the diet, those last few pounds are the hardest. Work for them and celebrate your victories!

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