AKA_Girl’s BodyBlog

Hi Everyone,

Thank you for all your support and encouragment during this process.  I placed 4th in this show…which is great considering it was my 2nd show and my first show with Muslemania…..I know where, what and how I can improve on….it was still fun and worth it. 

I had my cheat day yesterday and ate any and everything I wanted.  YUM!!!  Today I back on my diet, and am preparing for my next show 3 weeks away!  I know I’m crazy.  I have to be on my grind, with cardio twice a day 30 minutes in the morning and 45 minutes at night…I’m taking my workouts to another level these next few weeks.

My personal goal is to place 1st.  This show coming up is a pro qualifing show….I set my standards high….I have to keep striving for more.  I’m a little tired and still trying to rehydrate myself a little a time since my body was water depleted….I just don’t want to retain too much water….I’m trying to drop 10 lbs in 3 weeks so I can come in tighter….

Well let me go, I’m going to try to post some pics from the show….they don’t have them up on the website yet…once they do I will send you and update of where to look for them.

Thank you again for the support and wish me luck on show #3.

Smooches

Hi Everyone!

Sorry I couldn’t blog yesterday….I was in court literally ALL DAY!!  It’s like that sometimes.  Well today I started with my diuretic oh joy; so now I get to make camp in the bathroom in the office…j/k….I’m not nervous yet….my mind is right.

I’m just want to do this and get it over with so I can eat my damn lemon bar!!  I have to start prepping my food for the next couple of days so I can bring it with me.  My new suit is on order for my next show.  I’m going through my mental checklist as I type this blog. I have my spare pair of shoes and suit…you just never know. 

I’m trying to drink all the water I can today because once tomorrow hits, I’ll be rationing out my water….here’s where the diet gets fun!  Anywho, let me go and finish work.  Smooches

Hi Everyone!

Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a wonderful and blessed weekend! Well here it is the week of the show….am I nervous?  Not really….just excited.  I’ve been practicing my posing and I believe I have my walk down packed. I have to bring the sassiness on that stage.  I went shopping yesterday so I have my fridge packed with asparagus and chicken breast.  Oh and plenty of Isopure protein drinks.  I have my food portioned out for the next couple of days.  I’m so happy I decided to take a half day on Thursday…so I can run around and do all that I need to, which leaves me with Friday to basically get pampered, pack and relax. 

I tell you when you are getting all your stuff ready for a show it’s good to start packing the week of so this way you have a chance to make sure you have all that you need. I even have a checklist because you never know what you may forget; especially with the lack of carbs LOL.

Well let me go, I have work to do.  Have great day and ttyl!

HI EVERYONE!  HAPPY FRIDAY!!!

I hope you day is going well thus far….Well next Saturday is show time….I still feel like I could be leaner….I’m never satisfied….I just have to keep in mind that my body will look better and better with each show I do.  I just really want that separation between my quads and hamstrings….Since tomorrow is hamstrings and my last leg workout I have to hit them hard…I’ll be in the gym at 8:00 am.

Guys who compete are so lucky all y’all have to is remove the hair from your body, get tanned, and get your posing trunks…for women, especially if you want to come correct, it’s so arduous…..Hair, manicure, pedicure, tanning, makeup….If I didn’t have a planner to write all of this stuff down I my head would be rolling by now.  I can’t even get all of the stuff done that I want to get done because I have a baby show to go to tomorrow….I’m going to have to cut it short by 2 hours so I can get my stuff done.  I tell you I need a 36 hour day…and/or I’m going to have to invest in a Palm….All in all I’m blessed because I am this busy and I enjoy what I’m doing so I can’t complain.

Well let me go and work….

Good Morning!!! 

I’m a little tired considering I stayed up to watch the debate and watch the Phillies kick A$$!!!!  GO PHILLIES!!!!! Watching one of the most historic presidential debates, worth it, watching the Phillies win fantastic….Running back and forth between 2 rooms trying to watch both programs at the same time….PRICELESS.  LOL

Anywho, I’m sitting here at work drinking my breakfast (chocolate protein shake)….LOL.  Yesterday was my leg day….can I just say I wish my gym had elevators by the time I was finished….surprisingly my legs don’t hurt today…The BCAA’s and Glutamine/Protein Shake I drink during my workout helps tremendously….Today is another no carb day…..I’ll be eating my tuna around 10 this morning.

I’m just counting down the days….this weekend is definitely going to be a rest weekend.  My body is tired and I need to truly rest so I am at my full potential next week.  Anywho, let me go as I have to work.  Have a wonderful, blessed, exciting, and encouraging day!  Smooches!!

Good Morning!!! 

I’m a little tired considering I stayed up to watch the debate and watch the Phillies kick A$$!!!!  GO PHILLIES!!!!! Watching one of the most historic presidential debates, worth it, watching the Phillies win fantastic….Running back and forth between 2 rooms trying to watch both programs at the same time….PRICELESS.  LOL

Anywho, I’m sitting here at work drinking my breakfast (chocolate protein shake)….LOL.  Yesterday was my leg day….can I just say I wish my gym had elevators by the time I was finished….surprisingly my legs don’t hurt today…The BCAA’s and Glutamine/Protein Shake I drink during my workout helps tremendously….Today is another no carb day…..I’ll be eating my tuna around 10 this morning.

I’m just counting down the days….this weekend is definitely going to be a rest weekend.  My body is tired and I need to truly rest so I am at my full potential next week.  Anywho, let me go as I have to work.  Have a wonderful, blessed, exciting, and encouraging day!  Smooches!!

Hey Y’all!!!!

I have been M.I.A. for weeks now!  I’m so sorry!  I hope everyone has been great, blessed, and happy.  Ok so here’s what’s been going on with me since my last blog.  Work has been an absolute mad house!!  Basically they gave me more responsibility for the same pay…isn’t that the American way??  It’s all good though, I just handle it with grace and keep it moving.  But I did find the greatest sign that I am putting up at my desk which says, "They pretend to pay me, I pretend to work".  LOL! 

Anywho enough about that, I more excited because my show is next Saturday, FITNESS NEW YORK BABY!!  I’m hyped and ready to compete.  I feel good my body is looking better…it can always look better though….I will be competing at 130-135….which is cool because I was 140 for my last show.  I just want to go and do the damn thing…..I love that rush when I get on stage….It’s funny when I’m on stage it’s a totally different persona….however in my everyday life I’m so humble.  I guess to go struttin’ on the stage in a two piece you have to have a sense of confidence. 

After that show my last show for the year will be OCB Stars and Stripes in Bowie, MD on November 15.  Yep that’s 3 weeks later, so basically I can’t have any down time….Damn that I am going to eat my lemon bar after the show next Saturday….I’ve been wanting one for weeks now.  LOL! 

Supplement update:LADIES……if you want to reduce your body fat more, the best fat burner for us is Lipo 6 Hers!  OMG this is the best!  I like it better than the regular Lipo 6, lean up, and any other fat burner I have ever used….it truly targets our problem areas.  If you use this in conjunction with your workout and diet you will see a total difference……I believe you can only get it at GNC.

Anywho, let me go as work is summoning as we speak…..UGH!!!  At least next week is a short week…I will be sure to update you with pictures from the show……Have a blessed one and be encouraged! 

Smooches

Hi Everyone!

I hope you had an enjoyable, safe, and eating right holiday weekend   LOL!  I cheated….there I admit it….The key lime pie in the damn Giant store kept calling me…..I feel so guilty!!!  But then again this does show my humanistic side….That was on Saturday…needless to say, I’ve been good since then….and some how I managed to lose a pound….how that happened I’ll never know,  not that I’m complaining….I just finished eating my luxurious lunch of tuna….yep straight outta the can….

I keep myself motivated by continuously looking at the calendar and pictures of the women I will compete against in 8 short weeks….I’ll be in the gym today hitting the weights SUPER hard….now that I think about it, is there any other way? 

Over the weekend I was pondering my life and changes I am/want making/make….hence the book I mentioned in my other blog (Repositioning Yourself..).  I have decided that going to law school IS NOT for me….When I speak to attorneys, there is so much time you must invest….I’m not willing to invest that type of time for a law career just to say I make 6 figures…..Money is great but it doesn’t truly make a person happy.  I’m not willing to forfeit my goal of competing and eventually obtaining my pro card just to say I’m an attorney….I want to do what makes me the happiest and competing makes me happy….My value and self-worth isn’t determined by amount of letters I have trailing my name (J.D., B.S. MBA, etc.)  it is determined by how I treat people, my gratitude and appreciation for people and life, and having a loving and trusting relationship with Him.  Those are some of the things that determine who I am.  You may read that and not agree and I’m not asking you to…..it’s simply my opinion.

These past couple of nights all I dream about is fitness and competing.  I’ve dreamed about people in the industry whom I’ve never met.  I wake up not with my job on my mind but what am I going to do in the gym today….it’s uncanny….I ask myself is this my calling?  I speak to my mom about it and she says the same thing over and over….Pray about it…..Now you know that’s not what I wanted to hear…but she’s right.

So over these next weeks me and God have to have some serious chats about my life…..You may read this and think this girl is trippin’.  However I firmly believe that He is the one person you can place your trust, faith, and expectations on and He will never fail….now it may be in His time and not your own (I’m still trying to grasp this concept) however what is meant for me will be mine.

With that being said, I’ll end here….but not before leaving a quote.

"Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely." Auguste Rodin

Hi Everyone!!

I’m blessed to be here writing yet another blog!  I feel great today and have simply let go of the stuff that’s plaguing me.  Today is my last day of work until next Tuesday…I’m going to MD to see my best friend and my mom.  It will be good to have a change of environment and to get out of my mundane routine…..of course I’m still going to the gym…Luckily I hit every body part since Sunday so all I need to do is cardio and abs….my best friend wants me to give her a routine to work out with weights….I hope she doesn’t get pissed with me by the time we finish….LOL! I told her I would go easy on her…..

I have decided to take on another show adventure….I figure I will compete on Nov. 15 OCB National Championsips….which is exactly 3 weeks from the Oct. 25th show.  I know I’m crazy considering it will be my 3rd show….I’m not going to let my fears stop me from going up against the best….If you don’t compete against the best how will a person know where they need to improve?  The one fear I have is going through the sodium, water, and carb depletion again and so soon after one show but oh well such is life and this is something I want….so let me start saving to buy another suit….

Hi All,

Thank you to those who stop by and read my blogs….today is a carb day and I am so happy…Two no carb days is hell!  Well not that bad….I’m trying to stick to my diet amidst life stressors, not so happy days, and trying to keep my mind right.  I will admit it’s hard….life has has so many twists and turns you never know what curve ball it may throw at you.  It’s harder when the curve balls being thrown are painful.  I understand life isn’t always fair and it’s about how you react/deal with these curve balls but damn it gets hard.

All in all I’ve still been training….how I don’t know….maybe this is God’s way of showing me this is what I really need to be doing….despite what goes on in my life positive or negative, I always make it to the gym….and I fight my way through the tears….well not all of the time…have you ever seen a chick in the gym crying and lifting weights simultaneously?…come to my gym and you just might see that from me….yes I’m serious.  I’m still sticking to my goal to compete in October….my diet has been off…and I don’t mean I’m eating any and everything….when I get sad and/or stressed, I don’t eat….and I don’t sleep as well……right now I am sitting here trying to eat my lunch of chicken breast, brocolli, and yams and I’m not feeling it….well at least I ate something.

I was given a reality check earlier this week….I was told I was insensitve and harsh at times….Well, this was news to me…So I decided to call up a few of my friends and an ex to see if this were true (we don’t always see ourselves as others see us)….and the running theme was YES I can be this way at times…I felt/still feel dismayed that I didn’t recognize this about myself….and it makes me wonder who have I hurt with my insensitivity and harshness (I & H ).  I can honestly say that sometimes my I & H was not intentional and sometimes it was….

Past experiences, past hurts, personal failures, and fears has unknowingly shaped me into this ice princess.  So now the question I present to myself is "How do I move past this and utilize this new found information to make myself better?"  I don’t want to be known as the pretty girl who has the hard exterior….I’m not trying to push people away because of my demeanor….nor do I want to my past experiences to hinder me from being the woman I continue to grow into….

I understand it’s a process.  I know I have to forgive myself and others and lastly I have to be PATIENT!  So in search of making myself better I have purchased Reposition Yourself: Living Life Without Limits by T.D. Jakes…..The first 5 chapters had me in tears….in the process I am getting back to me…too many times I exert energy in efforts, in people, things, ideas, etc all while starving myself….not a good thing….the keys is BALANCE, BALANCE, BALANCE!!  Without this balance of spiritual, mental, and physical healthiness things go crazy….trust me I know…..so wish me luck on rediscovering me again….

I will leave you with this:

How you climb up the mountain is just as important as how you get down the mountain.  And so it is with life, which for many of us becomes one big gigantic test followed by one big gigantic lesson.  In the end, it all comes down to one word.  Grace.  It’s how you accept winning and losing, good luck and bad luck, the darkness and the light.  —Philosphy: Amazing Grace