AmyLK’s BodyBlog

I did it. I placed 6th..out of 7. I was by far the tallest girl, but they put us all in one class. Probably not the best for me. My goal was to not finish last, which I did accomplish. However, I was fairly disappointed in myself because my posing was not good. That is soooo much harder than it looks!  I thought I had practiced and had it down, but I learned a very valuable lesson, you can’t practice that too much.

I did have a ton of fun however, and met some pretty cool people. All the girls were really nice. I am proud of my friend Kathy who won the show. She is an amazing person, and was so sweet and helpful to me throughout the prep for this show.

I’m already planning on doing another show in Boise in September. I think this experience will definately help me in future shows. My hubby tried to take some pics, but they all turned out pretty dark and blurry. He did get some video and a couple shots that I’m going to post.

I’m taking the week off from the gym…instructions from my coach! I’ll be hitting it hard after that, and will be practice posing ALOT this summer!

I am pretty excited!!! All the hard work posing, in gym, dieting, everything has been an adventure, and a learning experience. It is amazing what I can accomplish if I set my mind to it.

I think I have most everything ready to go, bag is packed with everything I can pack, NGA card made it here in time, got the polygraph done last night. Today I’ve got to do another coat of tan, and get my nails and toes prettied up. And eat!!! I get to eat some yummy stuff tonight and I’m excited about that. It is hard for me to wrap my brain around the fact that I have dieted and worked so hard and tonight, the night before the show, I get to eat crap! LOL

I can’t wait to shower though. This tan stuff stinks!!!

Holy cow I can’t believe its almost here!!! I am WAY excited to do this. I’ve started upping my water intake…I think I just need to hang out in the ladies room! LOL I’m excited to see the changes in my body up to show day. I took Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of next week off. I’ve got hair, wax, and nail appointments. Since this is an NGA show I’m doing, I have to take a polygraph test so I have that scheduled for Thursday evening. I’ve been practice posing alot, and will continue to do so. My husband has been such a sport through all this, cooking chicken for me, helping with posing, dealing with my moodiness, not going out to eat anywhere because I can’t. He is awesome!!!!

The diet hasn’t been THAT bad. I am looking forward to jelly bellies and Cracklin Oat Bran cereal once the show is over! Those are the things that I am craving right now…..I thought it would be beer! LOL

I was online yesterday reading about tanning and make up for my competition. SOOO much information…..spray tan, dream tan, jan tana…which to use? Make up…I’m a girly girl and wear the stuff every day, but I know I don’t have the right stuff for stage. I need to visit the MAC counter, and there isn’t one where I live. I think I’ll be waiting until the end of the month when I go to Utah to watch my friends compete in a show there. That is only 3 weeks before my show and I would so much rather know that I have all of that under control before that. What to do…….

I was talking to the two guys that are doing the NPC show in Utah that I’m going to yesterday. Brian has done this before and Steve has not. Steve and I are both nervous about the whole water thing, and fat being left in places we don’t want it. This is such a learning experience for the both of us.

I practiced posing today….I think that is coming along pretty well. I need to put on my suits and practice in them.

I’m thinking of cutting my hair…….I really like Jamie Eason’s cut, and Amy Kessler’s. However, I’ve NEVER had my hair that short, and I’m a little nervous to do that. Sure would make life easier!!! So many things to think about. LOL

to do a pullup…..on my own!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It felt so good I managed to do two!

After that accomplishment this morning I killed my legs. I think by Sunday I may not be able to walk…but that is a good thing. I’ve got to go back tonight for some HIIT. I’ve been 100% with my training and cardio this week. Haven’t missed a thing. I am pretty focused on the stage at this point. 7 weeks seems like a long time…but yet no so much. I’ve got to pay more attention to posing as well. I’ve practiced a couple times this week, but I know that is not enough.

My friend’s birthday was yesterday and she wants to go out to dinner tonight. She let me off the hook and told me that she understood if I didn’t want to go because I won’t eat or drink anything, but I feel like I can’t let my diet and goal of getting on stage ruin my social life. So, I’m going to leave work a little early, get to the gym to do my HIIT, come home, eat here, and then meet them at the restaurant. One of the other girls that is going is brining her baby so I will occupy myself with baby Joey!! 

All the bosses are gone today at work, so I don’t think it will be a very productive day! I’ll probably log in and spend some time surfing while at work today!! LOL

Obviously no one wants to be called "fat." However, I think that the majority of the people that spend time lifting weights don’t want to be labeled "skinny!!!" I take being called skinny the same as a person being called fat takes it….mostly as an insult!!! I know the person saying didn’t mean it that way, but that is still the way I take that comment.

Case in point, I was sitting at work on Friday and a person who I haven’t seen in a few months came in, sat at my desk and said "wow, you’re skinny." I know it was meant as a compliment, but I’d certainly rather hear "wow, you’re lean," or "look at those biceps." Skinny just makes me think of a small teenage boy…..and I certainly don’t want to be called that!!!  LOL

Yesterday was a test of my willpower. I volunteered to be a judge at a hole for an indoor golf tournament. The money raised from the tournament goes back to my community to help disabled adults and underprivledged children, so it was for a great cause. As you might guess the holes for the tournament were at bars throughout town. So, I spent the entire day hanging out at a bar watching drunks try to play golf. It was quite entertaining!! LOL Many of the players wanted to buy me drinks, and the bar provided food. However, I resisted all temptation to indulge in any chips, dips, snacks, or alcohol. I drank water, and ate the chicken and veggies I took with me. I was very proud of myself, and I’ve again proven to myself that I don’t need booze to have a good time. Staying sober watching drunks try and play golf is pretty funny! Trying to keep them on task was a bit of a challenge at times, but still fun. As each team came in the bar they handed me their scorecard, and each team member got a chance to golf. We took the best score and sent the team on their way to the next bar/hole. There were a couple teams that just killed me. I would call their name when it was their turn to hit, and I said to one guy.."you’re Joe right," and his response was "yes, and you’re hot." At the awards ceremony one guy came up to me and said "I would have hit better if you weren’t so hot. I couldn’t look at you standing there and concentrate on the hole." Made me laugh!!!

is finally going to ship to me tomorrow. I am so excited! I found it on Diva Exchange and it is coming from Sensational Designs. I ordered it the first part of January so it feels like its taking forever to get it. I hope I like it, and it fits. I know I’m too close to show time to get another one made.

I did 45 minutes of cardio this morning, then decided to tan. I stayed in the tanning bed a little too long…I’m sort of pink. Usually I don’t like to be in there longer than 15 minutes, but the sun has not been out here in so long and I was starting to get a little depressed about it, so I stayed in the bed for 20 minutes just to be warm 5 minutes longer.

I did a little shopping today. Found some bargins on some tops at Dillards. I walked thru the food court and didn’t even stop to sniff the cookies or have my mouth water for a pretzel. All I had to do was look at the large people sitting around and know that eating those things will only take me further from my goals.

I have tomorrow off for President’s day, but I’m still planning to hit the gym at 4:30 am for my upper body workout. That may seem crazy since I have the day off, but I don’t like to mess with my schedule too much.

Yikes, time goes by soooo quickly! I’m 9 weeks out from my competition. Things are going well…I think. I posted some progress pics, and I think my legs and abs look leaner. Still work to do, but I think its coming along. Diet has been good. No cheats, not even any candy or chocolate on Valentine’s day. Yay me. I think I am going to have my one allowed cheat tomorrow. My dog’s birthday was Valentine’s day, and she LOVES pizza crust, and we’ve always gotten pizza on her birthday so she can have the crust..I know terribly spoiled dog! LOL 

My goal is to practice posing every day from here foward. I know I need work to just feel comfortable posing without a mirror to make sure I have my back right. It is much better than when I first started, but practice makes perfect.

Isn’t it strange how we see ourselves, and how others see us? This last week I’ve just felt bloated and yucky for some reason. Every time I looked in the mirror, I think I saw "fat" Amy. I went to my dentist Friday afternoon and all the hygenists were overally impressed with the transformation I’ve made in my body. I’ve been going to the same dentist every six months since I moved to Idaho, so they’ve seen "fat" Amy, and now "smaller" Amy. Lisa "my" hygenist, whom I adore because she is so stinking funny, spent the entire time she was cleaning my teeth asking me about what I eat, how much, ect. Its hard to answer questions when she has my mouth full cleaning tools! LOL

Last night I hit the gym for some cardio, and I couldn’t talk myself into running, so I did the stairmaster for 30 minutes instead. After I was done these girls who I see at the gym every evening when I’m there and I started talking. One of them asked me how I got my waist so small, which made me laugh! I told her it was an illusion. LOL Anyway, we proceeded to talk for awhile, and its funny how we all looked at each other and wished we had something the other had. One of them has a great butt and every time I see her walk around the gym while I’m running I think to myself…"dang, I hope I can get my butt to look as good as hers someday." The other has great legs…great muscle, and shape, and I want those as well. They both told me I had great arms, and the tiniest waist that they’d like to have.

It is just interesting to me that I can be having the most horrible "fat" day and someone else is looking at me and wishing they looked like me, or at least some part of their body looked like mine. I guess I need to always remember that.

I have a pretty specific diet and eat pretty clean most all the time, which means we don’t go out to eat very often. We have had a friend visiting since Friday night, so we’ve gone out a couple times. Saturday night was planned, and even thought I didn’t eat my normal diet, I still didn’t go crazy. We hit the Texas Roadhouse and I had steak with onions and mushrooms, and a baked sweet potato with nothing on it. The waitress did look at me like I was crazy when I asked for it without any butter, sugar or marshmellows! I stayed away from beer as well. I did probably eat too many peanuts!

This afternoon our guest wanted to go out for lunch so we went to a restaurant that my hubby has eaten at before but I’d never been there. Seriously, there wasn’t a thing on that menu that fit into my diet. Everything was sauteed in olive oil, or had cheese or somthing else on it that I didn’t want. I asked to get some grilled chicken on the salad I ended up ordering, but they don’t serve chicken at this time. What kind of restaurant doesn’t have grilled chicken?!?!!?  So I ended up coming home and eating my chicken after we left the restaurant.

If more people were more conscious of their diets, would restaurants get a clue and serve food that wasn’t drowning in oil, cheese and other junk? Would they have menu choices that those of us that try and eat clean and healthy could order from? I guess I need to open a restaurant!! 

 I had today off from work in honor of MLK. I went shopping for some clothing that fits this afternoon. I was down to like two pair of pants that fit! I found some bargins at JC Penney…that is about the only place in Pocatello that has clothing I can wear to work. I really need to go somewhere else shopping, but just haven’t found the time.