KAT16’s BodyBlog

Ok,  so over the past 2 weeks i have been doing my cardio daily but i was only lifting about 2-3 days a week (which i am so not use to). I was still eating my turkey and oatmeal and healthy foods but since my boyfriend, teebonesteakus, has been dieting for months and just got done competing in the North Americans you know he was ready to splurge…full force. So of course, without having to twist my arm,  i dove right in and ate some junk food right along with him (come on, you know i was just being the supportive girlfriend) LOL. Part of me felt like crap after eating it and part of me didnt care bc i know that when i start eating better it doesnt take me long to start leaning out and showing progress. My body ususally reacts to dieting and working out fast, which im grateful for.

After about 2 weeks of SLACKING… i dont know what came over me, but this week rocked! I was eating better all week and packing my food to take to work with me. We even went to the grocery store and got icecream, cookies, donuts and all sorts of junk food and i barely ate any of it. By the time i went to go get a bite it was gone, he had already finished it so i guess i should be thanking him. LOL. My workouts have been awesome too. I did cardio and lifted everyday. There were days when i did my cardio at 6am before going to work that way i only had to lift after work and there were even days when i would go to the gym for an 1hr- 1.5 hrs on my break to get it in becuase i was feeling pumped and ready to go and on other days i was doing it all at night. Didnt really matter to me when i did it as long as i got it in.

I have always thought about competing but there were other goals that i had already started that i wanted to finish before challenging myself for another. Now that those are done i am taking serious consideration into competing. So many people compliment me on my figure and ask me if i compete or am getting ready for a show when im in the gym and i usually just say "no, thanks though, that makes me feel really good, maybe one day".. and thats it. But lately i sit back and think to myself, "wow these are NPC competitors saying these things to me and totally know what they are talking about and my boyfriend tells me ALL THE TIME that he thinks i should compete so gosh darn it maybe i should". Maybe i should just do it, right? Why not? What do i  got to loose? I have been workig out for so long, maybe its time to take it to another level. Im not opposed of it by any means, but your your own worse critic (need i say more). So…..since my boyfriend and i are really close with another couple (that live 3 hrs away) who compete all the time we decided that we are going to visit eachother every month to work with eachother and learn knew things and see how we are progressing. Who knows at that point? All i know is im ready… I just turned 30, got my hair chopped (yes chopped 14 inches….gone), my boyfriend and i have been talking about starting an awesome future together (house, marriage, all that good stuff) and i feel like im not done, that i need to do more, so maybe this is it, maybe its competing. HMMM.

On a side note: You know how it goes… dont work out… eat like crap… feel like a fat a$$ and want to lay around in your pajamas LOL. Well i had to go out for my friends 30th last weekend and of course wasnt feeling all that hot (until i got a couple drinks in me), when she sent me the pics the other day i was quite shocked that i still had some sort of definition underneath all those cookies! The pic is funny, it was me (short dark hair) and my girl arm wrestling (at the bar), acting like fools, but having fun.

Ok so North Americans are over and my baby, teebonesteakus placed 5^th in the light heavy weight division. Great job baby! I am so happy that I could be there with him at the show and through contest prep supporting him all the way seeing how he has improved and trained so hard, not only for this show but over the past 4 years.  

He has decided not to compete again until next year so now may be a good time for us to focus on me and seeing if I can get myself ready for a competition. He has always told me that I should compete and he feels that I would do great but there were a couple of things that were holding me back. For one I wanted to finish school, which I did so that’s not an excuse anymore. For two, you’re your own worse critic so of course I was never satisfied with myself and I was always looking for areas to improve. And for three, I know how expensive this sport really is. Lately we have been talking about buying a house, marriage and family and god knows that all that entails money too… and money doesn’t grow on trees! Lol. Living in the present and not the past bc people who often dwell on the past don’t succeed to there full potential. We are moving forward with our goals, together, unlike some people who are stuck on people of the past. So is there any possible way to achieve it all and have it all??? I think so, but it will just mean busting ass for a while right. So in saying that, good luck to those who are struggling to overcome reality and the obstacles they are experiencing.  

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