For some reason I was thinking about him today and this came to mind …..

and I don’t know why … made me laugh …along with this pix !!!!

KATHY The Oye Body Survey A Physique Profile Series Featuring Athletes & Fitness Models http://www.MUSCLE-INK.com A Network For Serious Athletes

If they did, then you would exactly know what you’re getting yourself into before you begin, whether or not you’ll know, that it’s a lemon, that you are getting, that will leave that sour, unpleasant taste in your mouth.

You have all the facts right there in front of you, then and only then will you make that assessment and decision objectively; whether or not to involve yourself in in that mutual liaison of what I call ‘trolling for fish’

Unfortunately nothing like that exists, we rely on sentiment, emotion and gut feeling.  Those gut feelings are more often than not ignored, overlooked and disregarded,  because, we do not as; humans want to see the unscrupulous and manipulative behavior – we want to see first-class, the good in individuals. We generally believe the deception, because we do not want to see the negative.

We sometimes become little fishes in the deep blue sea, staring at the “bait” that gives us the impression of being “oh” so alluring, appealing and enthralling. Some become mesmerized; by the dreams and aspirations that your invited to be apart of.

Why, because we do not “pay attention” to our inner soul; forewarning us, telling us over and over stay away, stay very far away. We have all been there at some point or another.

This I find becomes a sport, of sorts, a game whose rules (the fish doesn’t know until its to late,)  of the one that’s fishing, they cast that charming line and start trolling and are superior at what they do, because they know nothing else. It’s learned behavior over years –and years and fishing makes them experts. Fisherman have patience and will wait and wait until they get their fish.

Their lives are lived that way, most likely as a result, of  lack of nurturing and encouragement as a child; in their lives; they are always on the move, running almost,  looking for that perfect lure to get another fish, and are relentlessly looking for another  fish that may or may not become some sort of assistance to them personally, professionally or financially only to move to the next, with more colorful and powerful bait.

Once they have you on board; your helpless, the sparkle of the shiny lure ensnared you. The stories are spun according to the situation and eventually change when the deception is discovered.

So what does the fish do? The hook is in you mouth, your struggle to get out but cant, you want to, your gut says too, but something is holding you back from fighting and struggling to take out that hook.

The fish stays, they have no choice now and the fisherman pretends, and considers – should I toss you back in the ocean, or should they utilize it until they acquire all that they need, only to toss you back into that ocean, with that sour taste in your mouth and well as that gash from the “hook” they used to reel you in.

Moral of this story – Shiny and sparkling lures are enticing, but there’s a reason why the fisherman changes his bait every now and then, only to help themselves at the expense of others.

Myself, I am a lionfish; astonishingly beautiful not in a physical sense;  as a person, inside, graceful with cautious movements.

Lures don’t work …lionfish are smarter than that, they know, the deception that lurks above the water line…it could very well be a shark and not a fisherman….

I just wanted to thank each and everyone of you that have emailed texted - and commented on my page in my absence - I have gotten literally   hundreds of emails- and i def know i cant answer all of them - but thanks so much for all of your support and kind words in a most trying time - in the midst of all of this I had a great  opportunity thrown at me in July at a sponsorship with a company,  I had to be turn down because health issues - but that’s ok - there’s always a next time and there will be

I really do appreciate it in words that I cannot even begin to write here - it would make me cry - and have done enough of that -K

Last year about this time – I had considered doing the Masters Nationals. I have decided to put this on hold (MAYBE LOL) , until next year. I had done 3 shows so far this year – the majors being the Arnold Amateur and the Metropolitans. I am committed to doing 2 more for the season, and then hang up the figure suit until next year. Unless I see substantial changes and this can only come if I rest and eat appropriately will I consider doing Team U and/or the Eastern’s, considering I really don’t have that much time, I may save those for next year too. Next year for sure - I will only do larger shows rather than the smaller ones, although nice and I have fun, its no competition when you place 3rd and there’s 3 people in your class LOL

My body can only take so much. LOL The caliber of figure womens at these HUGE shows is phenomenal; I saw this first hand at the Arnold! Despite the fact that I am where in terms of physique, I would like to be , rounded capped shoulders, ripped abs ,  and legs,  I still have to work on and have been firming up the glutes and hams. Although the soft look, that I have been seeing in the “smaller shows” is not what I am seeing at the BIG shows…definitely a big difference in the two.

Here are some pictures of the WINNERS in last years Masters National – no SOFTIES here

OVERALL WINNER AND FIGURE 35+ WINNER, TINA WHITE

FIGURE A WINNER

FIGURE C WINNER

To keep all of my friends updated, I had planned to do a figure show on May 9th; however I became very ill the actual day of the show. To give you some insight as to what went on with me physically, I basically was burning the candle at both ends so to speak, I don’t know what the word QUIT is, I always push forward no matter what.

Anyway to give you an idea of what my body went through in the course of a month I did a full deplete for a show/photo shoot on April 11, The NYC Metropolitans, April 25th NJ Suburban, Photo Shoot May 3rd and May 9th, NJ MidAtlantic.

I did not however do the May 9th Show – I was REALLY REALLY SICK. I woke up the morning of May 9th, at around 4am; I was basically up all night p-ing my ass off LOL.
Anyway, I didn’t feel well, I was extremely dehydrated, and I couldn’t pinch any skin anywhere on my body at ALL. I was hard and ripped, and I was never as well conditioned in my life, however, I became nauseous, dizzy, vomiting and started cramping.

I could absolutely NOT drive myself to NJ to this show, almost called an ambulance!! That is how bad I felt. If you know me, I don’t do that, nurses do not want to go to hospitals – I felt that bad. But being the trooper that I am, I waited an hour and started to get ready anyway LOL WHY??? I don’t know, I started walking around the house and then I started vomiting again, I had nothing IN ME to come out. It was awful, I said to myself; NOPE I am not doing it.

I weigh myself usually a week out and then the morning of the show – on May 4th, I weighed about 121-122 lbs, the day of the show I weighed 114lbs – I lost 7 -8 pounds of water. I know now what the problem was for this show- I didn’t hydrate well during the week and that’s what messed me up.

I spent the day lying down with a HUGE headache, and drank about a case of water, NO LIE, I didn’t pee until 830pm that night!!! This is how dehydrated I was. Each and every time we do shows, we take a serious risk!! Screwing around with you electrolytes is dangerous, and I can tell you that first hand.

It took close to 4 weeks to get back to normal- what a ride this was. I took some pictures later in the afternoon and as you will see was still ripped at 4pm in the afternoon – despite all of the water I drank ….I’m glad to be back to normal. well almost normal LOL

Below are the pics that I took – I needed to really see what I looked like – I was much much thinner earlier in the day – and also – the pictures show exactly how crappy I was feeling, I look like I wanna PUKE and did LOL

K

I have decided to keep my profile up – it was probably ridiculous for me to take everything down but at that time – I felt that I had no choice – only because really going online here or anywhere was the last thing that I needed or wanted to do at the time.

I am putting everything back on here so people don’t forget me, for my family to see what I have accomplished over the years, for my friends to continually visit for motivation and for my enemies to do what they do best…….

The past couple of months have been grueling both physically and emotionally - and has been an extremely hard time. I have been handed a pretty shitty deck of cards, and I don’t know really where to turn. As always in my life I am left to deal with it on my own, despite how I am feeling physically, this time it hard to bounce back, just to get knocked down again and again.  

I want the images to motivate and bring to mind where I came from how I started and what I have become.

Carla Petrocelli

Carla Petrocelli

Minutes Before going on stage!!

Minutes Before going on stage!!

Carla , Marie and Kat

Carla and Mike

4th Place Masters

Masters Finals