My gosh, tomorrow puts me at exactly 2 Saturdays before my show. On the 3^rd Saturday, I will be on stage ?. Wheeeeewwwwweeeeee ?. We are getting so close.

I felt very good on the cardio machine this morning. I got through my 45 mins session in record time!! Today was ?L? day. I listened to all the songs on my iPod that started with the letter ?L?, and got me jamming. The scale unfortunately continues to play tricks with my head. When I started this journey on Jan 1^st, I?d just come back from vacation and got on the scale with all the water retention and what not at 160 lbs ?. From Jan 1^st til now, if I were to realistically allow for 1lbs loss per week, I should be at least 19 lbs lighter? the scale should be reading 141 lbs?. well it?s not? I?m hovering about 5 lbs more than that. The weird thing is that I look lean, and feel lean. Perhaps my scale is jacked up!!! I should have heeded Jully?s advice from time, and bought an analog scale.

Mr Fedex arrived with my one-piece posing suit yesterday! It is absolutely stunning and looks nice on me. It fits okay, but not perfect just yet as I still have some leaning down to do. I love it, and can?t wait to strut my stuff on stage and show it off.

Passion Fruit Designs is DA BOMB!!!!! I totally recommend Berns Bedard and her team. They are such excellent people to work with. Berns holds a real special place in my heart. Thank you Berns ?. You know why ? Thank you for ALLL of your support, kind words, and understanding. You are truly a PHENOMENAL woman! I?m blessed to have met you. I owe that to Shaun ?Muscles? Campbell, who suggested that I contact you for a suit. Thank you Shaun!!

If you?ve never checked out their website, I suggest you don?t waste a minute more and click on the following link; http://www.passionfruitdesigns.com/. All of the big names State side in this industry for Fitness and Figure work with Berns and her team. When you check out her suits, it?s a no brainer as to why they do.

The suit fits soooooo comfortable and it?s not even a perfect fit yet. I don?t even feel like I?m wearing anything. To be quite honest, I wish I had also gotten my two piece suit from her as well.

I?ll be using the same one I used to compete in 2005. They are expensive, little things, so I chose to maximize the purchase. While my 2005 suit is nice as well, it?s really not as comfortable as Bern?s suit now that I have something to compare it to. That suit was made for me State side by another notable designer and the work she did on it was impeccable. You can see a pic of it in my profile pictures. The biggest difference for me for comfort between the two is the material. My two piece suit is somewhat scratchy on my skin. The material of my one piece is smooth.

E has taken pics of me in both suits, but for now I?ll only be sharing with a select few ? for all you others, you?ll have to come out to the show to see my final physique transformation!!!! ? or wait for the pics from the show if you don?t live in the Toronto area or not able to come.

Now, the next step is to continue to train and diet hard so that both suits fit me like a glove!!!

Have a great day, and see you back here tomorrow.

Cheers,
Nke

PS: For those looking to read some tips and tricks, I have to apologize for not having provided any for some time. These last few weeks unfortunately have been very trying and the next few are going to be extremely busy ? so once I am done with my shows I promise to inundate you with stuff. Hopefully for now, you just enjoy reading about my journey!