Well I am back from Miami the Fame North American Championships and I won the Advanced Female Body Building Class and earned my Fame Pro Status!  Feels Pretty GOOD!  I also placed 3rd in the Open Muscle Model class….that was an interesting new experience for me too…..It has been a long year of competitions and now I am going to take a little R&R from competition and make my plans for competing next year (probably Spring or early summer 2009)…..First I need to get over my “FOOD HANGOVER”!  I will hopefully have a bunch of pictures from the show soon and will post a few here and on my other sites.  You can check out www.bodyproud.com (that is the Fame website and they’ll probably have pics first)……I have a profile there as well so you can look me up.  And then of couse my Facebook and my personal site www.kimayres.com …. I have a LOT of catching up to do after being gone so much over the past few months competing so I may not be getting back on my profile here regulalry for a bit!

Thanks for all your well wishes and support!

Well I am back from Spain (a bit jet lagged & travel weary)…. First I need to say, “I am sooo proud to be an AMERICAN and very happy to be back in the USA”….. Let’s just say…Spain was not what I had expected it to be….  As for the competition…well two words…”HOLY STEROIDS!”  The American Team was FOR SURE one of the only Natural Team of athletes present at this competition (I think the Canadians were too and a couple others we met but far & few between!)…with over 46 countries and 170+ competitors….we were surrounded by a HUGE LIE.  Although the promoters declared the show follows the “Olympic Drug/Blood Doping” Rules and Regulations….there was NO SUCH Testing going on……in fact we saw that in order to pass this off as a “TESTED” Competition…they would take the top 6 competitors from each class….and have them draw a ping pong ball out of a bag….the bag had all gold balls & one black one and whom ever drew the black ball would have to pee in a cup……that was the extent of their testing procedures.  The American Team was pretty much “dwarfed” on stage……and I am pretty sure there were a few competitors that if genetically tested would have shown a Y chromosome…but they were undergoing sex change hormone replacement (I am totally serious about this no laughing matter!)…..it was appalling to me!  At any rate I did not place in the show….(my teammates each made it to the top 15 of their classes but none of us made it to the final top 6 of our classes) and maybe I sound like a poor sport to some…but I will say I am glad that I went and the experience was definitely a “Once in a Lifetime Opportunity”….I was so thankful that my husband Jim decided to go along with me…I don’t think I could have held it together emotionally without him! 

The experience has helped me to make some major decisions about my future in this sport….the first being that I am determined to find a NATURAL Body Building SANCTION to compete with and which represents what my morals are as a fitness professional, an athlete and human being.  I am now focused on the FAME show upcoming in Miami Florida on Oct 31^st thru Nov 1^st…….If this sanction truly stands by what they claim to be “A COMPLETELY DRUG FREE SANCTION” then this is the road I plan to take…I would like to rise to the top of the FAME sanction in the next year and promote & represent NATURAL BODYBUILDING as it should BE.

I am in Total FOCUS MODE for my training Once AGAIN!

Love & Light

Kim

Train Hard or GO HOME!

Body Building as a Lifestyle can be very representative & symbolic of our SPiritual Path & choices in LIFE in general.  Let me try to explain: When most people think about a body builder’s training diet/regime the things that come to mind for most are things like "willpower, discipline, and deprivation".  And it is true that a "training diet" can be a real test of WILLPOWER and sometimes the workouts can seem like an endless test of your TENACITY…but TRUE body building as a lifestyle is also a deeper expression of spiritual passion and the infinite love and desire for ones SOUL that lives in this physical body.

The choices we make as "body builders" can mirror and strengthen the choices we make on all levels of our existence not just the physical, but the mental and emotional and spiritual aspects of our BEING.

Let’s face it, food is an "EXPERIENCE" of senses…and all of us find PLEASURE in indulging these senses…some more than others but I believe it is a HUMAN quality we ALL share and should find JOY in.  But there is also a PURPOSE and FUNCTION for eating…to FEED the physical body.  As humans we are blessed with the beautiful "FREE WILL" to choose…to "have our cake…and eat it too". And as body builders we often make decisions about our training & diet based purely on "function"; getting that extra rep or set, taking a day off to recover, eating to feed the muscle and burn the fat, etc… Sometimes we must avoid specific things (people, places, foods), even though we "LOVE" them…We have to set priorities based on the committment we’ve made to our higher selves.  We exercise this WILL POWER MUSCLE just like any other muscle and it gets stronger over time.  And we see the benefits out weigh the sacrifices…

These choices though can be made from two different "mindsets". One comes from the "DARKSIDE"-the EGO-CENTRIC-JUDGEMENTAL perspective that "I am superior to everyone else…and all who don’t follow are weak or lazy"…. This is a BAD place to come from and in the end GETS YOU Nowhere on the Spiritual realm.  On the other hand, youcan come from the UNIVERSAL U…the YOU that comes from the LIGHT and is connected to EVERYTHING & EVERYONE…the part of you that is a SPIRITUAL BEING & TEACHER. Choices made from this perspective are more meaningful and never leave you feeling DEPRIVED at all.

I stand upon this hill of sand and some may wonder why I’ve chosen this place.
 

From afar it seems so barren, lonely and displaced.
 

Tenacity
 

Standing tall, humble and bold…
Personality trait or a condition of the soul?
 

A deep inner longing to find a place of tranquility, stability and peace…
Or a game we play in this “life-like-’race”?
 

Tenacity
 

Standing tall, humble and bold…
Entangled in the earth but reaching for grace.
 

Seasons change and time goes on
Illusion or not, today is right here, tomorrow is gone
 

Tenacity
 

Standing tall, humble and bold…
I pray God’s face smiles watching my life unfold
Rooted in truth and reaching for sky
 

Tenacity
 

Standing tall, humble and bold…

Never questioning why

By Kim Landry-Ayres 2008

That just because two people argue,  

it doesn’t mean they don’t love each other.  

And just because they don’t argue,  

it doesn’t mean they do love each other.  

I Believe…  

That we don’t have to change friends if  

we understand that friends change.  

I Believe…  

That no matter how good a friend is, they’re going to hurt  

you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.  

I Believe…  

That true friendship continues to grow, even over  

the longest distance. Same goes for true love.  

  I Believe….  

 That you can do something in an instant  

that will give you heartache for life.  

I Believe…  

That it’s taking me a long time  

to become the person I want to be.  

I Believe…  

That you should always leave loved ones with  

loving words. It may be the last time you see them.  

I Believe…  

That you can keep going long after you think you can’t.  

I Believe…  

That we are responsible for what  

we do,  no matter how we feel.  

I Believe…  

That either you control your attitude or it controls you.  

I Believe…  

That heroes are the people who do what has to be done  

when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences.  

I Believe…  

That money is a lousy way of keeping score.  

I Believe…  

That my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time.  

I Believe…  

That sometimes the people you expect to kick you  

when you’re down, will be the ones to help you get back up.  

I Believe…  

That sometimes when I’m angry I have the right to be angry,   

but that doesn’t give me the right to be cruel.  

I Believe…  

That maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you’ve had  

and what you’ve learned from them and less to do  

with how many birthdays you’ve celebrated.  

I Believe…  

That it isn’t always enough, to be forgiven by others.  

sometimes, you have to learn to forgive yourself.  

I Believe…  

That no matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn’t stop for your grief.  

I Believe…  

That our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are,  

but, we are responsible for who we become.  

I Believe…  

That you shouldn’t be so eager to find  

out a secret. It could change your life Forever.  

I Believe…  

Two people can look at the exact same  

thing and see something totally different.  

I Believe…  

That your life can be changed in a matter of  

hours by people who don’t even know you.  

I Believe…  

That even when you think you have no more to give, when  

a friend cries out to you - you will find the strength to help.  

I Believe…  

That credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.  

I Believe…  

That the people you care about most in life are taken from you too soon.  

‘The happiest of people don’t necessarily have the best of everything:  

they just make the most of everything they have.’  

Gotta go TRAIN & POSE SOME MORE NOW!

Kim

Once the profile page is up…scroll to the bottom and click on "Ready to Vote" then a new page will appear with little circles by each gal…find my profile Kim age 37…click in my circle then scroll to bottom of the page again and click on "Vote Now" you will know your vote counted when the response page comes up and then you can go back again and do it AGAIN & AGAIN & AGAIN!  Vote as many times as your willing to…and multiple times a day for the two week period and tell a few friends to do the same!  Many THANKS….with all your help I’ll be on my way to the FINALS in Vegas at the end of September!  Kim