My talking out loud

I FINALLY made it to the stage! This past saturday I competed in the USBF baltimore natural pro/am and if you can believe it I made a clean sweep of it all, even taking the title of MS USBF Figure Pro… Wow… still hard for me to believe! Especially knowing where i came from!

So just a recap of my last few days to the stage..peek week went well until friday night. my coach came over to start painting me and my tummy was feeling all bloated and yucky, i chalked it up to all the carbs but shortly after going to bed it got worse! I was up all night running for the potty. I was freaking out cause I was so scared I wasn’t going to make it to the stage..but Saturday morning I was determined! I loaded full of immodium and off I went!

I entered 3 catagories and the figure girls were first so we didn’t have long to wait. I quickly began chatting with some of the other competitors which took my mind off stuff. The girls were all so nice, its funny how once you get there and meet your competition you really don’t look at them as competition anymore, there just girls who are doing the same as me…

Masters was first and omg was i shaking! My knees were going crazy, but as i looked around and saw how much some of the girls were struggling to hold there poses it somehow made me be able to relax a little more..there were 12 of us in masters so that took a while..then i did my first "t" walk and LOVED it!

Next up was Novice so out I went again with 13 girls and seemed like we were out there forever… followed again by my "t"walk.

Then was Overall figure short so i had a small break then they called for tall so i was up. I think at this point there was only 6 of us so 1/4 turns were quick. Then my final "t"walk and by this time i was so comfortable, actually a little to comfy and i stumbled once…lol!

I was then done and free to leave so I made it back to my parents for about 2 hrs and relaxed, but my tummy was having issues again, so the nerves set in…

We headed back to the school and i suited up..

Figure girls then had to do our night show "t" walk and i was so excited to do mine as i loved my music choice and knew it get the crowd going, but….They lost my music!!!! I would up having to walk to some Shania twain song…lol! So not me! But noone knew..

I then had to wait till all 93 competitors (I was #3) did there thing then they brought out figure masters, had us exit then called top 5 out in random order..wouldn’t you know i was the last # called! So they started to give 5th, 4th 3rd and then 2nd and i never heard my # so i stood there confused for a few till i heard the crowd cheering for #3 then i realized i must have won..lol!

Soon as we came off stage, i had to go back out with the novice, then exit and then got called for top 5. Once again i stood there confused till i realized I had won again!

Wow!

Then overall short so i stood back and watched, then me again for overall tall. This was the one i really wanted to win, and omg I did!!!!! They announced me as the overall figure tall winner and new usbf figure pro….wooohoooo!!!

I was so excited as i walked off the stage, but then was told i had to go right back out for a pose down with the overall short winner…i was confused, i had no idea you had to do that, but i followed. We did 1/4 turns we got compared and more 1/4 turns, the judges wrote stuff on little papers and then the MC started looking them over and asked the crowd who they thought and it was pretty humbling to here all the people cheering my number and then the MC announced that the judges agree and take the trophy to #3…wow! I was floored! I litterally was trying not to jump up and down!

I really had some great competition and the girls were amazing! Looking back at the photos i still don’t know what made me the winner over them cause i was even envious of some of their physics…

I had a blast and yes i will compete again but probably wait to build a little more and bring a better package next time…i need some shoulders!

After the show i changed and we met up with friends for dinner but due to my tummy issues i never got that celebration meal, instead i had a little steak and a potatoe.

Funny part is my belly finally let loose that night and looks like i have a case of the stomach flu…so here i am moday and still sick and still without a big celebration meal!!!lol! Hopefully things will turn around for turkey day! Im just blessed it was able to hold off enough to rock the stage!!!!!

Hi all! Happy day after Holloween!

Im here with just 3 more weeks till my first figure comp. And I am soooo excited! And Sooooo nervous! Im scared Im not "lean" enough, im scared Im gonna cramp on stage and Im scared im gonna be sick to my stomach from nerves….. But Im so excited on the other hand to finally accomplish another goal!

Im one of those girls that looks at it like no matter what as long as i get up on that stage im a winner, i mean look at all I have accomplished to get me there… By the time I make it to the stage I will have set another milestone…losing 100lbs.! But really who am I kidding..I WANT TO PLACE.. better yet I WANT TO WIN!!!!! There I said it! I want to win!!.lol!

Funny, i never really gave any thought to winning before, it was just about the accomplishment and experience but the other day I realized just how many of my friends/gym peeps were going to attend and it hit me…oh my goodness..what if i don’t even place! Im gonna feel like a dork in front of all them! but in the same thinking it hit me that I may even win…wow! Guess I just never gave the winning/losing any thought before…strange!!!

Yesterday was my cheat meal and i made turkey burger chilli and had some tostitos to dip in it..yummm!!! Today is a high carb day, so i get gluten free bread with 3 of my meals..which i love cause I make grilled chicken sandwhich…mmmmm! So really the diet hasn’t been so hard to follow. Now Fridays are a diffrent story…its my day 3 no direct carbs and my biggest volume workout day…not sure why that is, especially since its an arm day and as you can see they are my weakest link…

But Im pushing on and counting down! Peak week is scaring me a bit…My trainer has me 4 days no carbs then starting thursday I load..we are not sure about water yet, she says she will give me a more "natural" water pill and not fully deplete me cause of the cramping issues.. she keeps talking about spillage and how we don’t want that and such…why does she have to scare me like that??? Im already anxiety ridden but to add spillage to my issues…thanks! lol! So now im worried that I can’t pose, i am not lean enough, my inner thighs giggle when i walk and i have to watch that i don’t spill….REALLY? Did i mention how excited I am for my comp…? lol!

Just a side note… I am now 2lbs from losing 100…wooohooo! Now that 100 was NOT from bypass surgery! It was good old fashion gym time and better eating choices! Not that there is something wrong with the gastric bypass, but it wasn’t a choice i made, i chose to work it off my way…so 3 years 9 months, many vacations, many bags of m&m’s(my fav.) many hours in the gym and many hours reading and learning…here I sit at 122lbs, my lowest weight ever!!! (sorry, someone messaged me about how great it must have been to keep going after "bypass" surgery..kinda made me mad!!!!since i didn’t have it!)

As always thanks so much for reading!!

Happy Sunday!

MGG