Making_A_Change’s BodyBlog

I have less than a week to go with workouts. I am actually considering 3 a days, for not other reason than because I can! My diet for the past 4 or 5 days have been less than stellar, by my standards, and I can’t say I’m not sorry or nor do I regret it.  I am going to compete and finish what I started. But, it feels like I am ready to move on. To the point that I am questioning the October show. I want to start training and eating differently, now. I feel like a horse at the gate. There is something that I want to accomplish and I want to begin, now. Will I win any titles anytime soon? No, and that isn’t my expectation. When I look in the mirror I see the beginnings of something different. And I never would have seen it if I hadn’t tried figure. I had my preconcieved notions and female bodybuilding. Those notions made this division a non-issue for me. I didn’t even consider it. I figured it was about gaining ‘freakish’ size and I didn’t find it particularly sexy. As I saw more and more examples of what it could be, I started watching more youtube videos, reading bb’ing blogs, looking at photos and something has shifted in my thinking.

I am eager to put on that extra 10-20 pounds and do a ‘responsible bulk’. I know that I can stay fairly lean and put on muscle because I have done it. I have stayed about the same weight for over 6 months but my body composition is very different. So, I imagine an additional 200 calories (and a few steaks!) or so will bring about some great gains. I want to set new personal bests–curl 40’s and 50’s, have a decent benchpress, deadlift in the hundreds.

And I have a date: May 8, 2010 at The Contras. That is a little over 8 months from now. That will be my debut. It has been written!

I have also discovered that I have not been oily enough. For my last set of progress pictures I had my husband and daughter oil me up. At the shows, there is a staff, but they only spend so much time on you. I noticed the bodybuilders who have their ‘posse’ oil them outside of the venue, because there are places backstage that are designated for oiling. If you do it anywhere else you could be disqualified. So, I had the family really get me all shiny and get all in te crevices, what a difference it makes. That is the route I am going for the next show. However, My five-year old proclaimed that she ‘doesn’t do crotches’. Duly noted.

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