COMPETE 2 WIN!!!!

I made it!!  12 weeks of dieting and 7 days left!  I’m so proud of myself right about now.  It’s been a long road, but like my mom always told me….I can do anything I put my mind to.  I definitely put my mind and body into doing this show.  Yes, I contemplated/talked about it for approximately 18 months, and a year ago this month I told myself that I would be doing this show in Nov. 2007.  By July 2007 I was meeting with my trainer to discuss my diet and what needed to be done to get off 30-35 pounds of bodyfat!! Thank God I had a decent foundation of muscle under that fat!! 

For me, this has been all mental…ur body will do just about anything you tell it to do within reason, but your mind has got to be in it in order to do this diet and train consistantly.  It’s funny b/c several people have seen me and said, “I thought you were just talking, I didn’t believe you were seriously going to do a show”.  So it feels great to prove people wrong. 

Week 12 felt pretty good except for Monday.  I have no idea what was going on other than that I felt bi-polar. I had so many highs and lows that day it wasn’t even funny.  I believe day 10 was the hardest day since I started.  By Tuesday I was feeling great.  I got my 1-piece custom suit in the mail on Tuesday also..absolutely stunning, breath taking, beautiful, the bomb, all that, and a dayum bag of chips!! And it fits like a glove!  My suits are beautiful and that’s one less thing I have to worry about!

This morning I weighed 118 pounds!!! 6 pounds down from last week!! Looks like I’ll be going in at 110-112 after all.  My waist is 25 1/2 inches which is great, great, great!!! I’ve worked so hard for these abs, (yes, that 6 pack) and I’ve promised myself I will not loose them in the off season.  I’m already planning my attack as well as goals to make sure I stay in order!  I said I’d luv for my waist to be atleast 24 on competition day and it might just be there.  And my poor hips..I’m down to 32 3/4, wow!! That’s where posing comes in…it’s amazing how if you hit the poses just right you look like u have curves, although I’m rather poor on the backside right now, lol!!  It’s all an allusion on stage…u can have the best physique, but if ur posing is off, someone who is lacking in an area, but can pose, can possibly place higher than you.

For my final week I’ll continue my 3 hrs. of cardio through Tuesday.  On Wednesday, I start cutting my water to a 1/2 gallon.  Wednesday will also be a beauty day for me…..Hair,nails, pedicure.  Thursday will consist of my waxing appt.,  then apply my first coat of Tan, and my last posing session for some final tweaks.  Friday will depend on how I’m looking, will probably still be at a 1/2 gallon of water..my body doesn’t respond well to that “carbing up”, we did a practice run at week 5…so I’ll maintain my diet.  Friday evening I’ll sign-in the last 15 minutes..in my previous shows I always went on stage last or close to last, and that seems to work best for me.  So as long as I’m towards the end I’ll be happy.  On Saturday I’ll start at 4 or 5am eating 1 rice cake w/jelly every hour on the hour until pre-judging, and maybe a piece of chocolate.  And that’s about it!!!

Well, I’m almost there!! Stay tuned for my figure goals for the 2008 season!!!

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