Thought I wanted to be a body bodybuilder
I have always loved muscle and bodybuilding. I love the way bodybuilders look and muscle just excites me, not in the perverted since. There was a point in time when I wanted to be a body bodybuilder full of big giant muscles and strong "looking" as hell, I say body bodybuilding because there is the fitness, the figure and then the bodybuilding, but arent they all bodybuilding? Anyway, my goals have changed some. Don’t get me wrong, oh my oh my how I love muscles on anyone. Women are just soooo lovely with them and men are just too sexy. I have just been down a road or two and fallen off a wagon or 2 ok maybe 100 to now know I want to start with figure bodybuilding first. Not fitness because there is not a limber bone in my body. In fitness bodybuilding those girls have to "WORK IT", hell I just want "IT" I don’t want to have to make it work 
My story…(pics have been uploaded to illustrate and shed light)
I wasn’t athletic in highschool or anything but was slim with thunder thighs (as the guys referred to them)
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| 135 lbs Just out of highschool |
I was always like, ‘hey I am going to do this bodybuilding (one day) and so the following year I would say, ‘ok I will do it this year’. Well 17 years and 70+ pounds later I am finally starting to do it. Man do I have a ways to go now, but now I am mentally ready. While I thought I had time and well somehow thought I was going to remain slim forever, I didn’t lift a finger or budge a muscle back then to even start. I even broke my ankle at the age of 21 and joined the gym for rehab, did I start lifting then, nooooooo, hell I didn’t even properly or completely rehab my ankle, to this day I still can’t run. Ankle won’t bend properly to allow me to do so and it is so uncomfortable. My doctor says my weight gain adds to the discomfort. Anyway, now that I am older and wider, I mean wiser ok ok and WIDER I AM READY!
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| 204 lbs before any training whatsoever |
So In 2006 I got a personal trainer and said I want to be a bodybuilder. He set me up on a routine of heavy weights, supplements and a very bland no nonsense tasteless diet. I was making progress in the beginning in that I was building muscle and shaping up, I didn’t necessarily stick to my tasteless diet nor was I doing my cardio the way I should and therefore I was not losing fat fast enough, needless to say boy did I bulk up. You could see the form of the muscle but I was looking more like a wrestler or days gone than bodybuilder.
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| 198 lbs while training to body bodybuild and not really losing fat |
Anyway to make matters worse I got involved in a new relationship, fell off my diet wagon, stopped working out, moved out of state and gained even more weight on top of the muscle and weight I hadn’t lost while working out in the first place. What the heck was I thinking. Now what?!
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| 215 lbs after falling off wagon and gaining weight |
Well…
In Jan. 2007, I found another personal trainer and said I want to be a bodybuilder. He takes a look at me and he says, why not try figure bodybuilding to help bring your weight way way down and show off your shape, which I had, it was just well umm wider. He ways you can always very easily transition into body bodybuilding after if you choose. I was like oh ok. He started me out very quickly on a gradually high intense cardio routine, high rep light weight regemine and a diet with taste, less the potatoes which turned out to be the devel for me. Potatoes keep me fluffy and Ooooo I love Chick Fil a Waffle fries. I started slimming down and seeing results and I was so excited, then I noticed man my bulky muscles are gone 
he then reminded me that my initial goal is to lose the weight while toning the muscles beneath and as I get closer to my goal weight then we will focus on slightly heavier weights. I am so syked about my new start and this time I am going to stick with it. DawnMelanie a member here has an excellent body and a look I eventually want to strive for, well that I am striving for. She and YettaMae are my new inspirations.
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| 4 months into figure training and 193 lbs |
…and to think I wanted to be a Body Bodybuilder.
May 8, 2007 at 6:16 am
you’ve already made a lot of progress! your progress pics on the main page from dec ‘06 to april ‘07 are really good. and you’ve got some guns on you, girl! you look very strong and from the excitement in your blog, i have no doubt you’ll get the figure you want and truly appreciate it
May 25, 2007 at 11:08 am
Keep focused love! I know people fall off some time, you are human, but just remember your goals:)
much love
yetta
May 31, 2007 at 6:53 am
There is no doubt in my mind that you will acheive your goal. Your before and after shots are evident and looking fabulos…The proof is in the pudding, and you have done that so far. Next year this time you will be getting ready to compete and we will be cheering you on…
Mi compañero, mi amigo
June 14, 2007 at 5:12 pm
Did someone say Bodybuilding?!! =) Hey girl, it’s a great sport and it’s fun to walk around full of muscles but it’s hard on the wallet cause it’s hard to fit all the CUTE clothes! Over half of my shirts are sleeveless and I’m not big! =)
Whatever you choose, you’ll make it!
June 14, 2007 at 6:10 pm
great progress. keep up the good work.
June 25, 2007 at 5:08 pm
Lady,
If I send you a picture of where I started out last year, you’d know that you are not far away from your goals. The key to succeeding in getting that figure is:
1. Your support group (like the ones here on this forum)
2. Your written goals
3. Your strong desire to change for the better.
4. This one is not the last (as listed) but the baseline for your success, your belief in a higher power.
Hang in there. We are here for you. Never be afraid to ask.