amysuds’s BodyBlog

It’s taken me a few days to collect my thoughts about the day this past Saturday. First of all, I want to thank so many of you here for helping me get there. It was very overwhelming and I had no idea what to expect . The few days before the show were pretty exciting. I hardly had to cut any food or water …which I thankyou Jason    The carb load was kinda scary for me. I literally could barely bend my leg because my muscles swelled so much. But that was Thursday..phew…. it went away somewhat…..  The tanning process was a faux pas on my part. I had a reaction from the tanner…not sure why but it had to do with shaving I guess (which I did 2 days previous to applying). The other thing was that I had been using a very strong anti-perspir. and didn’t exfoliate well enough . I had green underarms for the show! Ha ha….

The morning of the show, I was in awe of the whole place. The promoter of the OCB Midwest States did a remarkable job with everything. So we had a competitor meeting, and then headed to the prep room. My husband and I were kind of watching everyone else to figure out what to do…  The morning show went by so fast! I had prepared my T-walk to one of my fav Coldplay songs "Lost". It wasn’t played in the morning show, we walked to house music. That was fine except I completely forgot my little routine! I was shaking so badly…I wish I could control that more. So back in the pump up room…I spent most of my time taking it all in. I was amazed by Team Norton…the entire group was in one area and they looked incredible! I was lucky enough to meet Layne and Isabel . They are great people! Layne is behind me here in one of the pics here . The other pic was the tall class of Novice awards.

As a matter of fact, Team Norton won an award at the show…congrats! All around me…there were so many dedicated people..I was humbled to be a part of the show. It re-motivated me for sure. As for being on stage in the group walks and posing, I was so nervous, I can’t actually remember much of it! Funny how the brain blocks out certain memories…guess I have to hope some of it comes back.

My husband was wonderful as my coach…thankyou sweetheart! I couldn’t have done it without your love and support! He enjoyed the experience as much as I did. We look forward to trying it all again someday, it was a special day for sure!!

Last ,but certainly not least….thankyou Jason Phillips for believing in me. I threw this competition at you with very little time for you to change my physique very much. It was a proud moment when your name was announced as my trainer. I kinda teared up for a moment. As our team develops and grows, I look forward to watching others set goals and chase their dreams. Hopefully I can reciprocate all the support you guys and gals have given me. Thankyou Team JP FIT!!!!

Today I cleaned house most of the day. I wore these old pants that I used to fit in well a few years ago. They keep falling off and aggravating me …but it dawned on me the best thing to do today was to leave them on. It reminded me how far I have come. It feels good to look in the mirror today! I recommend this to anyone who has lost some weight and needs a little motivation to keep it going!!