Chicana_Peach’s Transformation Blog

Here i am and its i’m less than 2 weeks out for a NPC show that i’m doing on May 10th. I’m excited about it, yet all these crazy things are racing through my mind that COULD happen. You know, the malfunctions or goof ups. I keep a positive outlook on things, but come on i gotta be realistic too…hehe. I pretty much have everything i need, just the final touches and confirming things such as the tanning, what color face makeup to use, shaving, jewelery (i just need to see if i have the earrings, i have the bracelet) and i need to start putting everything in baggies ready to be packed this week. I want to be READY. I’m using Jan Tana for my tanner and noticed when i tested it on my tummy and took a shower, most of it washed off…hmmmmm. Just trying to figure out whens the best time to start tanning, like that Wednesday or Friday as i need to get 3 good coats on and then another coat in the morning of the Jan tana show tan.

I have yet to book a room near the show. My husband doesn’t think i need a room and that I’m over exaggerating. He thinks that prejudging determines if you go to the "next round". LOL. Oh lawd! I try to explain it to him, but he is hard headed. I need to purchase a few tickets for him and my oldest daughter this week as they are going to attend. Sucks that my other kids won’t be there, you would think it would be free for kids or something. We just can’t afford it right now. I will be sure to have someone take vids and pics to share with them I will have them there in spirit

Training is right on track, I’m adding extra exercises to my lagging body parts to help bring them up some if possible. I want to do my best! I know, its my first show, but still! I have an appointment today with a trainer at the gym to get by body fat checked again. I just got it checked like last week so not sure if it will be any different. You know what they say "you can’t be too lean for NPC". Alrightly, just wanted to update everyone as to what was going on. I’m feeling alright for the first half of the day, but the other half (when i’m really low carbing) is not that great. I WILL survive though!

So i’m like really big into music. I CAN NOT live without it! Its the only way i do my workouts and always looking for new beats to add to my Zune. Here is my playlist that i created on playlist.com (i have a lot more songs on my Zune) and just wanted to share! Do i have some of your faves here?? Do you like some of these??

http://www.playlist.com/user/24726005

Now share some songs, dangit!

Ok, for my computer literate folks I have tried everything, i downloaded Divx and tried compressing a posing video i wanted to upload onto this site and another forum to use for critique. I even tried some other program, still can’t upload. So i know that youtube has a size limit on the videos you can upload (100mb) and my videos are like 2 minutes long only. SO what the hell am i doing wrong?? I also tried this on myspace and get the same results. Like its uploading, but doesn’t do anything. Please help me with my dilemma Any tips would be great, thank you!!

Well, i had my husband take my progress pics last night. Now he is not all up for the comp thing as some of you may already know, but when i put on that 2 piece, he said it turns him on…LOL. I know TMI! Just funny. ANYWAYS, so far i’m impressed with some of the muscle gains i have kept and the continued definition i’m getting on most of my body. The part i dislike is my abs and how "skinny" i look in my mid section. I know i have abs cause i see them at times. Some say that they come out for some during the whole water depletion stage. i really hope this is the thing that is going to happen for me cause i don’t want to be the skinniest chick on stage Also my weight, what is up with me losing weight still?? My body fat is already below what i was hoping for. Can i just maintain this body fat from now until May 10th? Geez! Sometimes i feel like eating a freaking hamburger or something to not let my body fat go down anymore and do something with those bones showing in my mid section. Mine seem to be showing a good bit.

I’m waiting for my trainer to consult back on my progress so far and my weight. Now i do eat and do my workouts like i should be doing. I have only been doing cardio 2xs a week (30-45mins sessions) so its not like i’m doing crazy amounts of cardio like some. I don’t miss any meals, as a matter a fact i take bites of stuff cause i have this "you are going to be too skinny" mentality. Is this normal? I have turned into a fat burning machine! I feel so freaking skinny! After this comp, i’m either going to keep prepping for a SNBF show in July as initially planned or i’m going to bulk for another later show. I may be brave enough and do another NPC show this year since i’m purchasing the card for the year. I will just have to see. Sometimes i still feel like the "old" Sandra and having self doubts if i’m capable of doing this and if i’m just going to make a complete fool of myself on stage. I know, stop thinking negative, but you want to do your best after all the hard work and heart you put into your training. Just some thoughts. I know the weight i want to be is around 125-130lbs with a good bit of mass. Since this is my first comp, i know i will learn from this experience. If anyone has anything to share that you have learned or experienced from your first comp and what you did to overcome it (fears). please share! Thanks for visiting my blog!

Thats all i have been hearing lately, "God, you are so skinny!" "Are you eating??". Man, SHUDDUP!! Then you explain what your goals are and all and they are looking all with a puzzled look. I’m now referred to as the skinny bitch in my neighborhood per one of my neighbors, you know the one you love to hate (she was joking when she said this though ) Whats so sad, i used to be like her, a skinny bitch hater! HAHA! I haven’t been big all the time, but one of those YO YO dieters and size 12 is a number that has stuck with me. Some of my neighbors are actually curious in how i will do in my show and want to show up. Kinda cool, but geez they are going to see me in those tiny suits, opps!! My husband seems cool with it though even though he is already tired of hearing about all this figure comp stuff. Just funny how i’m a "skinny bitch" now. Never though i would be referred as that. Then my neighbor that lives in front of us that is pretty blunt and kinda hates asked me awhile ago when i was just a bit heavier at one of the PTA events in a smart alec tone "What are you now, like a SIZE 2?!" I tell her "No actually, i’m a size 4 ". Thats ok, as i’m working on staying healthy and accomplishing a goal that many other women will never try or overcome, they are still in limbo with their weight issues. I have tried to instill those values i have learned in my fitness journey onto them, but they are like "Uh, i couldn’t just eat that, i can’t give up blah blah blah, don’t have time to workout with kids, blah blah blah…" yeah, those kind of excuses, you know the kind. Oh well, all you can do is try to help them out and if they can take any of your advice, then awesome! If not, i guess its not their time.

P.S. I’m a size 2 right now and weigh about 120lbs. I’m now an ULTRA skinny bitch!! LOL.

So it started it off with the weekend when i wasn’t able to go to the SNBF bodybuilding show on Saturday (too many issues, husbands fault!). I was SO FRUSTRATED that day i just wanted to bust a window or something! UGH!! Just when you are fuming, everyone is getting in your way too (this happened to me while on the way home). Almost ran out of gas, running late to the show, husband giving me crap…the list goes on. Well, i calmed down and just took a deep breath. Then i think, why is this happening?? Is God trying to tell me not to compete or something?? Anyways, i went back home with my daughter (she was with me) and we just chilled the rest of the night. Well, i did my workout later that night, can’t skip that or i will be really moody and threw some extra cardio in there cause i was really feeling the music at this point!

SPEAKING OF MOOD SWINGS…I have been having those a lot more frequently lately. BITCHY!! I’m trying not to take it out on people around me. Yesterday was a bad day too, hubby supposedly forgot to pay the light bill and the cable bill so i get home with groceries and my damn lights are cut off. Can you say NERVOUS BREAKDOWN?? LOL. He needs to let me handle the dang bills. His ideas just don’t cut it, then my stupid cell phone is intermittently turning off so i had to go drop it off to have it checked out. Well, it has to be replaced….NICE. They are shipping one to me and i should get it in a few days. Today is just a SLUGGISH day for me. I get in my meals, but its less carbs for me and i am not functioning or thinking the same. Still trying to be superwoman over here taking care of stuff around the house (just got done cleaning my carpets, tired as heck!) and dealing with my screaming kids. Noriana decided to write and color on some walls today. Such a lovely week right?? I know its just ONE of those weeks and it will go by, only a little less than 4 weeks of this torture to finally get my rewarded moment (so we hope ). I’m anxious, yet excited to get on that stage. Getting in the final stages and checking my list to make sure i’m ready. Going to start applying the Jantana on just part of my stomach to see how it looks and what it does to the stretch marks (coverage, may need Dermablend). yeah, those things really annoy me and could affect my confidence on the stage. Then i’m like F**K it, those are my MOMMY BATTLE scars and shows that i’m a MOM SO WHO CARES RIGHT?? Well i do sometimes more than other times.

Yeah, its going to be one of those nights….CALGON take me away (in the bath tub of course) and before that i will get some posing practice done, cause i know my competitors are probably full speed ahead while i’m over here all sluggish and stuff. HA!

So I’m back from my beach vacation in Florida. The weather kinda sucked, we only had one perfect day and i got a bit of a sunburn on my chest. I fell asleep for a bit while taninng…lol. I enjoyed my cheat day, but it was kinda extended a bit. I had pizza and some other unmentionables..lol. I didn’t realize how hard it was going to be to stay clean while on vacation. We rented a condo so there was a kitchen. I managed to eat semi clean for 2 days. My husband wasn’t too keen on the idea of me going to the gym while on vacation so i avoided that argument. Then i felt kinda guilty to leave to go workout and leaving my family time ya know? I just want to knock him out sometimes, geez! Why are men sometimes supportive and then sometimes they are not?? I got back yesterday evening and got back into my figure comp mode. I tore the weights up for like 2 hours! I’m SORE as heck today though I’m going to throw in some extra cardio this week to make sure i don’t undo any hard work of mine. I’m going to start throwing in some extra exercises for my back, calves, butt, and shoulders cause i think thats where i’m lacking. I did go up about 6lbs in weight since vacay, BUT its that time for me so i’m thinking i have some water weight going on (sorry guys). 5 weeks out!! GEEZ! This is i guess the time when you start doubting yourself and think "AM I GOOD ENOUGH?? DO I HAVE WHAT IT TAKES?? WHAT IF…blah blah bla". Now i know how the figure girls feel. Such a challenge, but i bet its super rewarding at the end I really needed the mental and physical break though. I was glad that my body fat is low enough to where i was allowed the cheat day. My trainer is shooting for 9-10% for me depending on what i will look like in a few weeks. I got my blue/teal one piece in the mail and i ABSOLUTELY love it!! I haven’t tried it on cause i feel like a cow right now and TOM is not helping with that neither. I also got my stones in so i started replacing the missing stones on my black 2 piece. That E-6000 glue is really stringy! I started on the bottom and letting that dry, i will finish the rest tomorrow or later when i get my other bigger stones in.

Ok, i just have to say… I LOVE EBAY!! I have been selling used and new items on there and doing pretty good! I paid for my 2 suits this way and most of my supplements that i needed for comp. I have been cleaning out my closets of clothes that i just don’t wear anymore and are too big of course. You just have to let go of things that you know you aren’t going to wear anymore. I still have some of those left that i need to list. If you have used name brand good condition shoes, sell them! They sell pretty decent and do better than in a yard sale. Old workout clothing that don’t fit and that are name brand? SELL THEM!! I sold MOST of my bigger clothing, no joke. I made pretty good too. Nike used tops selling for $15-$20 sometimes used. Cute used bikinis? Sell them too! We got to get creative girls to pay for the expenses on the comp prep! We are having a subdivision yard sale on the 19th and i got some things ready for that. Wish me luck!!