Groucho McGrouchypants
I’ve been sentenced to 12 hour work days, as my boss is going away for a few days and I am second in command. I am also behind, as my hours were drastically cut until my boss realized he needed me and that saving money at my expense was ultimately costing him. This would be something to rejoice over IF I wasn’t preparing for a contest, training 2-3 hours a day, and working towards a degree. It’s just too much, I say, as I wonder how much more caffeine I can consume before I’m completely desensitized to it. I say it’s too much. I whine. But I do it anyway. I push it like my life depends on it, as I hope to one day have a full-time career in the fitness industry. I’m not expecting to be a full-time bodybuilder; that’s a bit far fetched; BUT I am aware that by doing well in contests and getting myself shredded, I am promoting a good image for myself and opening up new doors.
Aaaaand… even if I decided "eff it, I’m not going to compete!," I’d STILL want the super shredded "hot bod" that competitors have, SO I might as well just take it to the stage.
Just writing this has made me smile now. Blogging is so liberating.
July 15, 2009 at 3:14 pm
hey,i think "its all too much" sometimes but we all still do it cos we are hard as nails! then we blog about it after,ur right blogging is the way to go.
July 15, 2009 at 3:19 pm
Ditto w/ Stu. Good luck keeping it all going.
July 15, 2009 at 3:24 pm
SHAAAAOUW!
July 15, 2009 at 4:50 pm
Everyone who is anyone in this world is insanely busy. Just keep plugging away and the rewards will come. Five years from now you won’t even remember how hard you had to work during this period, but you will have a degree, a satisfying job, a trophy (hopefully) and a killer bod!
July 17, 2009 at 5:04 am
Come on, girl, you know you love it!
July 17, 2009 at 10:46 pm
I don’t compete, but if I ever did, I would have to take the week before the contest off from work totally. Otherwise, the potential stress and its possible catabolistic affect on the body( burning muscle) could ruin all of the 12 weeks of work leading up to that point. You may want to consider doing this.
July 17, 2009 at 11:22 pm
Almost up into the league of, Ragin R. Takinit to the Cajun….That guy’s really bad, and seemingly he surfaces for the first week of my no carb dieting, everytime….Hang in there…Grouchy.