lisawannadance’s BodyBlog

Hey kids…..check out the live chat session starring fitness model Kendall Wood and myself

http://www.justin.tv/bbcom/162925

Well its been a hell of a long time since I bodyspaced. Since I left bodybuilding.com I have been horrible at checking my bodyspace and blogging etc etc. Im working on changing that.

Well whats going on with me now- I moved to portland, my modeling career has taken off and Im working for 24 hour fitness. So im still working out, staying toned…..you know how I do!

I just got done looking at all the coverage from the 2008 fitness expo in boise and have to say….Im sorry I missed it and really wished I was there. Which all was initially the plan….but turns out it fell on the same weekend that I was having some surgery done so I was unable to attend.

And yes folks, I said surgery. For everyone who really knows me, whos been around me, seen me in person or on camera…..you know Im pretty small. I mean…..womans got muscles, womans got booty, but woman was missin a lil somethin up top (if you know what Im sayin) . So I recently changed all that and dont have a problem putting it out there on blast cause its not like people weren’t gonna notice eventually anyway. Ha! Its been a hell of a recovery process, but its finally to the point where its almost over and I can start being a normal person again.

Anyways…..to my bbcomers I used to work with, Ill see you all soon Im planning a trip to the hometown soon and a visit is on the to do list. And to my bbcomers who are simply my fans or bodyspace friends…..Ill def start bodyspacing more often and try to keep things up to date AND…..you’ll def see me at the expo next year. Whether Im on the sidelines doin interviews, or behind the scenes snapping pics, or on the damn stage in the ol’ bikini contest. Ha! Either way…..I will be attending.

Much love, stay in touch, and Ill do the same…..

Well……I came back to Bodybuilding.com, was kickin butt at doin what I do, had people excited i was back, had numbers through the roof, had everyones hopes up that I was going to get all these goals accomplished and that I was here to stay, etc etc……and what do I do!? I leave again. I feel horrible.

I have been signed to a big sports modeling agency. (yeah, not feeling horrible no more). Agencys based in LA and in Portland. So needless to say, Im going BACK to Portland. For good this time. Ill still be on bodyspace, and Ill continue to keep everybody updated. I was startin to lose hope…..but patience and hardwork DOES pay off eventually. Remember that. Life is great. We’ll see yall in the next Nike ad!     ah haaa!

I jus couldnt bare being apart from Bodybuilding.com. I left for a month and a half, went to Portland, OR to start over in a new city, but….i jus couldnt find any company to work for as wasome as this place, so now im back at BBcom again pickin up what you people are layin down. 

……and Eric pleaded with me to come back in his comment on my last blog, so i gave in. hehe.

Lisa’s back up in this piece ladies and gents, let the party begin!

Yes my friends, its true. People keep askin bout the rumor that I left Bodybuilding.com, and yes…..I did. It was actually pretty hard leavin BBcom. Good job, good people, good company, good industry. God knows Im a huge fitness fan and Ill never find another company like BBcom to work for…..but it was just my time to get out of Boise Idaho. I didnt belong there and all I had keeping me there was BBcom.

So……Im currently in Portland Oregon truckin along, learnin the new routes to the new city. Kinda strange…….I travel all the time so Im in different citys all the time, but I always go back to Boise. And now Im LIVING in a new city. Lil weird. But anyway…..Ill keep yall posted. Thanks for carin an bein curious. hehe.

So i jus realized, after my dance auditions i was all go about, i didnt share the outcomes. so here goes……

I ended up not going to my first one in Chicago because of my back situations, naturallly. (i wrote a lil somethin earlier bout what happened to my back). so i guess we’ll never know if i could have made that audition or not.

Next one i went to in LA in march. the trip started off REALLY bad, so i was sure it was a sign. but day came for auditions, an i was feelin dang good. the audition was for the show “So You Think You Can Dance”. well pssshhhh……we all know i can dance. haha. jk. anyways…..the trip itself may have not started off good, but since we got in line for that audition, all the sudden it became so much better. my roommate an i are a freakin riot when we get together. not tootin my own horn, but toot toot, we’re dang funny! so, la de da de da we’re gettin attention from people in line which got the attention of the producers, producers were interviewin’ me thinking i was the coolest thing ever, an all the sudden everyone knows my name an were gettin the vip treatment. naturally im flying through the audition, makin every cut. had to go back the next day for the final round. which is what you see on tv, where you dance infront of judges and then they let you know if you sucked or if you were fabolous. (for those who arent familiar wit the show, its EXACTLY like American Idol, but for dancers). so were watchin all these people on stage and the judges are jus rippin them apart. so by now………im a lil nervous. my turn comes, i do my dizzle, music stops, go to the mic, an the judges go at it. get this, you ready?……….i didnt make it on to the show because they said “i look like i should be in a music video”. uhhhhhhh………..im sorry………..but if you say that to any hip hop dancer, they’re gonna take that as a bloody compliment! so i figured, ok………..they jus aint ready for me. so you know what i said………..”well shoot, you think so too!? well thank you and thank you for your time”, an i walked off stage. everyone was in shock, an the judges called me back to the stage and said “we’re not done”. so i knew i was gonna make it. i already saw them do this same thing to someone else. but to me……..damage is done. its a dance competition, not a personality competition. this show is not ready for my dancing and you judges already let me know that. so now that you saw my personality, all the sudden you like me? i dont think so. so i got back up on stage and after they said “we’re not done”, i said “oh but i am”. and i left. and i felt dang good about it all too.

check out http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/2007fitexpo.htm for pictures and videos of the 2007 Boise Fit Expo.

look out for me on the interview tip.

wooooooo……..killin em!

For the record, if you dont know me well, allow me to fill you in a lil bit……..

I seriously have the worst luck out of anybody you will ever meet in your lifffffe. Im talkin bad luck with EVERYTHING. Cars, money, dancing, work, men, family, friends, timing……EVERYTHING! It is amazing that 1……….i am still alive. (hahahah) and 2……….i have gotten as far as i have in life. Everything i have ever gotten and everything i have now, i have worked my butt off for. FATE and LUCK, do not apply to me. Nothing has ever jus fallen out of the sky and landed in my hands, i have busted ass for every last bit of everything i got.

As some of you know…i have recently been having back problems. Let me go ‘head an tell you why……

Awhile ago on a dance gig, i tweaked somethin in my lower back. (ok…it happens to everybody). It was a slight ache for the longest time. Then the ONE NIGHT that it snows here and roads are bad, who gets in an accident? …Of course I do! Since then snows been gone and its been relatively nice. …Of course it has! It came for its one day to handle its bizness wit me and it was gone. Anyway…..that accident made my injury worse. Turns out i tweaked my sciatic nerve. And do you know why i tweaked my sciatic nerve and can’t even walk normal? …Thats right, because I had a very important audition to go to! Of freakin course this would happen to me, does every muf***in time! I usually am pretty good bout finding ways round these "bad luck" incidences, but unfortunately…..not this time. I am too banged up to go to the gym and the studio, i jus wont be ready in time.

I am extremely bummed. I was really wanting this. Out of my whole dancing career and everything i have ever done, this is the one thing i have always wanted to do the most. A huge tour with a big named artist. And that alone would open up so many other doors for me.

I have fought many battles, i have had my heart broken, and i have learned to deal wit rejection over time. I get over things so unbelievably fast now days. But jus because i get over it, doesnt mean i still cant cry over it. Im tired of hearing the phrase "shit happens". Dont tell me that! Thats my goddamned life motto. You think i dont know that already!?  …….Bring on the shit! Cuz i’ve come to accept it.

Shit happens quite often, im a spittin image of that. And yes, emotions will kick in. It really does help. Cry! Hit a wall! Drop kick your cat! Do whatever you need to do…..then get the hell over it!

It all jus makes me push harder. My next auditions in March, and as God is my witness……i WILL make that one. I dont give a crap if i gotta roll up onto that stage in a wheelchair an jus nod my head an wiggle my arms. There will be some dancin goin on!

Now if you’ll excuse me, emotions are flairing….i need to go punt me a kitty….

(hhahaha jk)

So…recently i had alot of personal issues come up that have kept me from the gym. Wonderful thing bout my bod is, i gain muscle very quickly. So…now that personal issues have been handled and the ‘ol gym account is back is bizness…its time for ME to handle MY bizness.

I dance all year long, but there are certain times in the year when i got more goin on than usual. That time would be now. I have a very big audition in January and a very big audition in March. These are something i am pursuing all on my own, (No help from no dance companys), therefore these auditions are very big deals to me.

Not only do i wanna continue my cardio so i can dance circles round the other chicks that are standin there tryna catch their breath, but i also wanna look the part. Surprisingly i have lost out on a lot of jobs and opportunities because i am slim. Lets face it….im small boned an i got small tittys. Not necessarily the bod of a hip hop dancer, if you know what i mean. Lucky for me at least i got a booty! hahahahaha………….eh hem……….carrying on………..

Yesterday was my first day back to the gym in awhile. And im gonna be livin at that joint 5 days a week from now to March. I have a horrible problem with gettin motivated. So errbody do me a favor…..MOTIVATE ME PLEASE!

-tell me to get my lazy butt to that gym!

-tell me to eat right an pass up on that cheeseburger!

-tell me to take a day and dance in the studio for hours!  (although, i might not have a prob wit that one)

 Im tryna do some damage, an by March im tryna have some progress pics that will blow minds!

Thank you, come again……..

Ok really though….I have a new "motivation"…..

The next person to tell me, "your skinny", "your so little", "I didnt think you were so small"….etc, etc….your fittin to get an ear full!  But then again….I thank you. Cuz you people are now my new motivation to be kickin butt in the gym. So congrats an give yourself a pat on the back.

My mama an daddy gave me fabolous metabolism. I can eat almost anything and wont gain a pound. Although dont get me wrong, I dont eat jus "anything". If I did all that, it WILL catch up to me one day. Im pretty good at eating right. Although when you on the road as much as me, its not always that easy an I find myself slippin every now and then. Which brings me to my next point…im a dancer. I am ALWAYS movin. So if something I ate DID end up givin me a pound, my careers jus gonna sweat it off for me. I am 118 lbs and for the most part, thats all muscle tone. People make it seem like im godly skinny. Ha…no. That 118 lbs is in all the right places. I look like a woman, I have my share of curves. No matter how much i eat, no matter how much I work out, no matter how much protein or weight gainer I take, I am always going to remain my size. I’m gonna be the best lookin pregnant woman and the best lookin 50 year old I know! So to wrap it up….yes my friends…I stay slim.

Not Skinny…..Slim.

Check? Check!

Game on!!!!!!