lovejones596’s BodyBlog

For those who don’t know, my best friend is Julofthenile. She is the one who got me on this site and has convinced me compete in a figure competition in April. Anywho, she will be competiting in her first tomorrow. I’ve watched her completely transform her body. It’s amazing, from no muscle at all to a buff momma. I’ve witness her struggle with cheez-its and how she overcame them, watched her work through injuries and now turning an interesting shade of burnt orange. I started to think of my upcoming journey and I ask…what am I getting myself into? Can I really do this?

The other day we looked up when the competition is—April 5 and there is another April 12; I may do both. We counted back 12 weeks for leaning. (Jan 12) I would like to do a cleanse before I start leaning so that’s 5 days + 3 days to get back to regular eating, that brings me to Jan 2. Then I need to ween my baby girl. I feel guilty just thinking about it. I need to be done with that by Jan 1, before I start my cleanse. Going back 9 weeks for building brings us to Oct 29. That gives me 1 week to eat without guilt. To enjoy what I put in my mouth because most likely I won’t be eating them again. Good bye chips ahoy. Good bye Breyers ice-cream… all flavors. Good bye PB&J’s. Good bye lays baked chips. Good bye pepsi. Good bye mashed potatoes. This is my last week to enjoy you and I won’t taste you again until the end of April (or maybe never again). This is probably my biggest goal ever. I’m excited yet terrified at the same time. I told my husband that after next week, we no longer can have any of these things in the house and he said "what about the boys?" and "you’re going to make me suffer?" Well, misery loves company, so yes, he will have to suffer and regarding the boys, its better for them too. We just have to come up with a better dessert for them. Can I really do this?

If the diet thing is not bad enough, I will have to get on stage and walk half naked across it while people judge me. The last time I was on a stage was my senior year in high school for my variety show. That was in ‘86! (I didn’t do very well) I’m sure I can walk across like a robot, but I don’t think I would score very high if I did, so I really need to work on my confidence and stage presence.

Then there is the "tanning" thing. Cheapers! I am naturally tan, and I plan on tanning some before the competition… but that JanTana stuff is nasty! I’ve been applying it to Juls and its on my hands…it’ll be a couple of days before it comes off.

I do look forward to the building stage. We are going to try the body auditors routine – 1 body part a day, with only one working set, work until failure (see his blog for details). I just don’t look forward to possibly puking. I hate throwing up!

One thing that I’ve learned from Juls is that it’s a process. It was good to see her go through it so now I at least know what to expect. It’s going to be an interesting journey but I look forward to getting there.

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