Neely’s BodyBlog

3 weeks to go!

Ho-ly-sh-it!! I’m 3 weeks out from North Americans!!

That just seems crazy to me. These last few weeks have just flown by.

I’m a bit nervous since I haven’t been on stage in just over a year now. But I’m sure I’ll do fine.

The real stress right now is getting those final things done that I need to have done before the show. I’ll be on the road for about 2 weeks before I get to Cleveland, so I have to make sure that I have everything squared away before I start that road trip.

I’ve gotten most of it done, but there are still some minor things to cover. And I’m sure there are some little things that I have yet to remember to do haha. It’s a good thing I have little notepads everywhere so I can jot down notes about things to remember whenever they pop into my head.

As far as my progress and how I’m feeling… things are coming along well. I’ve got a great trainer that puts up with my very well (hahaha ). Good ol’ Erik Ledin of http://www.leanbodiesconsulting.com .

I’ve been having consistent measurement changes how I like them to be, I’m really not all that hungry at all, and I’m not spending half the day in the gym (like I used to do years ago, boo!). I’m sure in the next three weeks I’ll make a lot of even better changes to my physique.

Again, Cleveland, here I come!

In just 6.5 weeks, I’ll be stepping on stage again, at the IFBB North Americans in Cleveland.

My diet and training are coming along very well, and I’m seeing changes in my body every day.

I’m excited to be hitting the stage again! I haven’t done a show in just over a year now. I can’t believe it’s been that long!

These next few weeks are going to fly by, I just know it!

YAY! I’ll be moving to sunny California really soon! I’m so excited for this! I’ve been wanting to move back to Cali for a while now, and the opportunity finally came up to get out of this rain and back into the sunshine.

I can’t wait!!

That’s pretty much it. Plain and simple. I feel like crap. I’m tired, I’m stressed, I have no appetite, I’m not sleeping well, basically I just don’t feel well right now.

I hope I’m not coming down with something.

Let’s start with the parking lot. Ok people, stop driving around at 0.5 mph for 20 minutes hoping to get that very front parking spot. Park in the first open spot you come to. Walk the extra 50 feet to the front entrance. It won’t kill you.

All the carts suck. Grab one and deal with it. Stop ’testing’ them before you choose.

Even though you’re not driving your own car through the store, traffic rules still apply. It’s a two lane road in the aisle. You stay to the right. Pass when it’s clear. Don’t tailgate (you have no idea how much I loathe the people that repeatedly nail my ankle with their cart). And even though there’s no yield sign, stop sign, lighted signal, when you get to the end of the aisle, before jumping out into ’traffic,’ have a look and see if you’re about to T-bone someone.

If you abandon your cart in the middle of the aisle to go check out that special on ding dongs across the room, I WILL move your cart out of my way. Don’t get pissy with me about it. Oh, and when you do that, take your damn purse with you instead of leaving it right there in the front basket of your cart. There ARE thieves in the world, ya know.

Please at least TRY to keep an eye on your children. I won’t be held responsible when they run head first into the corner of my cart.

Moving along to the checkout… probably the part I hate the most. Don’t stand on my ass and breathe your stinky breath down the back of my neck. Creeping me out and invading my personal space will NOT get you checked out sooner. And guess what, there’s no discounts on your groceries for it either. STOP IT!

Back to the parking lot…. You just pushed your heavy cart full of groceries out to your car. You’ve unloaded them from your cart and into the car. Guess what? The cart’s empty now, and light as heck compared to how it was before. Is it really that hard to push back it to the nearest cart collection area? I mean, criminy, they’re every 20 feet or so all over the parking lot! Pushing your damn cart into the side of my car so that you have just enough room to get your own car out is NOT the way it’s done.

Oh, and you morons that are just coming in as I’m leaving, stop following me to my car. And most certainly, stop sitting there, blocking traffic, waiting for me to pull out so that you can have my space. I parked in the first spot I found, you should do the same. And if you sit there waiting for me to leave….guess what? I’ll sit in my car even longer waiting for your impatient ass to give up and go away. THEN I’ll leave. Yeah, I’m kinda bitchy like that. But it takes us back to one of my first points: it won’t kill you to walk to extra 50 feet to the front entrance of the store. Plus, you’ll burn a couple of calories in the process

My last blog was about how I need to get out of this crummy weather here in Oregon.

I just wanted to put some extra emphasis on that

The last week or so, I have to admit, was nice in the fact that the sun was out. We rarely see the sun during the winter months around here. However, it was freezing cold. And now the rain is back. All day today it’s been raining, and I think it made it up to a whopping 38 degrees (F). 38 doesn’t seem all that bad, until you’re in 90-100% humidity. It chills you right down to the bone.

So I check the weather reports today; just to see how long this wave of rain might last. One forecast calls for 2" of snow tomorrow. Another calls for snow on Monday. Either way, whether it hits tomorrow or Monday, it’s insane. I’m only at an elevation of about 350 feet here. Snow should not be falling this low! lol

And the kicker is, even if the forecasts are wrong (like the usually are), it’s still going to be a steady 32 degrees for the next few days.

I’m SOOOO tired of being cold!!

Would anybody out there in a year-round warm climate like to adopt me? haha

I hate hate hate hate Oregon winters.

I grew up in the snow. High desert snow. So even though it was cold, it was a dry cold. And even though there was a ton of snow on the ground, the sun still shined a lot of the time.

After being in Oregon for about 9 years now, I really don’t think I can ever get used to the rain. It’s so depressing. It’s wet, dark, chill-you-to-the-bone cold, and overall.. GREY!! In some areas here, you can literally go for a month or more without ever seeing the sun peek out; even for a few minutes.

Hopefully someday I can move to a warmer climate. Or at least be able to take vacations to those warm places every once in a while!!

Will I date someone that doesn’t work out.

I’ve dated a range of ‘types’ of guys. I’ve never wanted to categorize people by what they do. I’ve always tried to look at their personality more than anything. So I’ve dated a handful of guys that really aren’t into working out. I’m over that now. I’ve hit the final straw on that one.

No matter how much they say they understand. No matter how much they say they support me. They never do. They’ll never ‘get’ it. All they want is to reap the rewards. "I’ve got a hot girlfriend." Yet they’re jealous of the time I spend in the gym. They don’t like that I have to be so structured with my food. That I have to carry a food scale and a cooler with me. That I can’t go out to eat. That the first thing I plan in a day is when I can get to the gym.

This is my passion. And they’ll never understand that passion if they don’t have it in themselves as well. They’ll never accept ME if they can’t accept WHO I AM. And the gym, competing, this sport, that is WHO I AM. That is what I’ll always be. This is what drives me in my life.

And then there’s the physical and health standpoints of it. If someone doesn’t give a damn about their health, that goes against what I’m doing with my own life. Physically, if I want to touch muscles, I shouldn’t have to resort to just touching my own. I’m not a big chick. And I don’t want to feel like I am. I don’t want to feel like I could overpower a man. That’s not right. Yeah, physicality itsn’t everything. The body only lasts so long. But when it comes down to it, physical attraction does play a role in things. And I don’t want to have to constantly ask myself, "why doesn’t he care about his body?"

Arrrgh. It shouldn’t be so hard to find someone with the same ideals and dedications that I have.

Hi everyone! Sorry I’ve been MIA around here lately. It’s been a VERY busy summer!

I competed at NPC Junior Nationals in June, taking 11th in my class (C). I had a great time in Chicago, got to hang out with a lot of fun people between rounds. Ate a LOT at the after party lol. I was planning to also compete at the USA’s, but I ended up having to scratch that show this year. So once I found out that I couldn’t do that show, I took about a month off of my diet, and now I’m right back into it. I’m prepping for the Washington Ironman, a regional show, which is about a month away. Everything’s coming along nicely. And with the warm weather sticking around lately, it’s been nice to be able to actually get outside for some of my cardio sessions

I’m all for having some different pictures on here for people to peruse. But unfortunately, due to too many people acting very immaturely with their comments, I’ve chosen to avoid the hassle and simply delete them all for the time being.

Perhaps I will start up a gallery again in the future, but for now, the only posted image of myself will remain to be that of my avatar/profile picture.

Sorry.