Natasha’s BodyBlog

So excited to see my momma! lol, I havent see her since Christmas and have missed her dearly. She is flying in Friday for my graduation this weekend. As are my cousins, aunt and step father. Looking forward to receiving my diploma and being a college grad. Unfortunately I wont be able to celebrate with food and champagne… (still gotta get that body fat down) plus a cheat meal 3 weeks out is not such a good idea.

Got alot of stuff going on in the next couple of weeks. This weekend is grauation, with all my fam in town and next week I start my new job! I hope I like it, Im excited but have heard mixed reviews about going into retail. Hell, I figure I’ll give it a try and if I dont like it, its never too late to change professions! haha. And I got the Southern Classic in 3 weeks as well as the greater gulf 2 weeks after that. That’s my update, and I probably wont get around to another one for a couple of weeks…. later yall!

Don’t let the bastards grind you down.—General Joseph W. Stilwell

Hey all! I have been putting off writing this blog… The show in Panama City was awesome! I was so scared and nervous at first, but now… I LOVE LOVE LOVE being on stage! 

Hopefully I’ll be able to put up some actual pictures from the show, the ones that my boyfriend took did not come out so well. Anyway, I entered two classes, the Beginner and Open. I placed second in the beginner class, which I was a little disappointed about because I kinda though I should have won, but obviously the judges did not see it the same way. 

Anyway… I placed fourth in my height class in the open which I was very excited about, there were nine other gorgeous women in my open class and I honestly didn’t expect to place. 

I was happy to have the experience and am ready and looking forward to my next show (Southern Classic in MS). Plus, IHOP afterwards was AWESOME! 

Who knew decarbing wouldn’t be so bad? I kept thinking it would be pretty horrible and I’d feel awful…. not so much… haha. I am a little spacy and it is harder to concentrate in class, but not as bad as I expected. I have had a couple of moments where I’ve wanted to bite someone’s head off, but I keep telling myself its just the lack of carbs talking and move on…

Ive been decarbing since Sunday, tomorrow is the last day (and my last workout day, yay!) and I will begin carb up on Thursday. We are leaving Friday morning and driving to Panama City. I am excited! Just hope its smooth sailing from here till Friday. We shall see tho, I go a test tomorrow, not so fun….

Also glad to be in better spirits than last week! Later yall!

Ahh! I am getting pretty nervous for this show. I am trying to keep in mind that this is my first show ever and that I am only trying to gain experience and not win the whole thing (though that would be nice). I have to admit that my nervousness is not helping to boost my confidence levels. Im worried that I might make a fool of myself… good thing I don’t know anyone in panama city!

I start cutting carbs tomorrow so I will keep yall posted on how my week goes. For now I am off to the gym for cardio!

Yesterday I was officially 2 weeks out from my contest. To be completely honest, I’m feeling pretty down right now. I know, that’s very out of character from the usual positive outlook that I have. But, ever since my last post my body fat hasn’t changed. I’ve added in cardio (Im up to 45min sessions 2x a day) and gotten nothing out of it. With the pressures from school in my last month, the time constraints from being in the gym all the time doesn’t help lessen my stress. 

Basically, I don’t feel like I’m there, I’m not ready. I wanted to go into this show under 10% bf and I haven’t and probably will not achieve that goal. 

My body fat was 10.5% the other day down from 10.9%. So even with my cheat meal I managed to lose fat and I put back on about a lb of muscle…. Not too shabby. I really want to get below 10% for panama city ideally around 9%.

Only problem is that ever since I hit 12% my bf percentage has still been going down but very very very slowly. I know that its normal because my body is fighting it but I really need to try and speed up the process.

Since the cheat meal actually did some good for me (still lost fat and put on muscle) I get a carb up day! wooo hooo. doulbe servings of carbs on sundays baby!  Hopefully this will help me hold on to my muscle and keep losing that stubborn fat!

Gotta go practice posing…. later yall!

Panama City here I come!

The contest is quickly approaching and Im pretty much set! I still have much posing practice to do and still have to drop a little bit of body fat, other than that I am almost set to go! Got my heels and my protan. I still need to send out that entry form and get my make up, but thats not too much to do… My boyfriend and our puppy are coming with me for support! And I am starting to get excited for the show! (I’m just hoping my excitment doesnt turn to nervousness…)

Body fat update tomorrow!

"All you can do is your best. You give it everything you have and whether you make it or not, you’ve done all you can. If you’ve done that, there’s nothing else you can give and you should be proud of yourself." - Joy Fawcett

Suits- Check

Protan- Check

Heels- Check

NPC card- Check

Entry Forms- Still need to fill out and send!

Hotels- Check

Makeup- Need to get (yikes!)

I have a lot to if I wanna get my butt in gear for this competition. Will be getting my bf checked again hopefully on friday.

Suits- Check

Protan- Ordered, waiting for arrival

Heels- Ordered, waiting for arrival

NPC card- Check

Entry Forms- Still need to fill out and send!

Hotels- Searching

Makeup- Need to get (yikes!)

My my soo much to do and soo little time!

3 DAYS TILL CHEAT MEAL FRIDAY!

Did some sprints today on top of 40min of cardio. Im soooo beat today. I also worked on some posing. I want to practice, practice, practice so I can have my quater turns and such down for the comp.

I am now in search of a new pair of heels… I was told that If my heels are over 4in I need to get shorter ones…. since I am apparently tall…. didnt know 5′7 was tall for a woman… haha. Wearing 4-5 in heels might make my legs look too lean. Bout to order a pair of 3 inchers for the show in panama city. 6 weeks away….. dear lord that is soon! I know I wanna do it! Gotta go get my protan and coached on my make up… ASAP!

(5 more days til my cheat!)

"You are embarking on the greatest adventure of your life- to improve your self-image, to create more meaning in your life and in the lives of others. This is your responsibility. Accept it now!"

Maxwell Maltz

There was a meeting today for the Louisiana NPC shows. I got a chance to meet the chairs of the NPC for Louisiana. After getting my NPC card and chatting about some contests I asked one of them to assess my physique/progress.. She told me I was ready and that I should start competing now! So crazy, well Cherie (the national competitor that is helping me with my diet/checking my bf etc) and I decided that I would go with her and her boyfriend to do a show in Panama City FL on April 19th!!!!!! (Yikes) This just cut my time from 13 weeks out to 6 weeks out! It is sooo insane but I feel like I am totally ready. It’s exciting and crazy all at the same time… I want to use this show to see what its like to get on stage and get the butterflys out of my stomach. I will still do the shows that I planned on doing in June and hopefully qualify to go to nationals! This is so NUTS! hahaha.

P.S. I still get to keep my cheat meal! 6 more days!

"Challenges are what makes life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."- Joshua Marine