Post show ramblings
My dad and one of my best friends, Diane, joined my fiance and I for dinner. It was so much fun! It felt sooo good to enjoy a burger and steak fries after the show. The hot apple pie with vanilla ice cream and two Coronas was great too! Slept like a hibernating bear and then we came home this morning. Relaxed by going to see a movie and then went to my favorite place, Whataburger, for lunch. I’m still full! Eating will be back on track come Monday.
The show was a great learning experience. As a kid I was so shy and the thought of doing an oral book report in front of the class used to make me get shaky and feel like I was going to cry. Since then I have lost that shyness and found it easy to walk out on stage. Watching myself on video I can see that my posing still needs work. I have a habit of dropping my right shoulder during the back pose and wow, that looked really bad! I suffered an ankle injury during a cardio session weeks before the show. Unfortunately, it did not heal completely by the time the show arrived and it flared up when I wore my heels. I did my best to hide the discomfort although my stride still looked a bit choppy.
I would’ve liked to get some feedback from the judges to help my presentation for next time around. This is where I had a huge moment of disappointment. Upon inquiring about feedback, I got passed from one judge to the next without receiving one single comment. They chatted amongst themselves and gave me the impression they were "too busy" to offer one to two minutes of their time. I can guess that I would’ve been told I came in too lean. It would be nice if I could’ve confirmed this and received a couple other tips as well.
My fiance’s parents came to watch the show. They have never been to a bodybuilding/figure show and his mom made the most priceless comment. "I can see its all about the face and tits." OMG! I would like to think that figure is not based on this and yet she picked EVERY class winner based on these aspects. I have seen the whole fake breasts issue on several forums so it is a concern for those interested in competing in figure. I personally will not go that route so its fake inserts or nothing!
Perhaps the most disappointing aspect of the show was the spectators. The attendance started off fairly strong and quickly waned. Wow is all I can say. As each class ended there were several people that would get up and leave. It got so bad that the MC finally said something about it. There were scattered spectators here and there by the end of the evening. To me, that speaks volumes about the show itself and its not saying anything good.
Even though my wrap-up doesn’t sound sunny cheery I can say I absolutely loved wearing the pretty suits, getting dolled up, and most especially seeing my body in such fantastic condition. My fiance loved the glamorous look! hehe I will take the remainder of the year off since the rest of my vacation time is allotted to us going to Florida to get married. Woohoo!
July 14, 2008 at 9:46 am
I thought you looked just as great as most everyone else there! I think I did mention to you that while you were standing off to the side you looked so engrossed in watching the others you relaxed your pose a little
If your future mother-in-law (OMG LOL!) would have stayed for the rest of the awards, I wonder if she would have said the same comment/picked the overall winner and seen some of the other trophy winners? HMMM… anyway, I’m glad I was able to be there for you!! I’m proud of you for doing it! But you are so strong, you always do what you put your mind to anyway 
I think you should have a pic of your awesome abs up here… they definitely were the best abs there!!!