A few girls from our posing group……..me, Michelle(1st place….sweet girl just me her last night), Elena(3rd place..i think she should have won our class!! beautiful girl), Belle, and Laura.
Some of our Posing Group!
Belle, Patty, Kim, Cyndi, Elena, Me, Mara(CUTEST woman ever, seriuosly amazing woman..always happy and positive. love her!), Lisa, and Jill
I didn’t mean to come off so negatively last night in my post. I really did have a wonderful time. I was with 9 girls who i have practiced posing with for the last few months and it was wonderful to see them all get on stage as well. We all had a blast. There were definitely some drawbacks with the show/promoter, but I learned a LOT from this show. I actually feel more confident than I did after the NPC show. It made me realize many things and I have a TON of drive inside of me.
One part of the show that was not typical was that they interviewed each of us on stage. Most of the girls stammered a little bit, and I figured I would too. When it came my turn, I just decided I wanted to have fun with it and when he asked me about my hard rock/ heavy metal music choices, I just decided to be playful and joke around with him. He and the audience got a good laugh and it helped me to open up. My personality is full of sarcasm and that came through on stage with that.
Any and every experience, good or bad, on stage is HELPFUL. More experience with things that don’t go as well as you hope makes you a better and stronger competitor. I am actually very pleased with everything. Now that I have had time to sleep on it, I just realized that this has given me even MORE of a reason to work harder. Not only harder, but smarter. There were only 6 people in my class, but it was a tough class and although I would have placed myself 3rd or 4th, I am happy with my 5th place. It gives me plenty of room for improvement.
I can’t WAIT for OCB in 2 weeks(sept. 5th)
Things I plan to improve for the future(EXCITED to work towards these goals):
Gotta get these abs more defined! π
Lean out a bit more
Get a new suit, get more creative with my outfits
Practice my posing and T-walk even more and really let my personality shine on stage
I don’t plan on stopping any time soon and I am also SO thankful for the wonderful people I have met so far. I met so many new friends last night at the show, and so many inspirational people that keep me going.
The future totally excites me. Thank you all for being supportive with me on this journey of life that i’m LOVING π
Well, 5th place.
Not too happy with it, but at the same time, the judges were all photographers and fashion model people, so they really didn’t know fitness. The promoter was explaining to them what they should look for in each category..umm shouldn’t they know? But its okay. i got more experience being on stage and got some GREAT feedback from my posing coaches. one of my coaches, tiffani bachus, who won 2nd or 3rd place at fitness universe(she was in the runnings with lindsay messina and other top dogs!) told me that her and the other coach had a long talk about me and that they really think i can take this far and do well in it, so she wants to work with me more. So that was awesome!
All in all, wasn’t a fan of this show/organization and it was a VERY small show. Was expecting a lot of people, there were 35 competitors total.(180 at the NPC show i competed in)
Anyways live and learn. Now eating my oats with peanut butter and banana that ive wanted all week! π
:-I’m tanned, meals are packed, bag is packed, and now I just wait π
Thank you everyone for being so patient with me this week and the last few weeks. I have been complainier(just made that word up–copyright 2009?hehe) than usual, but I am finally feeling much better. So thank you all again! You have been awesome, and been there for me and I can’t thank you all enough!
It is storming like CRAZY here right now. The lightning cracks have been so loud. Kind of scary π But I love big storms.
The foods I am bringing with me tomorrow are:
Egg Whites
Chicken/Avocado
Sweet Potato
Banana
Dates
Asparagus
i brought chocolate and juice last time and i don’t know what really helped/didn’t help. This time, I am just going to eat my normal chicken etc. I may or may not dig into the sweet potato. I haven’t had starches in a week and am afraid they might make me bloat?
Anyone with more knowledge, PLEASE let me know your opinion?
Comp. day is so difficult. You either get it right or you don’t…ah!
There could not have been a better day for this to pop up in my e-mail:
The most powerful tool for prophecy is learning from the past.
Today, before making a decision, recall the last time you were in a similar situation. Think about how it turned out. Do you need to do something different this time around?
These e-mails seriously turn my day around. Love it.
Peak week is still moving, however it is moving s.l.o.w.l.y.
It is Thursday, so I’m almost there and will make it through. Yesterday, I wanted to hate everything i saw, everyONE i saw, everyThing in general. Yea, no carbs will do that to you. I was literally mad at the world. Mad that it was only Wednesday, and that I still had 3 more days until my competition. But I got over it, and instead filled my day up with things to do so that the time would pass. I went to posing, left feeling the size of a peanut and not at all confident, went to the dentist, got my tooth drilled, and didn’t mind it because it kept my mind off eating. Went home and ate another meal, headed to the library to get some new books/kill time. My brother is home from rehab, so I went and picked him up from my moms and took him to his NA meeting. Came home and ate another meal and actually wasn’t craving food OR hungry.
I woke up today not feeling that hungry either, but ate my eggs and headed to the gym. I boxed(Steve killed me today, i hated/loved every minute of it. he knows how to push me), did a quick leg workout(only about 12 sets..my legs are so dead/done-zo but I know i just gotta push through this week), did an easy 30 minutes on the treadmill. I now have a workout at my sponsor’s gym, which is going to be hell, I’m sure. And doing a boxing conditioning class tonight. The one that literally makes me want to cry, it’s that hard.
This is all rambles, but I don’t have much else to say except…..2 MORE DAYS. I will definitely have a much better post hopefully tomorrow. Today, I’m not feelin it…
sorry for the lack of updates guys! I have been very busy and being that it is peak week, my mind isn’t working in its best fashion π
Peak week is going EXCELLENT. I have stuck to my plan 100%, which is pretty easy when I just think about the fact that I will be on stage in a few days. The evenings are tough though for sure. I am so hungry throughout the day and am able to eat my meals, and after that last meal at night, it’s just waiting time until bed. Sleeping has been okay, but still waking up a few times. I had horrible nightmares last night too, so that didn’t help.
My body is coming in better than I thought. I was really worried that I had taken one too many cheat meals since the last show, but now that the water is getting out, I think I will end up with a better package than last time π
Plan for today: Already did boxing, glute workout, and 30 minutes on the arc trainer
Plan on going to my boxing conditioning class tonight. That usually helps to keep my hunger at bay (weird i know) and i’m ready to pass out when i get home π Eat, sleep and exercise are my only priorities right now.
I need to run to the grocery store, cook up the rest of my chicken(maybe if i stare at it long enough it will cook itself? better yet, i will throw it on the patio, the 110 degree weather should cook it right up throughout the day! kidding π Also need to do some minor craftsmanship to my theme wear. Hope to have that all finished by Thursday(way to cut it close right?!)
Will hopefully be a better blogger the rest of the week!
They taste better than they look! Red pepper with avocado,and red pepper flakes
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