I'm Getting Back TODAY. I Swear It.

Since I decided to take a break financially from training this month, I'm finding it really hard to get back into the swing of things. Knowing Shawn is at the gym waiting on me makes it much easier to get up there! Hubs said today he is dragging me up there to work out and I'm so glad. I know once I get there I'll be in my element again and all fired up. It's not hard to see why I need the break though. I've been training for these past two competitions for what seems like forever! After my injury last year I wasn't able to compete so I just kept plugging through to this year. For those of you that don't know...here's how I got my start.

January of 2005 I tried putting on a pair of jeans that WOULD NOT go on. I had been fit all my life but had managed to let myself put on alot of weight for about 3 years straight. I couldn't take it and went into the gym to sign up. They weighed, measured, etc. I was 145lbs with 33% bodyfat. Guh...ross. I couldn't believe it. How did that happen??? I became a maniac and within three months had dropped 20lbs of pure fat. I then began the building process to start putting muscle back on. The end of that first year was when people started talking to me about competing. I thought that was pretty funny at the time because I just wanted Monica Brant's body. I didn't plan on using it for anything. But it was my perseverence and diligence to my diet and my workout that made them suggest it. They knew if I could stick with what I was doing I had the discipline to compete. Now that you know that you will understand my horror at the idea of falling off track. I will never again be that fat girl. Never. So today's the day!! Hubs will get me back in the gym and my love for it will take over. Now I just have to do something about those cookies sitting on the counter. Hmmmm.

On another front, one of my best friends moved to Colorado this week and MuscleMomma's in France for the next 2 weeks. I feel like an orphan. So. Very. Lonely. Hubs gets his feelings hurt when I say that but he doesn't understand what I mean. He wouldn't have the patience to talk to me about the stupid, silly things we talk about. We just do goofy things like intentionally call each other 12 times in a row until the other threatens to kick our arse. He would never put up with that. Hmpfh. Thing 1 and Thing 2 are turning into quite the little pranksters lately though, so this summer could be really fun. I love that they have a sense of humor. They're 8 and a half now so their jokes are actually beginning to make sense! OK enough babbling. Time to decide what I'm going to go lift today. OoooohRahhh!!

Not To Be Forgotten

I can't believe that I didn't even blog about my best friend Karen, aka MuscleMomma, placing 1st in Masters Bodybuilding!! She is so great and I'm so blessed to have her as a friend in life AND backstage. She helps me out so much I don't know what I'd do without her. I guess I'll have to find out in September for the NPC Heart of Texas because she won't be competing in that one. I'm really bummed but she's really going to be tied up with her daughter's drill team stuff now that her daughter is a lieutenant. She'll be there to root me on but it's not quite the same. I have a pic of her but blogger is being a pain and won't load it for me for some reason.

Well, I'm enjoying my week of Dos Equis and lime, pizza, etc. but it's back to the grindstone on Monday. I was going to get back on track the other day but I'm dragging it out until the weekend!! I talked to Shawn today to let him know I was on for September so I have my instructions. I'm going to work on my own until July to help myself recover a bit financially from these past two shows. He wants me to up my calories and to hit shoulders really hard. I have to say I really miss being at the gym. We're still members at Lifetime, too, so I took the boys to the outdoor pool today. I felt like I needed to run in and pound out a few sets!! Maybe I'll go ahead and go in some this weekend. Karen's leaving on Monday and will be in France for two weeks, so I'll be on my own unless hubby can make it in with me. Those are some of my best workouts sometimes though because I can really concentrate and squeeze. I'll just be sure to load up my new Pink CD before I go. That CD is awesome if you haven't heard it yet!

The Results Are In....


So here are the standings. I placed 7th out of 14 in the Masters Figure category. I placed 8th out of 11 in the Open Class. I should be pleased since this was only my second competition. I think I WAS until I saw Kami's pics. Here pics are great...it's her subject that has an issue. So here's my take on why I didn't place higher.

Look at this and tell me what's wrong with these 2 pics (I'm in the middle for those of you that haven't seen me before :-)):

AM I SLOUCHING???? WTF?! Dammit I was so pissed when I saw this pic. In the bottom pic, the girl on the left placed 5th and the girl on the right placed 2nd in Masters. There's me...miss 7th place....SLOUCHING. Damn. I talked to Sheliahe, my posing coach, and she concurred that I was slouching on stage but didn't want to tell me that night after I got done. I was just crushed when I saw this. I think it may have really hurt me in my placing. We're not even going to discuss the hairdo....or the lack thereof.

I am, however, pleased with the pic of my back pose. You have absolutely NO IDEA how hard Sheliahe had to work with me to get this one right!!! I practiced for hours every night until I finally got it figured out. Here it is:

Here's a few more pics:

This is a post all it's own...but you can see how the new "girls" have already moved south. I will bitch about that another time. So, all in all, it was a good show for me but has just made me want to work harder. I won't be happy until I place, so I've now decided to do the NPC Heart of Texas here in September. I won't have time to really put on much muscle but should be able to maintain with no problems. I've had my two days of pizza, beer, and yummy stuff and now it's back to the basics. Had roasted turkey and green beans tonite. Woop. Will continue to take the week off from the gym especially since I'm so slammed with work. I'll start hitting it next week. I'm not going to train with Shawn for a bit though to try to recover financially from these past two shows. Plus, he's competing in that one and it's hard for him to train someone for a show and also do it himself. He likes to give his clients 110% and he can't do that for himself when he's training others. I've already given Sheliahe a heads up that I need to work on my posture and posing!!

One last thing, I have started commenting on your wonderful comments!! I always think of what I'd like to say back but never get around to posting it :-) . I love all my blogger friends and I think of you all the time even when I can't get to the computer. Thanks for being there for me!!

Quick Update

Sorry to leave you hangin' after the show. My husband and I run a sports company and our summer camps began yesterday with a vengance. With over 1,000 kids and multiple new coaches I have had my hands full since I finished the Lone Star!!

I didn't place in my height class. I'm not upset about it because the girls that did were awesome. Several were on their way to nationals and were doing a practice run so I didn't really stand a chance against them considering they were half my age and had been competing for years. So I'm okay with that!! I called up in the top five in both rounds of the masters but ended up not placing. I'm totally bummed about that. The girl that placed fifth was from my gym and everyone was sure I would place higher. Even the people I knew that came to the night show were suprised and asked why we thought she placed fifth. So I'm anxiously waiting for the NPC to post the results and the scoresheets so I can see where I ended up. I think there were between 12 to 14 in the class, so if I placed 6th I'll be pretty happy about that.

So give me a few days to get our camps situated and I'll post the pics. I have to admit I looked much better on stage than at my first show last month. I was really happy with the pics I got. So stay tuned :-)