Feb 27th was a fitting day to announce this, and make it public, to all my friends and fam that have supported me and encouraged me….. Two months from that day, I will be stepping onstage as a Figure Competitor. I will make myself an Athlete.
After lots of thought and research over the passed year I feel this is a moment I should not let pass me by.. It must be important, because this question has been with me nearly every day since I attended last year. I’ve been training, dieting, working, learning and budgeting like I’m going to do this, but hadn’t committed.. I am incredibly nervous &there’s a lot of resources I don’t have.. I’m doing this almost completely on my own which is CRAZY… But I might be that fucking crazy. I’m in the process of a lot of technical work presently (appointments, things I need, people, places, research etc).. it’s all quite nerve-wracking! But if I can pull this off for myself, put everything I have into it, not buckle under my anxiety especially, it has the capacity to give so, SO MUCH back to me, as a person, as a woman, and doing the most I can with the thing I love. At the Arnold I gathered as much inspo/advice as I could and will be doing more IRL studying at The YMCA on the 9th, and scheduling posing class in the next couple days. Anyone have an hour and a video camera? Lol!! I hope James Yeo can deal with all this madness!! Baby I LOVE YOU so much!!! I couldn’t do this without you! I can’t believe I’m typing this out.. And now it’s really out there. Shit just got real!! XD Ok, I think I’m gonna go faint now! But I have a LOT of work to do so that will have to wait I hope to keep my head clear, mind calm, and focus tight… those are my keys. Wish me luck, things are getting wild.

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So my favorite magazine ever is Oxygen Women’s Fitness~ They had a booth at The Arnold Fitness Expo last year and made a short video about it to get people pumped up for the event again this year. Anyway, long story short I’m in the video! Twice! All you can really see is my pink hair, but I’m in there! It’s a 2min 48second video so it’s really short, but you can spot me at the 1:10 & again at the 2:16 mark when I was talking with the Editor in Chief Stacy Kennedy! She was really nice and all the girls made time for me and my picture taking. I thought this was pretty cool so I thought I’d share it with you! The Arnold is this weekend so this definitely got me even more excited to be there! Yeah!!!!

I can’t believe The Arnold Sports Festival and Fitness Expo is coming up so fast! This will be my 2nd year, and I have a better idea of what I’m doing and how genuinely huge it is! I’ll be sharing the experience with my husband, & I have a lot to thank him for with helping me plan this trip! Oooo I’m getting excited just thinking about it!

As much as I’ve trained lately I’m definitely kicking myself for not getting more training in, & feeling like I haven’t gotten enough done pre-event. With being there among my fitness tribe, the female competitors I look up to and role models at every turn, I want to look as good as I can! It’s quite a bit of motivation! Just somehow it didn’t fully sink in kick in until this week… I’ve been training well before that of course but it’s kinda late to make any real noticeable changes I can’t explain why I didn’t snap-to earlier or what I was thinking. All I can do now is stay focused on keeping a tight schedule, get in lots of cardio, lift heavy, drop all the treats & booze, drink lots of water and make sure what I eat is super clean! All good things and valuable to my goals weather I pack on 10 more pounds of muscle or not! I hope I’m not too hard on myself later…!

This will be my sophomore year at the Expo, and I just can’t wait! I’ll be in shape, re-pink my hair, nails, lashes, some tanning, special outfit, the whole deal! A lot of people wear jeans and tennies, but there’s also a LOT of beautiful bodies gracing the floor~ some are beefcake muscle guys, some are Expo girls that run the kiosk for a brand/company, some are competitors, performers, some are just fitness fans like myself. To me it’s a very special event that I’m so proud to be part of! Not to mention you really don’t know WHO you’re going to meet, and with so many photos to take it just makes sense to get dolled up!

This year I need to be a little more prepared to meet some of the faces I’ve only ever seen in magazines and the internet; last year I saw people I was very impressed to meet, but was so star struck I could barely ask to take pictures! This year I’ll have prepare a few questions; general but important ones that I can help with my own fitness path. I’ll definitely want to put some thought into these…..

Man… It seems like the more I try to eat the less it appeals to me. if I can’t get more protein into my diet I’m not going to get anything more out of all my hard work, and bust through this plateau. Hm. It’s harder than it sounds apparently. Maybe I can just work on getting 2 blitzs in a day instead of one, then try 2nd lunches. I’ve been trying to get in 2 breakfasts and even that is a strangely a struggle, lol. Baby steps, I guess.. It would be nice to have some tips from a pro!