FIGURE COMPETITION

Okay...so I have officially gone crazy and decided to do a figure competition. I find myself in need of a place to vent and discuss this journey, so what better place than on our blog? After Taylor competed in his show, I was just really amazed by the female figure athletes and it made me want to compete as well. Those of you that know me well know that I love to work out. I have been consistently weight training for as long as I can remember, but have never been disciplined with my diet enough to see the fruits of all of my hard work. Well...I have decided to do a competition and shed that fat so that I can see what's "hiding" underneath. To add a little bit of psychosis to my current insanity, I am "blinging out" my own figure suit. Figure suits can range anywhere from $300-$3000 in cost depending on how many stones they have and how much they sparkle. Well, I am WAY too cheap to pay that much, so I had a suit made to fit me and I am going to stone it myself. Again, for those of you that know me, you know that the crafty and creative side of my brain never developed. I am horrible with crafty stuff, but my frugality won out over my pride this time and I am going to give it a whirl. Here are the before pics of my suit and I will post more after it is done. Yes....that suit is SUPER TINY! I throw up in my mouth a little bit every time I even think about trying it on..let alone wearing it on stage in front of hundreds of people:)

Anyways, I am about 6 weeks into my 15 week competition prep. I will be competing in the Iron Mountain Classic in Wenatchee, WA on Oct. 29th. I have been sticking to eating 6 meals a day of clean foods and avoiding processed and refined carbs. When I decided to do this, I realized that I couldn't figure out my diet on my own because I haven't ever tried to get that lean before. And let's face it, my body holds onto fat like there's no tomorrow. So, I decided to hire a couple that owns RAB Fitness in the Tri-Cities to help me with my diet and exercise program. They are both very successful competitors and they help people with competition prep. They have been absolutely AMAZING! They formulate all of my meal plans and work-outs and all I have to do is stick with it. LOVE IT! Don't let that fool you into thinking that my raging sweet tooth isn't begging to be satisfied however:) The diet allows me a lot of variety in healthy foods, but sometimes my brain just wants junk food. So, when I really feel like eating chocolate, I look at my suit. If I still feel like eating chocolate after that, I try it on. Words cannot describe the humiliation, but at least my chocolate craving magically disappears after that:) So, this is now the place for me to talk about my contest prep. You'll hear about the good, the bad and the ugly! Wish me luck!