Whew.......it's been a very very busy last two weeks. I'm fortunate enough to be awake now on the flight home. Now it's time to track my journey after a very long cross country flight from New York back to Sacramento. As soon as I step off the plane, I will be in rush mode to get home, change, grab my suit and props and hit the gym to see Coach Doug and my teammates. Hopefully Coach will hit my legs pretty hard today because as usual.......I'm still working on the booty! I'm excited to be back and into my routine although it will be short-lived with just 8 days until I leave again for my journey to Connecticut for my first WBFF Fitness Modeling Competition.
Last Thursday, I flew out to New York to meet with Lindsay Messina, a living fitness model legend/strut guru, and her NY DIVAS for a SASS and CLASS workshop. I was so excited to meet all of these ladies and TBA teammates that I've read so much about, studied, Facebook stalked, idolized and been inspired by daily.
The Saturday workshop started off with a killer hour plyo/cardio/booty burning workout of about 35 girls. There was such a great energy and sense of empowerment from every single lady in the room. We were able to squeeze in brief conversations between breaths and cheering each other on with every suicide/burpie combo. It was great talking to these ladies and learning their stories, when they were competing, diets, workouts, struggles, strengths, experience and hobbies other than competing and fitness.....obviously everyone's common ground that was in that room. After our sweat session, it was time to throw on our "Cinderella Shoes" and strut attire so we could start to perfect our Sassy Strut. It was such a learning experience seeing what each lady put into their pose and physique. I walked away at the end of the day with a new perspective on my stage presence and walk. It's actually a lot harder than one would think but eventually it has to come naturally so your confidence can shine on stage. I am now and will be practicing this daily until my competition. My friend said the same thing I did many moons ago, "I mean it's walking, how hard can it be. You do it every day." Then I showed the video of all the things that go into stage presence and her opinion changed just as mine had when I started studying the ART OF THE SASSY SWAG.
I was able to visit with my BFF Allyson while in NYC and she was kind enough to let me use her kitchen to cook all my meals. I think she was a little shocked at the process along with frightened for her countertops. She knows I'm not the tidiest in the kitchen so she took care of cover the entire countertops anytime I came near the kitchen. It was comical. I introduced her to protein pancakes and she fell in love with them just as I did when I first discovered the deceptively tasty and healthy meal. Seriously, I dream about them and it's the first thing I think about when I wake up in the morning........and godiva chocolate coffee.
One thing I constantly preach on is being prepared and the closer I get to this competition the more my brain is in overdrive. I just forget everything. Last week was a crazy week for me. As I mentioned earlier, the stars have started to align on various things in my life all in a very positive manner. However, like any other competitor this close to showtime, many things fall on the back burner so I'm trying to find a healthy balance although my main focus has been staying prepared and on top of competition issues.........my suit, my sports wear, my strut/swagger, my diet, my sleep, my workouts and cardio sessions. I do feel overwhelmed at times but take deep breaths and refocus on THE LIST.
As for diet and workouts, things are staying the same for the most part over the last 2 weeks. Coach Doug did increase my carbs which made me SUPER HAPPY! He thought I would argue but I trust his Method to the Madness. Coach also told me he would prefer I don't do cardio at this point so I don't burn muscle but he realized he was asking the impossible and told me just power walk up some hills if I could control myself. For the most part, I listened.
Now some might call my actions last week Dieter Brain, I don't know if I can claim it since I'm not carb deprived but I will roll with it. I spent the entire week just being a HOT MESS. I was constantly in a rush to make any appointment I had scheduled and I officially diagnosed myself with CRS (Can't Remember Sh*t). I managed to back into the garage door while pulling out ........How does that happen one might ask? I swear I opened the door from the garage but I'm blaming this on my purse. I threw my purse in the car, it obviously attacked the garage door opener and down it went as I was backing out. You would think the excessive and neurotic beeping of the backup camera would have clued me in but NAH!! Then I was trapped in the garage because the metal track was driven into the wall causing a few other issues. Nothing a few $$$$$ later can't fix. Then I spent all night Tuesday cooking for my Wed and Thurs. travel days only to forget the food on the counter when I left for the airport.......The topping, leaving my favorite leather jacket and scarf on the plane in Chicago when I changed planes to NYC. We weren't supposed to change planes. How was I to remember??? Well I made due with the food. I ordered extra food for dinner when I got to Vegas so I would have food for my journey to NYC the next day and of course I cooked at my friends house while I was there.
So all and all things are GREAT! I'm now 8 days out and in Vegas for a quick trip. It obviously took me 2 days to get back in front of the computer from when I started this. I managed to bring my food for all day Thursday and Friday and I'm headed back to Cali tomorrow so I should be good. I will even squeeze in a light workout tomorrow......today is too busy. Coach said I don't need cardio so I don't feel that guilty about being too busy to do it, however I do need it for my brain to relax. I feel a serious sweat session tomorrow.
I look forward to slowing down a bit and reflecting on the process of my journey. It's really been an eye opener on so many levels that I honestly never considered. Hopefully in 10 days, after the competition and food coma, I can answer the question.........
Is Satisfaction the Death of Desire??
I was able to visit with my BFF Allyson while in NYC and she was kind enough to let me use her kitchen to cook all my meals. I think she was a little shocked at the process along with frightened for her countertops. She knows I'm not the tidiest in the kitchen so she took care of cover the entire countertops anytime I came near the kitchen. It was comical. I introduced her to protein pancakes and she fell in love with them just as I did when I first discovered the deceptively tasty and healthy meal. Seriously, I dream about them and it's the first thing I think about when I wake up in the morning........and godiva chocolate coffee.
One thing I constantly preach on is being prepared and the closer I get to this competition the more my brain is in overdrive. I just forget everything. Last week was a crazy week for me. As I mentioned earlier, the stars have started to align on various things in my life all in a very positive manner. However, like any other competitor this close to showtime, many things fall on the back burner so I'm trying to find a healthy balance although my main focus has been staying prepared and on top of competition issues.........my suit, my sports wear, my strut/swagger, my diet, my sleep, my workouts and cardio sessions. I do feel overwhelmed at times but take deep breaths and refocus on THE LIST.
As for diet and workouts, things are staying the same for the most part over the last 2 weeks. Coach Doug did increase my carbs which made me SUPER HAPPY! He thought I would argue but I trust his Method to the Madness. Coach also told me he would prefer I don't do cardio at this point so I don't burn muscle but he realized he was asking the impossible and told me just power walk up some hills if I could control myself. For the most part, I listened.
Now some might call my actions last week Dieter Brain, I don't know if I can claim it since I'm not carb deprived but I will roll with it. I spent the entire week just being a HOT MESS. I was constantly in a rush to make any appointment I had scheduled and I officially diagnosed myself with CRS (Can't Remember Sh*t). I managed to back into the garage door while pulling out ........How does that happen one might ask? I swear I opened the door from the garage but I'm blaming this on my purse. I threw my purse in the car, it obviously attacked the garage door opener and down it went as I was backing out. You would think the excessive and neurotic beeping of the backup camera would have clued me in but NAH!! Then I was trapped in the garage because the metal track was driven into the wall causing a few other issues. Nothing a few $$$$$ later can't fix. Then I spent all night Tuesday cooking for my Wed and Thurs. travel days only to forget the food on the counter when I left for the airport.......The topping, leaving my favorite leather jacket and scarf on the plane in Chicago when I changed planes to NYC. We weren't supposed to change planes. How was I to remember??? Well I made due with the food. I ordered extra food for dinner when I got to Vegas so I would have food for my journey to NYC the next day and of course I cooked at my friends house while I was there.
So all and all things are GREAT! I'm now 8 days out and in Vegas for a quick trip. It obviously took me 2 days to get back in front of the computer from when I started this. I managed to bring my food for all day Thursday and Friday and I'm headed back to Cali tomorrow so I should be good. I will even squeeze in a light workout tomorrow......today is too busy. Coach said I don't need cardio so I don't feel that guilty about being too busy to do it, however I do need it for my brain to relax. I feel a serious sweat session tomorrow.
I look forward to slowing down a bit and reflecting on the process of my journey. It's really been an eye opener on so many levels that I honestly never considered. Hopefully in 10 days, after the competition and food coma, I can answer the question.........
Is Satisfaction the Death of Desire??
