Holy crap!

I just thought I could keep up with a blog! Time is flying by so fast and my summer is about to end. I am so sad. It feels like it just started. I thought I would update everyone on what is going on. It has been almost 2 months since my comp and I have only put on 5 lbs! I am so thrilled with myself because this is huge for me. I think I finally figured it all out. I have been on my after comp diet and doing pretty well although I did cheat more than I was suppose to. Hey it is summer and I have had lots of celebrating to do. I have enjoyed my share of margaritas that is for sure. I am renewing my workouts and getting a new diet next week so when school starts on the 10th, (my birthday which sucks)I will have a new workout regimen and new diets. I have just been so bored lately. If I must go back to work and have to be on a schedule I do really well with my diet so here we go, oh boy.

On the job front, still looking, keeping fingers crossed. It is never too late even after schools starts. I need to love my job again and I will someday.

Hubby has been home all summer and as of today he will be gone a lot. I am going to be lucky to see him once a week. That is another reason I do very well when school starts and he is out of town. I am on a tight schedule and there is not much cooking going on so how can I fail. I work, workout and sleep, that is about it. I will do this for the next 9 months and then vacation for 3. We do have a beach trip planned for December when I am out for Winter Break so that will be something to look forward to.

I have two friends who are competing next week and it was a show I thought long and hard about doing but decided to relax this summer. I am looking forward to cheering them on, one is figure and one is bb so I am pumped and hopefully it will light my fire again. I go back and forth, I want to compete, I don't, I want to, I don't. I really do want to. SEE! I did sell my black suit but only because I have worn it twice and want something different so that will be another expense on top of everything else.

I am so sore!

I am not talking from working out either! I had acupuncture done for the first time and let me tell you I thought I would die. I really do have a hi pain tolerance too. I had my daughter natural, no drugs at all and was in labor for 36 hrs. I have heard from several people that it does not hurt but it really did hurt me. Why? Was it because I was all tense when I walked in. I was a walking mess today. I felt shaky inside like my nerves where on edge. Things have been really great, workouts are great, eating is super and I feel really good other than I am having the same sleep problem again. I wake up a million times in the night and it makes me just exhausted by morning. I have only 3 weeks left until school starts and had pretty much decided I was going to go back and just stay focused and try not to sweat the small stuff until I did a really stupid thing this week. I was forwarding an email to my mom so she could read it, it was from my principle and so I went to my sent box and typed in the subject line, "devils lies" and when you are short on sleep you should really not be aloud to touch a send button because yes, that is what I did :( as if I needed anymore stress in my life at work. I suck! I spent the last two days stressing about it and I even owned up to it and told her it was intended for my mom and even though I was just being silly it REALLY looks bad and I am so not an evil person even though if I was going to be evil this would be the person I would want to be evil to, I am just sayin'

Thank you for all your post and emails about my last post, my feet! I am hoping the acupuncture helps although I did get a new pair of shoes, thanks Wendee! and it did make a huge difference. I have been doing cardio 6 x a week and still going crazy in the gym. I feel fit and lean. I still have a little bit of abs to show off and veins are crazy in my arms. This weekend is hubby's 30 year reunion and I think it will be fun. We went to school together in a small town so everyone knows everyone so I have lots of friends in his class as well. I am excited to see all of them!

Too old and ass cheeks.

I was reading an article somewhere I think, Glamour or something one day and there was a list of things you should not do if you are approaching 50. This list was not anything unusual you know, stuff like micro-minis and things like that. I can guarantee you that you will never see me in one of those even when I was 20. Anyway, the list included a nose ring and I have really thought about doing this. I think they are cute and I really wanted to get a small one so I guess the rebel in me said WHATEVER because I did it and I love it! It did not hurt at all either. No telling what I will do next! Someday when I am a grandma I am gonna have to explain the hole in my nose and the tatoo across my bikini line, LOL!

We went out with friends last weekend for dinner and then to a piano bar. It was a lot of fun but obviously we were the "older" ones in there. I mean there were some people that were probably a little older but not by much. We got there around 8pm so I guess that shows our age but around 11pm when I was ready to go so I could go to bed like old people do that is when the young crowd started showing up as if it was the beginning of their night. I remember doing that but now there is no way. I could never stay up that late. I guess the one thing that kind of blew my mind was the dresses that these 20 somethings are wearing, they are really tight and they are so short their ass cheeks hang out the back. These girls are not exactly petite either, they have cellulite and fat asses from the drive thrus this generation has grown up on. It is like nothing to them, a part of life I guess. All I know is, my jaw dropped when I saw their asses and the whole time I was thinking, I would look better in that dress than that 20 something but I of course would never dream of letting my ass cheeks hang out of anything.

On the diet and fitness front I am doing pretty well. My diet has been great but I think my body needs a rest with the workouts. I think I have taken 2 days off since my comp. I have so many little aches and pains and I know that it is my body screaming for me to rest. I am deaf and just do not want to admit it. My shoulder is still sore, my elbow is acting up for some strange reason, my knees are hurting, my feet are killing me (plantar FASHEEWHATER) and ever now and then I get muscle cramps like no other! You have to understand on top of all this I am doing some serious manual labor around my house. I will not bore you with the details but lets just say, I am working hard. The good news is I can do 3 unassisted chin ups now and that makes me feel like a real bad ass! I go around pulling up on everything now, because well, I can!

Flying!

The weeks are flying by these days and soon my summer will be over. I guess I have been trying so hard to suck every minute out of the days I have neglected my blog. I am such a bad girl. I had good intentions but oh well, I am enjoying myself more than ever. This has probably been the best summer ever. I have spent so much time with family and friends and I feel like I am on top of the world. I love summer more than anytime of the year even when it is super hot like it has been.

I just received my photos from the photographer and this one is my favorite because it really shows off my abs, well not so much on blogger but if you saw this in person I think you would would like it.

I am selling my black blinged out evening suit and figure if I compete again I want a new one anyway. I plan on possibly competing next year but want a new suit and a new routine to go with it.

Things are good on the fitness front. I am working out hard and my diet has been about 80%.I still can see my abs, not as much but they are still popping out. I love my shoulders and back and get lot of compliments on my arms, my ass not so much. That was the first place it started coming back and then it was the hips and that was trying really hard but I cannot stay on a comp diet year round so I am trying to get used to a little more junk in the trunk. I really need to buckle down though because hubby's reunion is at the end of July and that does give me some incentive.

Now, if I can just find the time to catch up on everyone else's blog! I miss everyone but cannot seem to fit everything in. I have been ask to join a team on tracker too and that is one more thing to keep up with but I think I will do it, kind of a mini challenge.

Tulsa show June 6th

Here are a few pics a friend took. I see now why I got 2nd in Novice. Although I improved a bunch and was super happy, I still have some work to do on my lower body. I got the judges comments today and it got me all pump about competing again, oh wait! I told my family I was done, crap how am I gonna break that to them? Let's just say I have been back to eating clean since Sunday:)

When you just know.

Me being a dork!

I have used a lot of trainers but you know you just know when you find the right one. I love Mike Davies and what he has done in 5 weeks what no other trainer has ever done for me. I think all my trainers have been wonderful in there own way and would recommend any of them but I do think if you are going to use one you have to find the one that works for you. Well, I found him and I am hoping to keep him around because he has the magic for me. Yes, I have to work my butt off but oh well if that is what it takes.

I had such a wonderful time at this comp. Thank you all for the kind words on my last post.You all are so great. I am in a really good place and only took 2 cheat meals with dessert and my new diet and workouts were in my email when I got home so I am back at it and feeling great. I am enjoying Peanut butter and protein shakes which I did miss the most the last several months so this diet is very doable for me. My goal is to go back to work in August looking as good as I did in May.I have not wanted any bad food and have not even touch one peanut M&M at all. I just don't want anything. I hope that continues.

There are lots of pics I am going to post but have not had a chance. I need to order some from the photography company because they are really good and I like them but it takes several weeks to get them but I will post them as soon as I do.

I am ready to relax a little and enjoy my summer! Thanks again to all my wonderful friends for your comments. They mean the world to me.

Go ahead, ask me how much fun I had!

I will blog more about my show but I just wanted to post some pics really fast. Here is the low down on how it went.

2nd place Novice
1st place Masters
1st place Ms. Oklahoma Natural Bodybuilder