My Figure Bodybuilding Journey

I am sorry it has taken me this long to discuss the competition that Rae was in, I have been so very busy.

All I can say is that I am so very lucky to have meet such a wonderful and incredible bunch of girls.

I meet Bella first, she was so kind to meet me outside the RSL to hand me my ticket. Bella, upon first site of her gives an impression of sweetness! She has such a friendly and warm smile and a personality to match. And she is absolutely gorgeous!

We walked in and headed for the table were I got to meet everyone else.

Rae was still at the table so I was lucky to meet her in person before she went back stage to prepare herself. Rae looked nothing short of "sensational", I knew she would though ;-).

When Rae got on stage with a huge line up of girls she stood out. Her tall and beautiful physique was shown off by her elegant and graceful posture and poses. Rae's posing routine was by far the most graceful of all. Her music choice and moves worked so well together. She looked so stunning and her bikini looked amazing on her spectacular body. I could just rave all day about her. I have a couple of pictures but wont put them up until Rae has blogged first. Rae you are an inspiration and it was an honour meeting you even if it was brief.

Jadey was so helpful to Rae, what a great friend you are Jadey :-). What Jadey said about us all meeting up and it feeling like we have all been friends for years was so very true. Jadey, I think you will rock when you compete. You are so very attractive. You have a fantastic body and I felt you could have gone on stage that day and kicked some butt!!! I wish you all the best for you up and coming comp, I know you will be a star on the day.

Andj was there as a delightful suprise as I had no idea she was coming. Andj and I meet in April at the all girl show. It was great to catch up again, this time we had more time to talk about things. I really hope you do decide to compete, you really want too I can see it in your eyes. You will have so much support if you decide on a date next year or even this year hun. You are already in great shape.

Hilary, now dont be fooled by this girls sweetness and innocence lol. She comes out with the most funniest and naughtiest remarks when you least expect them. Hilary totally cracked me up because I never see it coming lol. She is such a sweet and attractive person (with eyes to die for).

It was such a great day, but it went way to fast. I even got to meet Rae's coach Andrew. He seems like a very nice guy. And even Josh Dickinson made an appearence lol.

The show was great I watched the WFF but left before the NABBA started.

I feel totally inspired about doing this myself, competing that is. Nervous, excited are two words I will probley be using a lot of over the next 20 weeks lol.

I hope we all have a chance to meet up again, and I also hope to meet more of the wonderful friends (bloggers) soon.

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I have had the most exciting weekend!! But I will start with Saturday and then tell you about Sunday at Rae's comp.

Saturday I drove to Brisbane to meet Jo Rogers for the very first time for a two hour posing session.

Poor Jo, lucky me is all I can say lol.

My mind went to bits as soon as I pulled up in her street. I was so nervous and excited I had forgotten the house number. I called her and she came out and got me.

My first impressions of Jo was simply "wow". She was so down to earth, very freindly, professional and reassuring.

We sat and chatted for a while which was great, she has so much knowledge about competing and was happy to share important points with me.

Next it was time to choose my contest heels. It took less then two minutes because if I had even considered looking into it further, we would still be there lol. I promised myself to just take the first pair that felt right, and it just so happened to be the second pair I tried on.

Now I have them on and all is well until Jo gets me to stand in front of the mirror and start learning my "relaxed pose". AT this stage I start to tremble and shake like mad. Poor Jo, she must have been fighting back the urge to laugh at me. She was so nice throughout the whole session.

Can you believe if im shaking like mad now, what will I be like on stage!!

Jo went over all the posing I needed to learn and she said I did well, so I can only be happy with that. I need to practice obviously and have been already.

I will be going back to see Jo for another lesson. I hope she doesn't mind lol.

I am still in pain from my rear delts, right done my entire back and to my hamstrings from manipulating my body into positions I have never been in before.

But it's all worth while. A little pain will not stop me from reaching my dreams.

Jo Rogers is really something else, I just can't stop raving about her. She possesses a very special quality and I really enjoy being in her presence.

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Dont' worry Im ok lol. I don't need to vent, or maybe I should!

First thing I need to say is that I have not had a drink since Saturday night (yay). My diet is right on track but then again it usually is on week days. But this time it's different, my mind is so motivated right now, and I know it will take me through the weekend successfully.

My moods have been so up and down this week it has been unbearable. I have to say that there has been one poor soul in the line of fire. I am sooooooo sorry for being a pain in the BUTT. Poor, poor JD has had to put up with me the last couple of days. With so much going on in my personal life and pms and my diet etc, etc, I lost my mind lol. But it's all good as he so nicely tells me.

Today was my absolute favorite day at the gym, my quad and calves day. I really hammered my session today, I felt stronge and im ready to increase my weights again next week because I know I have perfect form and execution on my current weight. I simply love squats!!

Less then 20 weeeks till "stage time", I feel so motivated right now. I have an awesome trainer, and so much support here where I need it, but the biggest turn around for me is my Hubby, he is now on board and will support me through this. That was the key factor in me deciding to go ahead with this comp.

All I have now is determination, motivation and focus. It almost scares me to feel this confidence within me, I have never felt it before. I will focus my nervous energy (and their is plenty of it) into positive energy.

Im off now, my stomach is grumbling, time for a protein shake.

Jodi, thank you for stopping in, hope to see you again soon!

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My mind is so far out of wack right now. My diet is up and down on the weekends and that's because I keep telling myself "I have been good all week I can have some of that!" Or I tell my self that " As of July, I can't do anything wrong, I can't eat anything that is going to ruin my chances of competing".

So by Friday I am feeling really toned, but come Monday I feel fat and flabby. My biggest problem right now is the grog and the nuts I eat with it. That's about all I am doing wrong at the moment.

My training is spot on and so is cardio. I really want to start strict dieting now, but am scared that it will happen to soon and I won't be able to hold out until October.

I don't even know if I have the discipline to go through with the contest diet. I say this now, but deep inside I know when it's time to really start it, I can do it.

Writing this is helping my thought processes already lol. I now realize that I am nither here nor there with my diet, yes, that's it. I am in limbo. Not a good place for someone that needs direction.

Ok now that I have worked it out I know when it comes to full-on, strict, no cheat meals, cut down, contest diet, I will be alright. Because I will have a direction to follow.

Until then I have to find some kind of self control. I am giving in to nuts and wine because I feel I don't have a good enough reason to say no yet.

Thanks Lia ;-)

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Today I did back and hamstrings. (Picture was taken yesterday). I don't really talk about my weight training much so I thought I would today :-)
I only noticed the other day that my hamstrings have increased in size and I think it has a lot to do with the leg press machine.
I do heavy weights but low reps on the leg press followed by leg curls which are higher reps.
My quads are now done on a seperate day to my hamstrings. I actually like doing it this way as it gives me a chance to hammer them and not worry about loosing strength for the other muscle group.

Anyway, nothing much more to go with lol. My mind is elsewhere right now.

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Now that I have changed my training and exercising routine I have come across some new challenges.
Up until I got my awesome exercise bike I used to do all my training in the mornings. I would weight train and then do cardio, this was not advisable because I wanted to add muscle and not burn it up doing cardio.
So now I do weight traing in the morning and cardio at night. I really feel that this system is working really well for me. I can feel myself getting fitter and stronger.

So whats my problem lol? I am so busy throughout the entire day that I only have a chance to do my cardio about 30mins after dinner. It doesn't make me feel ill or anything but I was just worried about it being a bad thing to do.

It turns out it's not :-), one less stress on my head lol.

When food is in your stomach during exercise, your heart has to pump blood to both the exercising muscles and those in the stomach.
Fit people can exercise after they eat as long as they don't exercise so intensely that their skeletal muscles use up all the available oxygen and cause their stomach muscles to hurt.

I have no pain as my dinner only consists of no more then 100gms of chicken breast and veges.
Also the body will use the first available energy source, which would be whats in my stomach. This is good because I know my muscles will be spared!!

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Yesterday was a lovely day :-). My gorgeous little guy woke me up with a huge kiss and cuddle and said "happy Mother's day mummy, I love you". Well, what more could I have asked for, I simply melted.

We had perfect weather here, blue skys, warm shorts and t-shirt weather, absolutley beautiful. The three of us went shopping, I bought some clothes. We walked around Surfers for a while and then went home and relaxed.

Then they took me out for dinner that evening. It was a very special day.

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You must be wondering what the heck im talking about lol.
I never told anyone (although Lia & JD knew) that I had entered a compitition in the Aus Bodybuilding Forum 12 weeks ago.

The comp was for "The most Improved Physique" and it was gender mixed. I just found out last night that I had won. It was a very close call though.

I didn't say anything about it because I never would have thought that I could win as I have never won anything in my life.

So how do I feel? I am completely overwhelmed by it all. Not mention happy, happy, happy!!!
I am still in shock about the whole thing honesty.

The support I have recieved here has been so inspiring to me and kept me on track one hundred percent. Thank you guys. And you wont believe it but I won about $1500 worth of prizes. I am still in shock I tell you. I guess it all makes sense as to why I was so stressed about getting sick a week before I was to take my final pictures.

Now I must focus on wheather or not I want to compete. I know I DO want to but im not sure if this October is when I want to start. I have so many things to think about right now.

I have started training again with JD and am excited about it. I have time to decide whilst im being trained. I guess I will just play it by ear. I know I have made some great changes in 12 weeks and my legs have never looked this defined before. I promise to let you know as soon as I make my final decision.

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I am sorry it has taken so long to get my pictures up but life has been sooo busy lately.
Last Wednesday the pics were done and I have more to show but in time.

So the beginning of my 12 week program I weighed in at 62kgs - 63kgs and finished at 57kgs. My muscles have toned and defined quite a bit. If I could pose well you would have been able to see more definition.

The reason my face is blurred is due to my hubbies request, he is funny about the internet.

I ended up having the rest of the week off. I did not pick up weights or do any cardio. I also let loose over the weekend with food, it was fabulous.

But yesterday I got right back on track, I started a new program with the amazing Josh Dickinson ;-) and have jumped right back onto my diet, only I don't need to be as strick on myself. So I am very excited about the new start.

Can't wait catch up with blogs, I have been reading them but haven't been able to comment.

See you soon.

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