figure competition prep. my daily journal

{Friday Night Fights} My favorite night of the week! I’m always a little sad when it ends. Thank goodness it comes around every seven days! I was able to get my sinus infection diagnosed on Thursday so I was ready for boxing on Friday! Probably one of the best feelings in the entire world is…

figure competition prep. my daily journal

{pill meal} Weighed in today at 133.3 lbs. Back down from 135.6 (last Thursday). Last night I had nightmare about teaching Group Power. I arrived to class late and it was standing room only because the room was packed! Most of the people in the class  only had half the equipment they needed because the…

figure competition prep. my daily journal

{breakfast} Since I’m in prep for a figure competition I’m being ultra strict with my diet and tracking my diet. At this point I’ve settled in and I’m pretty comfortable. I don’t feel deprived or hungry on a daily basis. I’m sort of at cruising speed when it comes to my diet. But, every once…

figure competition prep. my daily journal

{night pills} Do you think you should workout when you’re sick? I’m not talking about fever or food poisoning sick. Obviously if you can’t get off the couch or out of the bathroom you’re not going to drag yourself to the gym. I’m talking about head cold, chest cold, sinus infection sick. I started feeling…

figure competition prep. my daily journal

I like the atmosphere resolutioners bring to the gym.  First of all, I’ve been one before.  I hear people bitch about them a lot though, as if “they” (the complainer) never had a starting point. Even if you’re a gym rat regular you just never know where life will take you. A little humility might…

figure competition prep. my daily journal

{my front yard} Winter doldrums. This is the time of year I have to dig deep to figure out how I’m going to get through the rest of the winter without driving myself insane ruminating about a springtime that seems so far out of reach. I hate being cold more than any other human on…