Well, 12 weeks has come and (almost) gone. My body fat dropped to 10.9% on Friday. FINALLY! That put me right back on track. Everything is coming together quite well. I had my suit altered one last time last week and I think it fits perfect. My hair extensions matched perfectly. I am on lower carbs thru tomorrow then I can bump them back up. I have had a bit of a stomach bug (diarrhea) the last two days, which may be dehydrating me a little too early. I am trying to drink as much water as I can, but I'm not sure I can make up for what I have lost before I water deplete. I have lost two pounds since Friday because of this. I don't think it has affected the way I look, just my energy level and that was already low because of low carbs.
Mentally, I am a bit forgetful, but doing pretty good. I am limiting my activity and decision making for now. LOL.
I want to thank my local sponsors for supporting me the way they have. Jerry Fincher photography for sponsoring my suit. You can contact him at 903-780-1415. He has been a great workout partner as well for the last three years. He takes great pictures. PureBody Nutrition for giving me my protein powder for the entire 12 weeks. Will and Alicia Burgin are very knowledgeable and can get you started on the right supplements. You can find them on facebook. Salon Selections for my hair extensions. I can't say enough about the amazing job she did for me with my extensions. As she would say "I'm good at this shit". LOL and she is. I gave her the hard task of anticipating my hair color before highlights based on just what my colorist told me. She nailed it. Thank you Donna! You can contact her at 903-593-5040. She can work with you even if you don't live in Tyler, TX. Woodcreek Athletic Club in Tyler TX and Reggie Wilson owner of BBR training. Reggie has always been a silent supporter of mine and I appreciate him so much.
My family has been very supportive as well. My mom has watched the boys a lot so I could get a lot of my stuff done. My dear friend Julie for treating me to a mani/pedi on Wednesday for my show. She is very excited for me and that is encouraging whether she knows it or not. Thank you Julie.
My trainer Kelly Hitchcock at KH Fitness in Tyler, TX has been amazing. He holds me accountable, but more than that, he has had to be my cheerleader a time or two as well. I can tell he has gotten to know me more this year because he is able to read my mood and me pretty accurately. He always has a kind word that helps me refocus when I may feel a bit defeated.
I can't forget the support of my friends for asking about my training and showing their support. Most people don't understand why I do this....but my friends know me well enough to answer that. I have had great encouragement from some of you who read this blog. Thank you!
Now, to thank the man who has to be one of the most supportive husbands in the world. Thank you Jeffrey for supporting me for 12 long weeks. You cooked supper for me, you watched the boys if I had to work out at night and this week you will put up with a bit more grouchiness or dingy...ness. I love you.
I am tired so I will blog tomorrow and post my pictures from Sunday in my suit.
Well, it has been a while since I posted. Things were left a little crazy but wow God is Good and has worked it all out. Last week was proof of that. My husband met with the school on Monday and it went very well. They decided to grant us some financial assistance this next school year recognizing the short comings of their new third party. I am so appreciative of those individuals who I called and asked to be praying at that exact time. My husband thought it was strange because he didn't have to say much, it was as if someone had already plead our case. I believe that someone was our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The financial guy and my husband were within $45 dollars of each other and he said that was fair, granted us the help, and that was that. What a blessing.
The week continued to get better as my suit was completed (I love it) and my hair extensions were as well. I don't know what the heck to do with them, but I love them. I will share all my great sponsors on my next blog.
Unfortunately, my body fat is still practically the same. I was pretty upset. I have never followed a diet so perfectly as I did last week. What went wrong? Is my body starving? Well, I figured it out. I made a mistake with the diet and was taking in less than 1300 calories and less than 8 grams of fat. No wonder I couldn't think. I am hoping that getting those calories back up to 1570 will fix the problem. I have never plateaued this long. I am asking God to put me where I need to be, because quite frankly, there is no sense in worrying about it now. I still look good enough to be on stage, so at least I won't completely embarrass myself. It's frustrating, but I just have to keep going.
I was practicing my posing and walk today and noticed my shoe was not fitting right. You have got to be kidding, I thought, when I saw that the elastic on my shoe is barely intact. I will be making a trip to a shoe repair shop in the morning. Worse case scenario, I will purchase new and have them shipped overnight. Just a little bump in the road. At least it didn't break at the show. That could have ended badly.
I have chosen not to post my pictures in my competition suit just yet. So I am still in my regular suit.
I have cried the last 3 days. I am hoping today I can resume normalcy. I am stressed beyond belief. To be honest, I don't handle stress too well to begin with.....so put a low fat diet with that and I cannot handle much of anything you throw at me. My brain is needing some DHA, that is for sure.
I am missing my workout partner this week. He is an older gentleman who is able to calm me down and give me insight on how to handle things. But I would venture to say, he would agree this has been a crappy week and a half. My mind is still fresh on the previous events I have mentioned in my blog. With that add on the following....
1. My t-shirts won't be finished till probably a week and a half out from the show. Well, I can't be selling shirts then because I have enough to focus on at that time for the show; so I decided to forgo the shirts and not worry about. That is, after I worried about it. LOL
2. My suit that I was supposed to get two Saturdays ago is still not here. Everyday it is supposed to be here and its not. On top of that, the lady called me to tell me she noticed after she mailed it, that she had a note to make a change for me that she did not do. I will likely be sending it back to her. GREAT! Who knows, maybe it will be perfect.
3. My 4 (almost 5 year old) has been refusing to go anywhere, including the nursery at the gym. Tuesday night he had a breakdown and boy was I furious. I have been dealing with this for 7 weeks now. I had to cancel on a client at that time. I felt obligated to give her a free session the next day. Money lost! My husband dealt with the situation when he got home and I hope and pray it works.
4. After training my client the next day, I picked my boys up and preceded to tell them when they would be back the next two days. I was told they were full and I could make reservations for the next week on Thursday. Excuse me, I work here and have for almost 4 years. I am training. Oh well, had to cancel on my client again because they wouldn't provide childcare. More money lost! Plus, I have to wait till my husband gets home in the evenings and go back into town to workout. Annoyed!
5. It gets worst. I go in to have my body fat checked and yep I am still sitting at 13%. What the hell? Not what I needed to hear. I need some encouragement at this point.
6. I come home yesterday anxiously waiting for my suit in the mail. I go out as soon as the mail lady delivers and nope no suit, but wait there is a letter from the private school we send our boys to. I open the letter with anticipation that there would be good news. What was I thinking? It was just a letter to follow up on the letter that we would be getting no assistance. All the money is allocated to others. Thanks for the reminder folks. That was it. Bring on the waterworks. I bet I cried for a solid hour.
Once I climbed out of my pity pool and regained my composer, I just prayed that God would work all these things out. They are small in comparison to what others are going through, but they are important to me. If its important to me, then its important to him. I know he is working out his master plan and I have to trust.
Thank goodness I ended the day on a positive note. I met with the lady doing my extensions. They are going to look great. She did a fantastic job blending in colors and I can't wait to see the final result. Finally, someone who followed through for me. That alone is exciting.
For now, my diet has become stricter. I am journaling everything I eat (even chewing gum) in order to stay solid with this diet. I need to relax because stress can cause a person's body to hold on to fat. I will have to figure in my fish oil (it has 1mg of fat per pill) on my plan and I am also now taking something for my adrenal glands. I am hoping these will help with my mental fatigue. I just have to hang in there and keep my eye on the prize. I only have 3 more weeks to go.
