So my next pro show is in 5 days…we are traveling with our Elite Coaching Team to Iowa. Michelle and I are competing in the PRO division and we have 17 girls competing in the amateur division! Some of the girls are “newbie’s” and some are “veterans”. It should be a blast, no matter what. As a new competitor you go through about 200 emotions..ranging from HAPPY to SAD to scared to excited and so on. Ask anyone that has ever done a show and they will tell you the same. I’m proud of each and every one of them for what they have accomplished. A lot of them have come a long way! One of our competitors has lost almost 30 pounds.
In the last few weeks getting cardio in can become a challenge. ALL of our elite coaching girls are required to do AT LEAST one cardio coach class! I take them myself and LOVE them. I love cardio but there is NO WAY I would push myself on my own like our trainers push us in cardio class. When you have a group of girls you’re working out with it is very motivating. Thanks for the 5am Monday and Wednesday class for always being so supportive and motivating to push it harder! What a great “fitness family” to have.
This weekend will be my 13 show for 2011. I can say I’m ready for a small break. Don’t worry, I’m not going to “go off the deep end” but I’m ready to go on a vacation with my Hubby and relax. For some reason, this time around my show training has been challenging! It’s not my cardio (I LOVE pushing myself in cardio and the cardio classes REALLY HELP) or my weight training, it’s the nutrition. I’m still up by about 2 lbs from my show weight and I have 5 more days to take it off! I decided I needed to get myself “in-check”! I woke up Saturday morning and made daily goals for myself. Here is how it went:
- Drink ALL your water (this is very difficult for me on the weekends)
- NO “nibble” or bites of ANYTHING extra (that was challenging, I had to fix muffins for my girls and I LOVE bread)
- Stay AWAY FOR THE PEANUT BUTTER…NOW, that one can be a challenge!
Each goal is to be competed daily without focusing on the next day, my weight, how I look, IF I’m ready, etc. I JUST have to complete those three things everyday and I KNOW it will happen! So far SO GOOD, wish me luck!J
