I'm Saying It Out Loud

I am a fitness nut. Four years ago I competed in my 3rd competition where I was judged on my body. My first 2 I competed in at the age of 21 and they were called "Fitness" contests. You were scored equally on 1 piece swimsuit, 2 piece swimsuit and a 2 minute routine. I never won :). The judges told me I never would "you have tree trunk legs and your upper body is scrawny like a model". Fast forward 7 years.

I had one child and wanted to get in shape to get pregnant again and what better way to do it. I began busting my butt in the gym, supplementing like crazy and eating nothing but chicken, fish, veggies, protein shakes and drinking water. I didn't win, but I did place in the top 3 (3rd to be exact :).

Fast forward 4 years to today. I have had 2 more children, I am 34 years old (1 year away from competing in the Masters division) and I have the itch again. My husband is supportive. I'm not sure how to fit in 2-3 workouts a day with 3 kids (2 of whom are home with me all day and still wake up numerous times in the night) and a husband who travels, but I'm willing to try it.

So why am I blogging this you ask????? Because my other dream is to become a published author some day - I don't care if it's a newspaper article - I want to be published so I can say I had a dream and I achieved it. I am combining two of my passions - writing and fitness. So here it is: I'm saying it out loud -

I desperately want to compete in the Short Category of the 2011 Arkansas State Figure Show. This blog will be committed to writing my workout and food journals, my challenges and posting my transformation pics along the way.

This will not be an easy journey. I will block out the little voices along the way in my head that give me all the reason in the world why I can't and I will only listen to the support of my friends and family along the way.

Here goes nothing :)