Moxie for Life

No, silly those are NOT measurements…well at least not of my body! That is how many hours of cardio to do, gallons of water to drink and bodyfat to lose in 23 days. No problem right?  I’ve been using some of Valerie W.’s techniques for mind focus and it’s really helping, it’s fun and people ask me lots of questions. I have a card with words that I say or read while working out and her pictures to look at to inspire me.

The show I’m doing is a National Qualifier. I’m not so egotistical to say that I WILL do it, but hey, a girl’s gotta have a dream to go with her goals. My main desire is to place higher than I did last time. If I do that, in my eyes I have won.

T says my “muscles are maturing”. Lol. Finally they’re growing up! JK. I can SO see it.

My suit is really not going to do it so I’m on the look out for another. I’m talking with several girls on diva exchange to see if I can drum up another one. I do have one possibilty, but it’s green and I really was hoping to go with red. We’ll see.

Today I’m getting legs and pits waxed. I’m seriously getting close to a furry animal…chewbacca, perhaps? I found someone close who I like and trust. YAY!

Ok, ta for now.

I showed up at the gym, 4:30 on the dot. There was a crowd growing at the door. So I hung out, for 25 minutes! Finally, I gave up and headed home. I toyed with the idea of just doing cardio at home, but it was going to be busy after school so I grabbed my 5, 8 and 10 lb weights and set off to make the best of it. I watched Valerie Waugaman last night, so I used a few of her moves and got going. I really did pretty good considering what I have to work with.  Then I had 15 minutes left to get a quick run in. I don’t know what happened, but I couldn’t stop. “Lose Yourself” and “Survivor” came on the ipod and I just kept running. I haven’t stopped all day.  What a great feeling. What a GREAT day. I needed it after last week’s hell.

Keep it coming.

My mom is going to alter my suit! Although not without disclaimer that she thinks it’s fine the way it is and does my whole a$$ have to hang out? lol Sorry mom. I don’t do all those squats and step ups for nothing! Gotta show it off! Secretly I think she likes the whole thing. She’s going to come with me again and be my tanning helper! I’m going to try the Jan Tana mousse this time. Hopefully it will go on a little smoother than the gel/liquidy stuff. Only 32 days!

Oh yeah, and there is this little nugget. Thanks, T.  You ROCK!

Here’s my honey finishing his first ever triathlon!

He’s only been working up to this for about a little over two months. He swam 1/2 mile, biked 12 miles and ran 3 miles! What great job! He went with our friends Dan and Sara, too. (below) The whole thing was to raise money to stop Human Trafficking.  I’m so proud of you!

I’m really not a drama queen. I swear. I go about my business trying to stay out of the way. Anyone remember the first show suit issues? Well, I got my new suit today it’s posted below. It looks good, right? Well, I was panicking because the bottoms looked huge. I started shopping for a new one and had talked hubby into $200 more for a new one. Ok, so I hadn’t actually put it ON. What? Why are you laughing?

Anyway, the top looks SUPER HOT. Hope I keep some boobs this time. Now, the bottoms the cut is decent, but they need to be a lot narrower on the butt. So, I’m going to try to figure out if my mom can alter them or go get it done. Crisis averted. Whew. $200 saved. (Maybe I shouldn’t tell?) JK, Honey.

Also as I was looking for my old suit post, I read some of my posts  leading up to the first show. That was some funny stuff. It definitely changes second time around. It doesn’t all seem so intense. Makes me feel for April though. She’s almost there. A serious accomplishment! GOOOOO APRIL!

I want to go so bad. I’m not sure why. I’m just so sucked in and dying to see a pro figure show.

Here is a story about a lady dropping her iphone in the toilet. It’s so funny. Warning: multiple expletives, if you can’t handle that sort of thing.

I have a friend who is dieting. She even has a trainer. She thinks she wants to compete in a few weeks. Just today I saw her eating 5? cookies. She said she bought them for the kids and just wanted a bite. Next thing I she knew half the container was gone. She wants to blame TOM. She tried to hide the evidence but really, the crumbs and bloated belly were a dead giveaway. After she was confronted, she rationalized that she should just finish the last two because then they would be gone and not be a temptation anymore. I think she is deluding herself. Do you think she has a problem?

Sincerely,

Friend of a Cookie Scarfer