New Friends!

It is currently 7:37 am and I am having one of the best mornings ever!

I went to the gym for cardio this morning. I did the treadmill for 50 minutes and the stair climber for 15. Pretty good, but I could have done better. I've just been feeling sick this week and not totally into it. I was hoping to find some motivation.....

Well afterwards I was in the locker room and I mixed my glutamine up and started chugging. This girl says to me "it's all about the protein shakes, huh?" and I said "well actually it is glutamine." And then she was like "oh! well what is your overall goal?" So I told her that I want to do a figure competition. She got all excited and told me she just did her very first figure competition 2 months ago, and got 3rd place. Now, I've seen this girl at the gym before and she looks good. I'm not even surprised that she did one... but what was so cool is that we launched off into an entire conversation about this and that about competing. I told her I don't know where to begin and she said stop sweating it and just do it because it is going to be a disaster the first time (because you don't have a clue what you are doing anyway!). Then her friend comes up and they both start talking about how they are doing one in April! They said I should do it with them and get it over with so that I have a better chance of placing in August.

Anyway, we had this great conversation and I feel so good this morning. They both gave me their names (Tiffany and Louanna), and said that they would help me with anything that I need. It was really refreshing to meet people at my very own gym that know what I'm going through. They were so reassuring too - they told me to just focus on eating clean and that I look great right now, so don't worry about losing the fat. What is really surprising is that they said the hardest part is building and maintaining the muscle mass I have - I would have thought burning the fat would be the hardest! AND, they said they don't have coaches! They just do their homework - said they can't afford fancy trainers and all that so I should not worry. And ALSO - Louanna said she won 3rd place in her very first contest! I can not believe that.

One thing they did convince me of is that my final goal should be 10% body fat. Most figure competitors get down to that. So that is my new goal. I'm super excited about this competition. After having such a crappy feeling week, this was exactly what I needed to get motivated!!!!

YAY YAY!!!