by LiftingMySpirits | Oct 22, 2017 | Bodybuilding Journal, Competing, Contest Prep, Teaching
It has been three weeks since the last show of this competition season. The last show was on Saturday, October 15th, and I was back into teacher mode on Monday morning. Another HUGE life change is in the works, so I’ve taken time to reflect before I wrote this...
by LiftingMySpirits | Jul 17, 2017 | Bodybuilding Journal, Competing, Contest Prep
First off – I apologize, but I don’t have many show pictures yet. Just ordered them. I have the shots my coach took with his phone during pre-judging, so I’ll include those in this post. Plus any other little things I grabbed with my phone. I...
by LiftingMySpirits | Jun 25, 2017 | Bodybuilding Journal, Competing, Contest Prep
About three weeks left until my competition. So far, everything is still happening in a predictable fashion. My nerves are coming up just as I knew they would. My scale weight continues to drop. Currently three pounds UNDER my previous stage weight. I’m...
by LiftingMySpirits | Jun 11, 2017 | Bodybuilding Journal, Competing, Contest Prep, My Lifting Log
School is out for summer! Yay!! I’m teaching a morning session of summer school starting on June 19, so I only get a week off, but that’s OK. The summer school session will help me stay busy and that might help a little with the nerves I’m going...
by LiftingMySpirits | Mar 27, 2017 | Bodybuilding Journal, Contest Prep, My Lifting Log, Nutrition, Weight Loss
Oh, hi! Haven’t written in a long time. Sorry. Part of that is because I am a busy teacher. But when I’m quiet, it usually means I’m having a difficult time and I just don’t want to write until I’m through it and can reflect back. This might be a long post. ...
by LiftingMySpirits | Feb 14, 2017 | Bodybuilding Journal, Contest Prep, Life
Eight minutes from the exact time I started writing this post, I will precisely be 55 years old. I always miss my mom on my birthday. Took some progress pictures today. I’m not competing until July, and based on how this prep has been going, it highly...
