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This won't help ... but me too, to all of the above ie bloating from protien etc, tired ... and so on! But I have a good feeling you will do just great! Great news on the 'New Guy' front! yay for you. :lol:

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Friday

Reading Evie's journal was like reading a page of my own diary! I should have just cut & paste! Lol!

Another tiring day. It's quite hard to find things that keep me motivated. I'm starting to get headaches now & the fuzz in my brain can get quite unbearable at times. My colleagues at work are really helpful though. This arvy I could not take a particular call from a client so I asked the girl that I sit next to to take it for me & she was more than happy to! Yay for me!

Thank goodness it is Friday! I'm looking forward to having space to myself. My new man has commitments all weekend (his own footy match & then the Brisbane Lions match with his dad on Saturday & then on Sunday he's going to Nanango to pack up his stuff) & I won't be able to see him till Sunday. :) So it will be lots of SLEEP for me! Yay!

Had the crappiest sleep that I've ever had in awhile last night so that didn't help either. :S

Feeling a bit homesick. I guess when I get tired and low I tend to miss the familiarity of home such as the landscape and silly things like Foodtown.

Really just want to tuck into a bag of sweeties tonight. Easter next week & that is going to be quite tough coz of all the treats & coz it's the 3rd anniversary of Mum's death. All emotions are intensified when one is pre-contest!

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My apologies for not posting sooner - the past week has been an emotional rollercoaster of sorts...

I was very close to packing it in when this idiot Personal Trainer decided to stick his nose in & tell me what I needed to do blah blah blah. He implied that I shouldn't be competing as I was not lean enough etc etc. Dickhead! I was so angry!

By Thursday I had had enough. I woke up Thursday morning with a horrible earache & felt very sorry for myself... Went to work for 3 hours & then buggered off to the doctor & spent $40 for her to tell me that I did not have an ear infection but rather I chewed too much chewing gum & my earache was due to a tense muscle in the jaw! :S

My long weekend was good. Eased up on the cardio and diet a bit & my body loved it! Actually there was a small blip on Thursday night whereby I ate a small amount of chocolate brownie which I was baking as an Easter treat for my friend. I felt horribly guilty afterwards, but the way my body responded to the sugar was amazing - I had to go for a run!

Things are looking good & I'm definitely on track. Just got to plod along, keep doing what I'm doing & the big event will be here before I know it - YAY!

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Another week has flown by since I last posted. I can't believe it! The time has gone so quickly! :shock:

The weekend just gone was an incredibly emotionally trying time for me. I had reached snapping point & snap I did! It all started on Friday when I had a bluey with a girl at work. She is getting married on the same day as my competition & is under a lot of pressure herself. We got it all sorted in the end. I apologised & she did too. It's all sweet between us now. :)

On Saturday I lost it with a PT at the gym who decided to stick her nose into my training. This caused an argument between my training partner (and good friend) & I ended up walking out of the gym in tears. When I tried to contact her on Sunday she was rather rude & non-responsive & this completely set me off. I sobbed uncontrollably for about an hour, wanted to kill myself blah blah. Total overreaction coz I was overtired & undercarbed. My partner was so supportive though. Just talked me through it etc.

Had Monday off from work (called in sick - stress leave I said!) & that was the best thing for me. Caught up on sleep, went out for lunch with my partner & had a good time.

I've cut back the cardio quite a bit... Will focus on reserving energy for posing and sleeping. LOL!

I'm more relaxed about the comp now. Really looking forward to the big day... Just going to have lots of fun & enjoy it all! :)

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:D THE END IS NEAR!

Best of luck to you in your last week of prep - Hopefully everything is falling into place and you are able to have some pampering time - ie nails and hair done etc.

Thanks for posting your journal here! I've really enjoyed your honesty!

YOU ARE GUNNA ROCK IT! I want to see pictures!

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Well definitely on the home stretch now!

I'm de-carbing at the moment so I feel really shitty, what with all the extra water & salt & I've been taking in... BLAH! Start carbing up tomorrow & dropping out water & salts tomorrow for my Sunday show.

I haven't done any posing practice or practised my routine but I'll start that when I have more energy (i.e when I start carbing up tomorrow). I'll be sweet - just act confident & no-one will know! LOL! (Well maybe the judges... :S)

I'll try & post once more before the comp... :)

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I suffered quite badly from the post comp blues... It took me nearly 2 weeks to get over it all! quote]

That really sucks! But it's part of the game isn't it? How are you doing now and what did you do to get over Post comp blues?

There are so many websites, forums and blogs out there that warn about the posibility of 'Post Comp Blues' but everyone's different and all the reading and advice can only prepare you for the possiblities. This sport is very much a mental game.

I'm really keen to hear how you did tallulahangie if you want to share that is ... and any photos etc would be really cool.

But glad to see you back here posting on the forum!

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Hi Everyone

So I guess that you are all wondering how my competition went? Well it has well and truly gone. :P It was 3 weeks ago to be exact! :shock:

There were 8 girls in my line up & they did not split the girls into classes. So it was Novice Figure short & tall combined. :S I thought that was a little unfair, especially for tall girls like me.

It was a great experience & I learnt a lot! I had a panic attack about 15 minutes before going on stage & hyperventilated & cried! It was all good. My training partner talked me out of it & basically booted my butt on stage! LOL!

I was a little disappointed with the result - came 7th out of 8 girls... :oops: But then again, at 19 I would have been the youngest and would have been competing against girls 5 - 20 years older than me. Not to mention that I had lost 15kg in 12 weeks to get to that point!

Back training hard in the gym with weights. I'm definitely working my way to the next competition (I'll do the same one again next year) & already counting down the weeks - 49 to go... :P

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Welcome back - missed you!

Glad you are back in training, the first few weeks are hard, as I found too! I wanted to get right back in there, but needed recovery time. And my vainety wanted me to keep my contest body (I wish) but not realistic.

You seem to have the right attitude towards the result of your competition! Stink one, that the classes were not split, that sucks! But good for you, you did what most people can't do - they talk the talk but never have the balls to get on stage to be judged, it's not just one performance or one race it's years, of training and months of diet!

Would still love to see some pictures too!

All the best, :D

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I had a panic attack about 15 minutes before going on stage & hyperventilated & cried! It was all good

isnt this wat wine is for? :lol:

well done with yr competition by reading yr journal looks like u put the effort in tths for sure.

good luck with next one

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Congrats T on making it to stage. Awesome effort.

How did your muscle mass hold up with losing so much weight so fast?

Also - how are you handling things diet-wise post -comp? Has it been a masssive binge attack, weight blow-out or are you eating clean/staying pretty moderate etc?

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Well, I can't say that I'm too proud of myself at this point in time. All that hard work and for what? The fat arse that follows me every time I head to the fridge for a snack... :pfft: :P

Things aren't that bad, well for the past week anyhow. Finally saw the light when the scales hit the same number that I was before I was pre-contest. How that happened, I do not know... After the competition I focused intensively on my weight training. I guess I was training so hard that I over compensated with the diet...

I enlisted the services of a personal trainer about 8 weeks ago & have my program changed every 6 weeks. She gave me a diet plan last Monday after I had put on 3 kgs & 2% bodyfat in 6 weeks! I have been dutifully following this diet for the past 1.5 weeks and hope to see results at the next weigh-in/measurements.

So I'm back on track now. The goal is to compete again next April... But I have been reconsidering this plan over the last few days. I'll re-evaluate the situation at the end of the year and see how I'm sitting with things. I have the passion to come in very lean next competition, so whether or not that will drive me through to the next April is yet to be determined.

Watch this space! :)

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I've gone and finally done it... Move to Sydney that is. Made the 1000km drive down on Saturday.

I haven't trained since before Christmas as I have been too unsettled. When I get a job and find a place to live I will get back into the training once again. I just haven't been motivated lately diet or exercise-wise. My goal will be to lose 6-8kg this year in preparation for competition next year, maybe...

So now I have to find a gym that I like and a PT. Training will be a challenge for the first few months as no doubt I will be working in the city which will mean 1 hour of travel each way as opposed to 20 minutes each way when I was living in Brisbane.

I hope to pick up additional activities such as swimming and dance classes so that shall add a bit of variety to my training...

I'll let you know how it all pans out. :)

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