Back to Normal??

Hello..I am adjusting and trying to get things back to normal. Well, somewhat normal. I definetly don't want to eat and look like I used to. However, I have gained 5 lbs already and it hasn't even been a full week yet. eekk! I am afraid to see what I will weigh next week. I started exercising and eating pretty good again. Half the day I eat healthy and the other half I am filling my body with all the carbs and sugar I possibly can! Pizza, homemade mac and cheese, itallian seasoned bread, spaghetti, lots and lots of cookies! It all tastes really good but suprisingly I am getting a little tired of it...Its a good thing, then maybe I will not want it very often.
So,, about the competition...It went pretty good for the most part...This is what my day looked like:
I woke up at 6 am, took a fast, cold shower-washed my hair, did my makeup very heavily. Then my good friend came over and curled my hair. I made my protein pancakes-I made extra and fed them to my girls for breakfast and suprisingly, THEY LOVED THEM :) I quickly packed the remaining stuff for my little girl and I-yes my little 5 year old went on stage too (and she looked so cute and brought home her very own trophy:) . Headed out the door. I arrived and stood in line forever! Got my number and headed backstage to primp up. I had a tanning issue when I woke up, I noticed I sat in water the night before and had a big white spot on my thigh..I payed lots of money to a company that works at these shows to help me with touch ups and all the stuff for the day. When I met them backstage, she took a look at me and said,"you are no where near dark enough" I flipped and she found the on the site spray tan lady that was there and charged $75! So, that week I paid $125 in spray tans! My hubby wasn't very happy. However, I did look so much better-the competition tan is so different than regular spray tans. So I suggest to spend the money and get the right stuff the first time. 10 minutes before I went on stage, I got a spray tan, bikini bite and oil rubbed on, pumped up, hair fluffed, practice walk and lined up for the stage..
They called my number-6! I cheesed a smile, walked and posed, walked and posed, turned around, walked and posed. I stood there in the back line waiting for the other girls to strut there stuff. I was shaking so bad I thought I was going to fall over. Less than 2 minutes later, we were off stage..All that for a few seconds! We were able to have a nice long break where we were able to munch on out lean meat, our protein pancakes and take a nap..Ha ha yeah right, take a nap.
The night show went a lot smoother. That is when the judging is over and the family is there to see everything. I had plenty of time to get touch up tans, body glitter, oiled and bikini bite and practiced practiced my walk. The woman that was helping me, told me she had a suit she brought for me she really wanted me to wear. She told me to at least try it on for her. I did, I liked it, I liked mine better but I ended up wearing her suit for the night show.
With the show being in September, there was half the competitors than the spring shows. I guess people would rather work off their winter weight for the spring show than miss all the summer BBQ's and camp out dinners and such that summer brings. I don't blame them, ha ha I probably wont do a fall show again for that reason. Back to my point, not a lot of compeitiors, but I was able to bring home a 3rd place trophy. We just received the score sheet from the judges. The lower the number you receive, the better and higher you place. Every one of the judges gave me a 3. Better than it could have been :) I am going to plan on doing another show in the spring and work harder to look better.

After the show, I invited all my lovely supporting family out to eat at Chili's. I wanted so much there that I ordered a little of everything. Ha, well I got the chips and queso, a vanilla dr. pepper, chicken enchilada soup, and topped it off with a delicious chocolate molten cake. I also tried a bite of everyones food :) I was pretty full and by the next morning, I had a tummy ache and it lasted all day..serves me right. And I have been eating ever since..It stops now, ha ha, well tonight after my recipe exchange party. I had protein pancakes for breakfast this morning and they tasted pretty good. I will try and keep in shape ! I am grateful for this experience and what it has taught me. I am thankful to know what I know now about being healthy and would love to make it a lifestyle for me. With the occasionaly treat and cheat meals :) I will keep my goals and journeys posted to hopefully more competitions to come. thank you all and TTFN!

The Final Countdown!

3 more days!! This week has not been as hard as some but still pretty darn hard! On Sunday, I started a carb depletion phase and have not had any carbs (no oatmeal, yams or brown rice) for the last 3 days. Today at noon I get to start eating them again every couple of hours. I guess the reason of doing this is your muscles will suck up the carbs and appear fuller :) Thats what I am told at least ha ha. I also have lost more weight the last few weeks. Today I weighed in at 121! Wow, I have not weighed that since jr high :)
   I am dreaming of all the food I will enjoy when this is done, and I will probably make myself sick. I am the biggest sweets and popcorn lover EVER! I am even hosting a recipe exchange party a couple of days after my show to try wonderful new fall recipes to eat!
  This week I got my nails all pretty for the show and the next couple of days I will get my spray tan. My wonderful brother and his wife are expection their 5th baby and are having a "Gender Reveal" party and I get to be so lucky and bring yummy cupcakes for them. I have wonderful and different ideas for that! Believe me, I will definetly put some away in the fridge to eat the next night!!
  Well, after today, no more exercise until after the show! I am kinda happy about that.. I need a good long rest! I am pretty burned out.
  I will probably not post again til after the show...I will post pictures of the show and probably some progress photos before and after :) Well ttfn!

How many more days!!!??

Wow I can't believe it is only 12 more days to the show! I have my applications all in, I am all signed up, my suit is now finished and blingified..I got my appointments all set up for tanning and nails. got my hair done last week-good to go! Now I just need to stock my fridge up with tilapia and asparagus :(
So, last week we went camping for 5 days. I made these yummy nutter butter balls from a recipe I had gotten from another competitor. I tweeked it just a bit and they were so so yummy. I pretty much ate the entire batch up camping. What can I say when everyone else is eating cherry chocolate cobbler, licorice and smores! I also was only able to exercise about 3 of the days, or was it 2?? I did drink my gallon of water everyday though! Anyway, I got home and hopped on the scale, I DROPPED 4 LBS!! I was so happy! Two days later I got on again and was still down. I was happy. So now I am hoping with these last two weeks I can drop 3-5 more lbs and be ready.
   My birthday was this past Saturday. When it comes to birthdays, I am very big on celebrating all birthdays, with the presents, the friends, the cake and ice cream. I received some gift cards to a couple of my favorite places. My hubby also took me out to eat (I ordered their tilapia and broccoli dinner) and we got a babysitter and went to a late movie. I was pretty bummed about not being able to have cake and ice cream but I made my hubby promise me that he would get me some after the show! Well, more updates as I get to the final stages!!! TTFN!