Introduction to Me and Farewell to Pastries...

Howdy!


Let me start my first blog with a little about me. Please refrain from yawning...

I am a Fightin' Texas Aggie, Class of 2003 and please do not do the math on my age because I graduated at 14. ;) I am a Certified Personal Trainer and love all things physical and challenging. Yep. This coming from a girl who ran a 20 minute mile in high school but swimming has always been my forté and it provides a much better physique anyways. (So there! Put that in with your burned-out joints, marathon runners.)

I have wanted to do a competition for the last five years but time, and MONEY, have played a factor. Ever wonder why the successful Figure and Fitness ladies seem to be in their early or mid-thirties? Because that is when they FINALLY quit their jobs making $15 an hour as a personal trainer at the gym and got a career that paid them well. (Am I the only one?) It is NOT because the female body cooperates any better in your thirties than in your twenties. In fact, that body I hated in my twenties would be a blessing now. It also might be because you develop drive and discipline that comes with maturity or maybe that is just me.

Anyways, I am lucky starting this journey because I have some incredible people supporting me. My dear boyfriend, William, is teaching me all about willpower because this is someone who can down two pizzas in less than 24 hours and still have visible abs. (Remind me to smother him in his sleep, kay?)

I have my training buddy, Julie, who is teaching me about DETERMINATION and DEDICATION because if she can give up beer for The Shredder, I can give up bread for eternity.

So, in summation, I am thrilled about this. I have a great team of support beside me and I have my eyes on the prize. Now, all I have to do is hang my suit (arriving in 8 weeks) next to the pantry and a stuffed pig next to my car keys (for when the cravings are bad and I tell myself that one Krispy Kreme won't throw me off track).

"Boldness be my friend."
~ William Shakespeare