Day 44

Wow, Saturday night was a blast. Peter surprised me with tickets to see a dance theatrical: GRAFFITI LIFE (The Color of My Sole), it was so entertaining and inspiring to watch. The show was hip hop dance with a storyline told on a spiritual level, right up my alley:)))))) Such a talented team of kids, were able to send goosebumps all over my body, outstanding performance and my favorite quote at the end of the producer of the show was: "The more challenges life brings, the more color is added to your soul!" What an awesome quote.

After that we enjoyed some sashimi and water at Raw, since both of us were dieting. Wow how fun it was to act like our water was vodka, straight up all about attitude and how you choose to enjoy yourself even in limited situations. Following sushi, we supported my co worker Troy's fashion show at the Hard Rock downtown and then met up with Peters friend at the Ivy for a little to dance and catch up. On our way back to the car, we chowed on some chicken breast sitting in my purse, yummmmmmmy:) and on our drive home reflected on how amazing our evening was and how dieting doesn't have to be a horrible thing. The best part is we both were dieting together and having a blast, how awesome to have somebody love and support you so much on every level and to go as far as dieting with you for the last seven weeks of your prep.

Today was so educational for me. I met with Link this morning my posing coach and learnt more in one hour than for the past three years of posing with different people. I know this time I am entering a National show and posing is critical in terms of wanting to become a champion. I picked the best of the best and will do whatever it takes to get my poses down flawlessly. He told me to practice daily for at least 30 minutes. We scheduled our next appointment for June 10th, after my training session to follow up with my progress and look. I showed him pictures of my last show in Hawaii, he immediately smiled and said, there is no way you can come in that ripped and hard looking or you won't even make it to the 2nd call out. He said my conditioning was already pretty good, just to watch for not getting to cut and to keep a soft and round look for on stage. I was taken away by surprise, yet kind of happy to realize I may be able to eat more and train less intense in terms of long cardio sessions.

I informed Kelly immediately about our discussion during the session and we decided to cut back on the cardio stepping it back down to 3 sessions at 30 minutes a week, and 2 HIT sessions a week. He is going to look over the diet plan again and move some things around where he sees fit. We are going to touch base tomorrow afternoon and I will have an update on how we will modify to achieve the perfect look for USA's (soft and full)!

Wow, time to chill this evening and prepare for the week, its going to be crazy!

Hope you all had a relaxing and awesome weekend as well, because you deserve nothing less:)