Happy Father's Day to my hubby Tom who gave me two of the greatest gifts in the world! Thank you for loving Jayde, our angel Junior, and I unconditionally. Thank you for being our comic relief, movie date, swim partner, chef, Santa Claus, and DJ :)
I also want to say "Happy Father's Day" to my Papa John! He always said he would be the #1 Man in my life and it's true, he is!
I can't leave out my father-in-law Jack who always has a hug and a shot of whiskey waiting for me :) He's a great storyteller who is willing to give you the shirt off of his back if you needed it!
Last week, some of the BoBettes got together for a online chat. The conversation touched on a variety of topics including what type of criers we are (or aren't, in my case...lol), what ridiculous behavior was taking place on The Bachelorette, my upcoming nuptials with Phil Heath in Vegas during Olympia weekend....you know...important stuff! At some point, we began taking about the type of training each of us is doing and why. Donloree said something that hit me like a lightning bolt - she said, "I'm not training for a show. I'm training for life".
Training for life.
Think about it, folks. ALL of us, in some way, are training. Not for a figure competition, marathon, or some other event. We are training for life, plain and simple.
It's about being the healthiest version of ourselves we can be. It's about taking steps, even if they are baby steps, to change our lifestyles. It's about going after what we want and not waiting for what we desire to magically appear in our laps. It's about letting go of our fear and taking a chance.
Now that you know that you're in training, what type of results do you want to achieve and are you willing to put in the work that's necessary to achieve those results?
I am being dead serious when I say that I think I'm in love with Lupe Fiasco! He's so smooth....lyrics outta this world....beats that make you shake your body without even realizing it.
Yep....my heart & ears belong to Lupe.... #justcallmealaser
Add this one to your music library - you can thank me later :)
Today is Tom’s birthday! He is the ripe old age of 29 :) He and I met exactly 11 years ago today!! Who knew when I met that shy, blonde haired blue eyed, muscular hottie that day that he would become my boo (picture me singing that like Usher & Alicia Keys did…lol!), the father of my children, my trainer, master griller of my chicken, my own personal Katt Williams, my partner-in-crime!
Happy Birthday, Thomas Jack! I love you!
And The Princess wanted me to tell you that she loves you…more than Wolverine :)
I hope you had an enjoyable weekend! I did!! The Princess and I spent Saturday in our jammies watching movies like The Rocketeer and Space Chimps. On Sunday, Tom went target shooting with his parents so it's was Girls' Day Out! The Princess and I went to breakfast and then took a drive to La Encantada. MAC was our destination and there was money to be spent! I'm a MAC whore and I'm not afraid to admit it! I had an appointment with an artist to figure out my "face" for my next show. The artist I worked with was INCREDIBLE! It's always fun learning about applying makeup, not only for show day but every day! I'll do a post later in the week about the look I'm going to do and the MAC products I will be using. But let me just say that any look that incorporates a product with the name "Fetish" is fine by me :)
Check-in on Saturday went well for one reason.....The Boss was out of town and couldn't respond to my email & pictures! I told myself that silence equals The Boss thinking "you look so incredible that no changes are necessary!" Hey, a girl can dream can't she?? :)
Here's what I looked like on Saturday - a little bloated from TOM but I can definitely see changes from the week before.
There are diet changes and my am cardio has been increased (this makes me hateful of those competitors...you know who you are...that don't have to do any cardio...that's some bullsh!t...lol). But guess who gets to see the inside of a gym more than once a week?!?!? That's right....ME!!!!!!!!!! I'm so excited and I'm sure Tom will have some awesome workouts for me to do!
I want to send a HHHUUUGGGEEE "Congratulations" to Kellie of Mother Fitness. She competed this past weekend in the INBA America's Natural Bodybuilding show in Tempe, AZ. Kellie won not only first place in Figure Open but Overall as well!!!
I would like to end this post with the video below. This speech is beyond powerful. The portion of the speech that resonated with me is:
Defeat, retreat those are not in my words
I do not understand those definitions
I do not understand when things go wrong
I do not understand mistakes but I do understand this
I understand victory and I understand never surrendering
No matter how bad things go
My Heart and my mind will carry my body when my limbs are too weak
Now picture me yelling, "I am a champion!" - that's the theme for this week - let's get it!!!
