Ocho!!

Apparently, this is what figure competitors do for fun on a Sunday night....they prep their food for the week...well...technically they prep their food for Monday thru Wednesday....at least I have a cute bag to put all of the food in! :)

Last Saturday marked 8 weeks out and I feel like I could be doing better! Weight loss has stalled but I feel "skinny"....if that makes any sense. No diet changes (thank you prep gods for allowing me to keep my carbs) but additional cardio has been added to the mix. Prep = the never ending science experiment! :)

I spent almost all of Saturday glued to siouxcountry.com - the coverage of Jr USAs was incredible! Of course, I began to compare myself against the competitors that showed up and in crept the self-doubt. Luckily, while taking a break from this particular website I found a great blog post from Kellie of MotherFitness. The post is entitled Go In Wearing Blinders and I highly recommend it - especially for those of you who compete.  From here on out - I'm going to focus on the race in front of me - not the physiques of the Class E winners across the country - not the number on the scale - not my perceived competition. I'm going to focus on ME and how I'm running this particular race.

I always love when I'm doing cardio and a song comes on that I forgot I had on my playlist but takes my motivation to level 4 billion! This morning it was this song -

Busta Rhymes + Linkin Park = undeniable music!!

I've got my blinders on....I'm focused...I'm running MY race, not anyone else's. If you need a pair of blinders,  I may have an extra pair or two that you can borrow :)