Well, I am not competing!

Was due to start comp prep next week, but have decided I don't want it anymore! Do you blame me after seeing the above pictures?

I blogged about this a long long time ago, but during comp prep I always feel like my life is 'on hold'. I am waiting for something. Normally I live for everyday, not living for a day in the future. As the time to prep came closer I felt the shift in my emotion, the longing for a future day/event. Not the normal longing for the day that I had woken in. I didnt want to be like this for the next 3months.

This is not the end, it is just not the right time! plenty more comps in the future.

So where does this leave my blog? I was suppose to just use it to record my comp prep..... what now? Perhaps a random weekly blog about something?? not sure. So, in the words of my training buddy:

'I am training for life' - K.F.

The next time I am asked (and there will be a next time cause someone is always asking me) 'what are you training for?'...... I will repeat the above, because that is the truth!

On another note, we are getting the most awesome veggies in our garden. Last night we did beetroot on the bbq with out steak.... who would have thought?? didnt know how it would trun out but it was just awesome :)

Sam

Beautiful Blogger

Thanks Jeh! oh and congrats on teaming with Michelle!
It seems everyone has done this one, except me hahahahah!

7 Random Facts:
1. I love my group fitness classes so much I would teach them for free! sshhhh dont tell the clubs!
2. I have 2 birth marks. One on my arm/wrist the other on my elbow.
3. I have Raynauds disease which means I avoid the cold. I tried being medicated for it but as my blood pressure is already low the medication almost made me faint when I stood up. So I just deal with it and avoid the cold as much as possible, no winter ski trips for me! It is actually very painful, its kinda like your hands start dieing, it is technically what starts to happen when your hands become frost bitten.
4. I have been pierced 17 times! yes you read right. Currently I have just 3 in though.
5. I got my first tattoo last August ( a tribute to my dad) and am planning another but it is summer and I dont like the thought of not swimming for 2 weeks after so will wait for winter.
6. Speaking of swimming, I love the ocean and LOVE being under it. I have been diving for over 15 years. My dad taught me to freedive when I was a kid.
7. oh its getting hard now.... I am currently constructing a new lego project. It is a carousel, before you think I am childish, it is aimed at 16years+!!! hahaha. I really loved lego as a child, now that I have Jethro I had a great excuse to buy the carousel (although he wont be permitted to go near it until he is 16;)).

Wow, I am sure there was more interesting things I could have talked about.

I Tag:
Pocket Rocket Rene
Alicia and bump
Shar and bump
Friday

Hasnt everyone else done it???? :)

Veggies

I trust everyone had a great New Years. I always find celebrating the end of a year a little depressing, it means their is one less year left of my life... odd maybe but I am not one to wish time away. I enjoyed mine in great company and had a really awesome night!

Shar-d-o I am so upset! You are most important :) I didnt really 'tell' anyone I was back, just came back. You know I love you and I love that cute belly of yours. Lately I have been questioning whether to keep blogging until I read comments from Bec and Nicole on my last post. I realise even if I am inconsistent, it is worth it, thanks ladies I really appreciate it :)

So the veggie patch is doing great, yes Odi is having a pee in the first photo - woops, and no havent done anuthing else with my garden. We have zuccini, cucumber, morrow, cherry tomatoes, beetroot, 2 x asian veg, butternut pumpkin, corn, carrots... and more stuff still coming. The taste of these veg are amazing and the size of the zuccini is crazy!!!

Okay guys gotta go training not been to plan today due to a sleepless little man and got a busy day ahead!

Late Weekly Photos - Of a different kind!

Been in Malaysia, so here are some pics! Isnt my boy cute :) Went diving a couple times, parasailing, Damo golfing, ate some amazing food and generally had an awesome time.

Glad to be back into it though, miss training hard. But the rest was good considering I will start comp prep in about 4 weeks.

Hope everyones having a good boxing day!

Weekends Training Pictures and More Time than I Thought!

Ok, so comp is in mid April (Jethros birthday to be exact), heaps of time! I wont start comp diet til end of Jan now. I was actually looking forward to getting stuck into a comp diet, don't know why :)?? hhaha, suppose I am a pretty committed eater already, I plan it and then I eat it, I eat my proteins/fats/ carbs the best way for me, the way my body likes it. Suppose the thought of a comp diet doesnt scare me anymore, why should it? You only feel deprived if you let yourself feel deprived.

A few obsticales this week, but you know what? I would rather hobble around the block injured at 5.30am and enjoy the beautiful summer morning (as much as I would prefer to be running), than be some lazy f**k in bed sleeping their life away. All is better now, I did my exercises and kept moving! Injuries are always used as an excuse to do nothing, when sometimes movement will aid recovery. I could have easily made excuses this week, but thats just not me.

You want this?

Well then you better start being consistent. You better stop making excuses. Continually disheartened by people making excuses that just don't sit in my book!

You want to know what I do, I spend MY time telling you, I do it because I am passionate. Why do you tell me you can't?

I ask questions DAILY, hourly even, I believe it is the best way to learn. I don't write something off until I try it. Ok, I challenge any Sandgroper who believes they can't, to spend a week with me.

Ok, I am finished with that rant!

I had an apiphany courtisy of my belovered training partner. Whom I also have the occasional strangest dejavu with, but anyway, because of this apiphany I may be using this blog solely for recording my comp progress on a weekly basis, I can give you nothing else! I have so much to give, I just can't share it in this type of media form.

So, the comp is either the 27th March or 3rd April (still not confirmed)... Still planning comp prep 12 weeks out which is early next year. I will be updating my blog weekly, I will start this weekend (although not in comp prep yet) with pictures (remember your camera training buddy:) hha) and general weekly stuff eg. how I'm feeling (yes I have feelings!) etc etc. Hoping you guys will follow me there :)

On another note, I got stung by my first bee on Wednesday night riding to the gym.... I got stung in the chest on chest night!! Didnt hinder my training cause I didnt let it.

Self Motivate or Self Detinate - D.M.

Everyday is Great!

Have been in my own little world haven’t I? For no particular reason, just working, training, eating, sleeping and being a mum really.

It is now less than 4months to my comp. I have stayed pretty lean for a year now, so I am starting comp prep 12weeks out, which is the start of next year. I am stronger than I have ever been, leaner off season than I have ever been. I am also doing only 2 hours of cardio which is when I teach RPM and Attack. So if I can stay this lean on such little cardio, then I am going to respond superbly when I add it in. The main reason I have been doing so little, is I place my weight training above cardio, so I suppose I think it is more important. The 2 classes I teach out of joy and also to maintain my cardio fitness. But certainly it is mainly a lifestyle choice for me at the moment, oh and that I am lean without doing it! This week I have added half hour in the mornings. I have an awesome weight training partner she is just great! And is a good runner too! Yep we see a lot of each other :)

Since my last post my dad had a birthday. I thought I would be ok, but I wasn’t it hurt. It was thinking of our conversation for that day, I would tell him it was his birthday, and he would tell me he never remembers because it is all about how old you feel! It would also serve to remind him that it is my birthday the following day, still he would usually forget! LOL

So, yes I turned 31, caught up with my friends and had a great day.

Everything is quiet different for me at the moment. I feel strong and I am more excited than ever. My focus is powerful. It is the perfect time, I am ready. I am completely in control. Everything is in the mind.

I am off for a quick 5day scuba dive trip in Malaysia at the end of December (I will still train of course!!). Then come first week of Jan, I will be comp prepping. I remember when I was young and my dad was teaching me to free dive (diving without air) he would tell me that I only ‘thought’ I was going to run out of breath, that I really had lots more oxygen available. He would say ‘it was all in the mind chick’… It was only this week (when booking my dive trip) that I recalled him telling me this, I realise now that something he told me when I was young has been the catalyst for my outlook on life. I have just applied it to other things. Really though, the more I think of it, the more I recall times when he has used this phrase.

I decided to compete again about September, when I made that decision I also decided that I needed to take the decision making out of my own hands, I have prepped myself before and found I am just not objective, I am a little hard on myself, I think that there are a number of competitors that I have spoken to who are like this. It is to the point that I make counterproductive decisions, against my better judgement. I really struggle to view myself objectively. So I knew I had to be coached for diet. When I made this decision I started talking to Michelle Nazaroff. I watched a few DVDs of us together and thought ‘gee, she has changed sooo much!?’. Isn’t it important to choose someone who has impressed you? The changes she has made since 2006 til now are phenomenal. So, anyway, we started talking and I am really excited, Michelle’s going to take me to my next comp! I will start working weekly with Michelle in January. Relieved she agrees I am in good condition and can start prep in Jan.

Ok well, this is it for me for now, got lots of Les Mills choreography to learn so better focus!

Self Motivate or Self Detonate (long story)

Sam