Not quite day 1

So, I decided this and started prep a bit ago, maybe anywhere between 3 and 8 weeks ago! A lot of stress has happened in my life and running alone wasn't cutting it. I needed control, I needed results, I needed a lot of things that I think only competition can get me.

Earlier this year I began prepping from the 2013 Stingrey Classic on Oahu, but for a multitude of reasons I couldn't stick with training or eating clean. I quit long before I had even really started and I regret that, but with everything going on in my life at the time I knew I wouldn't have been in any shape to compete.

So now my goal is again, the Stingrey Classic in April for 2014. Bikini class most likely as Physique has always seemed a bit intimidating for me! So my road to this competition means that I have about 200 days, 29 ish weeks, before the competition. Now here's where I get it in my head that it's so far away! 28 weeks is like more than half a year, right? No!

This blog is hopefully going to be motivation. Not sure who I'm going to share it with...possibly the world, possibly no one. I'm not really detailed enough to put my workouts or meals up here all of the time, but sometimes I will. There might be progress pictures, in fact I know there will be because those are fun...I'll have to find someone to help me with pictures of poses though, hmm.

We'll say my journey starts here, not quite October 1st. I'm getting my life back on track, I'm enjoying what I have and who I'm surrounded by, and I'm going to work my ass off for this competition!

 This is the beginning. Not an official pose, obviously, but it's a good idea of my "starting point". Here's to hard work!