tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45576591384974409242012-02-16T20:45:12.593-05:00Every road in life is story to tell, but is anyone listening? If someone was, would you do anything differently?LifterGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453194496886004975noreply@blogger.comBlogger271100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557659138497440924.post-75144280653895054322009-03-04T13:43:00.000-05:002009-03-04T14:49:26.311-05:00

Now that we are well into the New Year, it is safe to say that 2009 will be a much better year than 2008. For example, I have already learned to ride a unicycle this year, and I'm loving it. I'm going to do my best to not get injured...so far so good. My 2008 stepped off on the wrong foot from day 1. Starting with an injury that I though was only physical, I spent the rest of the year working

LifterGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453194496886004975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557659138497440924.post-82385205705630187942008-11-11T08:54:00.000-05:002008-11-11T10:49:35.510-05:00

The Kentucky Muscle Bodybuilding and Figure show was last weekend. For the 5th year, I provided the pump up equipment for the show. Apparently, I'm the "host gym" for the event, but no one would know because it's never announced. It was not arranged for me to give an award, but they had me do the Women's overall bodybuilding anyway. The emcee was not given my name and announced me as another

LifterGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453194496886004975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557659138497440924.post-86860117830475782662008-09-20T16:48:00.000-04:002008-10-19T13:14:46.030-04:00

I competed in the NPC USA's as my second and last show this year. My last post included "what went right?", "what went wrong?" and "How to fix what went wrong" lists. Following up on those lists, I am happy to say that I did repeat all of what went right in Las Vegas. As for what went wrong and what I did to fix those things, I was pretty successful too. First thing that went right was I did

LifterGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453194496886004975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557659138497440924.post-10253663546825017252008-07-01T09:33:00.000-04:002008-07-01T10:06:45.118-04:00

This is the first show I've ever competed in as a middleweight. I weighed in at 122# and lightweight being 7 pounds away was too far to bother trying for at morning weigh-ins. I accepted my middleweight status, and started carbing up.There ended up being no lightweights in the show at all. I was the second softest girl in my class, but not the smallest. It was a fun show, and my stage presence

LifterGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453194496886004975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557659138497440924.post-75109202953156740572008-06-12T09:41:00.000-04:002008-06-12T11:29:06.973-04:00

I feel better than I have in a long time.I used to be a happy-go-lucky cutsey girl who smiled at everyone and never thought twice about lending a hand to anyone and everyone. Throughout life I have stepped away from that girl one step at a time for one reason or another. I think I fell in a rabbit hole recently that dropped me right back where I started, and I didn't notice until now how much I

LifterGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453194496886004975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557659138497440924.post-40176309483147451262008-06-12T09:28:00.000-04:002008-06-12T09:40:19.828-04:00

I've gone to therapy now 3 times, and am doing something called EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). It is used for people who have been through a trauma to reprocess emotions that haven't been processed properly by your mind because when you go through a traumatic event, your brain shuts down the ability to process emotions so that you can react without emotional distractions.

LifterGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453194496886004975noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557659138497440924.post-39809274572205938492008-06-02T10:16:00.000-04:002008-06-12T09:28:10.446-04:00

I have not been myself lately. I've known this for a while now, but it took a good friend to point it out before I realized I need to do something about it. I have always prided myself on the fact that I'm very independent, but what I never equated it to is my inability to count on other people. I don't like to tell people when I need help. It makes me feel insecure and weak. As I write this I

LifterGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453194496886004975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557659138497440924.post-42341389224361260552008-04-25T15:23:00.000-04:002008-04-25T15:44:26.079-04:00

I have been prepping for my 2008 contest season, and it has been really touch and go thus far. I'm 8 weeks out from a national level show, and I still have 20 pounds to go. My weight is not dropping like it should. I have a couple theories, but one prevailing theory that is most likely and the hardest to fix. STRESS! It can effect hormones and who knows what other chemicals in your body without

LifterGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453194496886004975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557659138497440924.post-50588912443708442942008-03-07T17:03:00.000-05:002008-03-07T17:15:53.727-05:00

I called the detective about my case at the beginning of February, and there were no updates. I sort of figured that I wouldn't hear anything else again...time to move on, right? A few days later, I got a phone call from the post office. My wallet that was stolen had been dropped in a mail drop box. They mailed it to me, and I got it back the next day. It looked like it had gotten a little wet,

LifterGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453194496886004975noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557659138497440924.post-20859858618750422622008-02-08T20:31:00.000-05:002008-02-08T20:50:10.268-05:00

Our home has been insured with State Farm for over 8 years. During the last few days of December in 2007, my husband and each attempted to contact our State Farm agent to make our annual insurance payment. We had been unable to reach them, so had each also left a message asking them to call us back. On December 31st, Adam called a 1-800 number to try once again to make our payment. He was

LifterGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453194496886004975noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557659138497440924.post-30442693205316413772008-01-22T08:12:00.000-05:002008-01-31T15:00:16.391-05:00

Shortly after the ambulance arrived at our house, the police arrived. An officer came into the ambulance and took down information I gave him about what happened and what was taken. Then he gave me a card and said that I can pick up a copy of the police report in 10 days. Then he left. Meanwhile, Adam followed the footprints in the snow to some housing projects only a couple blocks away.

LifterGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453194496886004975noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557659138497440924.post-58747126399885566232008-01-13T11:52:00.000-05:002008-01-22T08:11:37.765-05:00

So, my brother dropped my dad and me off at the door to the ER, and when we walked in, we weren't sure if we were in the right place. I saw a security guard in front of me, and said "Can you tell me where the emergency room is?" He said "You're in the emergency room. How did you get in here." I looked around and realized that we were where you would go after you've been checked in. My dad

LifterGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453194496886004975noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557659138497440924.post-44647240478841217702008-01-04T11:37:00.000-05:002008-01-04T11:47:54.027-05:00

On New Year's Day at 9:30 at night, I was going to the gym to get the drill. My husband, my dad, and my brother were in the basement installing a new water heater. Our car was parked at the end of the block, so I started walking down the sidewalk towards it. Now, I usually keep my head up and stay alert and look around, but for some reason, I was looking down at the snow and the tracks in it and

LifterGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453194496886004975noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557659138497440924.post-44547877860143281172007-12-04T14:04:00.001-05:002007-12-04T16:02:54.571-05:00

This update on the Kentucky Muscle Bodybuilding and Figure show is long overdue. In my last post I explained that the the only thing I may not fit in is sleep, and that couldn't have been more accurate. I took the entire week after the show to catch up on sleep, and have still been recovering for the last 4 weeks.The Team Metamorphosis Results:Figure class B

LifterGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453194496886004975noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557659138497440924.post-40066832250398527582007-10-18T09:26:00.000-04:002007-10-22T06:43:04.091-04:00

The Kentucky Muscle Strength and Fitness Extravaganza is only 3 weeks away. My group of competitors is called Team Metamorphosis, and they are all coming in nicely. We will be getting together on Sunday to practice posing. Everyone has progressed in posing thus far, and at this point I just need to make sure everyone feels confident on stage.Team Metamorphosis will have 3 figure competitors, 2

LifterGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453194496886004975noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557659138497440924.post-10834155122225809222007-09-25T12:58:00.000-04:002007-09-25T14:50:34.934-04:00

My father-in-law retired last weekend. Retirement is a major event in someone's life, but in this situation, it was more like the end of an era. Reverend Wayne Barnett had been the minister of the Christian Church in Maysville, Kentucky for 33 years and in that time he influenced a lot of people's lives. On Sunday, he gave his last sermon. There was a reception that afternoon and a tribute to

LifterGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453194496886004975noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557659138497440924.post-64237362182758738772007-09-09T15:17:00.000-04:002007-09-09T15:38:49.437-04:00

The Kentucky State show went really well. My clients who were competing placed, and nearly all my clients who are preparing for the upcoming show in November came along to watch. Being 11 weeks out from their own competition, everyone was excited to watch and get motivated to be on the stage themselves. I was so proud of my group, and I'm not just talking about the 2 competing that day.

LifterGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453194496886004975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557659138497440924.post-63680003380141466392007-08-23T07:22:00.000-04:002007-09-09T15:17:09.336-04:00

It's only been 4 weeks since my last competition, and tomorrow I'll be going to Lexington for another, the Kentucky Bluegrass. I'm not competing in this one, but I've been working with 2 people that will be. I've actually been working with 3, but one of them tore his hamstring last week and will not be able to compete now. I thought I'd have a lot more time on my hands when my own season was

LifterGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453194496886004975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557659138497440924.post-302934866379181012007-08-03T14:38:00.000-04:002007-08-03T17:11:01.504-04:00

When I was 18 years old, I moved out of my parents' house, and into an apartment. A couple months later, K-3 (that's short for Kitty the third, who was the daughter of Kitty the second, who inherited the throne upon Kitty's death), had a litter, and I wanted to keep the smallest one. The girls I shared my home with should be thought of as the evil step sisters. I wasn't related to them, but

LifterGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453194496886004975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557659138497440924.post-85517161655996632182007-08-02T16:50:00.001-04:002007-08-03T11:43:29.250-04:00

I am back from Vegas! This competition season ended with a blast. There's no better place to celebrate the end of a 22 week diet than the a city that's known for buffets. I could write an entire post of everything I ate after the show, but first the low down on the competition... USA's was a great show to compete in. It was very well run, and so nice that I was able to do prejudging and

LifterGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453194496886004975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557659138497440924.post-68246174786626011432007-07-19T08:28:00.000-04:002007-10-07T12:35:39.082-04:00

We have been making plans toward a move and expansion of our current gym and last weekend we were flown out to visit Tuff Stuff, an equipment company that was formerly known as Cal Gym. Thursday morning Adam and I got up and headed to the airport for our first experience of what happens inside an equipment manufacturing company. I'm usually a light traveler, but this time I had 3 bags of

LifterGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453194496886004975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557659138497440924.post-747757925241421752007-07-08T13:08:00.001-04:002007-07-10T22:36:01.565-04:00

One unfortunate event happened on the way to Traverse City Michigan. Adam and I decided to make hot tea in the car, so we got hot water at the gas station. I put one of the cups on the floorboard while I was dumping regular water from one bottle to another, and I must have kicked it or something else knocked it, because all of the sudden my foot hurt like hell. I yelled thinking that something

LifterGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453194496886004975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557659138497440924.post-75941537929042039922007-06-28T06:49:00.001-04:002007-07-10T22:31:11.217-04:00

My first competition of the season is over and I'm already focused on the next, but I'll back up and tell how Junior Nationals went before I go on. I was 6 weeks from competition when I posted last, and intended to post again, but so much happened so fast that I didn't get around to it.I changed my diet around a lot leading up to the show. At 5 weeks out, I went to a protein/fat diet with very

LifterGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453194496886004975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557659138497440924.post-74858787645850107532007-05-05T19:06:00.000-04:002007-05-05T20:34:55.753-04:00

I have a lot on my plate right now. Prepping for a show is enough for most people, but I guess I'm not most people because I continue to pick up additional projects despite how little extra time I have to put toward them. I have been contemplating expanding my current gym several months, but now is the time I have decided to move forward with these plans. Plans for expansion include writing a

LifterGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453194496886004975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557659138497440924.post-40815159324527708052007-04-12T16:40:00.000-04:002007-05-05T23:05:30.156-04:00

I am not someone who gets stressed out easily, but 2 and a half weeks ago, I all but had a breakdown. I felt drained and weak in the gym and to top it off, I wasn't seeing results. I was definitely over training. I didn't have time to address the problems with my prep, nor was I able to let things continue as my contest crept closer. I had to make some changes if I wanted to be in shape on

LifterGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453194496886004975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557659138497440924.post-7047835286403587322007-03-26T10:50:00.000-04:002007-03-26T11:26:25.510-04:00

The plan has been unfolding. I have lost a few pounds, which is what is supposed to happen. My diet changes today. My cardio is increased today. I'm going to write a new weight training routine today also.The hard work of 4 people unfolded Saturday at the NPC Northern Kentucky Bodybuilding and Figure Championships. I have been working with 1 female bodybuilder, 1 male bodybuilder, and 2

LifterGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453194496886004975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557659138497440924.post-24206938685334805662007-03-09T14:21:00.001-05:002007-03-27T15:23:09.899-04:00

The plan is already in motion. It started almost 2 weeks ago. Well, actually it started a couple weeks before that still. What's the plan for?, you ask. It's for my competition season. I'm a bodybuilder, and my season is already under way. The first of the two competitions I'll be doing is still 14 weeks away, but bodybuilding is all about being prepared.The first part of the plan that my

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