The Results! 4th Place - Figure A Division

What an incredible experience! I had a blast! I got 4th place in the Figure A division....but I was also last. There was only four of us and I had strong competition! I was a bit surprised as this is a small local show that started just a few years ago, but they had TWICE the amounts of competitors compared to last year! I'm still in awe with all the beautiful/fit bodies I have seen tonight, both in men and women!!!

Am I dissapointed about placing dead last in my class? Of course, but would I do it all over again? I say this with a big HELL YEAH!!! Are you kidding!!!! I've done what most people never do in their lifetime! I will never look back and say " I should have..." but instead, I can look back and say "WOW! I did 12 weeks of strict dieting and I looked great!" I still got a trophee in my hands! HA! I also purchased some pictures that they took immediately after getting off stage with our 1 pc. and 2 pc suit.

Some of you probably are a bit shocked that I placed 4th...but let me tell you, I was also the "new kid" in the block. A few of the girls travels from different states to get to this show. The logic behind it (this is my opinion) since this is a fairly small show, they see it as a great opportunity to compete at a level that they can win first place. Many of them have competed in several shows, both small and big. Also, about 90% of them have implants, I was the less gifted of all of them (and this includes bodybuilding ladies!).

Ok...here's my honest and brutal opinion, this is me assessing myself ....my poses were NOT great. I was so darn nervous that I had a hard time remembing to smile, pose correctly, etc...I honestly think it would take me several competitions to really get at ease and comfortable on stage. I didn't practice my poses as much as I should have...I did have a few setbacks that didn't help my situation either, I struggled the past several weeks with a few personal challenges and road bumps (not trying to put blame on those, but they surely didn't help me). Also, I probably needed to get leaner (oh yeah baby, I'm one of those "lucky" ones that has to get real lean to get the right look, when the person next to me may only be at 14% BF and look fabelous...ohhh that's great, more work for me but I'M MOTIVATED!!!). Also, since I'm soooooooo flat chested, if this was to become a sport of choice for me, I would need to do many shows, be at the right place at the right time, with judges that don't really care about implants and don't let implants influence their decision, at the local level, implants are very "influencial" (sorry, it's just a fact!).

So, with this being said, I may have placed last but I was the proundest of them all! I look back when I started training, January 31st, at 32% BF and now today, October 23rd at 13% BF. WOW! That's something to be pround of!

Once again, THANK YOU to all of my Body-for-Life friends and supporters that have helped me make another dream come true!!!!

What's next for Carole? Hmmmm I've got some ideas that I'm brewing in my head. Figure Competitions is definitely something that I'm going to do again! I don't know when, but I'll do more!

So now, 1:20 am, I'm sitting at my computer desk, finishing up some Domino's Garlic Breadsticks, stuffing my face, looking at my trophee with a big huge smile, wanting to yell on the top of my lungs, " I DID IT! I DID IT! I DID IT!!!"