What an Awesome Week!

What an incredible week am I having, the time off has truly been deserved. In less then a couple of days, it will be time for me to get serious again. This weekend, I will reflect on the past, the present and future. So many choices to do, so many goals to accomplish and so many friends to catch up with.

Also, to all of my friends that have supported me for my 1st Figure Competition, I haven’t forgotten about you! I will rescan my pictures (they came out dotty looking) and will be sending your 8”x10”soon…just be patient with me since I’ve got a lot on my plate right now. Make sure you hold on to that picture as a memento as you are all Master’s of “practicing the law of reciprocation!” You have invested in me, and some day, I’ll reward all of you with getting my Pro Card!! Ain’t that the ultimate goal of competing, to become a Pro!? I will compete again, no doubt! I’m guessing probably in 2 ½ years from now, my daughter wants a buddy to play with (hint!)! HA! It’s getting that ‘first experience’ that is really stressful and hard, but once you do it, it doesn’t seem so bad. My next challenge ahead is to fix my problem areas… my legs seem to be my strongest features, but I have some serious work to do on other areas. According to the judges (had a good friend talked to some of the judges for me), my poses were right on tract, it’s definitely not the poses that got me bottom last…it’s my symmetry! I have kick butt quads, but I need to work on my back v-shape to balance everything out, and need more muscles in my glutes (lightly put, I need more ASS! So, I envy those that have J-Lo butts!)

Also, THANK YOU FOR THE CARDS!!!!!!!! I was so surprised, humbled and emotional that day! You know, you guys surely know how to make me feel like a million bucks!

Ok…so, now that I’ve completed and accomplished many of my lifetime goals, which were to complete a 12-week BFL Challenge, to compete in a Figure Competition…what else can Carole do? I’m brewing some ideas but they are not what I would call “fitness” related goals. I need for you all to give me ideas of what I could do next, to help me stay motivated? HELP! *lol* I thought about doing a 5K run, but this may not be the best idea for the next several months (Ok, if you didn’t get the hint a while ago, you won’t know why I’m saying this!). I’m working on a “book” project that will probably take me a couple of months to complete, this book is related to Fitness/Nutrition in general. I also have another “big” idea/project in mind, that will require lots of thinking and time…this idea could be a hit or a flop so, I’m not sure if it’s worth exploring or not.

Another subject that I’d like to talk about and that’s 2005 Body-for-Life Champions…how many of you wished that they had more prizes to be offered, instead of “1” Grand Master Champion that wins $1 million dollars? Don’t you think that the other 14 Champions would deserve more then $5,000 worth of products? I know they probably get other gifts/incentives but, what happen to $25,000 to each Champion and one $100,00 to each Female/Male Grand Champion? Also, don’t you think that the contest should be “National” v.s. “International”? In my opinion, each country should have their own contest, that’s always been my thought since they started this new format. Interesting to think about!