5.5 Weeks Out

How do you quickly kill a food-centric blog?

That’s how.

Today I am just 5.5 weeks out from my first show.  I almost feel like it’s my first show ever. It’s been so long! And my body is looking and responding so different.  Also, I started this prep later than I should have, but, really, who wants to diet over the holidays? And January 1 sounds so official for a start date. 

I’ve neglected my blog for so long that I don’t really know where to start.

Prep is going really well. I’m getting things done.  I feel pretty good most of the time.  I love my food… even my low carb days.  I’d love more of it (duh!), and I’d like my mean plan to incorporate chocolate, wine, and nut butters, but I really do like what I am actually getting to eat. I’d like to be leaner, of course, but I have finally accepted that when you start prep way later, you’re not going to be as lean when comparing weeks out at previous shows.  And, just last week I felt like  everything was coming together except my physique.

Then I lost my shoes.  I had to order more and am waiting on them.

Also, my beautiful blue suit is not flattering on me, so I began stoning a blank suit that I purchased at the end of last year.  And while going through old show pics, I found a suit a color that I used to actually dream about. I rarely have show dreams, but when I did, I was always wearing some purple or blue color. I could never tell what color it actually was.  Well, on a hunch, I found that fabric, on my very first try.  Turns out it is purple fabric with blue microdot. Makes sense, huh? So, I will have another suit to stone.

If anyone needs a suit, I’m selling this beauty.  I hate to part with it. It’s so beautiful. Even more so in person!

 

On another note, I haven’t practiced posing… like at all… but I did FINALLY get Seth to help me move a mirror into an unused room in the basement.  I moved the others against my better judgment.  Last time I played with mirrors I broke two in a week… and then lost a kidney. LOL!! Freak coincidence, but whatever.

So, now I have no excuse not to practice, right? Except I have no shoes. And my time management skills are apparently lacking, because there aren’t enough hours in the day. 

Or maybe I’m just lazy.

But somehow, I’m not panicked (at this particular moment).  I have 5.5 weeks. 

And, just because, here is a sneak peak from 6 weeks out… in an incomplete suit, the wrong shoes, and dieting for a MUCH shorter time than my usual 6 weeks out pics.  And, yes, I realize it’s small. That’s why it’s a sneak peak. And my current package looks so much better in microscopic proportions.

Isn’t that suit color gorgeous?! It’s not the one from my dreams, but it’s close.   My newest suit should get here this week.

I’m cutting myself off here so that I will hopefully have more to talk about later! Happy Hump Day!

Do you ever have dreams about shows or upcoming events?

Have you ever felt/been behind in prep for a show or event? Did it come together in the end?