PRU ~ WEEK 34

WEEK 35
Friday, September 24, 2010
Got my tail whooped again today! Man I’m going to tell you we already know how DRE rolls, but this girl is AMAZING!!! I have been bugging her like a child for weeks, when am I going to see some bulge? When will I get some veinage (new word I made up … you’ll have to ask – smile)? On and on … She keeps telling me like a momma-coach, “it will come Steph … it will come.”. Of course, I’m like “when … when …”? Well, today, I saw a little “veinage (YEAH)!!! And the bulge is becoming more and more consistent! You just don’t know how much this sikes me up! I saw some changes in my arms today, that I had not yet seen before!! This is what keeps me DRIVEN and motivates me to continue to PUSH myself. Even on days when I don’t feel like it.

I am channeling my girl “Flo-Jo” right now!!! Girlfriend, I’m going to make you proud!


Thursday, September 23, 2010
Okay, I’ve been a bit neglectful on the blog tip. My laptop crashed a week or so ago, and I’ve been playing catch up ever since. At any rate, I have so much to talk about. In the two weeks or so since I last blogged, I have had many emotional ups and downs. With this being my 3rd week of incorporating the weight training into my “ALREADY” intense workout regimen … it’s been an adjustment. However, I am ALWAYS glad upon completion and CHARGED.


Last night was particularly challenging, because I had to bring my son with me to class – this is the first time I’ve done this – and I already knew I probably wouldn’t be able to get a good strong workout in because he is only four. To my amazement … he cried for a moment, but with the help of Jillian and Madison he was straight.

To my D3 family … Dre, Jillian, Madison, Paris, and the diva who gave up her bench for me … I cannot say how much I appreciated your supported last night!!! D3 is truly a family. Paris … what can I say … you saw me getting out of my car and had a step waiting for me! Jillian … thank you for grabbing my weights, Madison thank you for checking on my baby in-between kicking my tail and to my other diva-sister, thank you for giving up your bench so that my son could visibly see me and stop crying!!! You are all too amazing! Of course Dre, thanks for even allowing me to bring him and for also checking on him. This is tough enough just getting myself to class, so I want to thank you all soooooo much for looking out for me! I was truly touched!

Okay … so I had the most fabulous session with Diva Mattie!!! OMG … not only did she give me the courage to go on this journey, but she has –without hesitation – been helping me out with all kinds of competition information AND what I have come to find out is also critical “posing”. And can I just tell you … I’ve got the baddest trainer on the planet in DRE and the baddest fitness-figure-pro – yes “PRO”, the card is just a formality – posing coach on the planet! Mattie you are the BOMB and I thank you for all of your help thus far!!! I’m bringing “it” home to D3 November 13th and you November 20th!! By the time I walked out of my posing session with Mattie, I felt more sexier than ever and more confident that I am on a path of success! No I’m going to claim it … I WILL PLACE IN THE TOP 3, MY FIRST TIME!!! I have a long way to go, but I KNOW as long as I do what I have been instructed to do, I am GOING TO PLACE IN THE TOP 3, MY FIRST TIME!!!

Pray for me you all … I am in a GOOD PLACE!!! Mentally, physically, spiritually, financially!!! Keep me in your prayers! Thank you God!

Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Today was one busy day. Got my PT session out of the way, however, I had a dinner tonight so I had to do my cardio after I returned from that. I thought of every reason on that 45 minute drive of why I was only going to do 20 minutes and make up the rest later in the week, OR why I could just skip it altogether … hell I’ve been working my butt off one day without cardio won’t hurt … Right?

BUT I said to myself … “SELF … the other competitors are competing to win … the ones that think like this … they just want to be on stage … which one are you?” That’s all it took, I got my but home around 10:30, hopped on that treadmill and pushed myself to 45 minutes, or 3.5 miles, the rest – a mere 0.5 miles more to reach daily goal - to be made up the next day. Oh … and completed my daily round of ABS! Hell, I had to go to sleep (smile)!!! The point of the matter is I could’ve cheated myself, but I made a decision to WIN and I felt like I honored that.