Almost There!

Since I've been wide awake in the wee hours of the morning the last few nights, I thought this would be the perfect time to do what might be my last "pre-show" post! I can't promise that this will be coherent . . .

The last few days have flown right on by! This weekend I was dragging A LOT and felt like I could collapse at any given moment. I think I could pretty much fall asleep anywhere! I actually started to fall asleep in the middle of the kitchen waiting for the oven timer to go off on Sunday night! I also reached a new all time low when I saw an empty Skittles wrapper on the ground outside of Target and for a split second considered picking it up and licking it out just to get a tiny taste of candy - don't worry, I resisted this enormous temptation :)

Despite being exhausted, I have not been able to sleep more than 2 hours straight since Saturday night. Basically, I fall asleep at 9ish, wake up again between 10:30-11, get up, back to sleep until midnight - 1ish and then up again! Monday morning I just got up at 1:30 and never went back to sleep. Here it is 1:39am and I'm wide awake! I will probably read a few chapters of my book and then fall back asleep until cardio time (3:15am!) I go back and forth between being exhausted and feeling completely wired like I've had tons of coffee. The really funny thing is that I only had one small cup of coffee yesterday and one thermogenic for the caffeine which is nothing compared to my normal caffeine intake! I will probably just do without today in hopes that I can get a normal amount of sleep.

Thursday will be pretty crazy - I have a few little errands to run in the morning, will probably get in one last shorter cardio session, packing and then heading over to Bellevue to check into the hotel near the event. I am planning on doing early registration on Thursday night - one last thing to worry about Friday morning and then we also have a walk thru to get a chance to experience being on stage in our snazzy Barbie heels! I will get the first coat of my tan sprayed on Thursday night also!

Friday morning will be crazy again - up early for another coat of tan and then off to hair/make-up at 7am. Luckily I will have a little down time before the competitor meeting and then stage time!

I will be sure to post lots of pictures along with a full update! The picture above is from me during my mini posing practice on Tuesday night at Golds. Gotta love the little ankle socks :)

Zombie Mode

Wow, I can't believe that in a week I will be resting at home, taking a break from working out, and snacking away! Only 4 more days until go time!

The last week has been pretty interesting. Everyday I think to myself "is it possible to be any more tired??" and then the next day I realize that it IS definitely possible! The human body truly is an amazing thing! I have been amazed each and every day that I have made it through two workouts a day without taking any shortcuts. I'm pretty much delirious by the time I get to round 2 of cardio. The good thing is that I get to start cutting back on cardio starting tomorrow night (hopefully!) It is now a day by day process depending on how I'm looking each day. And yes, I'm seeing changes EVERY single day now!

So what have I learned this week?

It is possible to drink 2.5 gallons of water/day more than two days in a row without drowning or wetting my pants
Peanut butter might be the most amazing food in the world
It's hard to workout without chewing gum (yes that's right, I had to cut out gum)
Old men at the gym make amazing cheerleaders (luckily they don't wear cheer outfits!)
It is possible to drink a buttload of coffee and immediately take a nap
I hate tilapia - unfortunately I have to eat it at least once a day
Cardio without an iPod is an enlightening experience - I had to do without one day this week and it wasn't soooo horrible, kind of a nice change for a day
Dairy Queen commercials are evil

One more load of laundry to do, packing my food for tomorrow and then I'm going to plop myself down on the couch for awhile!

Beast Mode

Only 12 days left to go which officially puts me in beast mode! Or maybe Grumposaur mode :) I found this t-shirt last weekend when I was running errands and just couldn't resist since I feel like that quite a bit these days! The best part is that I can wear it under a sweatshirt and no one knows that I have my funny grumposuar shirt on and it makes me happy! 

Last night I realized that I only have 24 more hours of cardio to go before I step on stage. That's an entire day of cardio - holy cow!!! My diet was modified yesterday but its not too horrible  . . .. yet. It will change on Friday though and I have a feeling that I will be suffering a little more! I came up with a great idea for one of my meals which is basically 4 oz of lean ground turkey and veggies. I decided to get creative and stuff green peppers with seasoned lean ground turkey (chili powder, etc.) along with some onions and chunks of zucchini.  Yummy!! I haven't come up with anything super creative for my meal involving tilapia but I'm going to experiment with different seasonings to make it more bearable. 

Time for me to do some major food prep and then head over to my parent's house where my dear mother has  a dark chocolate bunny waiting for me. I'm really looking forward to staring at it for 12 days and then biting into those big yummy ears!

Happy Easter!

Less Than Two Weeks!

Holy smokes time has been flying by! Although there have definitely been some days that haven't gone by so quickly . . .

The last three weeks have been filled with ups and downs . .good days and bad days. Mostly I'm just tired, cranky and hungry! It's amazing how quickly it hit me! My diet hasn't drastically changed (you don't even know how grateful I am for this!) but I'm now up to two hours of cardio a day. Saturday was my first two hour cardio day and it was amazing how much that extra 15 minutes kicked my butt! I pushed myself extra hard during round two on Sunday since it was my one day out of the weight room - that paid off on Monday because I felt WAY better during round two of cardio.

Today was the first day that I have not felt just down right awful over the last few weeks - I powered my way through a leg workout after work and then hopped on the eliptical. I'm not sure what made me feel so darn good today compared to the last few days but I'm hoping for another good day tomorrow . . .and the next . .a nd the next . . .and well, you get the point!

The rest of this week will be pretty much the same as last week with measurements on Saturday morning. I'm hoping to not have to make many drastic changes going into the last two weeks but I know that the final week will be pretty interesting! I'm going to try to get as much rest as possible and enjoy what little carbs I have left :)