Confessions of some interesting numbers

I’ve been dieting for the last two weeks and feel like the diet’s going well compared to last time. I have taken off just over two pounds per week and am now at 137.5. Over the last year my body composition has greatly changed and I found my measurements to be a bit…perplexing. I sent my measurements in to Kira so she could get a jump start on my suit and the results weren’t too far off from my measurements when I was five weeks out from my first show.

Kira’s measurements are taken from seven points and here are my results. I do not have last years numbers but I know they were extremely close to these. What I’m curious about is how small will I be once I shed the blubber? I know there are no guarantees in competing but if I lose two pounds a week for the next eight weeks, as well as H2O weight that’s going to bring me into the one-teens. That will be fine but I am a bit surprised.

Besides training I’ve spent at least every other day working on posing and my T-walk. I have become a bit worried about my shoulder’s in comparison to the rest of my body but know the only thing I can do is show them off. My shoulders are 43″ around…making me a bit top heavy. I have manipulated my poses to bring out the best look as well as I know how so the rest will be up to the judges.

1. 34- above chest

2. 36- chest

3. 30- below chest

4. 29- natural waist

5. 32- low waist

6. 36- butt/hips

7. 20- girth

For those looking for a custom posing suit please contact Kira Jones of Vandella Costumes and let her know I sent you.

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Confessions of a glorious day

Today was glorious outside. Just glorious. The sun was shining and the temperature was a fabulous 77degrees in the Windy City. The winter here is a hard, long one and this Georgia Peach has had a difficult time acclimating. Oddly, the cold has litttle to do with it but it’s the dreary, gray, monochromatic look of the clouds that present themselves day-in and day-out. For someone who finds the sunshine to be the source of all things “happy” loving and hating Chicago has become a double-edged-sword. I love all there is offered here but the gray can darken my mood and make me wonder why I would leave the nine glorious months of warm weather in the South for nine months that are “colder-than-a-well-diggers-arse-in-January.”

Today though, the wind was blowing and the sun shone on my back; which was adorned by a “wife-beater,” a mini, and a pair of mid-calf fur covered boots. Suddenly, standing in the sun I realized I had the youthful style of a Mid-Westerner with these silly boots. I had to laugh at myself because in my previous life I would not have touched a pair of these boots with a ten-foot-pole. Stilettos have always been the name of my game and next to my five pair of winter boots are a gorgeous line of 65+ stiletto’s waiting for their turn in the sun.

 Next time, my lovies…

Naughty Monkey Metal Mama at 6pm

Liuchiny Sin Full at 6pm

For anyone who would like to see my training schedule click here.

My Wonder Years

As I was driving home from Super Wal-Mart, one of my most detested yet most often visited stores, I couldn’t help but think about some of the clothes that are so en vogue right now. While in the store I looked at the popular styles and at the many teenagers and young adults who were wearing them and felt like I was back in middle and high school. Ruffles, mini’s, and leggings were hanging off the H-racks waiting for a pair of young legs to give them a new home. And suddenly, I was nostalgic. Fashion is cyclical and unbelievably I was wearing leggings during my high school years and am almost ashamed to admit I do own a couple of pair now. I could not help but think about being in high school, which was more than 16 years ago and wearing the styles that are so fashionable today. At moments, I can’t help but wonder “what was I thinking?”  read more…

These shoes are  “Danika” red suede/ green croco embossed leather at 6pm.com.