Body weight rebounded to 135. Yesterday I felt pretty rough, but today has started out better. It’s funny how different the day after is, versus a meet.
Some observations from my first show:
The other women backstage were mostly great. It wasn’t the “drunk girls in a bar bathroom” sisterhood of an all-female powerlifting flight, but most were very friendly. One girl, in particular, was more than willing to glue boobs, snap a pic, or hand you whatever forgotten thing you needed, which she inevitably had in her bag.
The amount of nudity and near-nudity involved was the least awkward part of the day, weirdly. Even getting tanned (which of course happen fully naked and with every strand of body hair shaved off) was truly a non-thing.
Speaking of the tanning? It’s COLD. So cold. And it was weirdly colder on day 2. And it doesn’t smell great.
We discovered that my body takes the whole “depletion” thing a bit too far, and that I need longer to fill out than we expected. Now we know. Also, I need a better plan for the “pump up” routine backstage, because you aren’t allowed dumbbells, and I’m not great at using bands. I need to practice that more.
This show had trophies instead of medals, which was honestly disappointing. I wanted to walk out of there looking like FlavorFlav. The show shirt was white, which meant I couldn’t wear it afterward when we went out to dinner.
Onward. We’re looking at a show in the fall, potentially October but I want to look at a couple dates and locations and see what works best. This show was to get the experience and shake the nerves off, and learn some things, and we did all that.
The scale only tells PART of the story. The left here is my friend Joni Marie Foster. Joni is 5’2”? I think? She’s working hard on building some muscle after an incredible weight loss journey. She has a fairly dense bone frame, and, well, let’s just say her primary weight loss goal was for “the girls” to not need their own zip code. Obviously this is me on the right. I’m taller (5’7”) with a very small frame. I’m muscular, very lean, and I know plenty of men with bigger boobs than I have. WE WEIGH EXACTLY THE SAME. Don’t let the scale dictate anything. It’s only PART of the story.
ONE DAY OUT. Today we start carbing up an filling out, which is good, because ya girl woke up weighing a whopping 128 lbs this morning. Tanning and check ins this afternoon. The tanning skin prep is wild, and one of the things no one tells you about it is everyone will smell terrible, because you aren’t allowed deodorant until after the show….
Two days out! Absolutely dragging from no carbs today, but I didn’t come this far to ONLY come this far. In 48 hours, I will be able to claim the title of “bodybuilder”.
Body weight 132 this morning. SIX DAYS OUT. I’ve started skin prep for the tan, and am gathering things to remember to pack for the big day.
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!
