T Minus...

Ok gang, In 12 hours I'll be headed to the big show. I'm feeling pretty good right now. I've gotten my final tan, so I'll be nice and dark, my suits are ready to go. I just have to show up and bring it.

Cheer me on!

Before and Awesome!

Yea, yea this does look exactly like a friggin' Dexatrim commercial or something, but like those ads, I wasn't happy to take the before picture either. I was tickled as hell to take the after one, though.

.For the record, I think I looked good before I started this whole thing. But I look pretty great now too. (Except for the whole boob thing).

I see people who are amazed by how different I look. It's hard for me to see the changes as drastic, but when I think about the numbers, there is a lot of me that's disappeared (including the boobs).

Today I made my goal weight, 112 pounds! I started at 129 so, I've lost 17 pounds and at least 7.5 percentage points of body fat. Not too shabby for a curvy girl with the big booty. (Boobs weren't bad either).

Brick House Y'all!

First competition is three days away. After three hard months of training and dieting here are my comparison stats (in inches):

1/28/10 ~ 4/27/10
chest: 34.5 ~ 31.5
neck: 12.25 ~ 11.5
arm: 9.5 ~ 9.5
waist: 26.5 ~ 24
hip: 37.5 ~ 34.5
thigh: 21 ~18
calf: 14.5 ~ 13.5

We had an issue at the gym yesterday with taking my body fat, but I'll let ya'll know when I find out. Also stay tuned for the real deal before and after pics!

Now I'm Official

Got a package today: My Bikini Bite arrived.

Bikini Bite is this glue-type stuff that you stick on your butt so your suit doesn't ride up during the competition. Fun, huh?

Next to arrive? The fab jelly inserts that go into my bikini top.

On the Dark Side

I'm now about two shades darker than I was this morning and I'm getting darker as you read.

I hung out au natural with Evie, who runs Mist Tan , while she sprayed me dark.
The tan lets your muscles show up better and look bigger because it creates shadows. (I asked her if she could make my boobs look bigger, but no luck.)

The agent is supposed to keep darkening for the next eight hours, then I have to rinse it off. (Yes, that means I have to wake up at 3 a.m. to take a shower).

Right now I have an August complexion in April. Pretty cool!

I'm going back Friday to get one last shellacking.

Countdown!

My first competition is in six days!!!

I have a million things to get done between now and Saturday and I'm kinda losing my ish already.

• tanning
• beauty maintenance (nails, waxing, eyelashes, etc.)
• pick music for the show (any suggestions)
• train
• practice walking and posing
• meet with Alex, posing coach extraordinaire
• whatever things I'm forgetting now that I'll flip about on Friday night when I remember

Oh yea, and I have a JOB!

Carb night, bitches!

It's on, yo!

I met with my trainer today and thank all that is good, he didn't take away my carb night.

And guess what I'm having tonight, folks? Pancakes!

You heard me right. Fluffly, delicious, made with flour pancakes. Yum!