Well I am ashamed to admit that the last time I posted a blog entry was at the 7-week out point of my training that lead up to the July 20, 21 IDFA International Championships. It certainly did not go without acknowledgement as I was very public with photos and results on Facebook. The training and diet process were very new to me. I found it a struggle to find a trainer that I could mesh well with, whose philosophies resonated with my own. After some trial and error, and along with the help of some great friends who had experience on the competition stage, I managed to get myself to the competition date. There was so much to account for during those last few weeks of the journey. The diet alone begins to feel like a full-time job, or was that just my obsessive personality creeping in. There is hair, make-up, suit selection and fittings, learning to walk on heels well and getting your posing and T-walk routine to an acceptable place, skin-care and tanning and finally the final week of contest prep -- seemingly an art in and of itself. By surrounding myself with positive, uplifting people who knew what they were doing, I found the experience, including backstage at the shows, incredibly comfortable. My confidence sky-rocketted as the weekend progressed and the new friends that were made as a result of the surprising and refreshing camaraderie backstage was simply the cherry on the icing of the cake! (Isn't a food pun apropos about now?) Of course it was more about the journey than the actual few minutes spent being judged on stage. And what a journey it was. The fact that I have chosen to do it all again speaks volumes. It keeps me accountable to my intention of living a healthy lifestyle and keeping my body in the best condition I can. At 44 years of age, I do feel the best I have ever felt in terms of overall health and well-being -- balance. I owe massive credit to my amazing support team of my husband, Edmund, best friend of 23 years Tinya Gray, Lauren DiNapoli for her expert coaching, as well as Andrea Laurin, Jeff Boris and Lori Clarke for their incredible support and advice, Erika Engle, RMT for keeping my muscles tuned up, my sister Karen Tredger for going above and beyond sisterly duties, Louise Dudley of Monaco Sun tanning, and of course Colleen McConnell of The Crystal Suit®. And thank-you to Shaun Campbell of the IDFA and Nkechi Nwafor-Robinson for creating a comfortable and welcoming atmosphere for competitors to compete naturally in. Here is my write-up from that day:
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December 2015
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