I’m Actually a Bodybuilder 😬😳|Road to Wellness Stage- 1st Blog

Well I’ve been keeping a secret! I am currently preparing for my first Bikini Competition!!! Well…actually I will be in the Wellness category, but still in a bikini. Lol. I am officially a bodybuilder and that feels so awkward to admit!!

I have been preparing for the show since February of this year..leaning down and adding muscle at the same time. I think this might be the hardest thing I’ve ever done, and I’m not just saying that to be dramatic!! I literally wake up every day with intentions on taking the necessary steps it takes to be ready for the stage in August. I have to be intentional about how I spend my time. I have to do my cardio, I have to do my strength training, I have to make sure my meals are prepared AND eaten (sounds simple right, until your coworker offers you her food and snacks that aren’t part of your plan 😂🤣😩) And still take care of the normal day-to day stuff like work my 9-5, run my business, be a wife and a mother, Uber driver to the kids, take care of the dogs 😩 etc. It’s really hard and it has been getting to me lately.

My first show is scheduled for Aug 27, 2022. And I am a nervous wreck!!! This isn’t the first time I’ve tried to do a show. The last show I prepped for was scheduled for May 2020. That show was cancelled due to the pandemic of the coronavirus. I was devastated!! Like literally all the hard work, workouts, and clean eating felt like it was for nothing. I didn’t realize God had set me up to start my own business with that journey. So it wasn’t a total waste of over a year of discipline. I really did gain some great understanding of nutrition, the body and how motivation and inspiration isn’t enough to make people keep going. They have to really want to change. I also learned how the foods we eat impact our mood and our results. I also learned a ton about myself.

So I decided I need to document the remainder of my journey and vent! Or else I will go crazy. Its a journey I decided to take that really is just a hobby. No one is making me do this, which is the crazy part in all this. I want to give up almost everyday here lately. And I literally could! No one would care if I got on that stage or not!! But I made a promise to myself and I don’t like disappointing myself.

I need your help!! If ever I cross your mind, send me some encouraging words to keep going. If you don’t know what to say, then send up a prayer for me. If praying isn’t your thing, send me some good vibes. Just know I need all the support you may be able to offer. I appreciate you and I hope you will help me along this journey!

More blogs to come. They will discuss my meals, a day in the life of a Wellness Competitor, workouts, cardio, documenting my physique changes, my struggles, check ins with my coach, the different female bodybuilding categories, why I chose Wellness, etc! Please follow along so I can stay sane lol!! Love you all!!

I want to be as transparent as possible through this. And as cringy as these photos are for me, I’m sharing them anyway. Here is a photo of the changes made thus far….