I can believe how fast the year has gone.  This time last year I was all amped for my 50th birthday. This year Im trying desparately to get the years to start moving in reverse so I can be 49 in 16 days... I aim to  be 45 for my son Brads 30th... wonder if that will happen lol In the last year so much has happened, good and bad.  I have seen the devastation and destruction of my home town,Christchurch (thankfully all my family were unharmed) seen my eldest son pack up and move to Aussie, watched  my youngest son shoot up and tower over us all while completing his last year at imtermediate,, watched from afar my beautiful daughter living it up in London and travelling to amazing places like Morocco and Ibiza,  met some wonderful new clients, continued training dedicated long term clients, and also said goodbye to a few clients who have given up on me or given up on training, but most of all I have seen myself get to this happy place where I am comfortable being who I am,  enjoying doing what I am doing and loving the people I choose to be with. For some reason I have…

Well we have all had our fair share of competitions these last few months. With the most recent federation the NABBA/WFF adding hugely to the 2011 contest calendar year,  the opportunity for athletes to shake their little tushes on stage has increased and with so many options of competitions, there doesnt seem to be a decrease in numbers competing either. the Nabba nationals had over 150 competitors in it..  Now thats huge.  That takes me back to the early days of the NZFBB when we used to wind up a show at 1am..   NABBA/WFF had their nationals last week with around 50 competitors  but they were very high quality and the physiques on show that days were impressive.  Alot of the competitors have supported all federations and I did hear of somebody who was going to try to do the NABBA/WFF nationals and the NZFBB show both in one day, by commuting quickly as possible from Takapuna to Hamilton.   It could of been possible maybe cos it is only 1.5 hours to Hamilton,  but the way the two comps were ran he didnt have the time to jump off stage, into the car and on stage to the next.   Would of been a laugh…

Well one week since I have written and I have to say we have been having a fabulous time.  Bee has decided to not compete again this year so it is all relaxing and little training, and lots of loving for us this week.  Last week we did train and I did a few runs 2 or 3, but this week we are having the whole week off weights and just doing my runs. As much as I love training, having the time off is incredible.  Just not having the crazy rushing between clients etc to get training etc done has been lovely and Im feeling really quite spoilt having so much time on my hands, well not a huge amount but just a spare hour or two in the evening is making me feel pretty fortunate.   And geez I love to see Bee eating again.  He always did say that he loved to see me eating, whether it is a huge diet meal or a huge bad meal,  eating makes us happy and all couples want to see each other happy.  It was killing me to not be dieting anymore but to see Bee  hungry or eying up the avocados and cashews, or  sitting on the bike…

Well this time last week I was starving...  Not to the point where I could chew on cardboard or anything but I was definitely hungry, and tired and wanting something sweet and a different texture to that of George Foreman chicken.  Not giving away too many secrets here but I read a book from an author whose dieting theories are almost identical to mine - except he is alot more knowledgeable than I am.  I know what works for me and what works for most of my clients but this time I thought I would try something different.  After the Pans Pacific’s I got busy with work so my cardio was down on what I was doing for the actual competition.  Not only did I not have the time,  but I did want to try something different to come in fuller and to perhaps not hold so much water, so guest pose was time to experiment for me. I know my body so well that if anything went wrong I could still pull back and change again pretty quickly.  My body can change from hour to hour so it is pretty easy to manipulate it depending on how I am…