I have been seriously considering committing to compete in an amateur fitness pageant next year (2015), if not the beginning of 2016! :) But I have some concerns... Theres several reasons I really want to do it: - Im getting older and theres a possibility that these next few years may be the best I will ever look. That may sound dramatic but lets face it, the older I get the harder it will be for me to change the way my body looks. What if I remain as I am now, I may never see how great I really could look? And I really want to...I really want to see just how awesome I could look, lol. -My whole life I have been not very disciplined. Im a rule breaker. Always have been. Which has given me some really great times but also has held me back from achieving some really awesome things I know I am capable of. Or at least I think I am. It would be really nice to prove to myself that I can be ultra disciplined and very in control of myself. -Bragging rights. Major f*ing bragging rights, lol. -Detoxing from all this toxic shit I put in my body and being the healthiest I have ever been. BUT! Heres my dilemma and maybe you can help me choose which direction to go in. * I am really worried about this becoming a stressor in my life. With running I have been able to train and NOT feel stressed. I have been really relaxed in diet and maintained pretty awesome progress physically, considering. (Food is something I am really concerned about. Food brings me joy. Eating a pint of Ben and Jerrys ice cream with my boyfriend late at night, laughing, is some of the best moments I have all week!) And Id have to say goodbye to that. Also, I have been able to train at my own pace and not really follow any specific training plan to the day...just taking from here and there what I want. And if I dont feel like running- I dont run. But something like a fitness pageant..Thats some next level shit. Do I really want to go there? So which do you think I should do?: -Train legitimately, with a training program and dietary schedule and risk being stressed/cranky/overwhelmed but entering confidently in the fitness competition and have my best chance at placing. OR - Train relatively at my own place and keep cheat meals on Sundays and risk possibly not placing or worse, even qualifying, for a fitness competition at my deadline, and trying to be ok with that. *Keep in mind, I will be training definitely for a year, if not a year and half,...which is a long, disciplined, commitment to think about (and this being in addition to my running goals I have already committed to- half marathon this year and full in 2015). What would you do? what do you think I should do and why?
Posted on: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 01:21:31 +0000