Day 79 - They can because they think they can.

Well I am back from South Beach. It was great, the beach was great, the water was great and we had a wonderful time. I did attend the Fitness Universe on both days. I really enjoyed the Fitness portion of the competition. The girl who won, Sherri Vurrick, looked great and had a wonderful routine. She really stood out from the rest of the girls, so I would have been really surprised if she had not won. It was quite an interesting experience, mainly because the show was so big with so many competitors. We didn't stay for the entire Musclemania portion because some of the routines started to get boring after a while because they seemed so long.

I was so happy to be on the beach and get some sun. My husband and I went to the gym every morning. There was a Gold's less than 2 miles away that we walked to. I did pretty good eating clean and staying on the program for the most part. We had a kitchenette in our room, unfortunately we didn't have a stove, so I actually made scrambled eggs in the microwave. I must say though, the Mojitos looked really good and were tempting.

I am happy to be back and since my competition is only 79 days away, I have to be extremely disciplined. Yesterday I had a leg workout and it felt great. I increased my squats to 145lbs and also increased my leg extensions. I am starting to like leg extensions, mainly because I am seeing such an increase in my strength in this area.
On Monday I had a shoulder and bicep workout and it was extremely long. I don't necessarily like long workouts, and makes it worst when I have to wait for the weights. Although I went to the gym pretty late and it wasn't really crowded, there was this woman monopolizing the 30lb barbell. One of my pet peeves is people who stand around talking and monopolizing gym equipment. She was just standing with the 30lb barbell next to her in an upright position and would proceed to use it ever 5 minutes or so. Needless to say, I had to change my workout and do barbell curls last because she held on to the barbell through my entire workout. I was getting irate and had decided that I would ask her for it when I needed it, but she finally placed it back on the rack. Oops I forgot to mention that this woman was wearing a sequin tank top at the gym. I seriously had to do a double take when I saw that. Wh the heck wears sequin to the gym?