Things are moving forward ....... or maybe they're just moving!

Wow, this figure thing is no joke (well, it's not really fitness either).

I'm one week committed and I've had to find a figure coach, a personal trainer, nutrition assistance, a seamstress (you must get on the sewing schedule early), a makeup artist, a tanning specialist, someone to provide jewelry and the list goes on.  I'm afraid this may make a bigger dent in my budget than actually helping me complete my quest for total fitness (good thing I have Crossfit!)

My figure coach will assist me with choosing an appropriate posing suit and shoes.  She will ensure that my skin tone is correct, my make up is flawless and my hair (she's already suggested a wig!) is just like the rest of the girls (I don't really get that).  She will teach me to walk correctly and have no fear in showing it all to an audience of strangers, while twirling on 5" heels and wearing a custom made blinged out bikini.

My personal trainer will provide a program (he's already asked which globo gym I'll be joining..ugh) that I can execute in my local gym.  He will provide guidance on nutrition and supplements to ensure that I am ripped on competition day.  Most importantly, these workouts will be customized to consider my Crossfit training, because I drank the koolaid and there is no going back.  The benefits of Crossfit are too vast to consider giving them up, even if traditional bodybuilding can give me a whole new shape.

My new trainer actually made me take before pictures to ensure we can measure our progress.  The up side is I'm not too fat, the downside I'm still not posting before pics.  But I do promise to post the end result.  He has promised that the first 3 months will be food as usual, little or no cardio (the benefit of not being too fat!), and lots of lifting to ensure maximum muscle.  The next 2 months, we will lean out, with minimal cardio and then it's showtime!  I've chosen a contest date the first week of June.

So for now, it's business as usual.  Plenty of meat, vegetables, nuts, seeds and some fruit plus 3 to 4 Crossfit workouts each week.  Life is good ........