My philosophy

I think of myself as pretty down to earth, but I guess that is in the eye of the beholder. With this I feel my philosophy of training and nutrition is down to earth as well. I would not consider myself an extremist and who knows, this may be my flaw to reach my ultimate goal. However, anyone will tell you I will try my hardest in doing it my way to reach a goal. I will not really starve myself, not pop pills, or do anything that may endanger my body. I will work hard and plan to accomplish my goal without having to do anything that would compromise myself. That's why when I found out I wasn't lean enough for the last competition I jumped right on developing a plan to accomplish this goal, even though it is a little more than 9 months out when most people start training for a figure competition 8-12 weeks out. I believe for me to do this right, this is the time that I should take.

Nutritionally I strive for clean eating. I am not always perfect, but have found I feel the best with this philosophy. Clean eating means I try to only consume things that come from the earth or have a mother. This is a constant challenge for me to accomplish. (The baked goods at the coffee shop always stare me down.) I also tried a cooking and baking goal for myself after the second competition, but realize I can be more disciplined and actually happier when I keep it somewhat simple by eating more routinely for my meals. I made a grocery list yesterday and there are only about 15 different items on it. More on what those items are soon to come!

So, I like to workout hard. I try to eat clean. And I am always looking for a challenge!