Woke up feeling a bit more positive but still not bouncing off the walls. I didn’t actually get up until 8am so decided to have my breakfast before doing anything else otherwise I would be behind on my meals and more likely to make a mistake because I would be starving. After breakfast I went to the tip (again) and off to get the horse in who was well and truly soaked after the rain last night, but he is that dim I don’t think he noticed. Off to the gym for my first cardio session and I was spotted by someone I have been speaking to since we both competed at Mr Pennine. We are both struggling a bit so have made a pact to help each other.

Back home and I had two meals quite close together and then was obviously exhausted from eating so went to bed to have a quick snooze before legs, biceps and my second cardio session. I wake up firstly to my alarm which is the music for Cruellea De Ville from 101 Dalmations and then secondly to a very exciting message from someone off Facebook. I can’t reveal the details yet until it is officially announced but the news absolutely made my world and it boosted my motivation and mood. I feel like it has given me the kick up the arse I needed. So off I go to the gym to train with Jamie (my cardio partner in crime) and smashed out a good bicep and legs workout followed by an hour on the treadmill. It was nice working out with someone rather than it just being yourself and your music, which don’t get me wrong you need to do to keep your focus. But to change things up a bit I think it helps working out with someone else even if it does just take your mind off having to do dull cardio.

Home again to prep all my meals for the week and had a good chat with my Dad who helped me put everything into perspective with training and diet as he too is into his fitness so understands what I am going through. Back to the stables to put the horse out who ended up standing on my iPhone but due to this amazing screen cover I had on, no damage was done to my phone and my horse weighs nearly a tonne – very impressed.

Then, now get this, I went mental and went back to the gym to complete another round of cardio but only 30 minutes worth this time and finished off my legs on the leg press as I couldn’t get on it before. Upon entering the gym is when I became trapped in the girls changing room by a creature the size of a small child and had to ask a bewildered girl for assistance. She had just got her pound coin stuck in the weighing machine and I had helped out by ramming my keys in, so I thought it only fair that I should ask her to remove or kill the creature that was running towards me whilst I ran away and jumped on the benches so it couldn’t get me. She tried to stand on it but missed and started screaming, so I started screaming and the creature moved. After around 3 more attempts at standing on it and looking like she is doing some kind of military move it was dead by now, all smushed on her shoe which then made her scream, so I screamed and then she simply scraped it off on the corner of the wall and walked off like nothing had happened. I needed to sit down and try and recover and then thought that it could come back to life so legged it out of the changing rooms. Just in case you are wondering what kind of creature I am describing, it was the attack of a giant spider which was the size of a small child.

So besides my terrifying ordeal, I am feeling more positive and more in control. I just need to maintain this focus and get back into the routine and all will be fine. Once Sandi my coach lands back in the UK we are going to have a quick chat and see what the plan of attack is.

And finally Facebook ‘Friend’ message of the day;

‘Friend’: Hello I am a fitness model and also compete as a body builder

Me: Congratulations. Keep up the hard work

‘Friend’: Here are some pictures of me (sends through 20 which I believe is a lot more than some pictures – 4 would have been more than enough)

‘Friend’: Your turn

Me: the only pictures I have are the ones on Facebook 

‘Friend’: Do you not have any special ones to share?

Me: No. And I don’t think your girlfriend who is in some of the pictures you have sent me would appreciate you asking another woman for naked pictures

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