I am sorry I haven’t blogged in what feels like a million years but I have had quite a few things to do, think about and decide upon and my head has been in a bit of a mess. To cut to the point I am no longer competing in the IBFA finals on 25th June as my stress levels were through the roof as I have just moved house and am getting divorced – personal details I know but you need to know these things to understand the choices that have been made. Last week I sent my usual pictures to my coach and I knew that she would not be happy. I looked leaner but my weight hadn’t shifted, not an issue but I looked like I was holding a lot of water.

Later that day my coach rung me and asked my how I was getting on and feeling. She explained that from my pictures I looked like I was holding a lot of water and that to lean up in time I would need to up something and that in her mind with everything going on in my personal life it just wasn’t worth it. I have three competitions later on in the year, so was advised to pull out of the finals, get settled in my new home and take one pressure off myself whilst the rest manage themselves and then go back into training less stressed, bringing a whole new package to stage.

I felt so relieved when Sandi said I was to pull out and focus on my home, I knew that was the answer but couldn’t bring myself to come to that conclusion because I felt like I was giving in and letting people down.

The last few days have been spent sorting out my house and trying to get into a new routine so that I can start to settle and relax when I come home. I am starting to get there, I think part of the problem is that I naively thought moving house by myself would be easy and that everything would be perfect straight away and I would be chilled and not affected by it what-so-ever. How wrong could I have been.

I have received a new diet plan from Sandi which has me eating more carbs and a treat meal on Saturdays. No more cardio in the morning as I am to give my body a rest, however I feel a bit lost not exercising first thing in the morning so have been doing my weights sessions in the morning with my gym buddy and I am surprised at how much energy I have and how much I am enjoying weight training at that time.

So that was the bad news, the good news is I secured a sponsorship with Sarah’s Bikinis for the rest of this year and next year. I couldn’t believe it when she told me I had been chosen. Check her out on Instagram and Facebook. I also became a member of the Pink Army for GHBSports which is a gym clothing company selling amazing funky gym leggings, tops, hoodies, basically everything you need to look amazing in the gym. Check out the website

GHBSports
So I am not in prep but still training ready for my next competitions. So there will be no count down daily blog but I will look to blog around 2 – 3 times a week with updates and the usual random requests and messages on Facebook.