The cat is now out of the bag and yes it’s true, I will be returning to the figure stage this year. See my Competition Calender for details. JD and I spoke on the phone at length last night about everything and it’s all systems go for this years competition season. To say I’m excited to compete is a complete understatement and I’m literally jumping out of my skin. So much so that when I got up for my morning cardio instead of doing an about turn after I walked out the door and noticed that it was raining I reached for a rain coat and continued on, after all it is only water. LOL!!
But this year is going to be different from my past seven competitions in that I’m not competing to be competitive, I’m competing because I need too both physically and psychologically. I need to get my life back on track again from an athlete’s perspective and I also want to do this in honour of my parents. Getting to the stage will be the easier part of this process, maintaining it after competing will be where my primary focus will be this time around but I’m quietly confident that it won’t be as big a challenge as it has been in the past. I’ve grown so much in the past twelve months that I don’t think many things in life will stand in the way of me achieving my goals and dreams. They may slow me down but they won’t stop me.
Jo and I were emailing last night and she’ll be finishing off my posing costume ready for me to pick up at the all females this year. The cut, fabric, colour and embellishments had already been picked out last year and I already had my music prepared so I guess you could say that I’m pretty much organised once again, surprise surprise. LOL!! So given that this coming weekend is a long weekend for me I’ll probably be pulling out my competition trolley to ensure that everything is ready, for just in case. But from memory it is but I want to be sure as competing had been the furthest thing from my mind until yesterday.
But before I kick of with everything I’m going to do a liver detox to rid my body of all the anaesthetic and medications I took post-surgery as well as book myself in for a colon irrigation. My system could certainly do with a good detox and flush before starting my comp prep at twenty weeks out. As always, I want to give my body the best possible chance. So on that note, I’m about to do some research on a liver detox. Oh Rae…. 
Lia xxx
“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door”
~ Milton Berle
