I DID IT!!! The Morning After...a short update

Well, here it is the morning after. I'm tired but I woke up because I was hungry and I thought I would just put something up here for you all to see. I will go into much more detail of the show day in another post. Last night's first meal after the show ended up being Kalbi plate and Jap Chae from Gushi in Westwood. Sorry but no photo because I forgot my camera in the car and really was too tired and hungry to go get it. MAN!!! It was the best Korean food I've EVER had!!!! This was my breakfast - 2 egg whites & an egg, black plum YUM!, Julian cinnamon raisin bread with NuttZo and homemade raspberry jam (Thanks Deb!).

Breakfast the day after

I feel AMAZING today! I was worried that what I ate LATE last night might be a problem for me but it wasn't. My body is an incredible machine. I went out there yesterday and knocked it out. I was very proud of the package I brought to the stage. The judges though? Not so much. I placed 4th out of 4 in my Masters (35 and over) class and don't know where exactly I landed in the overall for my height but I know it wasn't the top 5. SOOOOO...what did that mean to me?

Hmmmm...good question. I'm just going to be honest here. When I came out for Masters they didn't even move us around and we weren't on stage for long at all. So I had no idea where I placed. When we came out for overall I knew that I wasn't in the top 5. Well, I really couldn't believe it, to be honest. It stings a little at first!! BUT...and listen up because this is VERY important!! Even if the judges placed me there it started to become okay with me. I knew that I did EVERYTHING I was supposed to - ate what I was supposed to, trained, did my cardio, slept, blogged, took pictures, bought lots of groceries, practiced my posing, cooked, cleaned, decreased my social life, etc. SO...no matter what, I brought the ABSOLUTE BEST package I could to the stage and that was the best I could do so yes, I had already won! Just as everyone kept telling me! It's true! And the truth of the matter is that there were A LOT of girls in that competition that did the same. They didn't miss their training or cardio, ate the right food at the right times, practiced their posing...we were all winners back there. And the other thing is that we can't all be 1st, 2nd or 3rd. Someone has to pull up the rear...and I was JUST the girl for the job!!!!

So, placing aside, it was an INCREDIBLE experience. I learned so, so much about myself and met some pretty amazing people along the way. Like I said at the beginning of this post, I will go into great detail in another post but just wanted to update all of you and post a couple of pictures from the show. There will be many more pictures later as well as my "before" pics that I promised all of you! By the end of the day they should have all my pics up here: Tournament of Champions 2010

Until later, have a great Sunday! Make it a fun day! I'm going back to sleep and then it's off to brunch with some of my greatest supporters! WOOHOO!!!