postcomp
OVERALL RATING
How this time was different from that time. The picture on the right, believe it or not is NOT a day 1 photo. In fact it was approximately 2 years into my fitness journey after three shows, months on months of dieting, two first places and an overall and experiencing my first national showing. It's amazing watching your physique change weekly and then suddenly daily all the way up until even the last few hours before that 15 minutes of stage. But then what? Every ounce of routine and structure that once was a 'must' has lost its purpose as you wonder 'now what?' The goals, the motive, the deadlines...it's all over and what once was your passion has now turned into an obsession. So how was this time different..... I'm almost 6 weeks in after over half a year of dieting. I've learned and lived through my mistakes when it came to post comp depression, body dysmorphia and an overall sense of lost self worth. And I'm loving the skin I'm in (most days) because.... * I went into this competition already loving the skin I was in(most days) *The stage was not the goal, only part of the journey *I chose to be motivated by the process rather than consumed with the outcome. *Because it had nothing to do with hardware *because I did not base winning on where I placed *because I wasn't in competition with anyone other than the reflection staring back at me *because I had a plan .......and because of all of that the girl on the left no longer has to worry about ever being the girl on the right again. #postcompsuccess #balanced #beyoutifulbeast #trainingforlife #bodybuilding