Competing

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Money:    So I decided I wanted to compete in April and like I said in my first post I really researched the right trainer/team to join because of how expensive this sport is. This is not a cheap thing to get into, but you have to spend money to make money. (If you want this to be your career). Training can be anywhere from $800-1500 for 12 weeks of training or more,  your suit could be $200-700 and then when you sign up for a show you have to pay an entry fee and get your NPC card to even compete in a show,  which my first show is $120 and NPC card is $120, also all the supplements you need, ( I only use Whey). I usually spend at least $100 in food each week for meal prepping. Then come show date you have hair,makeup, tan and maybe a photo shoot... 
Needless to say if you do this sport be prepared before hand and really find out what your getting into before just jumping right into (money wise).  A lot of people think they want to compete but they don't know all details that come with competing.


Dedication:   Competing is difficult but nothing a human can't handle. It just takes dedication and determination, you have to have a lot of will power to not pick up a donut and eat one:| (the struggle). Meal prepping and having a 6 pack bag or something like it is is key to this sport. Prepping is very important, if your not prepared your setting yourself up for failure.
I love this sport because its a challenge against yourself no one else. You have to push yourself day in and day out. In any sport its all about how bad you want something, will you spend hours practicing basketball to become better? Well in this sport will you wake up 5am and do fasted cardio and then go back to the gym later to lift to become better? Will you sacrifice that cake for a plain no sodium rice cake? Will you push yourself beyond where your mind wants to stop?

                    I get asked all the time, how can you do this?
Want to know how? Because I WANT THIS SO BAD. I live and breathe this, and I won't stop until I reach my goal.  


 Mind:  Its you vs. you and you can only decide how far you want to takes this. Its hard, I'm not going to lie, some days I want to give in and throw in the towel. Have I? Hell no I want this so bad, I can taste it. Its not all about winning when you step on stage, this will be my first time competing come August. Do I want to place? Who doesn't, but I won't be mad or disappointed when I don't because I already won something, after a 12 week prep I won the struggles of wanting to eat, not wanting to go to the gym, prep breakdowns, and most importantly I won myself. I've come so far there is no room for disappointment, I am so proud of what I have accomplished and it won't stop here.


Inspire:   I feel that the most rewarding feeling about this whole thing is the people behind me. I have inspired people to better themselves and I will get emails saying how I inspired someone to become better and start a healthy lifestyle. I feel truly blessed to help others and know that I was an impact on their lives. The words of encouragement are so helpful and make me want to push myself harder because I have amazing people behind me who are rooting for me. Some people will want to see you fail, but thats only because they don't have what it takes to do something like this. Its called jealously! Don't ever let someone destroy your pride or your accomplishments because they will try, find people who stick behind you and encourage you to do better. In this sport you need a huge support system! When I want to eat something bad or when I am having a bad day its nice to have some support behind you to remind you why you started this journey.

4 weeks out!!! Ready to push every limit possible:). P.S....



                        TROPHY'S AND DONUTS

                               
         

Introduction to MY life story.

I guess I should start my blog out by introducing myself.

             My name is Jenn Chambers

Some interesting personal facts about me:
I'm from A small town in Ohio, where i was born  and raised on a farm.

                 Yes, I'm a Country Girl
I have horses and a teacup pig named Lucy.
Lucy is pretty much the coolest pig ever.
I'm the biggest daddy's girl EVER.
I think this next fun fact is very interesting about me: My father  had me when he was 64..yes thats right 64. My father is now 88  years old and i'll be 23 in October. I know your head is spinning so the next question I get is OMG how old is your mom? And no my mom is not that old she just turned 51 this year. I was raised the old fashion way, we always sat down as a family and prayed before dinner and did everything as a family unlike now days, where everyone is to busy to make family time a priority. My dad is my rock , he's my strength when I am weak. Without having him in my life I wouldn't be the strong independent woman I am today. He raised me to be the strongest most hard headed woman alive... thats no joke.
 In the last year it has been a struggle, in and out of hospitals and surgeries  but as a family we can overcome anything. He's strong for me so I stay strong for him.

He's taught me many valuable lessons in life that I will never forget.He's molded me into the person I am today.
He's taught me to never take a single second for granted because you never know what may happen.I wish every child now a days would understand the importance of not taking their loved ones for granted for they might not be here tomorrow. Life is to short to argue or worry about the little things.
 Now my mom is my biggest supporter and is always there for me when I need her the most.Even when I have the dumbest idea she will be right behind me to cheer me on. She's the strongest women and always holds our family together.
Needless to say I have the best parents in the world.
END OF STORY 

Well.. I guess you all want to know how my fitness journey started, so  here it is.

I 've always been athletic  and did sports in high school , but after high school I started lifting and working out at least 5 times a week.

I was pretty much a skinny, cardio bunny that lifted light weights.

But don't get me wrong I wasn't one of those girls that didn't know what they were doing in the gym.
I had one problem though..

I was always worried about what the scale said, if it said 118 pounds, I was at the gym on the treadmill running for hours.

I was petrified of the scale coming even close to 120.

I weighed 109 in high school and ate super clean and would always worry about getting fat or not being a size 0. 

My senior year of high school, I started partying.. A  lot.

I would drink basically every single day ,missing class all the time and honestly I don't know how i even graduated.

I was the 17 year old at bars every night, and then fast food bingeing at one in the morning.
 I just didn't have a care in the world.

But that caught up to me quick, the freshman fifteen turned into the senior year of high school twenty pounds of beer weight:|.

First time I ever let myself go and weighed 130 pounds.

To me I was huge.

I partied hard and was a 18 year old badass... well thats what I thought:|.SMH...

Summer of 2013 , I  started the whole lets not eat and just get skinny diet.

I was super stressed and had a lot going on at the time so I would just never eat and I also took diet pills.

I lost about 20 pounds in less than two months and went down to 109.

I looked sick.

I  wore a size 0 or 00 and didn't eat anything, maybe 2 meals a day if that.

In my head I looked awesome.

Around December of last year, I started going back to the gym everyday and wanted to get serious about a diet and  my workouts.

So i decided to hire a personal trainer.

When I met him I weighed 116 with 23% body fat, I told him I wanted to get "toned" and he laughed and told me to never say that again.

Which being in the fitness industry now I completely understand why.

He told me he wanted to get me in 130's and needless to say I about fell over and was like hell no I'm never getting to 130 pounds again.

But after starting with him for once in my life I was not worried about how much I weighed, I went by progress and how I felt.
I then got on the scale and my weight just kept going up and up, but I loved the way I looked and felt so I stopped weighing myself and just focused on the progress I was making.
I found out weight is just a number on the scale and means nothing!
Its all about when you look in the mirror and notice your body and all the progress you have made.
..Then April rolled around and I made a decision that I was going to compete in a NPC show in October.
I am such a go getter, if i want something you best believe  I will get it.
After so much research on different trainers and teams, I found Team Edge.
I even emailed girls that were on the team to get their opinions and feedback from their exxperience.
I didn't want to spend all this money and just get the same meal and work out plan as every other girl.
 (competing is very expensive)
After a couple weeks I decided to join the team.

I finally set the date and will be competing August 9th in Orange County, California .
As of today I am a little under 6 weeks out, I am getting really excited and nervous.But I am ready to show off all my hard work.
Prepping for a show is HARD!
Not going to lie, it takes a lot of dedication and determination. I love the challenge though, Its you vs you....

My next blog will be about competing and the challenges I have gone through so far.
Stay Tuned.