Na na na na.

Today is a big step, and a scary one at that!
I am PAYING today, for my first ever bikini competition. I am SO NERVOUS!
You should know me well enough by now to know that I have TRIED and TRIED and TRIED to get started over and over again. 

Well, as of this weekend I am 13 weeks out.
I weigh RIGHT NOW 135.4.
I extimate that I need to be at LEAST 125 or below before I hit the stage.
I've got my bikini, although I am not sure that I like the bottoms and MIGHT end up having to buy another suit.. (aka, someone can always buy me one as a christmas present..hint hint)
This show came out of nowhere however I feel like it is a complete hit.  It is the first show of the year, so it would give me enough time to train for another if I want to next year.
Who says becoming a pro next year is too hard of a goal? (;
Unfortunately, there is not a debut category like the one in March had, but there is a novice, and I can switch over to open just to see where I stack up against everyone else.  I can only imagine that there will be a TON of amazing women trying to compete for a pro card just like I hope to do one day.
I am still figuring out the basics, but.. HERE GOES NOTHING!

Busy Weekend!

Guess what I did this weekend?  I ran TWO 5k's and even made time to still make it to my volleyball game!

 DIVA DASH

On Saturday my mom and I ran the Diva Dash which was held in Frederick Maryland.










http://www.divadash.com/

 THE COLOR RUN!

Then on Sunday I managed to talk my whole family, as well as a former coworker and her family to do the Color Run that was held at the National Harbor near DC.
 http://thecolorrun.com/

 So, for all my workouts I use MapMyRun which is a free app that I have on my iPhone.  It calculates your routes, calories burned, feet gained and lost, distance traveled and so much more.  I use it for all my runs. 




 The one on the left, 2.88 was actually the Color Run and the 3.01 was the Diva Dash.

Neither was Technically a 5k.  Which I always think is interesting when I track my runs.


Talk about fun though!
I had a great time!
Two more 5k's for the season and then I'm done for the year!



Next year I'll be spending all my money on those bikini competitions I've been putting off!
Hoo haaah!

Then, like every Sunday, I had a volleyball game in Frederick... and we didn't do great.  Oh well, I always have fun!

Until next time,

xoxo
Krysta.

Again, it's been too long!

I'm Beyond upset I am going to have to cram all the things I've been up to IN ONE BLOG POST!
I need to get better at doing this. Sigh. Maybe one day!

Well, momma and I have still been obsessing with 5k's, if you didn't already know. haha.
I can't even remember which one came first!  Is that sad?

I want to say that Lolizu Mud Run was first, and here's the pictures from that one:

 If you can't tell, it's quite obvious that my first mud run, as well as my mom's was a BLAST.

 So much, that we signed up for TWO MORE after that!



Random fact:  Our team name was the Mud Turtles, and I made our outfits. (:
Not like you could tell or anything..

& Yes, I did have to bring my phone.  Had to time myself... duh!






Check out their website!
http://www.lozilu.com/




After begging and begging other friends to join in on all the fun, I was only able to coax one of my friends join in.  Alexis.  The good friends are the ones that have been friends with you forever! She had a blast too!  We actually got WAY more pictures from this mud run, because she brought her own cheering section to take pictures and cheer us on.  I was more than happy to have her with us too!
Here's the pictures from the Muddy Mama's Mud Run:

We decided to become nerds.
I might be a little bit biased, but I think we make some attractive nerds if I do say so myself.

At about two and a half miles in, and we were still having fun!
I thank our cheering section a TON for following us around and taking some awesome pictures!

At the end, the final obstical!  Make your way through a ball pit.
A BEACH BALL PIT.
How awesome?

Fifteen Obsticals, 3.1 miles later and we all had a blast!
I think even Alexis enjoyed herself, even though we might have been slowing her down a bit. (;


Check out Muddy Mama's Mud Run website:
http://www.muddymamasmudrun.com/











Gasp, I think that's all we've done so far.
This weekend though, (today is Friday) I am running TWO 5k's.  I'll be testing my body for sure!
Saturday is the Diva Dash, and then Sunday I am running the Color Run!
I'll make sure I post those as well.

Happy Days everyone!


xoxo
Krysta

The undecisive has decided!

It'll be a bikini competition! I've passed Christmas, New Years, my birthday, and every holiday in between. I have NOTHING to hold me back! I've considered 5k training, which I'm still going to do, 10k's, and just about everything in between. 😁
I am three days in on my PERFECT eating and I am unbelievably proud of myself! I've wanted to do this for God knows how long! It about time I finally push my start button and get this shoe on the road! It's amazing how quickly your body can change after just a few days of cutting out all the bad fats, grease, and unnecessary calories.

In addition to this blog being my journey to compete, I think I'm also going to use this to showcase great recipes and workouts that I encounter throughout my endless amounts of research I do while being bored at school! Haha.

I shall add more this evening!

No Bikini Competition?

I'm still stuggling with the idea of doing a bikini competition.
I WANT TO SO BAD!!

However, I can't hire a trainer because I lack the money and lack appropriate hours to train.  Until I have my own place and time to cook a normal, healthy meal, it will be SO HARD to say no to momma's fried chicken and macaroni and cheese!

So, right now I am on break between classes and I'm thinking since I've done 5k's, maybe I will continue training and try a 10k.  After that try a half marathon, and continuing on.
I have to find new ways to stay healthy.  I'm doing a 5k obstacle course on April 13!  Which has me excited.

I'm so bad at making decisions.
Some things will never change.
We all have these up's and down's right? What matters is that we keep going!

So, here is the plan.

This year. 134 lbs

About a week after my pageant the photographer uploaded the pictures from the pageant to his website.  This is usually a great thing.  Unofrtunately this time, I saw my bikini shot...and just about cried.
It was SO NOT ME!

2012. 125 lbs

I bragged about how I didn't care about it as much this year as I did last year...and it SHOWS!

So, it's finally time.  I put off training for this pageant because I had other areas that I needed to work on.  However, this time it for real.
I've started eating clean this past week as well as going to the gym once, sometimes twice a day.


The show I originally wanted to do was March 30th.  That gives me five weeks and a day to get where I want to be in order to hit that stage rocking.

I've been on the computer for the past five hours researching bikini suits, shoes, tans, diets, workouts, you name it.  I haven't even figured out if I want to compete in OCB or NPC.
All I know is that one of these days I will FINALLY do a bikini competition, and let's hope that this time I am counting down the days!

On the plus side...my diet today was PERFECT! Yuuuus! <3

"Want something? Work for it.  Nobody has ever drowned in sweat."

Until next time! <3

Pageant Life

Opening Number. I'm the left back.

Official Headshot

Well, I took a quick break from the fitness life in order to compete in a pageant that I was talked into doing.  I did two last year, 2012, and was not planning on doing one this year so I could focus on competing in a bikini competition.

 I want to thank my family for everything that they could possible do for me!  They're always surprised that I will go on a stage in front of people as well as I am.  They are definitely the most supportive people a girl could have.  I am unbelievably blessed.

Your Miss Berkeley County, Eliza Windle.

Pageants aren't always about glitz and glamour!  There is SO MUCH more than goes into pageants than what first meets the eye.
You must have a talent, bathing suit, multiple dresses and you must have a platform that you stand by and mine was volunteerism.







Though I have never won a pageant, or even gotten first runner up for that matter, I take away so many life lessons that I hope that my future kids will also get to experience.  I walk away with not only friendships but a little more confidence in myself than when I first started stepping on a stage.  Just knowing that never in 100 years would I have thought I would ever be able to DANCE in front of a crowd, leaves me in a happy state of mind.  Just so you all are aware, I am NOT a dancer.. haha!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

It's a new year, and therefor, a NEW ME!
It's about time I actually continue with my bikini training.  I'm still thinking the March/April time frame.  I'm getting over a fever and strep throat, so I had to take some time off.  Yesterday I was back at it 100%!

Yesterday was also the first day back at school!
I have switched my major to Recreation and Leisure Studies with a concentration in Fitness and Exercise science.  I love ALL my classes yesterday, and today I have two more.
I am beyond exited that I have classes this semester that will interest me and help me pursue my dreams!

I've got to make it short and sweet, I have to leave for school in ten minutes and I am not yet dressed! Uh oh.
But before I go I want to give a HUGE thanks to my boyfriend, Jamie!
I might not tell him all the time or ever for that matter...hah.
But being with him drives me to become a better person.  Being with him also makes me capable of pursuing everything I've ever wanted to accomplish.  For that, I will forever be thankful.

So, until next time, stay beautiful! <3