M.I.A. - Back from the Heat!

My poor blog has been so neglected lately! I'm doing everything I can to try to rectify it and as much as I wanted to blog and planned to blog while I was away, it just didn't happen... however, something else exciting DID get done while I was unable to access the internet...... I started writing my book! Yippee! I finally started writing properly about my journey. For those of you who don't know, when I began my journey to the stage I expressed that I wanted to write and I was also encouraged by a few people too, so I plan on putting something together, whether it's an e-book or whether it's something I actually publish, I don't know. But either way, I'm excited that I have made a start! I love writing, always have and I guess I get it from my Mum, she's a creative writer and always has been. She does workshops and writes short stories and is currently working on a big piece that I know is going to be amazing!

So I'm back from my holiday and it was awesome to catch up with my best friend Nikki. She is just an amazing soul and I know we will always be mates forever, no matter how far away we are from each other. She is an amazing photographer too and I can't wait to have her at my next comp. Anyone who lives in Melbourne who needs photos for anything, get in contact with her, she's awesome and doesn't charge a fortune either! We celebrated her birthday in true 'girls night out' form on the Saturday night and I tell you what, I have not seen the sun come up in a long time and it was pretty darn painful to say the least.... but fun nevertheless!!! Nikki is a DJ too, so she had to play in a pretty awful state the night after at this very eccentric outdoor dance party we went to! An experience I must say!

Anyway, back to my routine now, which I have to say, I did miss very much (being the control freak that I am) and I am keen to have another great week of training. The only exercise I managed to do while away was one jog... the heat was absolutely atrocious! It would have been nice to say my holiday went something like this....

But unforunately it was a bit more like this....

I was so hot and tired the whole trip, it was not funny. Not great for relaxing, so we escaped to the air-conditioning in the shopping centres a few times for coffee and a browse (didn't buy anything), so that was nice. I was planning on doing some weight training while there, but found it difficult to get motivated and I was happy knowing that I could still do 4 days this week when I returned, today, Friday, Saturday and Sunday will be my weight training days, so I'm not worried at all. I wasn't perfect with my nutrition and fluid either (as you can probably guess), but it's always a challenge being away and with the addition of the heat, I was happy to just go with the flow for a few days, which I kind of needed anyway.

Back in to things today and am feeling good cause I did get to catch up on quite a lot of sleep while I was away (apart from the birthday night... hehe), so am ready to hit the gym and punish the 'ol' bod... in a good way of course! Am torn between doing shoulders and biceps today or back and rear delts. I think I want to do shoulders and biceps, but it's actually back's turn, but it's not going to make that much difference, so think I'll listen to how I feel today :)

Ciao for now! Hope all is well out there in blogland, have been able to catch up with a few of you, but have a massive few days of work so may be a few days before I catch up on all! Good luck to those competing, I know there are a few happening over in the states and it's all very exciting to hear about!

K xoxo