Everything is Relative!

So, while at the gym yesterday, one of the guys that I haven't seen in a while says to me, "I'd still love to have those legs of yours."
It's funny, I get this comment from men a lot.  I usually reply with something along the lines of, "you can have 'em", because I guarantee after one day of trying to find a pair of jeans that fit right, they'd be begging me to take them back!
Anyway, it made me stop and remind myself about how everything really is relative.  I go into the gym every day - and most days of the year I am trying to grow my shoulders and shrink my legs so I look like my upper and lower bodies actually belong to the same person when I hit the pool/beach in my bathing suit.
But on any given day, there are people working out trying to get bigger, get faster, get leaner, get stronger, lower cholesterol, lose weight, fight diabetes.  It's all relative.  So stop comparing yourself to others.  Get in the gym, and get focused on YOUR goals.

Now, back to me and my 140 day journey...15 days gone already!  Yay!  Scale is moving in the right direction, and aside from being hungry almost all day every day, I feel GREAT!  When I didn't lose any weight last week, I did have more calories taken away from me - which was really rough for the first 3 days, but then it got easier to deal with.  It's funny, because in the last week, I've had lots of situations where I could have chosen to stray from the plan...temptation all around me, if you will...but I've not had the interest at all.  People always act like they feel sorry for me "not being able to eat anything fun", but you know what - this is my sport. I have chosen it.  I am living it.  And while there are times when depriving myself from all my "favorite foods" is tough - for the most part, when I am in contest-prep mode, I feel my healthiest.  There is something to be said for eating clean 24/7 for months on end!  So, don't feel sorry for me.  I'll be rocking my bikini again soon and it'll all be worth it!

Want a peak at my week:
Day 1 - a High intensity interval training (HIIT) and a lift
Day 2 - just a lift (it's leg day - that takes a lot out of you - so I get more carbs too!)
Day 3 - steady state carido and lift
Day 4 - steady state cardio AND HIIT

then repeat...over and over and over and over...yep, that's right, no rest days!