Thread: Velvet's Figure Comp Log

Good morning Velvet!

morning Miss Velvet

Hi Velvet heehee

Hey Gorgeous

Hope you had a good weekend . How didi the fund raiser go ?

GOod morninge everyone I'm at home..been sick since Thursday

I'll be back online tomorrow raring and ready to chat :0)

Hope you all had a better weekend lol

Hope you feel better!

How is this affecting your contest prep? Taking any supplments to combat the sickness?

I had a spectacular weekend.
Hope you're on the mend.

Hun!

Hope ya feel better! I am getting a cold...

Originally Posted by Sapphire

Hun!

Hope ya feel better! I am getting a cold...

I've had a cold since last week, but THANKFULLY at least YOU ALL can't blame me for yours, unlike my coworkers who are all sniffling and coughing and calling me Typhoid Mary.

Get well soon, Velvet! And everyone else who is sick!

Thanks all for your well wishes!

I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack! hee hee

It was a very eventful few days for me. I got very sick and very tired and couldn't think anymore, couldn't sleep and made the decision to not compete in the Kingston show in 2.5 weeks. I've decided, instead, to compete in the Ottawa show in the spring. I just found that I had too much body fat to lose in too short a time period. I dont' want to have to resort to drastic measures to get me to my goal (like I was doing last week with 1200 calories and insane workouts). It was ruining my health, the exact opposite of what i'm trying to achieve. My body was totally spent, my mind was spent and I really needed to re-evaluate my goals/approach. It was a very tough decision but one that I'm confident and at peace with. My new goal is to GRADUALLY decrease my body fat over a longer period of time so that I can preserve my hard-won muscle AND my sanity Thanks everyone for supporting me along the way. I'm not quitting, nu uh, I'm not a quitter, I'm just readjusting my plan so that I don't get sick. Besides, at my age, you can't lose body fat as fast as I was and have your skin keep up with you..hee hee, my body needs more time to adjust to the changes!


Anyhoo, I'm going to start a brand new journal today to map out my journey to a HEALTHY and ultra fit body. At least I can come away with knowing that I did reach my ultimate goal and that was to get into the best shape of my life!!

See you in the next journal

Morning pretty lady


How you feeling today ?

Good morning Gary! I feel wonderful!!!! I feel healthy and glad to be alive!! It's getting rather cold here tho..hee hee. How are you? I've missed you guys!

Originally Posted by Velveteyes

Thanks all for your well wishes!

I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack! hee hee

It was a very eventful few days for me. I got very sick and very tired and couldn't think anymore, couldn't sleep and made the decision to not compete in the Kingston show in 2.5 weeks. I've decided, instead, to compete in the Ottawa show in the spring. I just found that I had too much body fat to lose in too short a time period. I dont' want to have to resort to drastic measures to get me to my goal (like I was doing last week with 1200 calories and insane workouts). It was ruining my health, the exact opposite of what i'm trying to achieve. My body was totally spent, my mind was spent and I really needed to re-evaluate my goals/approach. It was a very tough decision but one that I'm confident and at peace with. My new goal is to GRADUALLY decrease my body fat over a longer period of time so that I can preserve my hard-won muscle AND my sanity Thanks everyone for supporting me along the way. I'm not quitting, nu uh, I'm not a quitter, I'm just readjusting my plan so that I don't get sick. Besides, at my age, you can't lose body fat as fast as I was and have your skin keep up with you..hee hee, my body needs more time to adjust to the changes!


Anyhoo, I'm going to start a brand new journal today to map out my journey to a HEALTHY and ultra fit body. At least I can come away with knowing that I did reach my ultimate goal and that was to get into the best shape of my life!!

See you in the next journal

Geez!! A QUITTER??? Nobody could possibly think of you as a quitter!! You are in fantastic shape and you are a very smart lady!! That muscle you built was hard earned, don't starve it away!!!
We will always support any decision you make VE!!!
Looking forward to your new journal!
Cyndi

Good morning GG, it's soooooo nice to hear from you! Sorry to respond so late about your Dragon Boat Question!! This is my 4th year being a dragon boat paddler and my second year as the team captain. We only do dragon boating to raise money for our local charities and to have a blast. We aren't serious (or even good, hee hee) about it. We came in 50th out of 54 teams hee hee. But damn, we have fun and we usually get the Team Spirit award. I work for OHIP which is our Government Health Insurance down here in Ontario, so we called ourselves the OHIPpies and dressed up in tye dyed shirts, wild hair and peace signs..lots of fun, and we raised $760 for the United Way. I'll post a pic of our team today Oh, and BBQ we hold in between races is the most fun of the day

That's so cool that you race too, altho you sound like a serious paddler with lots of experience!!

Someone asked what dragon boating is...A dragon boat is like a HUGE canoe that fits 20 paddles, a steersperson (with a big-ass oar) and a drummer (that was me) to keep the stroke pace. You race four boats to a heat. It's tons of fun!!! Oh and the best part is that they attach a dragon head to the front and a dragon tail to the back of the boat, hence the name dragon boats!!

Originally Posted by Sapphire

Geez!! A QUITTER??? Nobody could possibly think of you as a quitter!! You are in fantastic shape and you are a very smart lady!! That muscle you built was hard earned, don't starve it away!!!
We will always support any decision you make VE!!!
Looking forward to your new journal!
Cyndi

Oh, thanks Cyndi, that's so sweet of you to say, now I"m gonna cry I appreciate your support and understanding, it means a lot to me! HOw are things with you? Any news?????? Sorry, I haven't made it to anyone's journal since last week. I'm hoping to catch up today

Originally Posted by Velveteyes

Good morning GG, it's soooooo nice to hear from you! Sorry to respond so late about your Dragon Boat Question!! This is my 4th year being a dragon boat paddler and my second year as the team captain. We only do dragon boating to raise money for our local charities and to have a blast. We aren't serious (or even good, hee hee) about it. We came in 50th out of 54 teams hee hee. But damn, we have fun and we usually get the Team Spirit award. I work for OHIP which is our Government Health Insurance down here in Ontario, so we called ourselves the OHIPpies and dressed up in tye dyed shirts, wild hair and peace signs..lots of fun, and we raised $760 for the United Way. I'll post a pic of our team today Oh, and BBQ we hold in between races is the most fun of the day

That's so cool that you race too, altho you sound like a serious paddler with lots of experience!!

Someone asked what dragon boating is...A dragon boat is like a HUGE canoe that fits 20 paddles, a steersperson (with a big-ass oar) and a drummer (that was me) to keep the stroke pace. You race four boats to a heat. It's tons of fun!!! Oh and the best part is that they attach a dragon head to the front and a dragon tail to the back of the boat, hence the name dragon boats!!

Awesome! I've done a bit of both, but I wouldn't say I'm an experienced paddler. Like with everything else, if I'm interested, I jump in first and ask questions later.

This october will be a year that I've been paddling (with half of this year not even doing much of it really because of the sun issue i told you about).

I first heard of dragon boats last summer, and a friend encouraged me to sign up as an individual paddler for a local festival. Upon arrival, with no idea what I'm supposed to do, I was put into a boat full of women from philadelphia who were missing a paddler. I learned from the best that day! Those women are serious competitors and through the course of the day, I picked up their technique and infectuous team spirit! Our team won 1st for the women's division!

Then i got involved here with some local teams, as a "free agent" just paddling with charity teams, like Gilda's Dragon Hearts, raising money for the breast cancer org, and most recently as part of an all women's team that was a bit more competitive, the Sum Yung Chix. Those girls have only two or three years of experience, some of them, even less, as they're newer members, but oh my god, they're going to be kicking ass world-wide very soon. They're THAT good.

Next month I'm sitting in with the Philly women when they return to south florida for the same festival. I'm psyched!

As for the whole dragon boat racing scene - you know what strikes me as the BEST thing about it? The camaraderie and sportsmanship among all the teams. No matter who wins or loses, everyone is soooo friendly and helpful and there isn't any of that "rivalry" you see in other sports. Everyone cheers for everyone. Sure there is a strong competitive spirit, but it's not a "mean" spirit. It's a great community of people from all walks of life. Gotta love that.

Originally Posted by GoalGetter

As for the whole dragon boat racing scene - you know what strikes me as the BEST thing about it? The camaraderie and sportsmanship among all the teams. No matter who wins or loses, everyone is soooo friendly and helpful and there isn't any of that "rivalry" you see in other sports. Everyone cheers for everyone. Sure there is a strong competitive spirit, but it's not a "mean" spirit. It's a great community of people from all walks of life. Gotta love that.

I so totally agree with you there, the best fun was sitting in the starting lanes chatting with the other boats..and get this, I look over to the team on the left and there was my X smiling back at me..ha ha, had no clue he was in the races. Sum Yung Chix...that's PRICELESS..ha ha ha ha. You sound good, maybe we can recruit you for next year and you can show us a thing or two

Originally Posted by Velveteyes

I so totally agree with you there, the best fun was sitting in the starting lanes chatting with the other boats..and get this, I look over to the team on the left and there was my X smiling back at me..ha ha, had no clue he was in the races. Sum Yung Chix...that's PRICELESS..ha ha ha ha. You sound good, maybe we can recruit you for next year and you can show us a thing or two

Hell yeah! I'm not THAT good, but it never stopped me before! hahahaha!

We've had some creative names down here, besides the Chix (though that without a doubt was my favorite name!). The other two that cracked me up were Dragon Ass -- as in "dragging ass" because they were a bunch of inexperienced paddlers; and Dragon Queens -- a group of employees from an ad agency and they used their recording studio to make up a team song, to the tune of Dancing Queen, by the end of the races everyone was walking around singing, "we are the dragon queeeeeens...." Oh yeah and they dressed up as drag queens and made up a little dance in between heats.

There were also some VERY serious teams from Canada. We are in awe of the Canadian teams. They are like PISTONS ON A MACHINE, those paddlers. Perfectly synchronized, totally powerful.

Dragon boating is fairly new down here, believe it or not. You'd think in Miami, with the sun and the water and all that, that this would be a perfect place for dragon boating year round, but it wasn't even known down here until a few years ago!

Originally Posted by GoalGetter

Hell yeah! I'm not THAT good, but it never stopped me before! hahahaha!

We've had some creative names down here, besides the Chix (though that without a doubt was my favorite name!). The other two that cracked me up were Dragon Ass -- as in "dragging ass" because they were a bunch of inexperienced paddlers; and Dragon Queens -- a group of employees from an ad agency and they used their recording studio to make up a team song, to the tune of Dancing Queen, by the end of the races everyone was walking around singing, "we are the dragon queeeeeens...." Oh yeah and they dressed up as drag queens and made up a little dance in between heats.

There were also some VERY serious teams from Canada. We are in awe of the Canadian teams. They are like PISTONS ON A MACHINE, those paddlers. Perfectly synchronized, totally powerful.

Dragon boating is fairly new down here, believe it or not. You'd think in Miami, with the sun and the water and all that, that this would be a perfect place for dragon boating year round, but it wasn't even known down here until a few years ago!

ha ha, ya we had a team called 'Dragon our Asses' We also have 4 breast cancer survivor teams that kick ass..and after their race the throw carnations on that water...makes me cry every year!

You people are to cool. Hello all!

Originally Posted by Spitfire

You people are to cool. Hello all!

Hi Spitfire, nice to meet you!

My Dragon Boat Team

I just got the sudden urge to wear a tie-die and not wash my hair... weird huh?
Hey velvet, nice to meet cha too, your gallery looks great, as do you.

Originally Posted by Velveteyes

Oh, thanks Cyndi, that's so sweet of you to say, now I"m gonna cry I appreciate your support and understanding, it means a lot to me! HOw are things with you? Any news?????? Sorry, I haven't made it to anyone's journal since last week. I'm hoping to catch up today

Nope nothing too exciting going on, GoPro is changing my workouts a bit, painting my new place, hanging out with Chris and my puppy. Nothing thrilling. But I am happy!

I guess I should be in your new journal , huh??