Despite today's obstacles . . .

I pushed on and got my 1st workout in with MUCH success!! I'm feeling a bit down on myself for not pushing as hard these last several days since the show ended so I'm "wanting" to do a little extra without going overboard so I decided I'll get in some AM cardio.
Well today started off well with me getting up @ 6am and immediately eating my oatmeal & chicken breast then began getting myself together before I woke Kyndal up. Once I woke her up that's when things started going DOWN HILL!! For starters she's as DRAMATIC as a Soap Opera Star (wonder where she got that) and she was carrying on about being tired and her legs hurting which is what she says every morning cause she wants me to let her lay back down and watch TV. So anyway, we move on past that and its time for me to do something to her hair. Now someone PLEASE tell me if this child slept on top of her head last night b/c it was a WRECK. I was like WHAT IN THE WORLD, URGHHHHHHHHHH!! Needless to say what normally takes me 15-20min to do when I'm restyling in the morning too 45min again I say URGHHHHHHHH!! Now my plans of being to the gym @ 730am are COMPLETELY RUINED!! We finally get off to school and I'm stuck with just a few minutes before time to log into work so I decide to come back home, log in, look over mail talk to my mom then leave for the gym @ 9am. WELLLLLLLLLLLL that plan was spoiled when she told me about my grandmother still having a swollen hand and needing to go to the Dr. Now as ya'll know I live in CHARLOTTE, NC. . . they live in COLUMBIA, SC. . . why was I the one who had to call the Dr. who's also in COLUMBIA, SC.
Now after all that I FINALLY got a workout in. I had to take my lunch break EARLY and hustle to the gym and do the following:

• 10min Arc trainer warmup
• 15min INTENSE PLYOMETRICS
• 15min Stairmill intervals
• 5min cool down

M2 time came right before I left for the gym so I did 1 tbsp peanut butter with celery and once I got back home I ravished my next meal which consisted of 2 sweet potato patties & 1/2 cup turkey and egg white mixture. YUMMMMMMMMMMMM!!! Now I'm working and I'll go back to the gym this afternoon to do my Legs and prolly go stretch in the sauna which will feel like pure HEAVEN!!
KQ

Tomorrow is the BIG DAY!! This is how you PERSEVERE!!

I've been sooooooooo bad about blogging but I will do better starting next week, but TOMORROW IS THE DAY!!
5years ago I weighed in around 240lbs after having my daughter, now as I mentioned earlier I started off heavy too @ 190lbs before my pregnancy. Needless to say after having Kyndal I never would've believed this day would come. The task in front of me looked so daunting and so overwhelming it was unreal but being overweight and unhappy with the foreign body that I was living with was motivation for me to PERSEVERE and take this long journey. During these 5yrs I have been through it all but yet I PERSEVERED. . . . I had a child, got married, got divorced, I was emotionally destroyed by those closest to me, ended up so broke I had no idea where the next meal was coming from but I PERSEVERED!! I am a REAL PERSON living a REAL LIFE, dealing with REAL THINGS and still I let nothing sway me from accomplishing my goal of walking across that stage calling myself a legitimate Fitness Competitor.
No matter the outcome from tomorrows judging I AM A WINNER!!! No matter the outcome I will continue to PERSEVERE and move onto the next show and I will get better and better and one day YOU WILL see me on the cover of a magazine, in a fitness ad, endorsing fitness products and anything else my heart desires b/c I BELIEVE IN ME!! When no one else thought I could do it, when all the odds were stacked up against me as high as a mountain top I BELIEVED IN ME!! So many said it wouldn't be possible and doubted me along the way but with my FAITH and BELIEF and TRUST in God I was able to accomplish this goal and tomorrow will be the most GLORIOUS day of my life outside of giving birth to my daughter. I love you all and THANK YOU so much for taking this rollercoaster ride with me. I'm so happy I was able to motivate and inspire many of my friends and even people I didn't know who I can now call my friends. All of you mean the world to me and I think about you everyday and every step of this journey. I'm gonna wrap it up now but for those of ya'll who REALLY know me, they're about to see the REAL KQSMITH tomorrow and I'm about to be FREE till I'm FOOL b/c in my mind and in my heart I AM A WINNER!!
Love ya
KQ

OMG I have been a BAD blogger

I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SORRY for not blogging for the last several weeks. As most of you know I'm preparing for my first Figure & Fitness Model Competition and I have been going NUTS!! We can sometimes be our own worst enemy and I have truly been mine. I had to have to have a long prayer session and then I had to tell the Devil he's a LIAR b/c he was really trying to make me believe I wouldn't be able to accomplish this goal especially since I've been down this road SEVERAL TIMES and failed to compete each time for this reason or that reason. FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION!!! I promise to blog tonight after all my evening duties are done to catch you up on everything and keep going on my posts regarding MOTIVATION!!
KQ