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Hello Friends,

If you haven’t heard the news well, I have offically been invited to compete at the 2012 Arnold Sports Extravaganza.  This is the best Christmas gift I have ever received.  I can truly say that “dreams do come true”.   I have worked so hard and have had many times when I felt like giving up, but immediately realized that I am not a quitter.  This has truly been one of my best years in bodybuilding.  To have the privilege to compete on the stage of the two most prominent bodybuilding shows with some of the best female bodybuilders in the world is the definitely my best accomplishment.  I am truly very appreciative of this achievement.  I know I have said this before but I can never get tired of saying “thank you” to everyone for your support.  During these next 10 weeks I will so focused on prepping to take the best body I can to the stage the 1-4th of March in Columbus, Ohio.  So, dont forget to send me your supportive messages to keep me going because I really appreciate them so much.  Please have a wonderful and safe holiday and make sure you eat some extra goodies for me.  Dont worry,  I will catch up later.

Much Love and Merry Christmas

Hello Friends.

So you I guess you guys are wondering how I handled dieting on Thanksgiving.   Well leading up to the day was excruciating torture.  Leading up to that day, I had to go to the grocery store and watch people load their carts with all types of goodies.   While, my cart was loaded with chicken breast, eggs, etc.  There was nothing to brag about in my shopping cart at all.  Also, dealing with the orgasmic aromas of the pies being baked at my neighbors homes didn’t help the situation either.  Well to fast forward to the big day, I got up and in a very organized manner and packed my cooler with several meals and a refreshing cold gallon of water.  So I drive across town to my sister’s house and when I attempt to reach in the back seat for my cooler I get a big surprise.  It wasn’t on the seat because before I left the house I was distracted and left it sitting right in front of my refridgerator.  I was in shock and my tempature rose straight to fire.  But guess what, I could only be angry at myself.  Instantly, I go into survival mode after going inside and start from scratch thinking about  how to eat and stay on my strict diet.  Believe me making this work was important because it was way too far to make the trip back home.  So my sister made me a small pot of plain rice and I had turkey breast.  The veggies had to be put on hold due to the way they had already been prepared.  But, the important thing was I was able to still get in my required amount of protein and carbs without cheating on my diet.  This incident was so comsuming of my thoughts that I never got a chance to  focus on the table full of food that was sitting right in front of me.  So, to answer the original question “How did I handle it?”  I handled it like a champ.  Please continue to come back and get your update.  In my next update I will discuss my very hilarious experience  using a very popular website that starts with a “C” and ends with lists to look for a used car.

Happy Holidays

Overall Winner!!!

I would like to start first with a sincere apology for letting my blog get severely behind. Let me rewind the year back and little and share with you what has happened for me this year. Back in June, I competed in the Tampa Pro Show and placed 7th. After returning home and d0ing some soul searching. I teamed up with Melody Spetko and tweaked a few thing along with continuing to diet for 6 more weeks. We took a whole new body out to the Europa Supershow Hartford, CT and won the overall and I know have a title win under my belt. That is one of my best achievements since I have been a pro. But the best part of this all is lastly but definitely not least, I qualified and competed at the Olympiain Las Vegas 7 weeks after the Europa show. I toughed it out and placed 11th in Vegas. I am finding it hard to realize that I am the 11th best female bodybuilder in the World!!!!!!!!!! But guess what my year is not over yet. I have sent a letter to the promoter of the 2012 Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus, Ohio. So I am starting to diet again and will continue until the 3rd week of December when I find out whether I am invited or not. I have already personally thanked the individuals who stepped up to the plate and assisted me in having a very successful year of competing. I would not have been able to do it without each and every one of them. I also want to thank those fans that followed me on the internet and was patient with me during this time. I pray for everyone to have a wonderful Holiday Season.

Happy Thanksgiving

Hello My Friends,

I guess you guys have been wondering where the heck I have been lately.  Well, I forgot how time consuming prepping for a contest can be for a competitor.  Since, I took that time off from competing last year, I realized now how spoiled I had become.  Your life is taken over with daily tasks that must be achieved in a timely fashion in order to have daily success.  Even though the days are very demanding,  I have enjoyed every minute of it.  Contest preparation does help me become more focused and organized in my everyday life responsibilities.  So in the long run, I get more done at the end of the day.

Hello Friends,

It has finally reached 90 degrees here in GA.  Now, I love warm weather but to a certain extent.  Dieting and heat just don’t mix.  Oh well,  I just try to stay in as much as possible.   Well let me update you guys on how my progress is going.  I am down 20 pounds so far.  So, that is 20 pounds in 6 weeks at a rate of about 2 pounds a week.  Now that is pretty good since I used to loose double of that per week and that is not a good thing for bodybuilding.  But, now since I am more educated on the protein, carbohydrate and fat ratio.  That really makes a difference.  This dieting process is very complex and you can’t do the same thing that everyone else is doing because it won’t work the same.  I found that out the hard way.  But, things seem to be going on schedule up to this point.  I am really confident that it will stay that way.  I will take update pics in the morning so I will put them up by the weekend.   Please remember to stay hydrated in this hot weather.  I never leave the house with out water in my hand and neither should you.  Check my blog out this weekend for my updated pics.

Hello Friends,

I am checking in at a little under 8 weeks out from the competition.  So far, things are going well and I am hanging in there like a champ.  I am sure everyone will go out to eat for Mother’s Day this weekend and splurge. Well, everyone except me that is.  I will stick to my egg whites and salmon for the weekend.  But, I look at it this way, I get splurge on the 4th of July.  So, at least I have something to look forward to.  That’s how I get through dieting because when you do get to splurge it feels like a privilege.  When you eat whatever you want whenever you want it can get kind of boring.  I have added a link for this weeks update gallery below.  You can keep up with my progress even though it is a slow process its just great to watch it happen right before your eyes.  I pray everyone has a great week and enjoy your Mother’s Day with your family.

http://www.kimbuck.net/5-1-2011.html

 Hello Friends,

I have provided a link below for you to see my updated pics that I promised.  Hope you had a great Easter weekend.  I will be back to chat later this week.  This time I have it so you can see larger views of pics. lol.

http://www.kimbuck.net/blog4-25-2011.html

Thanks

Hello Friends,

Just wanted to check in and say “Happy Easter” to everyone.  I will not be indulging in any easter candy.  So,  I have made sure I have stayed off those zillion of isles of candy in the stores this week.  But actually, it didn’t bother me too much.  Now ask me in a couple 0f weeks.  I am at 9 weeks out and I am feeling pretty good.  My strength is still up to par and my stamina is great.  I do give all that credit to my athletic background of track and basketball.  If it weren’t for having those sports in my life I don’t think I would have been as good at bodybuilding.  But who knows?  I will be doing updated pics tomorrow so they will be up by Monday and you will be able to see me tightening up and a little more detail.  So I feel  like I am on schedule.  One mistake I used to make before was I would want everything to happen overnight.  Since the diet was so drastic I would expect to look in the mirror and be ripped up.  After doing this for awhile,  I finally realized that was not a good idea for several reaons.  One is I had several more weeks to go and if I was already ripped up then guess what I peaked too soon.  Also, now I am going to begin to sacrifice hard earned muscle.  Now with experience, I understand that this is a gradual process and you want it to happen at a slow safe pace. I guess it would be fun if it could happen overnight.  But,  come back and check 0ut my update pics on Monday and in the meantime enjoy your weekend.

Happy Easter

What’s up,

I just wanted to check in and update my friends on how things are going.  But while I am sitting here typing, I am channel surfing  and there are several shows on TV  about women getting married and having tons of plastic surgery right before their wedding.  They are sitting around in a freaking house eating garbage and having drinks with umbrellas while discussing having tummy tucks, breast lifts, liposuction etc.  I am like REALLY!  Ok, lets talk.  There is nothing wrong with a little self improvement in moderation but, if you don’t workout you will be right back under the knife in a few years doing the same thing again and again.  Isn’t that called INSANITY.  No one wants to do it the hard way called getting up off your ass and working out.  Of course, I am not saying do what I do but JUST DO SOMETHING! 

Changing the subject.  Being a bodybuilder,  I have to deal with the daily scrutiny from the public.  I can’t go anywhere with out people staring me down.  I don’t have a problem with people looking but, if you are going to look me in the face at least say hello.  Not trying to offend anyone, but it is usually someone that is very overweight that has something negative to say about me.  Well, I think that is so funny since I can walk several miles without having to stop and catch my breath.   Also, with me living in the south I do understand that the men here prefer their women with junk in the trunk and in the front so if you dont like muscular women then that’s fine with me.  But, the staring is unnecessary.  Don’t you think!  Alot of people ask me how do I deal with it.  Usually I just ignore it and they notice that I am not bothered by it so they stop.  But, I do draw the line with being disrespected.  As long as you don’t touch or say anything disrespectful, I am just fine.  People in general are naturally very jealous of each other.  If a person achieve the same things  then they find something wrong with the way you look and want to try to be judgemental about you.  But I am very happy in my skin and I am glad I became a professional bodybuilder.  Will I get rich doing it.  NO! But, at least it keeps me dedicated and disciplined.  It was nice getting that off my chest because as the next couple of weeks go by and I am progressing on my diet, I will have to deal more and more with stares and stupid uneducated opinions.  I will keep you guys updated on how I am dealing with it.  But remember what I said ignoring them is the best policy. 

Have a great upcoming week

BTW I do apologize on not being able to enlarge the pics on the last blog.  I am just learning how to use this Word Press and hopefully I will get it right on next weeks pics.  Or maybe someone can send me an email on how to do it.  I would appreciate it.

Hello Friends,

I am posting pics for you all to see how I looked at the beginning of my diet.  I will post some ab pics once they start coming in. lol.  But things are going great.  I feel pretty energetic in the mornings, which is saying alot since I get up at 3:30 am to do cardio.  Right now, I am walking on a 11.0 incline at 3.8 -4.0 speed.  For me, that is a nice brisk walk with a medium intensity.  My goal is not to loose weight too fast and sacrifice my hard earned muscle.  As time goes by, I will adjust the incline and speed as needed.  At 8 weeks out, I will start a video blog at 8 weeks out so stay tuned.  Happy dieting!