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As I was driving to pick up my girls from preschool this afternoon I found myself already missing water. Today was my first drop in water and it wasn't too bad, but it leaves me dreading tomorrow's water drop and anxiously awaiting the moment I walk off stage on Friday and can suck down a big bottle of ice cold water!!!

When I'm water loading I feel like I'm going to drown in water and I find myself excited to drop...and then comes the drop and I'm really, really thirsty...and I just want more water. We go from one extreme to the other. Salt everything. Salt nothing. No carbs. Lots of carbs. High fat. Low fat. There's a lot to be learned from a peak week and I can tell you right now...I CRAVE moderation!!!

I'm pretty convinced that anyone in this sport has some degree of OCD about them...you kind of have to...deny it all you want. If this is something you're serious about then chances are you're at least a little obsessive-compulsive about it. I'm not saying it's a bad thing, after all, I'm lumping myself into this category right along with everyone else. But I think it's a good opportunity for me, at least, to learn about seeking balance and moderation in my life and peak week provides me a perfect example of why that's so important and why I don't like "extremes." But I gotta admit, it is kinda fun! :)

It's no wonder why so many people go nuts on the crappy food after a show and dieting for so long. Another reason moderation is so important. If you stay relatively lean year round you don't have to diet as hard to get ready for a show, which, for me, at least, lessens the post competition rebound significantly. Anyway...just my observations on a very EXTREME depleted day.

I'm off to Fred Meyer to get some Dave's Killer Bread so I can begin carbing up in the morning. I used this to carb up before the Olympia show last fall and it worked really well for me, so I'm going back to what I know works. And it's sooooo yummy...especially when you've not had any starchy carbs in TWO WEEKS!!! My body is going to be so HAPPY!!!

Only two more days to go. I'm feeling right on target, right on schedule and likin' where I'm at. I managed to bust out 2 hours of cardio today and a last depletion workout at Gold's after work. I was very foggy today and my body just didn't want to go at all...but mind over matter...it did!

STICK WITH IT...the finish line is in sight! Oh yeah...and my new "crave" for Friday night...Chateau Ste. Michele Cold Fiddle red wine...no idea why I'm craving that! Okay...off to Seattle Sun Tan for one last tan!

~Julie~

Fearless, with cape in hand

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