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So how bad do I REALLY want to reach my goals? Can I literally taste, see and feel myself accomplishing all that I want to accomplish?

Yes!

I have to stop and ask myself these kinds of questions when I'm starting to lose it...and trust me...I almost lost it! I've had a billion things going on - Which is a wonderful blessing, yet sometimes very overwhelming! I have exactly 2 weeks of class left and then finals on June 7! WOWZA! I cannot believe that I am so close to graduating! This entire year has flown by. I still feel like prepping for the 2009 Ironman was really not that long ago, but now here I am finishing up my last year of college and getting ready to compete at the USAs in Vegas!

But anyways...back to me almost losing it. After returning home from ID, I kept slipping on my diet. You know how once you allow yourself some sweets and treats (like I did in ID) those cravings really start coming back? Well that's what was happening. The week after ID I was constantly battling cravings and I was unfortunately losing the battles! Nothing CRAZY...but I just wasn't staying as consistent with my diet as I needed to and I was allowing little treats here and there. That in combination with a crazy amount of school work and smaller paychecks than normal to pay my bills...well I started to burst with stress and lose it. Part of me was thinking..Maybe I should just not compete. Maybe I should do it at a later time..Maybe I should quit this craziness..

BUT luckily I reminded myself of my goals and my dreams. I reminded myself of all the great people in the industry who have achieved GREAT things...did they ease through the entire process with no worries? Heck no. They pushed through with everything in them in order to fight for their goals and dreams to be accomplished. So I decided to buckle up and soldier on..Push through and fight this amazing fight. Yes I will finish school strong, even if it means slightly less sleep than normal. Yes I will stick to my diet as consistently as humanly possible. And I'm happy to say that I have been doing a great job of this so far! I will train hard and fierce over the next three crazy weeks no matter how tired I'm feeling. It's time for me to remember that no one who ever did anything HUGE and GREAT got there easily...They all worked very hard to get there and that is EXACTLY what I'm going to do.

So that's it for now! I won't be on here as often as I'd like while I finish up school bc I simply have SOOO much to get done, BUT once June 7th hits (my last exam), I'll be on here blogging my journey to the national stage as often as possible!

Stay Strong. Stay Focused. Let the Lord's Light SHINE!

Diane

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