For the past week and a half I’ve been working on my suits non-stop. Gluing over 2000 little 5mm rhinestones to velvet fabric. It’s been tedious but has given me a lot of time to think.

As I glued each little crystal to the fabric, I thought about how our lives, in a way, are similar. What?No, seriously, stay with me for a second.  Each rhinestone is like a day or moment in our lives. One rhinestone by itself doesn’t amount too much. Sure it’s pretty but all in all it’s just a simple little sparkling piece of crystal. But after hours of glueing I stepped back and looked at the design. The design finished in it’s entirety is so much more beautiful. I think that is how God sees our lives. Building a life one rhinestone at a time and when we get to the end all of them together create a beautiful whole. At least that what we hope. On my suit there are quite a few mistakes, too much glue here, a out of line one there.  But the thing is you don’t notice the ones that are a little crooked or messy, the larger picture overshadows them. In life, we will all make mistakes but hopefully our good choices will overshadow the bad choices to where you don’t even notice them, just like the few crooked little rhinestones.

I think this analogy can be used for our health and weight loss goals too. We will have bad days. We will have days where no matter how much we try we just can’t resist eating half a pizza or a pint of ice cream. There will be days no matter how much you try to talk yourself into it you will not be able to find the energy to get to the gym. It’s okay. Those days will be the crooked crystals but as long as you keeping going, keep gluing those rhinestones on the best you can, you will see something beautiful in the end.

It’s late and it’s been a long day with too little carbs! Maybe that explains my quirky little rhinestone analogy. Well gotta get some sleep for the big day tomorrow.

xoxo
j

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So when I started shopping for my suit and saw how EXPENSIVE they could be I called my mom. We spent this week working on my two-piece. I found some royal blue stretch velvet in my garage that I used to decorate my dorm room that we’ve been using. So not only am I going to be wearing a homemade suit but it’s homemade with fabric from the garage. I love it! And when it gets closer to my show I’m going to decorate it. As I knew it would, the suit turned out FABULOUS!!! THANKS MOM!!!!! I’m just a little freaked out about how UN-FABULOUS I look in the thing right now. I mean it looks like it was made for a 10 year old girl. I’ve seen swimsuits in the girl’s section in Target that are bigger than this. But I still have time and I’m going to hang it up in my room to remind me every morning to eat clean and workout hard!

My mom was only here for a week and I didn’t want sewing to take up all her vacation time. So I decided it was best if I had someone make my one-piece. I found some fabric at Joanne’s. (I thought the sparkly red furry fabric I had in the garage would be a bit much. I’m serious, I have about 10 yards of that stuff. Don’t ask.) Anyway I’m going to send it off to a girl who made my friend’s last one-piece. Hers turned out fantastic and the price is good compared to a lot of others. My tow-piece is also going to be plain and I’m going to bling it out myself to save some more cash. So many girls talk about how they spend thousands on competing. I mean seriously. Not me! I’ve spent a total of about $250 dollars so far, including my suit, fabric, shipping, and supplements. I still need to buy the tan stuff, rhinestones for blinging and probably a few other things but I don’t see myself spending too much more. So at tops, I’ll spend $500 and I could sell my suits and get that back if I want. I just look at the $500 as an investment in my physical and mental health. Not too mention it’s a heck of a lot less and risky than plastic surgery!!

xoxo
j

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