Dear Friends and Fans,
I haven't blogged since Halloween, so I thought I would just say "Happy Holidays" and cover the next couple of months... LOL.. Well I have been in Florida the past week. I went down to see my family. It was a little Xmas present to myself. I had a wonderful time. I'm still able to appreciate them for what they offer. I spent a day in the Vinoy Park with my neice and nephew. It was Xmas in the park Florida style... LOL a fake snow machine pumping out ice for the kids to play in as it quickly melted in the Florida sun. I happened to run into 2 of my old school friends. They actually recognized me. I was wondering how they knew it was me.. they all said I look exactly the same... just a little bigger.. LOL. I did sport 110 pounds in High School. Hi to Jake, Mary, Marty and of course Erica for bringing meaning to my trip in each of your own individual ways. My little sissy and I jammed to the 80's all week and had so much fun. We shared a room for a long time as children... nothing changed.. we just had a blast. We went out boating on Monday. The picture I have here is from that day. Thank you to the captain and friend Jack for the great day. We ate at Sea Hags on Treasure Island. I saw my friend Tracey was tending bar; She always makes it fun. I ran into my good friend Joe Nuzzo. Everyone knows Joe. He is the owner of Suncoast Surf Shop on Treasure Island. He's like best friends with Jimmy Buffett.. REALLY!!..
Topped my last day off with a little of mom time. Although I had seen her plenty before Wednesday, we chilled on Wednesaday and listened to the Bee Gee's. It was so cute just to watch her dance around to her music. I can see where I get it..LOL.. Okay... back to reality! December 12th was the cut off for the Arnold Classic applications. I hear that we should know by December 22nd. I'm really in the best position yet. I don't want to take this time for granted... but I'm about 4 weeks out right now weighing 150. My goal is to keep my legs as full as possible. 12 weeks from the show right now makes me a bit worried that I may get stringy. Dave has me pumping out 65 minutes of cardio a day on a 4x/week protein veggie diet.... so I have to just ride the line for a bit and not overdo it. The Arnold will be the 3rd open class I've been in. The first was the 2006 Europa, where I placed 2nd and qualified for the Ms. Olympia. I'm looking forward to hopefully being invited to the show and being able to come in at my best and not worry about my weight. I can honestly say that I have never looked this good. My sister even said something was different about my body. She noticed my calfs and said that my body just looks sexy!!! She is no one with an eye or understands the sport so for those particular words to come out of her mouth... I must look good... I'm not cocky... just really looking forward to seeing my maturity!!!
I would like to thank my continuous fans that have shown their support through site memberships. Hello to all my new fans that discovered me through WeTV. I appreciate all of you. I'm still striving to be my best.... in every aspect...!
Your Pro,
Dr. Dena
