I only got to do a few shows. I won them and then my daughter got sick from a water park we visited in ATL. It took almost 8 months to get her back to health. I had taken a year off to pack on the pounds before that incident to get ready for the nationals. Those pics were at a school my ex worked at on their stage...she has more of them somewhere and if she will ever let go of them I would have them and my contest stuff too.
I was coming out of Jax the same time Dexter was...he went on and I had to quit to be a dad. I just never got to go back... I won the Jax, ne FL, first coast which was a national qualifier and took the year off. I tried the FL one time earlier but my trainer tried to take me down to a light heavy...I was caught in between weights and couldn't make the weight. OMG, I was trying to weigh in at 194 and back then the light heavies were 188.5lbs. I sat in a car in Miami with the heater on all day, wrapped in bags and tried to weigh in again. I made it to 190 and they let me in. The damage was done and I spilled over and looked like crap. Next week came back at 216 and got the qualifier. so go figure...Took the year off and got right at about 285lbs and was sitting at 247.5 in those pics. Was ready, but I had no choice.
Now all these years later I am 44 and thinking about it again. Had some sponsor opportunities a couple years ago, but they pressured the crap out of me. Just lost my daughter and then the divorce. Wasn't in the mood to be pushed.
I am meeting with a trainer next week...see what happens.
I may just be too old now. We will see. I just want to do something for me...if I can do it great, if not at least I got to finish something I never got the chance to do.
