Hey everyone,
I hope all you Canadians are enjoying some turkey for me this weekend!:)
Things on the Rock are great! Work has been great since i got back, I have retained most of my old clients and have some great new ones I am working with as well. I am so lucky to have a job that I look forward to day in and day out.

This past weekend was great, we finally got out and saw some friends, seems the first couple weekends we were home, I was sick and then we just got busy settling in.
Friday we got VIP tickets from one of my clients to the MMA fights here on the island, the guys put on a great show, the fights were fun to watch.
I am suppose to be out on a boat right now heading out to do a couple dives but I have been fighting a cold the past couple days and today it has decided to hit hard, sore throat, ears, and lungs, arghhh! So here I sit on the couch resting and hoping to be healthy for tomorrows day of work and training.
Kevin just bought me all my own dive gear last weekend, I was really looking forward to using it!....oh well, next weekend we are booked again to do a two tank boat dive. Our goal over the next couple years of being here is to try to hit all the dive sites around Cayman, thats a lot of diving:)

Training is going really good, its nice to just be training for fun again (not for a show), I am training Mon Tue Thur Frid and throwing in at least a half hour of cardio a day. I started contact Rugby last wednesday, we just learned to tackle, get tackled and fall.... yup I was at my chiropractor first thing Thurs morning! It was a lot of fun though, I look forward to going again Monday.

I wish everyone a happy Sunday:) Take care

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TRINA G

HI EVERYONE,
I AM OFFICIALLY HOME, BACK ON THE ISLAND. I HAVE BEEN BACK JUST A LITTLE OVER A WEEK NOW, SO NICE TO BE UNPACKED AND BACK TO WORK. THINGS ARE VERY GOOD, WORK HAS BEEN AMAZINGLY BUSY, OLD CLIENTS BACK AND LOTS OF NEW ONES IN JUST THE FIRST WEEK, GUESS EVERYONE IS DONE WITH SUMMER HOLIDAYS.

KEVIN AND I DECIDED TO DO A CLEANSE WHEN WE FIRST GOT HOME, IT WENT PRETTY GOOD I GUESS, NOT A LOT OF FUN, FIRST TIME I EVER DID ONE. SO TODAY WAS OUR CHEAT DAY, SO WE WENT OUT FOR BREAKFAST TO A QUAINT LITTLE PLACE CALLED CIMBOCO'S THEN DID A LITTLE SHOPPING. WE ACUALLY WENT TO FIND A MAP OF ALL THE DIVE SPOTS ON AND AROUND CAYMAN, WE ENDED UP COMING OUT OF THE DIVE SUPPLY STORE WITH A LOT MORE THAN A MAP!! I AM SOOOO EXCITED, WE ENDED UP RUNNING INTO AN AMAZING SALE ON DIVE GEAR, SO KEVIN HELPED ME AND WE BOUGHT ME ALL MY OWN GEAR, BCD AND REGULATOR AND TANK GAUGE!! I CANT WAIT TO GET OUT TOMORROW AND TRY IT OUT!
SEEMS LIKE FOREVER SINCE WE HAVE DOVE, I DID A DIVE IN JULY JUST BEFORE I LEFT THE ISLAND FOR CANADA ON MY LAST TRIP HOME, OTHER WISE ITS BEEN A LONG TIME!

I HAVE TO ADMIT I WAS PRETTY SET ON WANTING TO STAY IN CANADA, BE DONE WITH THE ISLAND... BUT NOW THAT I AM BACK AND NOT DIETING AND CAN HAVE A BIT MORE OF A SOCIAL LIFE I AM LOVING BEING BACK. I AM BACK TRAINING 4 TIMES A WEEK WITH WEIGHTS, CARDIO 5-6 DAYS A WEEK, BASEBALL ONCE AND I AM STARTING RUGBY PRACTICE MONDAY!! DAMN THAT SHOULD BE INTERESTING, HEHE. I FIGURE WHY NOT TRY MY HAND AT SOMTHING I WOULD OTHERWISE NEVER GET A CHANCE TO PLAY, LEARN A NEW GAME!

WELL BACK TO MY COUCH, IT MY "LAZY, LAY ON THE COUCH AND CUDDLE WITH MY MAN" NIGHT, HEHE.... HOPE YOU ARE ALL WELL!

TRAIN HARD
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TRINA G

Hey everyone,
I know its been forever since i last updated. I have been back in Canada since Aug 19, ran from hurricane Dean. Dean ended up missing the island and thankfully there was just a little flooding, nothing major. In the meantime I have been back in Canada waiting for my work permit to be renewed, hurray, it was renewed and I am heading back home to the island Sept 20!

What a summer this has been, wayyyy to much traveling! I am looking forward to getting home, getting back to work and into a routine.
I have been working a little here in Canada at a new Personal Training Center, One to 1 Fitness, its been great working with the trainers there and I look forward to working with them again when I come home to settle down in a couple years.
If anyone is looking for a great trainer in the Red Deer area definitly look up One to 1 Fitness, the trainers are all great and the facility is so nice!

My training and diet have definitly suffered a bit over the past couple months, I have tried to maintain a 4 days weights and 5-6 days cardio(at least a 1/2hr). Its the diet that I think has suffered most. I have been staying with some wonderful friends of mine and its amazing how tempting little things like crackers can be, haha.....and of course Wing Wednesday.

So back to the island and my boy Kevin, get some normalcy back and routine!
I have no idea what I will be doing with competing in the next year or 2, I know i wont be competing in canada in the next year but there are some shows closer to me in the U.S that I might do. I would love to do at least one show a year so i will keep you all updated.

I am a little sad about leaving Canada as we are not planning on coming back again until its time to move home, at this point it will be at least a year and half, so I am making sure to take in all the little things I miss so much, especially time with close friends and family.

I hope everyone is healthy and happy:)

LIVE LOVE LAUGH
Trina G

YES I AM BACK IN CANADA...NICE BUT NOT.
WE MANAGED TO GET A FLIGHT LAST MINUTE ON SATURDAY OFF THE ISLAND... ACAULLY IT WAS SUNDAY MORNING BY THE TIME WE GOT OFF THE GROUND. THE AIPRORT WAS CRAZY, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE IN THAT TYPE OF SITUATION. WE STOOD IN LINE FROM 10PM SAT NIGHT TILL 6AM SUNDAY MORNING, 8HRS!
LUCKILY HURRICANE DEAN CHANGED DIRECTION A BIT JUST HOURS BEFORE HITTING CAYMAN, SO IT WASNT A DIRECT HIT. MORE OF A TROPICAL STORM BUT FROM THE PICTURES I HAVE RECIEVED IT WAS STILL A HUGE STORM! TREES DOWN, MAJOR FLOODING.
I AM JUST HAPPY MY HOME IS STILL THERE AND MY FRIENDS ARE ALL OK:)

I AM NOW STUCK IN CANADA FOR A WHILE. MY WORK PERMIT ENDS AUG 31 IN CAYMAN SO UNTIL I GET ANOTHER ONE APPROVED I AM BACK IN MY OLD STOMPING GROUNDS:) I AM HOPING IT WONT BE LONG, HOPING BY NOV1 I CAN GO BACK OR DEC 1 AT THE LATEST, TIME WILL TELL. IN THE MEAN TIME I HAVE HIT MY OLD GYM, BACK TO TRAINING FULL TIME (boy did i miss training), AND WORKING.
I MUST SAY I HAVE A NEW RESPECT FOR THE WEATHER GODS:)

WE ARE GLAD WE LEFT THE ISLAND BUT AT THE SAME TIME I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE. I WOULDNT HAVE MINDED EXPERIENCING THE TROPICAL STORM BUT I CANT SAY I WOULD WANT TO BE THERE THRU A CAT 4.
AFTER TALKING ABOUT IT WITH KEVIN, WE HAVE DECIDED THAT WE WILL RIDE IT OUT NEXT TIME.. MAYBE A LITTLE CRAZY.

HOPE YOU ARE ALL DOING WELL,
TRAIN HARD

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TRINA G

This is just a journal post to make sure the blog is back up and running. Having some technical issues here with the databases.


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Well its Saturday afternoon and we are packing all our belongings. We are expecting a catagory 4-5 hurricane to hit Monday morning, it still depends what happens when it hits Jamaica tomorrow as to what direction it will take and if the intesity lessens or gets stronger. At the moment it is scheduled to hit Cayman monday morning at a cat 5.
We are hoping the Canadian Government will issue an Air Canada plane to pick up the canadians but so far there is nothing happening with that from what we know.
We have our plan, we are staying with one of my clients in His Mall. Its in a lower area so we expect to get wet but strong buildings so as long as we have walls and a roof over us we will be ok:)

I wasnt so scared till lastnight when they issued Dean to be a cat 4 already. We were planning to hunker down in our little condo, all supplies bought, and ride it out. Now that is not an option as we live on a canal and the area we are in is low. The condo we live in sustained Ivan (big hurricane a couple years ago), but does that mean its now weakend and easily broken or does that mean its tough as nails still and could do it all over again?? We arent risking it.
Its amazing how people seem to come together when things of this nature happen. Seems people in the stores are much kinder and even just more willing to talk to eachother. I guess we are all in the same situation, we are all a little scared...or a lot.

Our future is in the up in the air right now. I have a bag packed for the plane if they call and everything else is packed in suitcases and will be stored incase we are only coming back to collect things. Hopefully we will get to come home and unpack and talk about how scary it was and what "could have happend", hopefully this thing turns or slows at Jamaica.

Training is definitly on the back burner at the moment!

Please say a prayer for the people of the carribean.

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TRINA G

OK EVERYONE I AM FINALLY BACK.
WHERE SHOULD I START...OK HOW ABOUT WITH THE SHOW.
THE FIRST THING I WLL SAY IS IT WAS THE BEST SHOW I THINK I HAVE DONE! I WAS 100% HAPPY WITH HOW I LOOKED, I THINK I GAVE IT MY ALL AND THAT WAS WHAT I WANTED. I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO STAND ON THAT STAGE THIS YEAR AND KNOW I WAS AT MY BEST, AND I WAS!

I FLEW HOME JUNE 23, I DIDNT HAVE A GREAT FLIGHT THOUGH... WHAT WAS SUPPOSE TO BE A 12HR FLIGHT WAS ABOUT 18. BUT I MADE IT:)
I SPENT THE WEEK BEFORE GETTING READY FOR THE SHOW AND SEEING MY TRAINER JAMIE.

KEVIN CAME IN THE FRIDAY BEFORE MY SHOW, I THINK HE WAS PRETTY SURPRISED HOW DIFFERENT I LOOKED FROM A WEEK AND HALF BEFORE WHEN HE HAD LAST SEEN ME. AMAZING HOW THE WHOLE DECARBING AND WATERLOADING, DEHYDRATING MAKES US LOOK SO DIFFERENT IN A WEEK.
THE DAY OF THE SHOW WAS GREAT. I HAD A LOT OF FUN BACK STAGE WITH THE ALBERTA GIRLS, IT WAS SO GOOD TO BE BACK ON STAGE.
THE DAY AFTER THE SHOW I SPENT WITH KEVIN AT WEST EDMONTON MALL, AFTER I DID A PHOTOSHOOT WITH STEVE WENNERSTROM. IT WAS NICE TO RELAX AND EAT!.. AND BOY DID I EAT THAT DAY, HEHE.
THE REST OF MY TRIP I SPENT VISITING MY FAMILY FRIENDS AND KEVINS FAMILY. IT WAS REALLY HARD TO LEAVE TO COME BACK TO THE ISLAND THIS TIME. I REALLY REALIZED HOW MUCH I MISS EVERYONE BACK IN CANADA AND HOW MUCH I MISS THINGS LIKE CAMPING AND HIKING AND BOY DO I MISS MY OLD GYM!!

I HAVE BEEN BACK HOME ON THE ISLAND FOR A WEEK NOW, JUST GETTING BACK TO WORK AND GETTING THINGS ORGANIZED AROUND THE HOUSE. I MOVED IN WITH KEVIN JUST BEFORE I LEFT FOR CANADA AND OUR ROOMMATE MIKE LEFT LAST SATURDAY. KEVIN STAYED IN CANADA FOR THE MONTH OF JULY SO I HAVE HAD A LOT OF TIME TO MYSELF WHICH IS NICE BUT I HAVE TO SAY ITS BEEN A BIT LONELY:(
MY 3 GIRLFRIENDS I USE TO HANG OUT WITH HERE HAVE ALSO LEFT WITHIN THE PAST MONTH SO I AM TRYING TO GET OUT AND MEET SOME NEW PEOPLE.
MY TRAINER JAMIE HAS TOLD ME I AM NOT ALLOWED TO WEIGHT TRAIN FOR A MINIMUM OF A MONTH, PROBABLY GOOD FOR ME, I CANT REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I TOOK THAT MUCH TIME OFF WEIGHTS. I HAVE JUST BEEN DOING SOME SPIN CLASSES AND I HAVE TAKEN UP POWER YOGA, WHICH I LOVE!
I AM BACK ON A DIET, OF COURSE NOT AS STRICT, ADDING A LITTLE BIT OF FRUIT (BERRIES, APPLES) AND ADDING IN SOME PROTEIN SHAKES IN PLACE OF ALL THE FISH AND EGG WHITES I WAS EATING.
I TIHNK MY OWN PERSONAL GOAL IS TO TRY TO DOWNSIZE A LITTLE BIT AND TRY TO CHANGE MY SHAPE A BIT. I THINK THE YOGA WILL HELP LENGTHEN MY MUSCLES ABIT AND GIVE ME MORE FLEXABILITY, PLUS ITS REALLY GOOD FOR THE MIND:)
AS WE ALL KNOW ITS VERY TOUGH COMING OFF A CONTEST... YOU FEEL A LITTLE LOST, OK A LOT LOST! YOU HAVE THIS BIG HUGE GOAL IN FRONT OF YOU FOR 5 MONTHS THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IN ONE DAY ITS DONE.. JUST DONE.
SO NOW I AM JUST TRYING TO FOCUS ON TRAINING FOR HEALTH AND TO STAY LEANER THAN I DID THE PAST OFF SEASON.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT MY NEXT SHOW WILL BE, IF I DONT DO ONE BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT YEAR, I GUESS IT WOULD BE ALBERTA PROVINCIALS AS I WILL HAVE TO REQUALIFY FOR NATIONALS. I THINK IF THE PROVINCIAL JUDGING CHANGES AS MUCH AS THE NATIONAL JUDGING DID THOUGH, I WILL HAVE A LOT TO WORK ON THIS NEXT YEAR. I AM STILL WAITING FOR SOME FEED BACK FROM THE JUDGES BUT I THINK THE BIGGEST THING IS MY SHAPE. THAT THICK WASTE I HAVE I THINK IS MY BIGGEST DOWNFALL. I AM NOT SURE WHAT TO DO ABOUT THAT AS I THINK THAT IS A LOT TO DO WITH GENETICS BUT MAYBE IF I CAN DROP A LITTLE MUSCLE THAT I WILL HELP??? AS I SAID I AM A LITTLE LOST WITH IT ALL RIGHT NOW. I AM JUST GOING TO TAKE SOME DOWN TIME, RELAX AND SPEND SOME QUALITY TIME WITH MY MAN!

I HEAD BACK TO CANADA AGAIN AUG 2 TO MEET UP WITH KEVIN, THEN OFF TO THE SHUSWAPS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA FOR A WEDDING. I CANT WAIT TO DRIVE INTO THE MOUNTAINS, SIT BY A FIRE, ROAST A MARSHMELLOW, MAKE SOME SMORES! HEHE

I KNOW I WAS ALL OVER THE MAP WITH MY WRITTING TODAY BUT I THINK I PRETTY MUCH COVERED IT ALL, HEHE:)

TRAIN HARD
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TRINA G

HEY GANG,
WELL I HAVE A LOT TO SAY ABOUT LAST WEEKENDS SHOW, BUT I WILL HAVE TO DO IT WHEN I HAVE SOME TIME TO REALLY SIT AND WRITE. I AM STILL IN CANADA AND BUSY BUSY TRYING TO SEE ALL FRIENDS AND FAMILY. I HAVE A 4 HOUR DRIVE TODAY SO I MAY JUST SOME TIME TO FILL YOU ALL IN ON MY THOUGHT, FEELINGS AND PLACING AT MY SHOW.
TALK TO YOU ALL SOON,

TRINA G
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I am home in Canada, but not without a fight! I flew for 17.5hrs yesturday, it should have taken 12 at most. I had a late plane out of Miami (2hrs), missed my flight in Dallas so they wisked me to another flight going to Vancouver then Calgary, I was suppose to go straight to Calgary from Dallas. Once I finally got to Calgary and my poor mama bear picked me up at 1am, we had a 2 hour drive to my parents. Oh well at least i am now home!
No luggage of course so i am now off to the garage to dig thru my old clothes i have left packed here when I moved to Grand Cayman, to look for some gym clothes and running shoes!! I need to get out there and do my cardio and train!!!
So there is my update. I am off to Edmonton I believe tomorrow afternoon to see my trainer/friend Jamie. I am not feeling so ready but we will see what she has to say after "viewing" me. lol
Have a great day

LIVE LOVE LAUGH
TRINA G

OH THANK GOD! TODAY I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER, SOMEWHAT NORMAL. YESTURDAY WAS JUST ONE OF THOSE DAYS, PROBABLY HAVE A FEW MORE COMING IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS, HEHE.
JUST WANTED TO SAY I AM MUCH BETTER TODAY, FEELING GREAT, FEELING LEAN.

TOMORROW SHOULD BE A FUN DAY, WE ARE GOING ON A TREASURE HUNT AROUND THE ISLAND. THEN WE ARE HAVING A BIG BBQ FOR KEVINS 30TH BIRTHDAY, HIS BIRTHDAY WAS THIS PAST WEDNESDAY. IT WONT BE EASY WATCHING EVERYONE EAT BURGERS AND CAKE BUT I HONESTLY DONT EVEN WANT ANY OF THAT STUFF RIGHT NOW... I AM SOOO CLOSE!
SO TONIGHT WILL BE GETTING IN MY LAST HR OF CARDIO AND THEN PREPARING THINGS FOR THE BBQ TOMORROW! HOPEFULLY THE SUN SHINES ALL DAY TOMORROW, IT HAS BEEN SUPER NICE LATLEY, AROUND 86F, PLUS HUMIDITY!
OFF TO WORK I GO, HAVE A GREAT DAY!

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TRINA G

I am tired, so exhausted right now. Its like this everyday, by 5pm i am wiped! I just feel like crying right now, not sure why. I think its the extremely low carbs, the 2hrs of cardio/1hr training a day. I am at a breaking point... BUT i know its so close, only a few more weeks to go, i know i can do this.. but boy do i have to keep reminding myself some days.
I am so greatful to have such understanding people around me, putting up with my ups and downs (hasnt been to many "downs" till now).
I sure miss being able to train with Jamie or walking into my old gym and seeing Bernice, she use to motivate the hell out of me just by telling me to suck it up, not long to go. lol

I just want this over, i want to feel normal again. Of course its always like this the last month of dieting. Its just that its been a couple years since i have gone thru this, i guess i kind of forgot how hard some days really can be.
oh boy i am just an emotional rollercoaster today... sorry guys. I have always been honest in my writtings, I want people to see what some of us truly go thru to get on that stage... its no walk in the park. Sometimes I surprise myself that i am strong enough to do this. Like i have said before, its a lot to do with the support system around me as well. I have some pretty amazing people pushing me on, cheering me to the finish line. (thank god for them on days like today).
I just dont feel ready, I am so scared of not being lean enough up there. I know i have trained harder than ever for this show.

Oh my life saver.... Deb just called... good timing, going for coffee, she will give me a pep talk!

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TRINA G

HEY EVERYONE
WELL I AM A LITTLE STRESSED THESE LAST FEW DAYS. I HAVE LOST MY SPONSOR DUE TO THIER PERSONAL LIFE. SO THE MONEY I WAS DEPENDING ON TO HELP ME WITH MY FLIGHT (900CDN) AND MY SUIT ALTERATIONS (200) IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. PLUS THE TIME I TAKE OFF WORK FOR THE TWO WEEKS I AM AWAY. SO I AM A LITTLE STRESSED:( TRAINING IS GOING GOOD THOUGH AND I AM SURE I WILL FIND A WAY THRU EVERYTHING.
I AM GETTING REALLY TIRED NOW, I HAVE DROPPED MY CARBS TO VERY MINIMUM NOW AND ENERGY IS SUPER LOW. I AM HOPING TO STILL DROP ANOTHER 5LB MINIMUM IN THE NEXT 3 WEEKS. I KNOW IF I PUT MY HEAD DOWN AND WORK HARD I WILL REACH MY GOAL.
ITS SO NICE TO HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE MOTIVATING AND INSPIRING ME, IT ALWAYS HELPS TO KNOW I HAVE SUPPORT OUT THERE.
I HAVE CHANGE MY TRAINING TIMES NOW, I DO CARDIO AT 6AM, TRAIN AT 10AM AND DO MORE CARDIO AFTER WORK AROUND 5PM... NEEDLESS TO SAY I AM POOPED BY THE END OF THE DAY.

I AM OFF TO TRAIN AND THEN WORK ASAP, I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT DAY!

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TRINA G