Nobody’s Perfect-My book is out there! ;-)

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Friday 5th October 2012

Hello crew!

Wow it’s been a huge week for me, I am now officially a published writer. I feel like a massive weight has been lifted off my shoulders and I am now set free from my past. It is very shocking and it’s something I would never had been able to talk about. But for me to achieve my future goals, I had to put my past out there. And what an absolute relief it is to do that. My best friend is reading it at the moment and she thought she knew me but she didn’t and I think THAT is what people will find difficult to handle, they thought they knew me but they didn’t, not at all. Ultimately my past is my past and it is gone. As Steve keeps telling me, “You’re free from it all, you can let it go” and that I have done.

Do I care what people think of me or my past? Not really because if I did care, I would never had been able to write it all and put it out there but I have. Steve has taught me not to care about anything really and thank god the people pleaser in me is well and truly gone.

I am giving signed copies to specific people and I’m seeing my lovely trainer Louise this weekend to give her a signed copy as she is in it towards the end.

I am so happy to be free rather than being a slave to an illusion which for most of my life I was. Life is for living and now I will go and do everything I said I would do without any baggage, not many people can say they are free of their issues but thank god I finally am.

I will have more time to write my blog properly. I am heavily into my off season and have realised I don’t have that much time before I start dieting again next year. Limits are now being pushed as I have 100% recovered from my surgery. I do need to tweet a lot more, I just don’t want to bombard people with loads of crap so I try to keep it related to training. I always find you need time to do these things and I need to now  make time for the internet. lol! However I finally got the new Iphone 5 and compared to my mega old one, it’s so luxurious. I will try and make an effort to tweet more.

I am looking forward to reading Arnie’s Autobiography; Steve ordered it for me as soon he announced he was writing it.

It’s been a difficult time sorting out my mums house etc but some of my very kitsch 80s toys have come out of the attic. I may do a funny blog post at some point showing the 80s stuff. ;-)

I’m not going to the British Finals this year, I don’t have the time to spend a weekend in Manchester especially as my mums house is getting sorted out to get sold. That is a bigger priority at the moment.

Anyway crew, I’ve harped on long enough for now, have a great weekend and keep training hard!

Much love

Saher

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Long time no blog post! ;-)

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Saturday 8th September 2012

Hello crew,

It’s been a long time since I last did a blog post. My god so much has happened over the last few months I don’t even know where to begin. I will do shorter posts during the week to show my vids that I did with Ronnie Coleman but a hell of a lot has happened over the last few months.

Ok so Bodypower 2012 happened, I went on tour with Ronnie, what an incredible experience. Not only did I get to know Ron on a personal level but I had the honour of having him in my home where I showed him my home garage-I videoed him in my garage! ;-) But I also got to train legs with him at Muscleworks Gym-That in itself was an experience that I will write about in a separate post.

However as soon as I was done on tour and I dropped Ronnie off at the airport, my mother got taken ill into hospital and passed away. It was a massive shock for me and I was still on my contest diet so Louise took me off it. My mum saw me at my leanest and didn’t like it at all. I got a load of grief off zillions of aunties at the funeral for being so thin. It was a very difficult time and I was with my mum when she passed away. It had to take something as extreme as my mother dying for me stop training and a reaction to bereavement was for me to eat. I saw Lou a few weeks later and she said it was the shock of my mum dying that made me eat but it’s fine as I needed the rest anyway. I couldn’t face going to the gym and felt a massive sense of guilt that I’d given more time to the gym than to my mum especially whilst on a contest diet.

It was then Ramadan and I fasted for that and kept most of the fasts this year. They were extremely long (18 hours) and the weather was boiling but its made me realise how easy a contest diet is in comparison. It was a personal thing and something I wanted to do and it was a highly spiritual time for me. Just before Ramadan, I had surgery done as well so I needed 6 weeks off for that. I had a boob job and to say it was painful was an absolute understatement! I had it under the muscle (not over) so the surgeon had to tear my muscle to get the implant in. It was agony for a good few weeks and I couldn’t drive for a month. But it coincided with Ramadan so it worked out well timing wise. I’m very happy with my look and it has changed my shape completely. I’ve had the biggest implant my frame could take but surprisingly everyone says it looks very natural because I’ve gained some weight. However once I diet down again next yr, I’m thinking it will look more obvious. For all the pain, I am now almost 8 weeks post op and I am so happy I had the surgery done. I went back to the gym on Monday and I’ve had to start back very light. I’ve had the all clear from my surgeon but I am very pleased with the result, it was so worth it. Mind you I said to Lou I’m already thinking that I want to go bigger and my surgeon said that now I can if I want to. It is something I will consider in the future. So I’ve got one more surgery to go next yr then in 2014 I can do my first competition. I’ve gone up from a double AA to a double DD.

I’ve gained weight but Im not that bothered about it because Im dieting again next yr and Im on an off season diet and as Lou always says to me “You need calories to grow otherwise you will struggle to make gains” so I need a highly productive off season.

I’m also very excited to say that my book will be out VERY SOON indeed. I’ve had fantastic feedback from agents and publishing houses and I’m going to self publish like the 50 Shades of Grey author did. It’s a shocking memoir and it’s a relief to finally put it out there.

I went away to Devon and Cornwall for a few days and the change of scene did me the world of good. I am now back at the gym and very ready to build some serious muscle (naturally of course!).

I will do a longer blog post during the week where I will talk about my experience of training with Ronnie and having him in my home!

I hope you all have had a fantastic summer and as in the words of my beloved Arnie “I’m back”. ;-) Even though I don’t have any parents in this world any more, all my training and hard work ethic is from everything they taught me. I will compete in figure in memory of my mother.

Three vids below after the Ronnie stuff-1 in June and 2 recent ones-Yes I’ve gained weight before you all recoil in horror! lol!

Much love

Saher

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Figure Comp diet-Final Video in June

Vid from Mini break in Devon-Post Op-Late August/Early September 2012

Vid of me at the Olympic Park 4th Sept 2012

Figure Competition Diet&Training Vlog Week 14 (4 weeks out) ;-)

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Monday 21st May 2012;

Hello crew!

Wowza time is literally flying by. I’ve only got 4 weeks left of contest diet prep(I’m doing 17 weeks in total). I’ve completed 13 full weeks and have now begun week 14. However I was at the Bodypower Expo at the NEC Birmingham this weekend and realise just how far I’ve come. I felt really pleased to able to walk around and show off my 6 pack. It is quite a rare sight to see an Asian woman with a 6 pack so I’m very happy indeed but I also got to see the Ukbff qualifier-my first ever bodybuilding show. I’m so glad I got to watch it all but more abt that later. ;-)   I also decided after 15 years of constantly highlighting and colouring my hair lighter, it was time for a real change so I’ve gone right back to my roots with black hair, I can’t get over how different I look, it was freaking me out initially but I am now getting used to seeing myself with dark hair. So much has happened over the last few weeks but I’m putting up lots of training videos in this post but I’ll start off with a photo my friend took of me at the gym on Saturday straight after Bodypower-All my oblique lines have come through and I have veins on my abs as well now. Also a photo of me with the very beautiful Figure Pro Larissa Reis, it was lovely meeting her (twice) and talking to her;

Got lots of training videos and pics from the Expo!

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Figure Competition Diet&VLog; Week 11, Day 71 (7 weeks out-18 weeks in total)

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Thursday 2nd May 2012 (Long post alert-It’s been a while ;-) )

Hello crew! Wow it’s been so long since I last updated this. So much has happened in that time. Firstly I have completed 10 full weeks of contest diet prep and I’m now in the middle of week 11. Before I know it, it’ll be 18 weeks and I’ll be done and dusted with it.I have done a video after quite a while but as always it’s at the end of my blog post. ;-)

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Figure Competition Diet and Training Vlog; Week 8, Day 50-2 videos&Progress Pics (10 weeks out-I think!) ;-)

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Monday 9th April 2012

Hello Crew! Hope you all had a fantastic Easter. After a long talk with my mentor, I was told I had to have a treat meal this weekend to fit it into my schedule as I’ve completed 7 full weeks of contest diet. I took some progress pics as well, I’ve still roughly got around 10 weeks more to go so I can only imagine I will be a zillion times leaner in 10 weeks time but I’m quite happy with my progress so far. I’ve also done 2 videos; One video is a progress one where you can see my abs and back and the second one is when I have my treat dessert-literally my first mouthful of sugar after so long. lol! ;-) Pics are below! ;-)

7 Week Progression Photos-Still another 10 to go of contest diet.

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Figure Competition Diet and Training Vlog; Week 7, Day 45 (10 weeks out) ;-)

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Tuesday 3rd April 2012

Hello crew!(Long Post Alert!)

It’s been a while since I’ve updated this. When I say it’s been non stop, it literally has! Got loads of pics and bits and bobs to talk about. I’ve completed exactly 6 weeks of this Figure Competition Diet and Training Programme and it’s the longest I’ve ever gone without a cheat meal of any sort. In fact by the weekend I would have completed a full 7 weeks! I’ll talk through all the different things that have happened over the last few weeks but a huge thing is that my work is now ALL sent off to various Literary Agents. It’s ALL done and dusted on my part. To say it’s been an absolute relief is a total understatement. It has finally freed up a load of time for me but even then it’s been non stop. Anyway I have another video and random pics to put up and all sorts of other madness that’s been going through my head whilst doing this crazy diet. :-D

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Figure Competition Diet and Training Vlog; Week 5, Day 29 (12 weeks out) ;-)

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Tuesday 20th March 2012

Hello crew!

I’ve said it all on my video but I’ve had such a busy week I completely forgot to do my Vlog! lol! My book is actually being sent out this week so it’s all systems go here. The only thing I’ve had time to do properly is my training and it was my daughters birthday last week so it was a mad one. ;-)

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