When I decided I was going to compete, one of the first things my coach said to me was, “You have to be patient.” In my case, patience with building muscle and patience with loosing fat. Things take TIME. Time = Things I Must Earn.   We live in such a ‘want it, need it, must have it NOW’ world. We demand instant gratification and when we don’t get it we’re not happy.   Remember dial up internet where it would make that noise (Brrruggghduderdurrr) you’d have to wait while it dialed in and the page loaded? Not anymore right? It’s click, click, bang - we can order the latest product from the other side of the world but we can’t yet order the fat off our thighs. (Has anyone else contemplated the unfairness of the fact that it’s so hard to lose weight and gain muscle but super easy to put on weight and lose muscle – C’mon?! )   Nowhere is the ‘want it NOW’ desire more highlighted than the ‘health’ ...

Last week we got to know a bit about Maria and her background in Body Building, how she got involved with ANB and how she kicked her love of KFC. This is part 2 of the interview!   - Do you have any funny/interesting stories from holding ANB shows that you could share? As you can imagine I have many people promise things but sometimes don’t deliver. Once it was from a person who had connections with a mainstream TV channel. They approached me saying they wanted to film my show and take all this amazing footage and it would take the world by storm etc… Now, I like to think I trust someone until the person actually does the wrong thing by me however thought I smelt a rat when he started asking for money for equipment. This guy talked so much about taking the movie to Hollywood as he had connections (I did believe he did have connections) that when the day came around I’m waiting, waiting, waiting. Our show started at 11am and on rolls 12,1,2 and then in rolls Mr Hollyw ...