Sunday, July 3, 2005

Hey Everyone~

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND!!!!!!!
Hope you are all enjoying your long holiday weekend...I sure am! :~)


I wanted to stop by and say hello really quickly~Elena is coming over in a few minutes and we are going to BBQ~she has to be a little strict about her BBQ choices since she is 4 weeks out from the USA's(which, in my opinion, is going to be her show!!!) But nonetheless, we will have fun!

I wanted to post some pics that go with the post I made on Friday~so you can see the transitions my body went thru. Take a look....and please, tell me what you think.

I have recieved an overwhelming amount of support since coming out with my decision. I honestly cannot believe how many women who are on the competitive circuit emailed me and told me they feel the same exact way. It is truely amazing how sad so many are with the current state of the IFBB.

I was saying somewhere that I remember the year Jennifer McVicar turned pro...I was so excited...she was beautiful, muscular, and someone that I looked at and admired. And for her to turn pro...well that was an example. Then she went to the IFBB and they didn't reward what the NPC was pushing. So they complain that they cannot market FBB'ing, yet they don't keep to the standards they set for the women to make them marketable...The 2 organizations need to get on the same page. Bottom line.

But anyway, off the rant....Thank you all for your support!!!

I was a bit apprehensive coming out with this to you all....And honestly was wondering if I should just let ride for a bit longer to see what I was feeling. Honestly, looking at everything going on with the IFBB, Olympia, etc, led me to make the decision to come out now.

With the emails I have been getting and responses on other boards, I know I am not alone in the way I feel. The difference is that I have decided to act on it. So I guess it is good for the fans to know the current state of FBB'ing is really upsetting a lot of people.

But I have until August, when my usual contest prep would start to decide if my next step will be at the Nationals in the Middleweight class, competingunder 125, or if it will be on the stage in 2006 in figure.

Whatever it may be, again, I thank you for your overwhelming support.

'Till next time,
Keep pumpin' hard!!!
XOXO
Heather Lee


1997, Modeling, 125 pounds & lifting light....


1998, at the peak of my bikini
contest days, about 128....


1999...About 13o here, at a
fitness model search....


2000, at the MHP Model Search.
... About 130 to 133 pounds.



My first show, the NPC NJ States,
where I took the MW & Overall.
I competed at about 132, but my
offseason weight was 140 around this time.


The 2002 Junior USA's where
I also won the MW & Overall.
I competed at 131, but my offseason
weight was up to about 145-148 at this time...


The 2003 NPC USA's, where I took
2nd in the MW class, losing to Maya Stone.
I competed at 128, and was the driest I
ever was onstage. My offseason weight
about this time was 150-154....


The 2004 NPC Nationals, where I competed
at 137, the heaviest I ever competed at.
My offseason weight was 160 pounds....
I tried to come in bigger in the upper body
on the judges advice. It didn't work in my favor.