Hey everyone! Its been waaaaay too long since Ive made a post. We all know... the gym keeps me busy! I only have a few weeks till the hard dieting starts for the Olympia.. hard to believe its here already. We are currently getting ready to move into this house we have an option to buy on. I have mixed emotions about it. I was pretty set on something new or newer and this is a more early 90s. It needs some updating and I don't know if Im up to it. We spent all day yesterday shopping and nothing was coming together. I am extremely picky and will make sure curtain things are done. Houses are EXPENSIVE! The location is amazing and the yard... OMG, fabulous. I even got a hot tub on the patio(I love that). I decided I rather not be house poor. I couldn't gotten something more turn key but we wouldn't have the money left to save and do things that we love... travel. Plus, I really want my DREAM home much further south! So this will be an adventure for the girl who has never even planted flowers or kept a big lawn. Oh and cant paint! LOL Yikes! Hopefully it will serve the purpose of keeping me busy while thinking about food. The gym is doing well. We are still getting members where so many others are having major problems. I don't wish any ones business harm but I sure would like their members. ;) We are searching for the right building to move it to. Our lease will be coming up where we are and we've out grown the space the way it is. My dream of having our Mexico gym is on the back burner since a guy so conveniently opened a big one in March in the area we wanted!!!! DAMN! I will keep focus on this one to get it how we want it. Its an on going task. Should be an exciting rest of the year and I love being busy. This one might be the time to do my DVD. It should be pretty interesting with everything going on eh?

Seeing if anybody still reads this.. lol I dont keep it updated enough eh? Colette Nelson has been working on a fresher look for it. Thank God for Colette's patience. :) Going to do some location searching for the Mexico location next week.. and some R&R of course. Yes, I am a tad worried about the Swine stuff. We were just down there after the Arnold and I am ready to get some rest again. Owning a gym is no joke. I cringe when people say they want to open a gym. No one knows how much really goes into it and how much the government takes from you. Small business gets hit HARD. One of the big gyms here in Denver is closing up after almost 20 years. They have 3 locations in town. I'm sure it will help us but we still feel bad for them. Hate to see anyone struggle. Looks like we will have a Ft. Collins location in the future too. So all is well with us. Lots to do as always. We will also be needing a new location for the current gym by next year so that is also a search. We just need a whole lot more room. We are still looking for a house.. or a loan I should say. They lenders are ass backwards retarded. I cant believe the stupidity of it all. People are so incredibly rude too. If I treated people like that in business we would be under too. I think the market/economy has made everyone very edgy.. I just wont put up with it though. Just reminds me why I want to move south so bad. We play the game though. I know that stresses me out more than anything cause I always feel compromised. Its a bad situation for anyone that doesnt have 50k+ laying around to do nothing with. And if you do you dont want to spend it cause you just may REALLY need it these days. Training is going ok. I've had to put a lot of time into work again but I'm still getting in workouts. I have however, gained way too much weight. I am so miserable with it. I dont know how people DONT workout and DONT stay somewhat in shape. I HAVE to. Most people, besides being lazy.. just dont know what they are missing. Check out the new blog on the gym's site. http://armbrustprogym.blogspot.com/

A few thank yous to people that were so helpful in getting me through to the AC. Of course my husband Dylan. He's the best buddy in the world. My training partner, Dano. He didnt have it too rough though. ;) The next 6 months may be a different story. He's like my brother so I can be a huge pain in his ass. Andrea Wanek for taking so much off my mind at work... huge help. The gym wouldnt have ran so smoothly without her. Chaundra Tangi for helping me with the finishing touches out there. All the officials, volunteers and expediters out in Columbus. These people do an amazing job. They put the word professional in the name of these shows. This is truly a pro show. All our members for just being supportive and fun. All the people in the industry that have been so nice and real with me. Thanks folks. I just really appreciate everyone.

Whatever that is. The Arnold was a success for me personally. I am very happy about it. I busted my ass to go from fat no muscle, to getting on stage with the best in the world. I was so funked out after the Olympia I just got fat and sloppy. Im so glad I did do the Arnold to get my ass in somewhat of a shape again. Now Im back to FAT! Went to Cozumel for a week and came home bloated and miserable. Ive been eating so much sugar that Im getting severe headaches. I am trying to get some cardio in to keep myself moving and get back on training schedule. I usually eat whatever I want for 3 weeks after a show but I really cant now days. Im getting too old. :( Cozumel was not so good cause we tried a new resort and it was a disaster. Overpriced and overrated. We are going to go back to our usual spot soon. I love it there sooooo much. We feel at home there. I am so anti States anymore. Never really have loved it here but the past 8 years has really proven to be a disaster and its gotten so unbelievably bad. We paid our taxes today. I wanted to cry. Our government is crooked and corrupt. It makes me so bitter. At least in Mexico they tell you they are crooked and corrupt. Here they just make it legal for certain people to be and they rest of us are the crooks taking in the ass. Hmmm? People are always asking us why we like in in Mexico so much and I just have to say, open your mind and think about it. We really are serious about opening our second gym there eventually. Who wouldnt want to come down train and party for a week or two in paradise? Just wanted to say thank you again to everyone for being a fan and being supportive. Most of all thank you to my super nice husband. I couldnt do anything without him.. which he knows. ;) I had an awesome time in Columbus. If you havent been to the AC I highly recommend it. Its an amazing production. :)

We leave in 6 days. YIKES! Im excited to go back. I had such a good time in 07. I was the most tired Id ever been in my life but I still loved it. I remember my husband and all our friends trying to get me out of bed after Fri night finals to go out and I was not having it. It was cold out and that bed was to die for. lol This time we are leaving for Cozumel right after we get back to Denver. I will rest there. I cannot wait!!!!!! Im starting to get nervous about things running smoothly. For the most part Im too exhausted to think about it too much. Im just trying to focus on what has to be done. I had the WORST day of my prep on Tue. I thought, what the hell have I done???? I have had quite a bit of dental work done the past 6 weeks... which by the way.. is the most retarded thing you could do. I went in to have some stuff wrapped up and it was pretty bad. I was so furious with myself and the dentist... for not telling me a little more about what I was in for. BAD timing. Had to pick myself up really quick though. One thing I got was some bad teeth genes. :( No matter how many shows youve done you always learn something new each time.

Yeah, that is me. Moody. Its so freakin weird. I am like completely at peace and happy.... but temper, temper, temper. Its just been the past couple of days that have made the shift more obvious. Could have A LOT to do with my carb intake or lack of. I dont do well without or low carb. Its just ugly but I dont have a choice if I dont want to look as foolish as I did at the O. I could use to take a gauntlet home so I have my own space for cardio. There comes a point that you just need that. You wish I had invisible powers sometimes. lol The gym is just doing great. I am not working but a few hours here and there but we finally have a manager that just kicks ass. She happens to be a close personal friend of ours so its so great. She has really made all the difference for me this time and of course Dylan is awesome.. as always. God broke a mold making him... thank you God. lol The whole gym has been so nice. We have such a good staff and member base. If you live in Denver and havent trained at our gym you are missing out. I am pretty proud of what we have created. ESPECIALLY considering what we started with. It will be nice to get back to full time normal. We still are having issues trying to get into our dream house but I figure everything happens when it is suppose to so I wont freak over it TOO much. ;) I want to get another dog or two so I need a yard. Kelee is going to be 1 Mar. 19th! She has been the biggest blessing for us. She's the dog anybody would want cause she is so GOOD. I would love to get a Jack Russell but we'll see. All is well other than the normal misery of diet/prep. Thank you to all my fans and supporters. I love you guys!

I got some pretty major dental work done... lesson learned NOT to do that while getting ready to compete ever again! It has been the most painful 7 consecutive days ever! If you mouth hurts... you are just turned upside down. I was dealing with it the best I could the first 4 and after that I think I just hit the wall. I couldnt even function at all this weekend. I had NOOOOOO idea. Went back in yesterday and I think its going to start getting a little better. The only form of protein Ive been getting is powders. Food options are extremely limited. I am doing well other than that. Which that is a big deal. Pain sucks. On another note, I gotta rant.. I watch a lot of news in the mornings. I mentioned we are house hunting. Found THE HOUSE... cant get it. Do you all know how fucked up it is to even try and qualify for a loan!!!???? If you arent doing FHA there is nothing out there for programs. FHA's limit is 368k in our county. 368 doesnt buy much of a house here. I feel that we are all paying the price for Bush's administration. What blows me away even more is this country FIRST voted him IN and second kept president shit for brains there! WHAT did he do for this country the last 4 years??????????????????????? Obama is truly trying to do some good for us and here come the republicans, who cannot stand it when things arent going their way so they make it as difficult as possible on whoever. They are like the spoiled little rich kids. Go ahead and criticize the guy reps.. its your fucking mess he's inherited! DUH! Obama deserves huge kudos for just keeping his cool. No way could I. I cant.. it just makes me so mad. Republicans sit in there glass houses and throw stones... its what they do. Im pretty upset cause we can afford the house we want but without some extreme money down we cant get the loan where as just a year ago we couldve. No underwriting is going on to look at individual situations either. So the housing market in that aspect is at a stand still. No stimulating the economy there. One of our friends owns a mortgage company and said its the worst he has ever seen it in 15 years. What a mess. Someday I will be on the beach somewhere too far away to care.

Ive never taken on soooo much and been so happy. I am having the best prep in years. Im not saying I look exactly how I want but I am happy and that speaks louder than anything for me. I am keeping extremely busy and actually enjoying it. Im not punishing myself any more. I have to thank someone AGAIN for opening my eyes.. Nikki, I owe you big time. I am training at night with Dylans long time training partner. Dano has trained with Dylan and I since I met Dylan so we mesh well. Dylan is training so many people during the day that he has to get his workout in before his day starts so he trains when I do am cardio. I am house hunting to keep myself a little motivated. ;) Its actually a huge job and we dont have much if any time to go look at stuff. We looked all last Sat. and I was wiped out! We live in a really costly area of Denver and I am not willing to pay out what we would have to to get the house we would want in this area. If we move 20 minutes east of town you can get the same house for 200k less. Crazy! It looks like we are going to build which I am very excited about. The model we picked out even has a "doggie bedroom". LOL Its so cute. Going to keep looking for a couple more weeks before we finalize that decision though. We have out grown our townhouse 10 times over. Final thought.... GO OBAMA!!!! Dont take that republican bullshit!

I'm delirious.. I worked 12 hours did two cardio sessions and shoulders. Can you imagine what I look like by 6pm... not so cute. Now I'm waiting for the eyelids to drop. After that kinda day you are just numb. You dont want to hear, or see anyone or thing. I'm doing a very structured employee meeting this weekend to prepare us for the next 7 weeks. Our gym.. one thing is that we have grown pretty rapidly and made major improvements but its been a little so slow going for the past few months so I am changing some things. I'm getting a PhD in business. I want to go back to business school but I cant even take that kinda time. We are soooo fortunate to know a lot of people and have some good connections. I still haven't landed a good connection to move forward with my OWN clothing. My designs.. no just a label. We deserve something better than what is out there. And what is there is sooooo hard to find!!!! I have found that clothing is made for crap. I dont buy it like I use to. Its not worth it. I pretty picky about what I order for the gym but Im still learning there too. Ive got a lot of disappointments. Im feelin pretty good. :) Thank you all... for not being judgmental on me and looking at what I say with an open mind. Very cool. ;)

Wow.. I can make some drama! What the hell? I cant believe how fast one little blog can spread. I just want to set it all straight. I am not getting divorced, I am doing the Arnold and I am going to kick ASS! I am feeling much better. Thanks Nikki! ;) I have a whoooooole lot to be grateful for and I need to be more aware of it. I know a lot of people read my vents and think, oh poor Heather... whhaaaaaaaaaa... please! Well, you never know till you are in that persons shoes. I have seriously learned that. I keep my mouth shut about other peoples stuff a lot more. I have completely reset my head and just in time. I am putting the gym on the back burner for 2 months. Last time I didnt know how to let others help or take some of the weight off. I do have a good crew and I appreciate them. Just that nothing is ever done the way you would do it yourself. Im not a perfectionist but I am picky about how stuff is done. If I dont keep up on it all it falls behind really quick! Im good guys.. and thank you for caring and being my fans. :) By the way... I can SEE!!!! It is amazing!!!! Im so glad I just decided to jump and do it rather than put it off another 5 years. Dr. Michael Granberry.. thank you SO very much:)

So Im at a huge crossroad over the Arnold Classic. I wouldnt normally say anything unless it was really bad cause I dont like getting too personal publicly. I normally say its tacky. ;) I dont have really anybody to talk to so Im feeling a little caged. I just am a very big believer that everything in your life should be right before you compete. You have to be happy and with that comes alignment in your life. I dont have that right now nor have I since the Olympia. I put in for the Arnold because I thought I could get back some of whatever part of me I lost and I had it figured out how to prep and work in the same place all day 7 days a week. That will continue to be a bit of problem for me. I like my space especially when I am tired and hungry. My marriage definitely has not been the same. I wanted to be really good again on stage but I cant even get things in order personally. Owning a gym is a huge pain in the ass. My husband loves it and treats it like his baby and I see it as just a business. Right now we are not seeing eye to eye AT ALL and its making my life pretty upsetting. By the way.. I eat when Im upset. :( Not sure what Im going to do and I only have days to decide. I dont want to bring our tension into the gym so I dont go at all. How do you get ready for a show like that??? I go to another gym and I will feel just as uncomfortable. Bad situation when you just want to be happy and kick some ass. Hopefully Im just being hormonal and will get the fuck over it. I am leaving for LA for two days to get lasik!!!!! Thank God... or Dr. Mike from Lasik Spa out there. I have been wearing contacts for 20.. yes 20 years!!! Cant wait.. now if I could find someone to fix my teeth and nose. LOL Kidding.. kinda.

Christmas blows me away. People make such a fuss over gift giving, spending hours.. days shopping and then its over in seconds. We got the kids a Wii which they loved for about 10 minutes. No one in Denver had one so I spent 60 bucks on shipping just to get it here on time. Crazy. They are good kids so I dont mind. Im not much of a shopper cause I hate crowds... AND nothing EVER fits me so I just get mad. Last year was awesome cause we spent it in Mexico but this year topped it cause my husband got me my dream car. I have been smiling non stop. The economy is horrible but we have managed to keep growing at the gym. We are moving in tanning beds next week. In another year we will definitely have out grown the 11000 sq ft. I still need a couple more employees. I think Im pretty cool to work for its just that the pay isnt too great. I need an assistant. lol Rita Rae keeps offering her help but I dont want to drive anyone crazy.. like I do to Dylan. I did put in for the Arnold Classic and got the invite. I thought I had the gym management down but its already started to be a small problem. It is sooooo hard being at work 7 days a week and training there too. If Im not at the gym Im doing something FOR the gym.. OR of course trying to keep up on laundry, groceries and cleaning at home. I can get a little overwhelmed. I have to control that in order to redeem myself in March. The line up is super good. It seems every show Ive done since 05 USA Ive had an injury to overcome. The past two weeks its been my lower back/hips. It can keep me from sleeping some nights. I squatted a little too much a couple weeks ago. Stupid move. Advil and Somalyze by Species.. that stuff knocks me out! Back to laundry for me.. YAY! lol

We just got home last night. I came home to a load and a half of work. Wow! AND snow. Its 17 degrees right now! I am such a cold blooded person that I was even cold in Mexico! Yeah, I know! lol Crazy! Yesterday was a little overcast and I had a sweatshirt on out at the pool. Ive gained a WHOLE lotta weight. I want to do the Arnold but I am very unsure if I will get an invite. Im going to start cleaning it up anyhow just in case. Dylan isnt thrilled about me doing it but I havent felt like myself since the Olympia. I know what I did wrong. 09 is going to be an awesome year. We are even looking very seriously at opening a gym in Cozumel. They dont have a full service gym and now the Ironman is coming to the island so we think it would be great. That will be my next project. Who wouldnt want to come to Cozumel to train for a week or so???? ;)

I am putting in a 15 hour day today. I dont think I have it in me to go do cardio now. :( Luckily, we are leaving for Cozumel in a day and I cannot wait! I have a ton to do before and that is a bummer so the R&R will be soooo nice. I dont know when I will be competing again. I definitely want to get back on stage but we will see. Its a huge commitment. And so is owning a gym. lol

I am super excited about Nationals tonight. Our two clients did awesome! Rita Rae from Co turned pro on her second try! And Jen Gutierrez took her first top 5 finish! Awesome ladies! I, unfortunately am not there and my husband is. Im holding down the shop back home. I am sooo happy to see that Sheila and Elena got there pro cards too.... I am soooooooooo happy for them both! Congratulation ladies! Well deserved!