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2 Days Out from my first Figure Show!!

So, I am finally here, 2 days out!! It's so exciting! First lets start with whats new this week. The last few days I have been slowing decreasing my water intake, today and tomorrow I am sipping water as needed, which means I'm thirsty. I am also taking diuretics to help dry me out also. My diet is down to lean meats and carbs and veggies that won't make me bloat. I'm feeling very tired right now, like I want to lay down and nap. By afternoon I have no energy at all. The excitement for the show is keeping me going. I'm so ready for my cheat meal after the show but then it's back on plan for my next show in 3 weeks!

Peak Week!

Hey everyone, peak week is finally here! Let me say that I have mixed feelings right now. I'm very excited for my show and even though I don't feel totally ready I am happy with the progress I have made so far. The cravings are starting to get real. I am currently not eating sodium, artificial sweeteners and any diet pop. I was eating dinner with my husband and kids and I just wanted to cry. I'm eating plenty but I'm tired and I just want anything that I am not able to have. I would die for a froyo right now. This is usually my cheat day and I think mentally that was tough for me because I have conditioned myself to think that I get a good dinner and froyo once a week and this week I don't. For those who have no idea about peak week I really recommend this video by Layne Norton. I am feeling tired and my emotions are all over the place. I just want to lay in bed under the covers and sleep or dream of food and cry. I am tired of so called "Clean Food". My calories are still good but I'm tired. Another hard thing is that I have this show next weekend and then I have another show in 4 weeks so I know that I can't just go back to normal meals after the show, I'm still in prep. I am excited for after the show. My goal is to do a lean bulk and try and put on some muscle this winter. I think prep is mentally tough also because I had an idea of where I thought that I would be at the end and I'm much leaner that I ever thought. I still have problem areas like my thighs and butt but my upper body is getting very lean. What little boobs I had before are now gone. Just remember to trust the process. I'm going to stick with my trainers plans for this week and I'm excited to see where I will end up.

 

 

 



19 days out!

So I'm 19 days out from my first figure competition. I'm really excited and nervous. I'm so proud of how far I've come but I still see parts of me that I wish  were leaner and had more muscle. I'm doing a second show on November 8 so I'm hoping to use this first smaller show to get everything figured out for the second bigger show and that also still gives me a month to continue firming up and putting on muscle. My suit is finally finished and on it's way. It turned out amazing and I couldn't be happier. Here it is.

I'm going to try and blog more often as I get closer to the show and hopefully a lot during peak week. 

Fitbody Team

It's been a crazy couple of weeks and there have been some big changes. Over the weekend I had my first meeting with Julie Lohre's FitBody team. It was so nice to get out of the house and just have a day without the kids and do something for myself. Our meeting was early in the morning and she stated with our body comps. I was very surprised when she said that my bodyfat was 15%. I've been training hard but that was still a pleasant surprise. We then spent some time meeting everyone. It was great meeting such an amazing group of women that all have the same interests and goals. I feel like as a mom we get so caught up in our kids and their activities that we forget that we can have a life outside of that. We then put on bikinis and heels and she went through the madatory poses for both figure and bikini. We have a good mix of women doing both. I was with the bikini girls but she still wanted us to practice the figure poses. Next was the bikini poses. About half way through she came up to me and asked if I would be interested in figure and said that she liked me there better. I have always planned on eventually doing figure but thought that I needed at least another year to put on more muscle mass. I'm really excited about this change and am glad that I took the plunge and joined this amazing team. I'll keep you updated on my training and now my continued prep for my first figure competition!!

Red velvet pancakes with cream cheese frosting

 

So this morning I decided to change up my normal routine and made pancakes instead of waffles. For the pancakes I used:

1 Scoop Cellucor Red Velvet Cake Batter protein

1 egg

1/3 Cup waffle mix

water to the consistency you want

 

For the icing:

2 tbsp fat free cream cheese

2 tbsp fat free greek yogurt

2 packets splenda

Mix, you can add water to thin out if you want

 

I just made the batter and made three pancakes and covered with the icing. They were delicious!!

Fair week

Hey everyone! Sorry I didn't post last week, it was our county fair. My daughter shows horses so we pretty much lived on the fairgrounds this week. Sunday night we trailered our horse in and shows started early Monday morning. She competed Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and then our 4 H club had to work the show on Thursday. It was a great week, my daughter and her horse did an amazing job. Diet wise it was a bad week. I knew that it would be though and tried to keep it in proportion. While home I tried to eat as good as I could but at the fair I allowed myself some of my fair favorites. This lifestyle shouldn't be about deprecation. You should eat clean about 80% and allow yourself 20% of the foods you like. Also, if you do have a disastrous week don't beat yourself up. It's a new week and a fresh start. 

Here are some pics from this week.