8 weeks out

8 weeks out today! Crazy, huh? I lost 2 1/2 lbs this week but my eating hasn't really been on since thursday. I gotta clean up my game. I was up super late on thursday night and I have felt off ever since. This week is going to be hard bc it is my son's birthday and there will be cake two different times. We'll see how I handle it. I am having cake for a free meal tomorrow (like i haven't had any of those this week, ha!) but will avoid the cake on tuesday at his friend party. I can do this. Maybe i'll make a little protein cake...

9 weeks out: 137 lbs
8 weeks out: 134.6 lbs

Average calories this week: 1423
Total exercise: 9 hours 15 min (6 h 20 min cardio)
Average water intake: 26 cups

Tomorrow is a day off and boy will it feel great! Here's to another great week!

Day 59 - sicker and sicker still

I'm getting sicker each day. You might think I should stop all the exercising, and, yes, that idea has crossed my mind. BUT, during the day I feel pretty good, just a bad sore throat. But my body feels fine. It's just the nights that I feel really crappy. AND I realize if this turns into a bad cold I will have to take some time off. So I'm saving missed workouts for if I get even sicker. Hopefully that time won't come.

Tonight we went out to eat with my mom who is staying the night with us. I tried hard but wasn't perfect. But I'm fine with it. I ordered a bbq chicken salad minus the tortilla strips and cheese. It was just chicken, veggies, bbq sauce and ranch on the side. There was a lot more bbq sauce on top than i thought there would be. I should have asked for it on the side but oh well. I only used prob 1/4 of the dressing they brought me. For my approach (liveable and enjoyable contest prep) I did great.

Here are the deets:

Weight: 134.6 (Woot woot!)
Sleep: 8.5 hours
Cardio 1: 6am, 40 min elliptical
Lift: 10am, back, 30 min then tanning
Cardio 2: 10 mile bike ride, 35 min
Calories: 1467 (47/141/127)
Water: 29 cups

I don't expect to lose today b/c of the mini free meal tonight but I am already almost at my goal for the week and I've lost 2.4 lbs so far this week, so I will be ok with a maintanence day.

I'm off to bed. Yes, at 9pm.

Day 60 - Ouchy...

My throat is still on fire. So far it hasn't turned into a cold and for that, I am grateful. Today was hard. I am in the process of quitting my job at the gym and it is proving more difficult than I thought it would be. And Brandon is out of town so that seems to make my weeks much more stressful. I feel emotionally drained right now. And I feel like eating cheerios. So I brushed my teeth.

I lost 1.2 lbs yesterday! I am at my lowest weight since gaining a few lbs. (If you don't know, I maintained 133-134 for a long time. Then I trained for a 55 mile bike race and used it as an excuse to eat too much - I was so hungry all the time! I put on 8 lbs and 5 percent body fat in the process.)

Here are today's deets:

Weight: 135.2
Sleep: 7.5 hours
Workout time: 1 hour 35 min
Lift: chest/arms/abs: 35 min, 10am
Cardio 1: 30 min swim, 6am
Cardio 2: 30 min stairs and sprints, 3pm
Calories: 1371 (27/135/157)
Water: 2 gallons

Tomorrow I am going to a restaurant with my mom and the kids. I will order a grilled chicken salad with just veggies on it. I will order their light dressing and just use half. There. Hold me to it.

Have a great night!

Day 61 - count down begins

Today went perfectly! I have the worst sore throat ever though. I still followed the plan and drinking 2 gallons of water was not hard at all b/c I felt thirsty all the time (b/c of the sore throat). I did feel like I was working out all day. But it's ok. This is basically my second job for a while. And that is fine. Here's how the day went down:

6am - cardio 1 - 55 min walk/jog
10am - lift legs and tan
7:30 pm - cardio 2 - 30 min run/stairs
8:30pm - abs

It was actually easier to split up the workouts like that throughout my day. Now I am a sticky mess though.

Here's the daily deets:

Weight: 136.4 (yes it went DOWN after a weekend!)
Sleep: 8 hours
lift: 50 min
Cardio: 1 hour 25 min
Total: 2 hour 15 min
Calories: 1340 (34g/113g/157g)
Water: 2 gallons

Temptations resisted: (here's where I get to pat myself on the back) none - no temptations today

Can't get much better than that folks.

NPC Bikini - Oct 9th - 9 weeks out

That's right, folks! I am doing it once again! But this time I'm doing it right. If you don't know, last year I decided 10 days before the competition to compete. Most people diet and train for 12 weeks for these types of things. I basically dehydrated myself and went out there. I learned a lot of what NOT to do though so I wouldn't say it was a total waste. A big thing I learned was that my pale body can not do on spray tan alone. So, against my principles, I bought a 2 month membership to the tanning salon. I know, I know. Naughty. You don't need to tell me.

Anyway, Mike Davies is doing my nutrition. I will be writing my workouts. Sandy Hancock will help me with posing and presentation. I think I've got myself covered.

Here are some goals I have over the next 9 weeks:

1. I will be about 13-15% body fat on show day. I am competing in bikini which is a softer look in figure. I think this will be low enough.

2. To be at that bf% my weight will be between 126-128 lbs. I haven't seen the 120's since... maybe ever? I think I skipped those when I was 12 years old. Prob due to the frosting I used to eat in my pantry with the door closed. Oops.

3. I want to do this prep happily and keep my family happy. If I notice myself becoming crabby at them due to lack of carbs I will change something. Even if it means me coming in a little softer. They are number one. I also don't want my workouts to take up too much of our family time. BUT, they do support me and realize that this is a big time commitment.

Are you guys ready to follow my journey? I am so excited! I won't be posted the exacts of my nutrition plan because I am working with a nutritionist. But I will try to post daily about my workouts and general nutrition info.

I will post my 9 week out pictures and measurements tomorrow! Wish me luck!