Well i really apologize for my lack of blogging the past week....time just flies by!
This week i am 9 weeks out for my show. If i do that show. I talked to Tony today and he said my food diary looked pretty good....may want to tweak it a bit next week...he wants me to try and get 45 minutes of cardio in the morning and an hour at night. That is really rough but i will try it. I guess i have no choice. He wants my weight at 114 by monday. I was at 116.8...i will be happy with 114.8 which is two pounds...and that is even pushing it. My weight isn't moving much...
mentally most of the time i am really on top of things....i know what i want and i have been listening to a bunch of podcasts and getting really motivated to do what needs to be done. I am really grateful for those podcasts because it really lets me know that i am not the only one doing that much cardio. Even the pros have to do it....even the "unnatural" ones have to keep up with it. So that makes me feel better....I know i will never be pro...or even make it up to the next level but i still have to get up there and be judged so i have to put forth my best efforts :)
Mmmmm..what else is going on?? I am in the process of refinancing my house and i am cashing out some money so i can fix my kitchen....part of me would just love to move but no one is buying and i would probably never be able to sell my house right now so i guess i will just stay there and fix it. We are also going to put central air in because right now we only have window units.
Saturday we took a ride to the shore...it was beautiful out...we walked the boardwalk and played minature golf and walked on the beach..it was a great day. Sunday i just did cardio and my ab workout from saturday and cooked a little and went to my moms for dinner.
Yesterday was shoulders at the gym...and then at lunch time i did the fire escape steps in my building. Im on 23 so i double stepped up to 30 and then ran down to 15 and then did double step 5 count pulses on each step back up to 30 and then back down again to 15 and then back up again to 23...it took me about 18 minutes to do that but it was a quick little workout :) I am going to try and do that about 2-3xs a week. Then last night i did 45 minutes of cardio on the treadmill.
Today was chest. I didn't get up for EMC this morning because i didn't realize that my alarm was set for 6 instead of 5....oh well...tonight more cardio! I really wish i had a tv to watch while i did it, it would make the time go by so much faster!
After we fix up angelica's room i will take her tv that she has up there now and move it down the basement so i can watch it while on the treadmill :) We want to get her a smaller flat screen for in there.
Well i guess thats all i got for now...i will try and do better with posting more....i wanted to be able to post progress pics but im WAY to big for that! Maybe when im like 2 weeks out or something..LOL!
This week i am 9 weeks out for my show. If i do that show. I talked to Tony today and he said my food diary looked pretty good....may want to tweak it a bit next week...he wants me to try and get 45 minutes of cardio in the morning and an hour at night. That is really rough but i will try it. I guess i have no choice. He wants my weight at 114 by monday. I was at 116.8...i will be happy with 114.8 which is two pounds...and that is even pushing it. My weight isn't moving much...
mentally most of the time i am really on top of things....i know what i want and i have been listening to a bunch of podcasts and getting really motivated to do what needs to be done. I am really grateful for those podcasts because it really lets me know that i am not the only one doing that much cardio. Even the pros have to do it....even the "unnatural" ones have to keep up with it. So that makes me feel better....I know i will never be pro...or even make it up to the next level but i still have to get up there and be judged so i have to put forth my best efforts :)
Mmmmm..what else is going on?? I am in the process of refinancing my house and i am cashing out some money so i can fix my kitchen....part of me would just love to move but no one is buying and i would probably never be able to sell my house right now so i guess i will just stay there and fix it. We are also going to put central air in because right now we only have window units.
Saturday we took a ride to the shore...it was beautiful out...we walked the boardwalk and played minature golf and walked on the beach..it was a great day. Sunday i just did cardio and my ab workout from saturday and cooked a little and went to my moms for dinner.
Yesterday was shoulders at the gym...and then at lunch time i did the fire escape steps in my building. Im on 23 so i double stepped up to 30 and then ran down to 15 and then did double step 5 count pulses on each step back up to 30 and then back down again to 15 and then back up again to 23...it took me about 18 minutes to do that but it was a quick little workout :) I am going to try and do that about 2-3xs a week. Then last night i did 45 minutes of cardio on the treadmill.
Today was chest. I didn't get up for EMC this morning because i didn't realize that my alarm was set for 6 instead of 5....oh well...tonight more cardio! I really wish i had a tv to watch while i did it, it would make the time go by so much faster!
After we fix up angelica's room i will take her tv that she has up there now and move it down the basement so i can watch it while on the treadmill :) We want to get her a smaller flat screen for in there.
Well i guess thats all i got for now...i will try and do better with posting more....i wanted to be able to post progress pics but im WAY to big for that! Maybe when im like 2 weeks out or something..LOL!
1 comment:
Two things I would say to you at this point.
1. I personally feel you don't ever need to apologise for not posting stuff, simply because you have a life and that must come first.
I know anybody would feel the same as I do. That's the main thing, to put you and yours first in this instance, and others on here will be there for you, when you have chance to comment again :-).
2. I would refute your claims, you can't make it to compete at the next level.
I saw pictures once about 4-5 years ago, of a woman winning a seniors bodybuilding event at 51. You're at an age where so much is still possible, and time and patience can do so much.
To talk about what you can achieve like you did, might make it harder to achieve at the level you're at now, and I think you ARE capable of a lot more than you give yourself credit for, but you can become even better at this with more time, self teaching and practice, regards discipline and approach.
You need to realise that less than 2 years ago, you were someone that had some excess bodyweight, and now you're an athlete, who DESERVES to be up there with the others without question.
You DO have a talent, and DO have what it takes, but even the greats take time to become who they are, and if you are, (and I believe CAN be), someone of much greater achievement than has currently been possible, it could possibly take at least another 2 years to get close to that, but there is no reason right now to think it can't happen, and getting pro status is hard, but getting to compete at a national level is a little easier, and more people do it.
So there is no reason why you shouldn't believe you can be potentially the best of the best whatever happens.
If they didn't think that, they wouldn't ever become that, and only by learning to understand their capabilities, and harnessing all their emotional, mental and physical qualities and attributes, could they be such people.
You have what it takes, so don't ever be afraid or reluctant to admit it, as self doubt harms potential, and you ARE meant to do this, and always have been, so keep working on the mental side of things, and it CAN and WILL come good for you, to a serious extent if you really want it to.
Good luck.
:-) :-).
Matt
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