I guess the games have begun...i was trying to figure out my time line of how long i had until the june show..so what better way than to put up a countdown clock :) So i have 165 days....which may seem like a lot...but really, its not. I know this from experience...i have made this mistake for the past two years...always saying that i have enough time.....and i never do...so im starting early....i have 24 weeks...bring it on!
Weight is up from the holiday binge....im only starting my second week of my new diet so we will have to see how it goes. I dont have to do pics for 3 more weeks..so i need to keep it as clean as i can...even though that Fage yogurt keeps calling my name....its not so much the yogurt...but the granola i put in it.....i dont use a lot but its not on plan so i have to cut it out...
Im in the process of booking my flight for the Arnold...we have our hotel too :) I am flying in Thursday..April will pick me up...drive to Columbus....and relax for the night...then friday do the expo and whatever else and then on saturday, drive back with april and she can drop me off at the airport :) I was only going to do overnight again but hubby was saying that it was kind of a waste for me to fly out there for just one night...so i will stay two :) I think he is trying to get rid of me....LOL! But hey, i get to see my friend an extra day :)
Today was shoulders....
laterals, front presses, db press, 1/4 laterals, rear delt presses, upright rows...i think that was it ;)
i didn't get up for cardio this morning because hubby decided to talk to me until after 11:00..then wanted to watch the Office at 11:00-11:30....i went up at 10:15 or so and was all cozy....oh well! So i didn't get enough sleep to get up at 5:00...so now i will have to go home and do some after i get home.
I did 25 min EMC yesterday and did 45 last night....im trying to get back in the groove!!!
I have a lot of work ahead of me...but i know that if i stay focused i will get it done.
The thing that is hard for me is when situations arise...my friends are meeting tomorrow for dinner....and italian place...i will try and be as good as i can...but its so hard when everyone doesn't care what the heck they eat....and then on saturday i have a baby shower....i need to be prepared...this stuff is always going to come up...i have to deal with it right?
i guess that is it for now....
5 comments:
Best of luck. I will be following your progress. I am competing in my first competition in June also in TN. Have fun at the Arnold. I am sure I would love that. Maybe one year I can make it.
Will you and April be in Columbus early enough to go to the Amatuer Figure/Fitness/Bikini show? I am hoping you will be! I am going and so is Tracy(Dalotajr).
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I'm sure you're going to cope just fine.
GOOD LUCK and best wishes.
:-) :-).
Matt
hey lovely!! I am so jealous that you and Ape get to hang out for a few days. I wish I could go but hubs is putting the kabosh on most my fun these days because of $. :( he is being smart I know, but it still sucks! Anyway, what the heck show is this you're talkign about? Is April doing it too? I will be prepping for Jr. Nats (june 19th/20th) weekend. maybe I should throw this show in the mix, too! LOL
Hope youa re doing well!
I had my 3rd child, I was 28, and I was about 130 lbs. I was trying to get down to 115. I was eating a lean cuisine or something and a coworker asked why I was eating that. She was in her 30's, a mother of 1. I told her I was trying to lose 15 lbs and she told me I needed to give that up, my high school days were over, I was a mom now, and I would never be that small. Funny how just 2 years before, when my high school days were over and I was a mother of 2, I weighed 115 lbs--and I was smaller than when I was in high school. The point of this is that it IS hard to eat right and do the right thing when you're around others that don't share your goal. Whether they're being negative like the person mentioned above, or they just don't eat right/work out because they don't want to, it's still hard to do the right thing. But it's really up to you to lead the way and stay on track. I didn't fall off course because of what she said. I used her comments to fuel my fire. Just because SHE chose to be fat and be a "mom" didn't mean I had to. I didn't turn to cheeseburgers because she said I couldn't lose the weight. Also, on the home front, my hubby didn't eat like I did. He ate seperate things from me. Yes, it was hard watching him eat a cheeseburger as I ate a salad, but I did it. I remained focus. My mind was in the game. I didn't walk into a restaurant saying I will TRY to be good...I walked in saying I WILL be good. And you know what, I did. Whereas if you walk in saying you will TRY, then that gives you some lead way to eat something off plan. It's amazing what the power of positive thinking can do. If you walk out of dinner sticking to the plan, you will feel empowered that you ate great. If you walk out having just tried, and cheated, you will feel bad, but might be able to talk yourself up saying you will try again tomorrow. Don't settle for that. You've been busting your butt for a long time now. You CAN do this. Today I DON'T want to work out and I am considering NOT doing it so I can get back on track to have Sunday as an off day. I can think of a million reasons to skip today but I WON'T. I am telling myself I WILL workout. And I will.
Morale of the story, you will constantly be surrounded by people that don't share your goals--husband, family, friends, co-workers. They might support you while eating something different. or they might try to derail you by telling you you're getting to thin or it's okay to cheat this once. But you CAN do the right thing. Be nice to yourself. Think positive. You want to belong on that starge. Don't work these next couple of months to TRY to look like you belong. You work so that you DO belong!
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