11/21/2013 I’m top posting this on my site AFTER I was in contest prep and training season earlier this year. I started this nearly a year ago and today I’m in a solid building season, getting back on the stage in June of 2014. This post was written in my early days of contest prep […]
My Journey To My First Figure Competition: Show Day…..Mission Accomplished!
My first competition really started on Friday night! The kids were with my parents and that enabled us to go downtown kid free so I could get my spray tan with Liquid Sun Rayz! It was a $120 cost, but really made the muscles pop AND as I write this 10 days later, I still […]
My Journey To My First Figure Competition, 1 Week Out!
Stats: 130.9 lbs; 9.16% Body Fat; Last week: 131.7 lbs; 9.20% Body Fat Calorie intake: 1650-1800; With a macro split of 112C; 183P; 52F; I aim to keep protein at 1.4 g/lb of body weight, fats at .4 g/lb of body weight and the balance in carbs. On days where I upped the calories, I added […]
My Journey To My First Figure Competition, 2 Weeks Out!
Stats: 131.7 lbs; 9.20% Body Fat; Last week: 133.6 lbs; 9.77% Body Fat Calorie intake: 1450-1750; But I’m parking it at 1650 with a macro split of 112C; 183P; 52F Cardio: 3 Bike HIITs this week Lifting: All body parts with high reps of 50/30/20 sets Rest Days: Thursday and Sunday Picture Update: Not showing my contest suit yet…it’s in, […]
My Journey To My First Figure Competition, 3 Weeks Out!
Stats: 133.6 lbs; 9.77% Body Fat; Last week: 134.5 lbs; 10.35% Body Fat Calorie intake: Diet change! I’m really experimenting right now, and that will happen as I get more into this sport. I dropped my calories to 1500 mid week and really started focusing more on my macros. I’m basically getting a 30g fat, 117g carb, […]
My Journey To My First Figure Competition, 4 Weeks Out!
Stats: 134.5 lbs; 10.35% Body Fat; Last week: 135.9 lbs; 9.96% Body Fat; I toyed with some simple sugars on Monday and Tuesday and in result my body held water from it….mistake! Calorie intake: Diet change! 1725 daily still keeping flax seed, fish oil, cabbage and green beans, salmon and tilapia, protein shakes, egg whites […]
My Journey To My First Figure Competition, 5 Weeks Out!
Stats: 135.9; 9.96% Body Fat; Last week: 136.6, 9.23% BF; We think the BF ticked up a bit due to a refeed a few days prior and some water retention from that. I’m pretty carb sensitive! Calorie intake: 1895 daily still keeping 4 healthy fats, cabbage and green beans, chix, protein shakes, egg whites […]
My Journey To My First Figure Competition: 6 Weeks Out!
Stats: 136.6; 9.23% Body Fat; Last week: 137.6, 11.47% BF Calorie intake: Drop this week! 1835 daily down from 1968 last week. The change came from dropping my 12-almond snack and switching out 1 pound of broccoli at lunch to 3 cups of cabbage. I got the ok to do the Dole cole […]
The Arnold Sports Festival 2013!
We attended the 2013 Arnold Sports Festival in its 25th year of running in Columbus, Ohio. My husband and I made a 1-night, 2-day trip out of it and drove over Thursday night catching the Amateur shows and then the Expo on Friday. While we were there, we ran into quite an awesome mix of […]
My Journey To My First Figure Competition: 7 Weeks Out!
Stats: 137.6, 11.47% Body Fat; Last week was: 140.0; Body Fat 12.2%….I love the science of this that it IS working!! Calorie intake: 1968 daily at 40 g fat; 176 g carbs (including veggie carbs); 164 g protein (including veggie proteins) I follow the Fighter Diet Contest Prep plan. My diet it filled with oatmeal, flax […]