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My Journey To My First Figure Competition, 5 Weeks Out!

March 9, 2013 By Mindy

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 […]

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My Journey To My First Figure Competition: 6 Weeks Out!

March 3, 2013 By Mindy

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 […]

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The Arnold Sports Festival 2013!

March 2, 2013 By Mindy

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 […]

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My Journey To My First Figure Competition: 7 Weeks Out!

February 24, 2013 By Mindy

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 […]

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My Journey To My First Figure Competition: 8 Weeks Out!

February 17, 2013 By Mindy

Stats: 140.0; Body Fat 12.2% Former week was: 138.8 lbs; Body Fat: 12.69% (My weight did NOT get back down to what it was last week, but was at 138.9 at one point.  I’ll tell you why the jump down below!) Calorie intake: This week I drop to 1883 calories.  It came from going from […]

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My Journey To My First Figure Competition: 9 Weeks Out!

February 10, 2013 By Mindy

Stats: 138.8 lbs; Body Fat: 12.69%….down 2 pounds and 1.1%! Calorie intake: My calories this week dropped to 2183.  Even just taking off 300 a day resulted in a big difference on the scale! Cardio: 3 days on the tread at 30 minutes, level 9-10 incline and 3.0 mph….slow, steady state Lifting: Lifted all body parts this week […]

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My Journey To My First Figure Competition: 10 Weeks Out!

February 3, 2013 By Mindy

Stats: 139.9; 13.1% Body Fat.  (Last week: 140.8 and 13.85%)…..dropping good news on both measurements! Diet: My calories dropped starting today from 2550 to 2100 and that will hold for two more weeks.  I did a 2100-calorie refeed yesterday with white rice, oatmeal, egg whites, sweet potato, and chicken.  The new diet drops out my […]

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My Journey To My First Figure Competition: 11 Weeks Out

January 27, 2013 By Mindy

Stats: 140.8 lbs; Body Fat: 13.85%….holding steady, with a slight drop from 13.9% last week. Calorie intake:Most days are 2300-2500; NO refeed this week, but did have an extra 1/2 cup of oats and 1 cup of egg whites one night (with my trainer’s permission!) to fight a sugar craving.  Ate it….and still went to […]

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My Journey To My First Figure Competition: 12 Weeks Out

January 20, 2013 By Mindy

  12Weeks Out: January 20, 2013 (almost 6 weeks in on contest prep)   141.6 lbs; Body Fat: 13.9%….just a tick up from last week (13.67%); week of PMS! Calorie intake:Most days are 2300-2500; NO refeed this week, but I did dig into a confessed cheat of 1c oatmeal, 6 marshmallows, and 3T of chocolate […]

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My Journey To My First Figure Competition: 13 Weeks Out

January 13, 2013 By Mindy

  13 Weeks Out: January 13, 2013 141.2 lbs; Body Fat: 13.67%….this is working, down 1% from last week! Calorie intake:Most days are 2300-2500;  Doing a 2500 calorie refeed today (1/13) of lowered proteins, eating egg whites and chicken, no to low fat, and higher carbs of sweet potato, white rice, oats, marshmallows, and air-popped […]

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