5 weeks out

I'm super busy today so condensing this thing.
1. Lost another 1.5 lbs, down to 145.25, 21.5 total

2. Worked harder, been sore all week, tried some new exercises and loved them

3. Diet shouldn't drop  much lower on carbs than it is now but final few days may differ

4. Was getting slightly discouraged seeing my weekly pictures since sometimes they all look the same but then held it up to a pic from 7 weeks ago at 12 weeks out and posted below.

5. Watched a video of last years event...PACKED event and now am getting anxious excited nervous to step out in front of a sold out house!
6. I'M SO EXCITED TO DO THIS...34 days!!

5 weeks out (been training for nearly 9 weeks)

This was 7 weeks ago at 12 weeks out

6 weeks out

Another diet change!

150/40/20 with wed and sat 140/110/15. Whew..it's getting to be crunch time. This week was great. I've been loving the protein pancakes, worked super hard, lost another 1.5 lbs....now down 20 total to the lowest I've ever been.. 146.75!! (previously the lowest was 151)

Not much else to say..I'm super excited and motivated to get closer and closer to this! I am adding a video of my model turns. This means when I first walk out on the stage and judges get their first look I do 4 poses pretty much going all the way around so they get different angles. Not easy on carpet so I hoep I sail on wood floors!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORJClKjFLb4  here's one all dressed up

7 weeks out

It's been an interesting week to say the least...I worked ridiculously hard the first half then due to Zoe's b-day party planning, school, and family in town I got kind of caught up in it all and didn't get my workouts in the way I like. So I wound up doing a 7 mile run at near midnight with my friend Natarria, then last night went to the gym at 10:30-midnight for another hard round of weights and sprints. I pulled my quad merely kneeling down a few days ago so have been nursing it as well but it's held up pretty well through it all and seems to be back to normal now. I weighed in at 148.25!! Down 18 lbs from June 1! Some wondered if I'd eat clean at Zoe's b-day party ..well I didn't. The entire couldn't have been a bit busier and I was not prepared with my own meals. I literally sped home on lunch to cook 3 different things, then as soon as work let out, did the same thing and still was a few minutes late. I RAN from place to place all day trying to pull her party together. It was a great party and enjoyed all those who came. In case you're wondering what I ate since I didn't have my own stuff I stuck to the healthiest I could, but then collapsed under all my own baking. I had grilled chicken, asian coleslaw which wasn't all that unhealthy the way we make it (these were both small bites) then some chicken salad, some banana bread and a few cake pops. Sounds like a lot...to me it was..but was also in smaller sizes-ish. I had a instant headache and didn't feel good, which just goes to show how much better my body likes/needs healthier stuff. Did I relish it though? Heck yeah..it was my daughters first b-day so I lived a little. But the nice thing was it made me CRAVE my clean eating and it's then that I realized I may have just altered my lifestyle. After the show I will enjoy carbs and sweets but in such smaller portions than before and I have learned so much more how important it is to eat healthier that I was actually excited to get back to my cleanliness. Today's protein pancakes, and chicken and green beans for lunch tasted great and I felt good eating them. Anyway, here are the pics from this week....

8 Weeks out

Diet change again..days look like this : 145g protein/ 50 g carb/ 20 g fat every day except Wed and Sat..which is then 140/110/15

I wasn't able to get a proper weight since I weigh myself under the same conditions every week and this saturday I couldn't. However, old jeans that were my sisters I never fit into now fit, and my digital scale (which isn't my offical weekly weigh in scale) is showing lower numbers now. One thing I have to share I absolutely LOVE!...protein pancakes. This has got to be the tasiest thing in my diet

1/4 c oats mixed with just enough eater to get them all wet and microwave for 40 sec...just enough so they start to get soft. The water should be gone mostly. Mix in 6 egg whites, some cinnamon and half a packet of truvia. Whisk til the egg whites seem a tad bit fluffier. Spray the skillet with pam, pour mix into skillet on med heat and cook just like a pancake. This makes 2 big pancakes (about 8") ..I put 1 TSBP of natural almond butter in between the 2 cakes, add a teaspoon of sugar free rasberry jelly, then on the top pancake spary a bit of 'I can't believe its not butter', sprinkle with a bit of cinnamon and the other half of the truvia packet. Voila! Super filling and amazingly delicious! Now I cannot get enough of these!

Here are some pics from week 8. Typical non-flattering lighting..with a few good lighting thrown in there. You can tell the difference..