1 week out!

Alright..last stretch. I'm down to 140lbs even ..27 lbs total

This weeks' diet is still a rotation between 170/40/25 and 160/50/20 with Wed @ 60 g carbs. This final week I will be eating nothing but tilapia for my sole protein source. No eggs (after Wed), no protein powder, chicken, etc. Been also eating my oatmeal with PB at night which helps fuel me for the next day for cardio. Tuesday will be my last two-a-days and my last leg workout, then Wed and Thu I only do LIT and upper body weights. Friday is all posing and relaxing. I get to carb load with instant oatmeal on Thursday so I am full enough for Sat. Garry has me lightly salt each meal but starting on Thursday will half that, take my water down to 1 g...Friday will 1/2 the salt again and drink 1/2g water then before I know it..it'll be Saturday a.m.!!!

Stay tuned for next week..I will be taking pics all Saturday and capturing the "transformation". I've had a few people think what I'm doing is gross and I'll look huge. We'll they just don't understand how much is affected by posing, tanning, flexing, and eating the right amount and the right things. This process has truly been a SCIENCE!! So I will get before and after pictures...me pale white, no flexing, going through hair, applying the tan, then in my suit so people will see that a figure before stage and on stage are very different. Anyways, here are the last set of pictures before the big day (I'll do a real before and after when I accomplish the after 100%)

2 weeks out!

Diet this week:

170/40/25 Sun-Tue
160/60/20 Wed
160/50/20 Thu-Sat

Exercise: Mon-Sat  AM: 4:30 am weights, 5:15am 1 hr Cardio
              Mon-Sat   PM: 4:30 pm alternating 30 min track sprints and lunges OR 15 min LIT with 15 min HIT


Thanks to all that cardio I dropped 2.75 lbs this week. I'm down to 140.25 ...26 pounds since June 1!
I've been practicing my posing but still need to tweak a bit of things. I can feel how I should look but sometimes I can't get my brain to communicate to my body and get in the right spot. The poses look so effortless yet they are not in the least bit. I officially have not a SINLGE pair of pants that fir. All come right off my butt now. Even the "smallest" pair desperately need a belt. I never thought I'd see this day its unreal. I feel like I am borrowing a cute outfit from a friend I really like and just wannt keep it. It feels like it's not mine and I'm gonna have to give it back. LIke it's on loan. I know all competitors say they gain back a healthy 10-15lbs when they aren't training this hard and eating this strict...or should I say when they are leading a more "normal"  lifestyle. I like where I'm at so need to come to terms with knowing I will put back on some healthy weight after the show but need to remember how to not indulge when I feel like it. I like the healthy stuff I eat now I just want MORE of it. Anyway, my mom will be here a week from this coming Thursday, she's making me orange rolls to dig into after the show...just one of a few indulgences I will have when this is done. 





First pic is 10 weeks ago:

3 weeks out

Yet another diet change. This week I ate like this:
Sun: 170/40/25
Mon: 170/40/25
Tues: 170/40/25
Wed: 160/60/20
Thur: 160/50/20
Fri; 160/50/20
Sat: 160/50/20

I know I should be posting more but I don't know what else to add at this point besides pictures. I've hit a somewhat plateau wher ethe weight is coming off in smaller amounts, numercially that is. I lost another pound so down to 143.5 now. But that's been 23 pounds in 14 weeks so I can't complain..definitely blessed to have the health and famiy support to do so. I've also been lifing heavy enough, long enough and increased my the weight I lift these past two weeks ,that the fat loss weight is still coming off, but I have been building enough muscle that the scale is now showing the battle between the two. (since muscle weighs more than fat). Anyway, here are some progress pics compared to 8 weeks ago: I can't seem to get the darn titles placed right so hopefully there is enough of a difference you can see the changes in 8 weeks

4 weeks out

Another diet change! I now eat up to 170g protein on a day I have 40g carbs and as low as 160g protein with 60g carb. Been leaning out a lot more and finally can see a bit more in pictures. Despite the change in lower carbs last week I only lost .75 lbs. Now down to 144.5lbs

I've been grilling turkey burgers a few packs at a time so I have pre-measured protein available whenever necessary. I've also been trying to get more of my carbs from green veggies lately as well so I can eat more. I'm still hooked on my protein pancakes and normally do those twice a day (for breakfast and right before I go to bed)

I've also been trying to increase my weight when lifting if I can. Though on some days the carbs are low enough I don't have the same strength. And last but not least, nearly all my cardio has been on a stairstepper or an incline machine that goes up to 30% ...trying to get those hips trimmed down.