4 Weeks out NPC Figure Competition 2- Pittsburgh, PA
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You know what is crazy?? I have been STRUGGLING to get this extra “fluff” off my body for 4 weeks now. I know I have cheated with some meals, but I have been on track since and literally counting EVERYTHING I am eating and doing… My cardios increased to 40 min, calories at 1200 a day, Macros at 50/25/25.
My supplements as I said prior have been Potassium and Magnesium, Phosphatidyl Serine.
My workouts are a variety of my Beachbody home fitness programs (21 DAY FIX EXTREME, INSANITY MAX 30, good ol’ INSANITY (can’t get away from it), and 21 Day Fix.
Last week, I literally GAINED 2 lbs ( a lot for prepping for a show this close to the end), and I have not done anything different! I was holding on to water like crazy without having a lot of sodium intake. So I needed to do something different. Our bodies work so differently, and I realized what may work the first time, may not work the second!!
So Monday, I decided to do a little trial and error and just see what happens with making small adjustments. I am keeping the 1200 calories, but my morning cardio, I am using my sauna suit.
Also, I am taking a Dandelion Root supplement once daily and adding an extra dose of Potassium and Magnesium to my regimen. I feel like an old unhealthy person on meds lol…
But, within days, my body has significantly changed!! I am now seeing my definition and I am getting harder! The extra fluff is leaving!!
Now, to hope it doesn’t come back or I hit another plateau in the next 3 weeks!!
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| Late night workout with my MAMA!! |
Last week, I still needed to lose 15 pounds to get to my competition weight, and as of today, I need to lose 8 pounds to get back to where I was!! That just shows how much water I was holding on to!!
I feel so much better and actually this time around, I am not as tired, but my memory is starting to leave a little. Totally got lost taking my dog to the vet the other day and I’ve been taking him there for 6 years!!! AHHHH it feels like pregnancy brain but worse!!! Time to keep my car alarm by me so I can find it in the parking lot when I come out of the grocery store!! :)- Yup, Im one of those people!!
So for this week, here is my schedule- 4 weeks out (3.5 or however you call it lol):
Nutrition:
Meal 1– Man cakes (1 cup egg whites, 1/2 cup oats, 1 tbsp cinnamon)- I use 1/2 for meal one
Meal 2– other half of Man cake, 12 raw almonds
Meal 3– Tilapia, 6 asparagus pieces
Meal 4– SHAKEOLOGY (1/2 scoop), 1 full scoop 100% whey protein, glutamine
Meal 5– Tilapia, Green beans (2 cups)
Meal 6– Tilapia, 6 pieces of asparagus, water with glutamine
Water Intake– 1 gallon a day currently
Workouts:
Monday- Morning cardio (Insanity plyo with sauna suit)
afternoon- Back and Bis, 40 min cardio (stepper 20 min, run 20 min)
Tuesday– Morning cardio 21 day fix plyo in sauna suit)
Afternoon- shoulders, 40 min cardio on treadmill (lunges at 2.5 mph, running 6.5 mph back and forth every 2 minutes)
Wednesday– Morning cardio (Insanity Max 30 Friday fight in sauna suit)
Afternoon- Leg Day, 10 minutes stepper, 10 min eliptical
Thursday– Morning Cardio- Insanity plyo in sauna suit
Afternoon- 40 min cardio at gym (20 min stepper, 20 min running 7 mph)
Friday– Morning Cardio- Insanity Max 30 sweat intervals
Afternoon- Back and Bis, 40 minutes cardio treadmill (lunges at 2.5 mph alternating with running at 6.5 pmh)
Saturday– Morning cardio 21 Day Fix extreme cardio extreme
Afternoon- Leg day, 20 minutes stepper
Sunday– Morning cardio- Insanity Cardio Power and Resistance
Afternoon- 40 minutes eliptical
What I love about my workouts is I’m constantly changing my body so I am not doing the same routine every time and working out the same muscles every day. With my Beachbody workouts, I am able to workout different muscles than I can get at the gym because every workout literally works your entire body! This is why I do not do abs. I get an ab workout with every morning workout I do!
Part of my success has come from keeping myself accountable in my own fitness challenge groups- In my closed groups on Facebook, we check in daily and say how our day went. If we did our beachbody workout, drank our SHAKEOLOGY, and rate our food on a scale 1-5, 5 being the best and 1 being the worst. Then we give tons of motivation and support to each other, along with nutrition and fitness tips, recipes, and meal plans!
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