IT'S TOMORROW!!!!!!!!

It's real! It's here!! And I'm so excited!! Tomorrow is my second ever body competition!! It's also my very first NGA competition. Today we had registration and I already love NGA! It's so friendly. It's a lot more organized than NPC because not as many people do it. I like that about it. The guy who is promoting this one tomorrow is named Paul Hickey! He seems like a great guy. He is new to promoting bodybuilding compeitions and I really like his attitude about everything. He says it's entertainment and we should be there to encourage each other. I agree with him completely. It is entertainment. But I also think of it as a sport. It's a very competitive sport. This industry is scary because a lot of it is about how you look on the outside. People get really caught up in the cosmetic part of it all and forget that it's also about health and about inspiring other people. "Strong people don't push each other down. They lift each other up." Anyways that was an odd rant. But I'm so excited for this show. I think it will be a fun show with a lot of great people and great opportunities. I can't wait! I'm also really excited for my reeses peanut butter cups.... Hahaha and I maaaaaay or may not have to eat an entire jar of cookie butter after. If you haven't tried cookie butter...............................................................................................................................ummm try it. :)
Anywho I got my tan done by JanTana. It is really dark this time. I love the color of it but it's also A LOT more sticky than my last one (from Martini Tan). I think this color will look better onstage. The whole set up wasn't as awkward this time either. Hahaha at the last show the tanning tents were all facing each other. There were men and women both getting sprayed at the same time and it was just... weird for everyone. But this one was a lot more private. Ummmm lets see.... also I put acrylic nails on this morning. I hate having acrylic nails so I prefer to just do them myself and only have them on for a few days. It's only like 7 dollars for a kit so thats also a plus.
Wish me luck and a lot of sleep tonight. I hope I don't ruin my spray tan. hahaha goooodnight!

Peak Week

May 19, 2014
Iiiiiiit's peak week!!! I love peak week! It's the last week before your competition. It's strict but your body changes so much in that week! My diet will stay the same until Thursday. Friday my entire diet is beef and grapefruit for all 6 meals. With a little bit of sweet potato on a couple meals. The training is different this week too. Today I'll do a full body lifting routine with 40 minutes of cardio. Tuesday full body routine at 60% my usual weight with 30 minutes of cardio. Wednesday same thing but at 50% my usual weight and only 20 minutes of cardio. After Wednesday... no training til after the show!!!! That's craaaaazy!! My water loading started yesterday. I drank 2 and a half gallons. Today-Wednesday I'll do the same. Thursday is only one and half gallons and then Friday is only a half gallon. The water is soooo cool. I love peak week. I'm so excited for this show!!

Watch it.

http://youtu.be/ptJWKnQmPWI

This video is just a little bit of quick motivation. Love it!

A Week & a Half To Go!

Update time!!

Okaaayyy so we are a week and a half away from my second show ever!! I feel so much more confident about this show. I'm just glad that I know what to expect and I know how it feels to be onstage. It's such an amazing feeling to step out there in front of everyone and show what you've been working for. I can't wait to feel that feeling again. My body is starting to dial in with this new workout. I LOVE the last couple weeks before the show. It's really cool to see how your body leans out with a change in diet and exercise. For my body, I haven't had to cut carbs, so that's nice. I am still eating sweet potatoes and brown rice everyday for my carbs. Plus some vegetables. The workout is different because it's a lot of fast stuff (lunges, skaters, jump squats), instead of heavy lifting. You have to be really careful at this point, because you want to keep your muscles round and full, but you want to be lean enough too. It's a tough balance! But I'm starting to think that my body will look better for this show than it did for my first one. That's surprising to me, because I've only been planning on doing this one for 4 weeks! I also feel a lot more confident with my posing this time around. I didn't realize that NPC posing is different than NGA posing. For NPC bikini you walk out and do your front pose, side pose, back pose, side pose and walk off stage. For NGA it's a lot more walking and a lot more posing. You walk to the front right corner and do your front pose, turn and walk to the other side of the stage and do a side pose (at least that's how my routine goes), then walk to the middle of the stage and do another front pose, then turn to the back, then turn to the side, then you walk around in a circle and line up on the back of the stage. Hahah it's pretty long! But it's fun. I like NGA posing more. I'm also focusing on drinking enough water right now. Trying to go for about a gallon and a half everyday. I don't think I mentioned this before, but I'm also going to do 2 shows in June! I want to compete as many times as possible this year. I know 3 times in a month is pushing it a bit, but I like to push myself. :) 

wish me luck... today is leg day.

Come What MAY!

Come What MAY!

Hehehe get it?? Because it's May now?? Hahah okay well I thought it was clever. 

 

So..... it's May.... sooooo it's basically summer. I would probably consider June to be the beginning of summer...but a lot of college students just finished the semester.

So what happened???? You were planning on working out a lot and getting that bikini body just in time for summer?? 

But then you just got too busy and lost track of time??

And now Summer is here???

Welllllllll I hate to say this but... 

you people are out of luck. 

HAAAAA!!!!!!!!! 

I'm totally kidding. 

YOU STILL HAVE TIME!!!!!!!!!!

Listen. Your body can change FAST. All it takes is a little jump start. Your body can respond really quickly to diet and exercise. I learned this while training for my competition. It's absolutely insane to me how much your body can change within a matter of just two weeks. These pictures show the difference in my body after just 4 weeks of me working out. Not a HUGE difference, I know, but definitely more definition.

Ugly I know hahahaha

And in case you didn't see this picture when I first posted it, that's a difference of 4 days. Our bodies can respond FAST.

But you need to start now. The hardest part is getting started. If you've been in a rut for a couple months (or if you've been hibernating all winter...), you need to get yourself moving. 

START TODAY!!! 

Don't have a gym membership?? 

Look up a video on youtube.

Or a workout on pinterest.

Don't have a lot of time today??

Stand up right now and do 100 calf raises.

Then do 20 pushups. 

Then do 50 leg raises. 

And in my opinion..... going out and running for an hour won't make as much of a difference as doing some quick toning exercises. But I'll talk about that more in the future. 

My point is...

Just do SOMETHING!!!!

Like I've said before, the first 4 days are the hardest. They were for me at least. Diet and exercise are HARD. The second you commit to a diet, everything you can't eat, has never looked so good. But if you can make it past those first 4 days, you've got it. Basically... I'm just saying that you DO still have time to get a body feel good about for the Summer.

So let's make May count. 

Come what May. You can do it.

Round 2!!!!!

Round 2 baby!! Let's get started!!!

Sooooo ummmm.... I made the decision yesterday that I'm competing again. On May 24... yup you read that right. MAY. That is in 4 weeks. Am I crazy?!?!?! I'm freaking out a little bit but I'm so excited. My trainer, Tamara Watt, and her husband Jeremy told me that they think I would do great and they think it's a good idea for me to do as many shows as possible. I completely trust their judgement so I agreed to go for it. I'm so excited. The next 4 weeks will be hard but I can't wait to be onstage again and get my name out there. This is an NGA show. It's different from NPC because it's for natural athletes only. Meaning, you are tested for steroids. So I guess I'll have to hurry and quit taking steroids...... lol totally kidding. I would never take steroids, I'm veeeerrrrryyy against that. But I'm excited to see how I like NGA! It will be a quick 4 weeks!!!!!

New Goals

I am back from California!! It was absolutely lovely! I didn't work out as much as I was supposed to. In fact I didn't work out at all. Unless you count paddle boarding. I do feel guilty but it's okay. I'll go hard this week. If you're going on a trip you need to plan your workouts ahead and know exactly what you're going to do.

I have some new goals and focuses:
Learn to love leg day.
Learn to love the burn and push through those last few reps because those are the ones that will really change your body.
Make every exercise precise.

I'm excited to be back in the gym today. Wish me luck!