Two Week Countdown

I was reminded yesterday by my mom that I haven't posted anything to this blog since March. I didn't realize it had been quite that long!

I weighed in this morning at 123 pounds, and my goal is to get under 119 so that I can be a "lightweight" in bodybuilding. I'm told that about 5 or 6 pounds will be water weight that I'll shed the last day...let's hope. I really don't want to go up against those "middleweight" women.

Today is Saturday and I awoke at 3:30 unable to fall back asleep due to all the excitement in my head. I still have so many things to prepare:
- Posing to practice
- Music to edit for the evening routine
- Outfits to find & buy for a photo shoot
- Contest suit to try on (that ordeal is another story...)
- meals to prepare...

Speaking of meals to prepare. What is it I'm eating these days? Well, meat & veggies (of the green variety) and every 4th day I get to have an apple and what equates to one medium sized sweet potato and 1/2 cup of oats. That 4th day is my Carb Day -- which happens to be TODAY! To be honest, it's nice mainly because it puts some variety in the meal. I'm actually feeling okay with so few carbs. At least now I am. When I first switched to this diet, it was really challenging for the first week and a half. I sneaked an extra carb in once, I think.

I'm not sure how many calories all this is. But I get 4 oz of protein at a time (chicken or fish), 5x daily. I get 6 oz of 96% lean beef 1x daily. And with each meal I get 4 oz of green veggies. And you already heard about the changes on Carb Day.

In addition to this, I'm training (or rather, I should be training) daily and burning 700 calories each day. Those don't all have to be at the same training session...but I'm unlikely to go back for more punishment if I don't get it all done at once. At least I know my weaknesses, so I know how to mitigate failure. In fact, today, I need to burn some extra calories for a couple of days I missed due to hair appointments or meal preparations! YIKES! I plan on running to the gym, literally.

I'm not nearly as prepared as I hoped to feel at this point. the good news is that I only have one week left of corporate life, so I have no work or school for the full week leading up to the show. That will let me tie up loose ends and really give it my all. I hope that's enough!

My mantra lately has been, "Today, I will do what others will not, so that tomorrow I can do what they cannot." I don't know who gets credit for originally saying that, but it has helped me stay focused.

Well, it's time for me to get dressed for my jog to the gym. It's only 3.9 miles from my house to Coach Adam's gym. Recently I ran home from LA Fitness - Lewisville and that was more like 7 miles. Not sure I'll be doing that again anytime soon. At least I hope not!

I have a video of my posing routine, but I'm kind of a techno-dummy, so I have to figure out how to add it here....