Today, I got the pleasure of reintroducing carbs to my diet. The purpose of doing losing the carbs, as you probably know, is to shed the last bit of fat that I can so that the muscles will show through easily. The hope is to achieve the "ripped" look.
I was surprised that I could go ahead and have carbs a few days prior to the contest. In fact, I had more carbs before 7:30 AM than I have in the past 7 days put together! The point of reintroducing them now is to let my muscles start to swell again and look full. Of course at the contest, I want to look as full as possible, but also as lean as possible.
On today's menu I got to enjoy oats and bananas and an apple! In fact, I discovered that putting instant espresso powder in my oats makes a very tasty meal, with a little pick-me-up too! Adding cinnamon (my favorite spice) gives it a little Mexican flavor, reminiscent of Mexican hot chocolate (but without the chocolate).
For my lunch, I had 4 ounces of 96% lean ground beef (seasoned with garlic powder and black pepper, and browned), and I actually mixed a chopped Granny Smith apple into it. Much to my surprise, I REALLY enjoyed the apple and beef together. I'm thinking that adding a little shredded fat free cheddar would make it even better! It's amazing what strange things you find yourself eating (and enjoying) when faced with so few options.
Tomorrow & Friday will be more of the same - which I am looking forward to. Saturday will include rice cakes and peanut butter & honey, as well as lean meat (of course) and protein bars and sweet potatoes.
I'm working on practicing posing these days. I have two routines to learn. The morning routine is without music and just takes me through a standard set of mandatory poses. The evening routine is to music of my choosing. It is less formal, not having mandatory poses, but more formal in the sense that my suit is flashier (with Swarovski crystals) and I get to wear lots of sparkly jewelry that is not allowed in the morning.
So far, my posing coach still makes adjustments to my poses, but there are fewer corrections than I started with! At least I'm making improvements, but I wouldn't say I feel totally comfortable with it yet either.
So what am I doing writing this now.....? I have some rehearsing to do!
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