Just 1 more day to go now!  It’s getting closer, and I’m getting thirstier :P

My carb depleting this week hasn’t been as bad as I thought it was going to be, I haven’t really felt  too hungry – just alittle bit unsatisfied with my lunch and dinner meal… chicken and vegetables with no salt, seasoning or sauce is yuck!  It’s not easy to watch Jake eating yummy cheese corn thins in front of me either…. :P 

I think the hardest part is just the limited water, I’m was down to just drinking 1.5 litres of water yesterday, and that’s for everything – 1.5 litres to make 2 shakes, my oats, and drinking water!  Down to 750ml today, SO THIRSTY!

It kinda makes you appreciate how lucky we are to have running water at our fingerstips!

Back on the carbs now, so I’m allowed some kumara with lunch and dinner and some banana chips and cashew nuts for snacks, yumm.

 

The reason behind carb depleting and carb loading is to lose water that is under the skin to make the muscles more definite and look hard but after you deplete your carbs your muscles will look flat, and then you carb load which makes the muscles fuller and tighter with less water under the skin, sounds complicated but bottom line is it (should) make you look good! 

I’m doing the bikini class competition, so my body fat percentage doesn’t have to be too low, this week is probably just the tip of the iceberg of how I will feel the last week before doing the figure competition in October when I have to get down to 8-9% bodyfat!

I can’t imagine what the guys must feel like at 2% bodyfat! 

  

Does everyone know that to succeed in weight loss it’s actually 80% nutrition and 20% exercise?? 

Which in other words means that doing exercise is great and has TONS of health benefits……but if you haven’t got your nutrition sussed, then it’s going to be a hell of a lot harder to lose weight than if you were making healthy choices with your eating. 

Just by swapping to some of these alternatives you can save LOADS of calories, and just watch weight drop off:

-Instead of sugar use liquid sweetener (Sugromax is the best I’ve found (pink bottle)– use it in coffee, tea, porridge, baking, anything!)

-Instead of chocolate bars buy protein bars – my favourite is Atkins brownie bars, sooooo good. 

-Instead of using oil in the fry pan – just buy spray oil

-Instead of ice-cream, put Calciyums yoghurts (adults can eat them too haha) in the freezer and eat when icy

-Instead of onion dip, blend a sash of onion soup with cottage cheese, as good as onion dip!

Those are just a few healthy alternatives…there’s so much out there that you can substitute with, that still tastes as good!

Hope everyone is having a great week so far and everyone is doing well with their exercise and nutrition, nearly the weekend! 

Stacy :)

Last Day Of Pepsi Max :P

So my first competition is just 6 days away!  Its pretty nerve-racking thinking about getting up on stage and having your body judged...but I’m really excited, and even if I don’t place I’ll still be incredibly happy for just getting up there and knowing that I did my best with my training and nutrition :)

I think I’m mostly worried about wearing my 5 inch heels....those things are not easy to walk in!!  And assing over on stage would not be a good look..... :P

I have to start my carb depleting diet tomorrow, so I’m not allowed carbs at lunch or dinner anymore or ANY salt at all, so my meals for the next week might be abit bland tasting.  I’ve also been told I’m not allowed my protein bar in the evening and have to give Pepsi max the cut, noooooooo!!  I have a feeling that I’ll be pretty hungry next week!  Ah well....it’s only for 7 days and it will be worth it :P

I’m having an extra meal today as a little cheat before I have to start the carb depleting tomorrow, me and Jake have had some protein treats to sample – Protein chips and Protein pudding.  Oh my god, I honestly can’t believe this stuff is good for you, it tastes amazing!  We might be stocking these at Flex soon so if you’re interested in ordering some, express your interest with Jake :)

I trained legs yesterday and my glutes and hamstrings are so sore today!  I really want to tighten my glutes (in other words get a better looking butt haha), this exercise (in pic) is awesome for doing that. 

I trained shoulders this morning (my favourite!) which was fun, I tried to do a few different exercises this morning as I think my body is getting to use to doing the same thing so tried to mix it up, I did:

Machine press - 3 sets of 10

Seated shoulder press - 4 sets 12

Standing single alternating push press - 3 sets of 12

Barbell clean and press - 3 sets of 8

Upright row superset with plate press - 3 sets of 10

If anyone is interested in training for a competition, I would definitely encourage you to try it out :) 2 years ago I would have never thought that I would ever get up on stage in a bikini, but if you love going to the gym and working out then why not train to compete?  There’s a few guys and girls at Flex already training to do competitions this year, if anyone else is interested please come and talk to me or Jake about it!   

Hope everyone is having a nice relaxing Sunday!

Stacy :)

Welcome!



Figure ladies - hopefully will have
a mean body like them one day!



Welcome to my blog :)  I’ve decided to keep a journal as I prepare for the upcoming bodybuilding competition season.  I’ve got two competitions that I’ve decided on doing, Bikini class in the Auckland Champs on 28^th May, and Figure class in the Waikato Bodybuilding show in October.  This will be my first year competitng so I’m pretty nervous!  But also so excited :)



BAD - needless to say they
 are not on my diet plan :P



Jake is currently doing my nutrition and all is going well so far!  It’s amazing the transformation I’ve seen in my body just from changing what I was eating, not that I was eating too bad before....but I had been known to eat a whole box of fruit sticks in a day :S (even though they say low in fat, its still all sugar, basically cake! :P ), and timing, frequency, and what types of food you eat makes a HUGE difference in how your body looks.  Since changing my diet I have lost that ‘puffy’ look, and have been able to build lean muscle and drop fat.  Which is always good!

My stats before I started on my diet were (29th January):

Body fat: 18.5%

Weight: 53.1kgs

Lean mass: 43.2kgs

Now I’m sitting at:

Body fat: 16.5%

Weight: 54.5kgs

Lean mass: 45.5

So I’m happy with my gains so far, obviously would like to gain as much muscle as I can before October to hopefully do well in the figure class, but it doesn’t happen overnight so I’ll just keep on working hard!

My eating plan currently looks like this:

Meal 1: Oats/Peaches/protein shake

Meal 2: Protein bar

Meal 3: Corn thins with chop chop & veges

Meal 4: Protein shake and apple

Meal 5: Chicken/Kumara & veges

Meal 6: Protein bar



My lunch - YUM



  

So I’m eating around 1650 calories a day, it’s funny, before I started on my competition diet I was actually eating more calories but felt a lot more hungrier, now I’m eating less calories but feeling a lot more satisfied as the food keeps me fuller for longer, its great!

At the moment I’m training 5-6 days per week

Monday – Back/Biceps

Tuesday – 40min cardio/Abs

Wednesday – Rest day

Thursday – Triceps/Chest/light shoulders

Friday – Legs

Saturday – Cardio/abs

Sunday – Shoulders

I’m really loving my training at the moment, it’s fun to push myself every time I’m in the gym – you’ll be surprised just how much you can do if you put your mind to it!

So that’s alittle abit about me....  I’ll be updating regularly, please feel free to post any comments or questions. Hope you enjoy reading about my journey to my 2011 competition season!

Keep up with your training to see great results!

Stacy :)