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I haven’t been here for quite some time now. I’ve taken my pictures down too. I kind of lost track on where I was heading. I received lots of encouragements, comments and pm’s on my progress. And I thank you all for that. 

I was doing good for the past months, but I started to have more cheat meals and missing workouts now and then. After a while I started to feel a bit of a fake person cause I wasn’t looking like “that” anymore. 

I recently graduated as a 3D designer. YAY! So the past few months I was more focused on that. But I still managed to keep my diet as clean as I could (considering the stress and anxieties) and I even scheduled my morning cardio in again. I didn’t do any weights though for about 3-4 weeks straight.(believe me I’m kicking myself on the butt right now) I’ve missed it.  

So It’s time for new workout- schedules and I’m going to my trainer (diet + supps) this friday to measure and weight myself to see what the damage has been. I’ll take some new pics too and post them. I just hope I didn’t lose all of my friends during my absence. 

Oh by the way I might changed my profile name to Piaroa, but I’m still the same girl from Holland. Hope you all are doing great 

First thing my trainer said was that I have to lose a lot of bodyfat. While grabbing my triceps and saddle bags! I also have a lot of fat on the inner side of my knees and inner thighs. I do have cellulite on my butt and hamstrings. When I flex my tricep you’ll see cellulite on there too. And I have a fatroll on my lower back. I’m not discouraged though. I know I need to work very hard to achieve this. I look damn good already, imagine how it will be after I reached my goal. LOL

I have a trainer now. Well she’s more of a guide. I have to travel an hour, hour and a half to get to her shop, but it’s worth it. She takes my measurements, helps me with my diet and supplementation. Sends me home with ”homework”. which is basicly workouts to target my problem areas. 

She is sooo awesome and HUGE, and the sweetest person I’ve ever met. She has been in bodybuilding for over 15 years and before that she was in other sports too. Trained a lot of girls to the top 3 and she has her own supplement shop. AND she judges BB competitions in the Netherlands too. We talked for hours. She took my bf%. 28.4 %…. I’m the same since september though. We’ll not entirely true. The thing is I’m now 30 so I have to look for my % in the column 30-39 instead of 17-29.
The strange thing is that I’ve gained weight since than. OVER 8 LBS!!!  I’m a bit puzzled about that. I made a lot of progress in my upper body. My legs stayed quite the same, maybe a little more toned than before. But I didn’t gain any significant amount in inches or lose any. It doesn’t make any sense to me. Oh well…
 
My trainer gave me a new meal plan. Lots and lots of fish and egg- whites. The curious thing is that I’ve started to smell funny. FUNKY! I have a canine sense of smell so I smell things a mile in the air. When it’s just a few inches away and on me all day, the whole day, it drives me crazy!! I don’t use any perfume because of the poignant smell. But now I use half a bottle after showering. hehehe
 
She also gave me “homework” to target my problem areas. Yes Tricep extentions, walking lunges and single leg press twice a week on top of my regular workout-schedule. I have to lose around 18% bf to be competition- ready next fall. Breath… breath… one % at the time… keep breathing!!

I stopped using Gaspari’s, Size On and Super Pump. Some people advice to cycle creatine out for a few weeks. I didn’t even finish using the tubs. It just doesn’t work for me, at least not as good as BSN did. I’m not saying it’s a bad product though. What works for A doesn’t have to work for B. I’m always open for new things. (as long as it’s not life threatening of course) I try before I say: No I don’t like it. 

I made a huge progress using the Cell Mass and the No-xplode. It only gave me that crash feeling after my workouts. (wallet crashed too ;)) I didn’t have this with Gaspari (not really cheap either), but I didn’t feel the rush or pump so you shouldn’t have to feel drained afterwards either, do you? 

I did notice that I don’t get those awful cramps anymore. I’m not talking about sore muscles. Still have those and I LOVE IT! I used to get cramps in the middle of the night while sleeping. Not anymore. Maybe it’s cause I was using creatine, which promotes rapid muscle recuperation????hmmm…. 

I did experience some water retention. (from both) Once again… some people retain water, others don’t.

My energy levell is getting low, but I still can lift as heavy as I normally do. Maybe it will descent as the weeks go by. Hope not. So I’ll be relying purely on my motivation for a while….

I’m ALWAYS open for suggestions!!! I want to get lean and defined!! 

I’m in love.  She’s beautiful, slender, sophisticated, glamorous AND smart. Light to the touch, not complicated. She’s just perfect!

I’m talking about my latest purchase. The LG KU990 Viewty. I’m a gadget freak. She’s the latest on smart phones. And smart she is. 5 mega pixel camera with auto focus and build in flash.  Looks more like a camera, with a huge touchscreen with only 3 keys at the bottom. Send, End and cancel. What else do you need?? On top of all this, it has the ability to upload videos directly to YouTube. I can check my emails, chat, surf the internet, listen to my favorite music….  And yes, you can make phone calls with it too. LOL

I’m talking about the disappearance of Natalee Holloway. Yesterday Peter R. de Vries aired the confession of Joran van der Sloot. It’s been crazy over here in Holland. The streets were deserted cause everyone was glued on their seats in front of the tv. Me included.

I know that saying this won’t make me popular, but I kinda hope he gets away with it. Don’t get me wrong I feel terrible what had happened to her and to her family. And he deserves to be locked up for eternity, but a 17 year old boy/man that can outsmart the police (dutch and Aruban), the D.A. AND the FBI??? I got goosebumbs hearing him talk. He’s a cold-blooded killer. He showed no remorse. He was even… proud of how "lucky" he was that he didn’t get caught and he’s waiting to get a reimbursement for all the "suffering" he had to endure for a crime he didn’t commit. What a jerk… I take my words back. He deserves to be locked up for good.

Anyway… a short report on the Gaspari products I’ve been using for a week now. As far as the taste goes…. it’s aweful. (compared to BSN) But I’ve had worse things in my mouth. hehehe It does give me the extra energy and pump during my workouts and I don’t have that burned out feeling like I used to have using BSN after workouts. But it’s only been a week, soooo…

Hope you all had a great weekend!!

I’m one of the devoted readers of MsFitness’ blog. She’s a great writer. Her blogs are smart,  witty, entertainingly and above all with a lot of useful information.

I started using creatine and NO supps, to see if they would work for me. I bought BSN, cause I had to start somewhere. Heard good… and bad things about this brand. But decided to try it out anyway. I’ll attest… IT WORKS!! At first I had some “bloating problems” but they went away after a few weeks using it. I’m starting to see more muscle definition in my arms and legs. And all in only 4-5 weeks of using it.  I can lift heavier and I have more energy during my workouts. The only thing is that after I had my last meal and showered I go straight to bed, cause I’m soooo tired. Between the tiredness and the soreness I couldn’t concentrate at work (hubby suffered the consequences too ) so I had to upgrade my carb intake. And I feel much better, even though I gained some UNWANTED weight. And I KNOW it’s not all muscle…

I’m through my BSN stock and decided to try the Gaspari mass- stack. It’s relatively cheaper than BSN. So I’ll start using it later today. I’ve already took cytolean this morning. No (serious) jitters, but I won’t be plucking my eyebrows on the cytolean anymore. Couldn’t hold my hand steady enough to get those little ones…

Oh but I’m keeping the BSN Syntha 6. It’s way too delicious to replace.

This was what I ate yesterday every 3 hours starting at 600 am:

meal 1   1 scoop BSN lean dessert, 20 gr. Brinta*, 1 tbs. Flaxseed

meal 2   40 gr. Brinta*, 250 ml. drink yoghurt (low fat, low carb)

meal 3   2 slices whole grain bread, 100 gr. deli turkeybreast

meal 4   2 slices whole grain bread, 100 gr. deli turkeybreast

Pre-workout 5.30 pm

meal 5   100 gr. boiled chicken, 100 gr. green beans, 100 gr. lettuce, 1           cup cucumber

             2 scoop BSN No Xplode

post- workout 8.30 pm

             1 scoop BSN cellmass

meal 6    1 scoop BSN syntha6

total calories: 1370, protein: 141, carbs: 152, fat 26.6

Maybe I’m eating too much bread, but I can’t find whole wheat tortillas or whole wheat pita bread over here. And the regular onces have way too much carbs in them. So I’ll have to do with bread.

*Brinta : breakfast ground wheat (bodybuilders eat this in the Netherlands)

I’m training well…. in my opinion, but I’m eating like a pig. And christmas isn’t here yet. I just know I’m going to eat way too much. I gained 7 lbs the past few weeks and I’m jojo-ing my way to my goal. Which seems farther and farther away with every chips, cookies, pizza’s I devour on daily basis.

On top of everything my "trainer" is going to another gym. Leaving me behind… alone… with no clue what to do…. snif, snif. I learn a few things… I’ll do fine. Or just look for somebody else to help me out.

I don’t have as much self- discipline as I had a few months ago. Is it the cold weather? I don’t know. I still love working out and do it 4-5 times a week. But I’m lacking of true passion and will-power. If only I could bring myself to have more self-control. To be more determined.

I’m nagging, I know. Hope you all are having a great day!!

Obesity can spread from person to person, much like a virus, according to researchers. When one person gains weight, close friends tend to gain weight too…

I wasn’t sure what to think of when I read this article the other day. Does it really affect you having a fat friend? All my friends are overweight. Okay except my gym buddies. Why can’t it be the other way around? Why can’t the thin person’s way of living influence the obese friend?

I have fat friends. And it’s true, they can seduce me to eat unhealthy things. Like today I had a humongous chocolate chip (white, milk and pure) cookie and washed it down, hypocritically, with a diet coke. But at the end… aren’t I responsible for what I put in my mouth? I’d be happy if I could convince them to pick up my lifestyle. Like working out and eating clean. But if they don’t want to help themselfs, why should I get pulled down in their unhealthy way of living??

I don’t have that much of a social life anymore. Dining out or going to the movies during the week is cheaper… BUT I HAVE TO WORKOUT!! I’ve missed some workouts because I prefered going out with my friends. It’s a drag when I hear all the fun and inside jokes I’ve missed because I wasn’t there. I sometimes feel left out.

I want to workout and get the body I’ve always dreamed of, but I don’t want to miss the fun things in life…

and that includes my fat friends!!

Today we celebrate sint Nicolas. Cheezy rhymes, gifts in creative packings, lots of chocolate and don’t forget the old man on a white horse with his black-painted-faces helpers in funny costumes. It’s just a variation on the santa we all know. Maybe they are distant cousins???  Oh well it’s fun. We sit in a group of friends/ relatives and and draw names from the person you’re supposed to buy a gift for. You make “surprices”. I’ve put a lot of efford in making the wrapping. Sometimes the wrapping costs more than the gift. Last year my friend hand to stick her hand in a hole of a box. It was all sticky with honey, body lotion, shaving cream just to pull out a pair of gold earrings. Hehehe. It’s not about the present but the funny stuff around it. I got a sex-kit which I had to perform a few embarassing positions with my husband. Wearing clothes of course. 

What I have on my wish list for the good santa this year? BSN Lean Dessert and BSN Cellmass. I’m getting broke buying this stuff.