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Please check out both of my posts in the transformation blog to get my update for today.  Note today is day 3 of no dew.  So far so good. 

What a day! It started off with a bang.  Am cardio always gets me pumped up and ready to rumble. Did it long and steady.  Tonight is going to be harder and more intense.  Cant wait.

I have officially been diet mt dew free for over a day.  Doing ok.  Got a slight headache yesterday. Nothing a couple of asprins and a D4 couldnt take care of.  LOL  Working on day 2.  So far so good. 

Weight training last night was intense.  Never did drop sets before.  They may become one of my favorites. I usually stick with supersets and compounds. 

Last night I came home to a package from bb.com.  Sups arrived.  Tonight I should get my Gaspari package.  Very excited to see what they have to offer.  This transformation is going to be wonderful.

I am hoping to get around to some of my friends today.  Know I am thinking of you guys and cheering for your success.

Today is the day I have been waiting for. Its day one of the transformation contest.  Its hope for the new year.  Its the start of a new me. 

My plan for today has been posted in the 2008 transformation blog.  Make sure you check it out.  I will be posting in both spots for a while.  I will be taking pictures here shortly so that I can get them posted right away. 

I hope everyone enjoyed the holidays but now its time to get back to work.  We have goals to achieve. A new year to shape.  Bodies to transform.  I am so looking forward to your success.   

Had to stop by to say Hi.  I have had a fabulous weekend but I am so ready to hit it hard tomorrow. Starting to feel like a caged animal needing to escape.  Yesterday we made it to the gym.  Pumped out 205 on the bench.  Thats right 205.  Way cool!

Tomorrow is day one of the contest. I am ready.  Workouts are planned.  Diet and sups are ready.  Motivation is high.  Team C.W. is ready to take this comp by storm.  My team needs to be ready to rumble.  Tomorrow the race begins. My competitors seem to be ready to bring it.  This is truly going to be and inspiritional 13 weeks.  2008 is going to be a year of fabulous transformations for all.

Stay strong.  Eat Clean (hard to do today). Stay motivated. 

Ok! I just want you guys to know that I am very serious about “bring it” to this competition.  I am so serious in fact that I am going to give up my one major habit.  I want to warn my support group that if your caller id, reads Pepsi, don’t bother answering it.  Their sales are going to go down and they are going to try to get me back on the juice-the diet mt dew juice.   They will probably be offering bribes to tempt me but stay strong. 

If you’re not aware, diet Mt Dew is my main addiction.  I wake up with a bottle. I go to bed with a bottle.  You never see me with out a bottle.  That is all coming to an end.  I am sorry shareholders but it is time for me to drop the habit.

It’s water for me all the way.  According to the 12 week transformation video series put out by our own bb.com, I need to drink 18 cups of water a day.  It will be hard but I will do this.  I will probably mix a little green tea into the mix too.  My new best friend will be my water bottle. 

I am taking tomorrow off.  I have vacation days that have to be used by the end of the year.  

Before I go, I want to wish each of you a very merry christmas.  Enjoy the food, family and friends.  May santa bring you the gifts you so desire.

Take some time over the next week and work on your resolutions also.  2008 promises to be a year of great transformations and accomplishments.  I am ready to see yours.

Check out mine and my fellow competitors post in the 2008 transformation contest blog.  We have wrote up our introductions and made a short video.  The race begins on Dec 26. I hope you will be there to see us off.   

Ok! Everyone is making me feel like a slacker because I havent written my 2008 goals yet.  Here is a tentative listing:

I have 365 days to achieve the following goals in 2008.  I will make the most of each day. 

1.  I will lose 70 pounds of body fat.  Aiming for a 15 to 16% bodyfat.

2.  I will maintain my 200 pound bench press.

3.  I will be able to complete 10 full pull-ups. 

4.  I will run a mile in seven minutes.

5.  I will have a positive body image. 

6.  I will win the 2008 bodyspace transformation challenge.

7.  I will offer support to my friends and future friends weekly. 

I also want the body of a goddess but it may take me a little longer to reach that goal.

Well it is almost that time of when you will be making your long journey to deliver all the wonderful gifts.  I figure I better get my request in now. 

1.  Please bring me some endurance for the long year ahead. I have a lot I need to accomplish especially in the first 12 weeks.

2.  Please bring me good health. I dont want to be fighting with colds and flus or allergies this year.  Please keep the asthma in check too. I have a lot of running ahead of me and I wont let it keep me down.

3.  Please bring me a shot or two of motivation and encouragement. I want to continue to pass some out throughout the year.

4.   Please bring me restful nights so my body has time to recoup from the stress and torture I am going to put it through this year. 

5.  Please deliver a book of knowledge so I can continue on my path of learning this healthy lifestyle.  I have a long ways to go.

6.  A small dose of fun thrown in would be beneficial as well. 

7.  Adding great people to my support group would be a blessing as well.  Since we are chatting about my friends, please bring them what they so desire this year as well.

8. A mp3 loaded with my favorite songs would be nice.  Some workout gloves would be beneficial too. The gym is cold so the iron is colder. 

Have a safe journey Santa and Merry Christmas.

PS (For my four competitors in the challenge, please deliver them fabulous transformations as well.  Just make mine slightly better.  (evil laugh))

All of the wonderful comments that last few days have really motivated me and made me feel great.  Being chosen for this contest has really increased my desire to get in there and work even hard and more intensely.  I am going to win this.  I will make Team C.W. proud.  The c.w. manager, Ninjabill, wont except anything less.  I just want to thank you guys again for your support, encouragment, and your willingness to help out, provided constructive critisms, or your opinion.  Oh, and before I continue on, I came up with a slogan for our team: Compliments fuel our passion.  Cheesy huh? 

Last night, I informed the gym owner that I was in the contest and would be video taping now and then.  He is cool with it.  I hit chest and did some cardio while I was there.  Great workout and the burning was intense.  Just the way I like it.  LOL

My friend Dave has suggested that I modify my workout routine for the contest.  Since he is speaking from experience and has made such  a wonderful transformation, that I agreed to try it for the first four weeks of the program.  I will be weight training moderately heavy three days a week for the first four weeks of the program.  Then we will evalute the progress to decide the next step.  I will be hitting am cardio six days a week and evening cardio twice a week.  The increase in cardio is to really hit the fat.  We have to burn it up baby. 

A friend of mine and I are working on the diet. I will update you once the first few weeks are complete.  Its going to be strict.  That means if I want pizza, I need to eat it this week.  Anyone want to go out for pizza and beer? Last chance for a while.  LOL  I am also reducing my diet mt dew habit to one a day.  Now this is a hude deal for me.  I am sure pepsi will be calling because of the drop in sales but I have a contest to win.  I dont want to let any of my fellow c.w. down.   LOL 

I am working on the goals for the comp too. Once I get them in place. I will share them with you.  We have to have goals to keep us on track. 

Ok thats enough about the program. I have to make my rounds and encourage my friends to continue their own path to this lifestyle.  I am a little behind on touching base with them all. Train hard, eat clean, and stay strong.