IcyTink’s BodyBlog

So the competition is over and I am without a goal, well still have the general goal of staying fit and healthy, and then it’s the long term goal of adding muscle, getting more flexible and stronger.  But I need to get myself a short term goal.
Right now I just go to the gym and basically go to whatever class is on at the time or walk on the treadmill.  I did walk a 5K last weekend and that was nice.
So lets get started right.

I sure did, last weekend I got on stage and showed off my hard work and it felt great! I had so much fun and even though I was nervous the first time around I got more confident later on and in the afternoon I was just plain having fun.  Still a little insecure about my poses and strutting on those heels but definetly extatic.

I got 2nd place in Novice figure and 4th place in Women Figure Over 30 so I brought home trophies -woo hoo- and even though I kid that they had to give me these trophies cause there weren’t any competitors below me, I definetly feel like a winner. 

Ok I know all of you women out there can feel me on this one, PMS-ing and being on a restricted pre-contest diet is NOT a good combination.
Besides that, the diet is going pretty good, getting really tired of turkey, chicken and eggwhites and have promised myself a big juicy steak when this is all over.  Only 9 more days to go and I’m getting excited and terrified at the same time.  Really, am I muscular enough? Just don’t feel like it when I look at the pictures of myself, but I am very happy with the way my body has transformed from this ok but kinda soft figure to a toned and hard as rock body.  All the hard work is paying off.  

I’m down to 13% bodyfat now according to calibers (on the handheld gadget thing it’s 17%) so I’m leaner than I’ve ever been before, how low should I be though??  Anybody??

 Wish me luck

- I get knocked down, then get up again.
Ain’t never gonna keep me down.

Ok I’m tired of entering the workouts, it’s way to tedious and takes way to long, sorry BodySpace managers you have to do some upgrades there, like adding cardio f.ex.
Anyway, I’ve been doing similar workouts as I added last, 6 days a week, Upper body emphasis and Lower body emphasis, but basically whole body exercises everyday just different exersices.  Just been changing the tempo and reps + sets.  And added or removes here and there every two weeks.  But now I’m in my last week of this, after that it’s split body parts until the competition.
Last week and this I’m doing hyperthropy, so the workouts go really slow and got some heavy weights on there.  Also started tanning several times a week and adding some selftanner (I’m very light skinned, being an Icelander and all so I need all the help I can get But I’m fairly happy with the results so far, still got some work on my legs and rear, but Upperbody is looking fairly muscular and toned.  I think anyway, looking better than ever before I think, it’ll get better though.

Found some irregularities in bodyfat measuring, my gym has those handheld machine thing, where you just enter in your hgt, wgt, age etc and hold out in front of you and I’ve been using it to see difference, knowing it wasn’t accurate but didn’t realize how inaccurate it was.  I checked it a month ago or so and was 24.5%, then I got measured with calibers (by a professional) the next day and I was 16.6% she said.  WOOO-HOOO is all I could say, I like that number so much better.  But that’s 8% difference thank you very much, enough to make a girl upset.
So this morning the handheld thingy said 23.4% so I’m going down, I’ll have to wait for the next measurements to get more accurate caliber measure, but at least now I know, and as long as it shows me I’m going down.

I’m starting to get the shakes for this competition though, even though it’s just a thing to do for fun I’m getting a little nervous.  Have started practising poses, even though I’m only doing figure, so only about 3 poses I practise the bodybuilding poses to just so that I can learn how to flex those muscles.  It’s hard work, I never knew I could break a sweat just flexing my muscles for 20 min

But now I should head to bed, early workout in the morning.

Any advice and comments are always welcome.

- I get knocked down, then get up again.
Ain’t never gonna keep me down.

Ok I’m tired of entering the workouts, it’s way to tedious and takes way to long, sorry BodySpace managers you have to do some upgrades there, like adding cardio f.ex.
Anyway, I’ve been doing similar workouts as I added last, 6 days a week, Upper body emphasis and Lower body emphasis, but basically whole body exercises everyday just different exersices.  Just been changing the tempo and reps + sets.  And added or removes here and there every two weeks.  But now I’m in my last week of this, after that it’s split body parts until the competition.
Last week and this I’m doing hyperthropy, so the workouts go really slow and got some heavy weights on there.  Also started tanning several times a week and adding some selftanner (I’m very light skinned, being an Icelander and all so I need all the help I can get But I’m fairly happy with the results so far, still got some work on my legs and rear, but Upperbody is looking fairly muscular and toned.  I think anyway, looking better than ever before I think, it’ll get better though.

Found some irregularities in bodyfat measuring, my gym has those handheld machine thing, where you just enter in your hgt, wgt, age etc and hold out in front of you and I’ve been using it to see difference, knowing it wasn’t accurate but didn’t realize how inaccurate it was.  I checked it a month ago or so and was 24.5%, then I got measured with calibers (by a professional) the next day and I was 16.6% she said.  WOOO-HOOO is all I could say, I like that number so much better.  But that’s 8% difference thank you very much, enough to make a girl upset.
So this morning the handheld thingy said 23.4% so I’m going down, I’ll have to wait for the next measurements to get more accurate caliber measure, but at least now I know, and as long as it shows me I’m going down.

I’m starting to get the shakes for this competition though, even though it’s just a thing to do for fun I’m getting a little nervous.  Have started practising poses, even though I’m only doing figure, so only about 3 poses I practise the bodybuilding poses to just so that I can learn how to flex those muscles.  It’s hard work, I never knew I could break a sweat just flexing my muscles for 20 min

But now I should head to bed, early workout in the morning.

Any advice and comments are always welcome.

- I get knocked down, then get up again.
Ain’t never keep me down.

So I finally added some workouts in, on top of what I put in I usually do 20-30 min on my stepper here at home every morning before breakfast, or at night while I watch TV if I workout early.

Today I had to take the day of from the gym though, went to the doc cause of my knee.  After getting 5 inj. of joint fluid therapy 3-4 months ago I haven’t felt much improvement so the doc was like "well Jenny there’s nothing else I can really do for you except give you a new knee and you have to wait until you have reached at least 60 for that so until then I can give you a cortisone shot to hopefully ease the pain and maybe hope that something else comes up in the future"
So I got a cortisone shot in my left knee and we’re going to wait and see if the right one doesn’t get better now that it’s not taking all the burden of me.
Therefore on doc orders I skipped the gym today and tomorrow I’ll do upperbody workouts with low impact cardio for 20min or so.  I’ll resume on Friday with the planned schedule.
Hopefully this shot will help out and I can workout with less pain in my knees

Just thought I’d give you an update, thanks for the encouraging words

Giving up is not an option, its not how I got here.  I SHALL celebrate the 10 year aniversary of me getting out of the wheelchair by competing in a figure competition.

So it’s been awhile, keeping my bloggs/websites updated is not my strongest suit.  It requires way to much time in front of the PC

But it’s serious now, I’ve made the decision to try to make it to the all forces championship in Tampa Oct 25th.  Going to register for the novice figure group there and see if I can get anywhere from there.  Not that I care if I do, my main thing is to see if I actually can get fit enough to be elgible to compete.
Ever since recovering from the accident I’ve had this mental block, that I can’t do enough cardio to get in that kind of shape.  Yeah ok I can get strong but my legs will always be a little out of shape cause I can’t push them as much.
Well I decided to remove the mental block and just go for it, what have I got to loose, right.  So now I’m going for it working out hard, and pushing myself to the edge.  I’ll admit it’s painful and at times I get worried that my knees will just give in but I already see progress after just 2 weeks and I’m feeling determined and focused so it’s all going to be worth it.  And anyway the pain in my knees and foot isn’t the worst thing, it’s having to restrict my diet   I love food and I hate to have to restrict it, but a girls got to do what a girls got to do.

I’ll put in my workouts and progress here this week and maybe some pics.
Then in end of Oct on 10 year aniversary of me crawling out of a wheelchair, you’ll see if I made it

So wish me luck and feel free to give me advice and encouragement

So I’ve been doing alright, slow last week cause of busy-ness in the rest of my life, I know that’s not an excuse, I’m just saying.  Started my Joint Fluid Therapy in my L knee this monday, it’s gonna be 5 injections (1 a week) into my knee and by the end of it I should be feeling better.  I hope so. 
Supposed to take it easy after the shots so my leg day on wed was light and my cardio has kind of suffered, will try to make it up some this weekend.

having issues getting my bodyfat down, it’s driving me crazy, I see difference in muscle growth and definetly feel the difference in strength and endurance but just can’t seem to get rid of this stubborn bodyfat.  Tried the atro-phex but it made my stomach very sour and after 5 wks on it I didn’t see any significant changes so I figured it wasn’t worth the stomach upset. Not sure what is good out there these days, used to use rip fuel or Hydroxycut here back 8 yrs ago, and it worked pretty good for me, back then ephedra was still in all of those weight loss pills so it’s a different ballpark now.

Only 29 days left until my goal of being in good shape, if I could only shed this bodyfat It would be great and I could get there.  Any ideas? Anyone?  Of course I know I have to do more cardio, I’ll try to keep it up as much as I can but can’t start pushing it until end of May, after the shots.  So lets take a look at my diet. . . . . I’d rather not but I have to - right!
There comes my weekness, at the top, just a tad higher than not likeing cardio is my weekness for food, not neccissary junk food, just rice, pasta, icecream, cookies, potatoes, chocolates and I could go on, and there with it is my laziness when it comes to food preperation.
Give me a holiday meal prep and I’m great, but day to day meal preperation bores me.  So there lays the culprit.  I need a live in cook

But enough babbling already, better enter in my workouts this week and then get some zzz’s

So I have been doing pretty good, even this past week when Maria has been away I’ve sticked to the plan, even on last fri when I couldn’t make it to the gym I went for a walk and did my arm workout here at home.  Finally using these weights I bought year and a half ago and have been sitting in the garage.  And I have taken up walking again in the morning and I might add in a quick yoga routine after the walk if I can steal few min while my son plays in the yard.
Last saturday there was an airshow on base, theres 6 hours of walking around and pushing a stroller loaded with the kid and all kinds of drinks and snacks to last the day, wow was I in pain the next day, my knees did not love me, but it was fun :)

Yesterday was a bad day though, started ok with an easy morning and healthy breakfast and lunch, after that though it was down hill.  Had an appointment that ran way way long and ended up snackin on something not healthy, didn’t make it to the gym and it was so late by the time I was on my way home I ended up stopping at a Burger King that was on the way home.  Yuck I hate whoppers but I was starving so I ate it and the fries.  Not very good or healthy and all I got was a sluggish feeling and guilt for not making it to the gym.  I do not on the other hand regret the peppermint pie I got cause it was heavenly

Heading out to the gym now as soon as the son wakes up from his nap.  Best do the back workout I was supposed to do yesterday.
Later

So I put up this site in hope of being able to track my results and stay motivated, well guess I actually have to put stuff in here to be able to track it
My orginal plan was to get in shape by March 14th, well I had to adjust that a little bit, now my new date is May 17th.  The 2 week trip to Iceland at the end of Jan didn’t do anything to help me in my fitness goals, to much food and candy, but since I only go to Iceland once a year or so I felt like I could allow me to splurge.
When I got back though It was time to get serious, I had gained weight over christmas and now on this trip so I didn’t have much time if I was going to get in shape by middle of March.  So to the gym I went.

After 3 weeks of not getting anywhere (see stats on 2/21) I talked to my friend Maria who’s a personal trainer and asked her to kick my butt.  Comming to the gym 5 times a week and not seeing or feeling any results is very upsetting.  I have never had any problem losing weight before in my life so I was discouraged.

So here started my serious working out (I’ll be putting up my workouts), it was walking (with a stroller, burns 30% more calories) at least 2 a week, fitness classes, like ab classes and butts and guts 3-4 times a week and then 20-30 min cardio 3-4 times a week and weight lifting (pyramid training) 4-5 times a week.  Sundays are my only days off.

Ohh man she’s tough, got 5 kids and 8 years older than me but looks faboulus.  Yup Maria is kisking my butt.  Now just over a month later, there are some changes, definetly gained some muscle and strength, and I am in better cardiovascular shape.  But I haven’t lost enough bodyfat and I am not fitting into my clothes well enough, not for my standards anyway.  So here’s to upping the cardio and cutting down on carbs (I like pasta and rice alot).
I see some changes on my upperbody though and I’m happy with that, my lowerbody is a challenge though but I have to push as much as my knees can take and hopefully get where I want to.

So I am motivated and on my way to being fit and LEAN! (I better) Now if I could just keep up with posting my results, and eat less carbs