BiologyBabe’s journey to Team Universe NYC!
FIVE weeks to go!
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At five weeks out from my first national level show, I am feeling pretty good, considering! I am still losing scale weight every week, this week’s update isn’t quite a full week from the last, 5 days I believe, so the results and the photos may not reflect all the progress that was made. I was injured as I said in the last update, so lost almost a week of training in the gym, so I am a little pissed thinking that had I been able to bust ass I would be down an additional pound or two. I was completely on track diet wise, and water wise and managed several cardios that week as well. We cannot undo what has been done, or vice-versa; so I can only make up for it over the next week.
Although everything on me is leaning out according to schedule, going to a national stage is not like going to a local show. I cannot take the chance that my ass will not come down a lot more, and a lot more so than any other show I have been in. I know from competing that I personally really start to look dialed in at 3 weeks out or so… but again being Team Universe, being all the way in NYC and with so much riding on it, I need to be 150% of what I was on-stage before.
For this reason, my cardio is increased to an hour fasted 6 days a week, and an hour post work out or in the evening, six days a week. I am also doing HIIT for those cardio sessions four times per week, in addition to sprint training (12 cycles at 50 yards each), and boot camp classes I have to attend. My diet is being stripped as well, again and am now having fish like last week, every night for my last meal, and also on low days for my 5/6 meal, which was lean chicken. I am still taking in veggies, all green and have cut out sugar free jello, pop/soda, and additional things like crystal light in my water, diluted or not I cannot afford it anymore. I was only eating maybe one jello or having a diet pop every other day and am sure the ramifications of that were negligible, I still feel I must get rid of it. I was also drinking up to 8 cups of black coffee (with Stevia) a day, but am now down to five over the course of an entire day, and its killing me in the late afternoon. I may need to take caffeine tabs towards the end, as its not the caffeine I don’t want it’s the tiny amount of kcals I get from that coffee and that its drawing water from my body.
I am keeping up on the water like a champion, guzzling 1.25 gallons per day, NOT including the water mixed with my shakes. I am not heading to the restroom every ten minutes like when I started competing, I think us ladies learn to train our bladders! I don’t salt my food, or eat terribly salty items as most of my food is whole and unprocessed, but I am extremely sensitive sodium and with all the extra water I feel this also flushes any of that excess sodium out.
I have a photo shoot scheduled for 11 days before my show, here in Denver with a very popular stage/drama/theater photographer, Norman Dillon. He has never done fitness/physique for fitness photography. He is a sought after photog for … drag, burlesque, theater, stage, and the like. Think, Burning Man, or Day of the Dead, or vaudeville. He is brilliant and imaginative, and we will be doing a classic fitness-y shoot, and then will be doing something dark, and fantasy based with my burlesque alter-ego (stage name: LuLu)… but while I am very fit! I haven’t done this before, worked my character into my Figure competition body, but it should come out brilliant! I have another as a model for a photography major friend of mine, so I will utilize that shoot to do the classic sexy, muscle shots!
I also have a shoot with Dan Ray in NYC and possibly another one in the works currently with Mike Eckstut. I have done photos shoots, a lot this past winter, but again never while fit, always for pin-up ~ very different although I would love to blend the looks for my shoots in NYC. Picking out something over the top sexy to wear is half the fun of that! I can’t wait to have some professional photos in my portfolio that relate to fitness!
I received my Swarovski rhinestones and will start stoning my suit this weekend, and will be doing our first tan comparison since I have all of my product; new ProTan in the spray bottle and the new JanTana formula Ultra Dark. I am still waiting for my copy of my NPC card, and have to get it before next Thursday! That’s the entry deadline, and I have it all ready to go… after that date the entry fee doubles from $100 to $200! Sent out for that over a month ago, don’t know what is holding it up!
I will be at BodyBuilding.com headquarters in Boise, ID on August 27th and will be stopping by JTV! BodyBuilding.com’s weekly web show where they chat with various people, athletes, models, competitors, and even recently, heavy metal band Chimaira! So please, log on at 1:00 (3 EST) and let’s chat about my prep, your prep, training, bodybuilding.com, or whatever! I will be sure to include some pics in my update for that week, (will be the 3 weeks out update) and maybe a little video or two!
This week I included several, short, clips via YouTube of leg, delt and ab training and some step mill here in Denver at the Armbrust PRO Gym, they were filmed at 5 ½ weeks out, so a few days before the progress photos from this week…pardon the audio… wasn’t trying to impress anyone! I also want to mention I was not taping, so the few zoom-ins, aren’t my doing! I will note to self to not wear all black next video!
Although the only change is fish, I underlined the change, here is my diet for this week; and since my training in the gym hasn’t changed I won’t be logging it in this update! You will find my progress photos and stats below, forgot to take these, so just went with what I had one, dropped my pants and said go, and it was a high carb day ~ and for some reason I am tipping over in the last one, but they work!
High Days -
Meal #1 – 1.5 scoops Gaspari Myofusion + 1/2 c oats dry and mixed into shake or made with water+ 1 tsp Leucine + 1 tsp Emerald Balance Super Greens Powder
Meal #2 - 6 egg whites (1.25 cups liquid egg white) + 1/2 cup oats dry or made with water
Meal #3 – 1.5 scoops Gaspari Myofusion + 1 tsp Leucine + 1 tsp Emerald Balance Super Greens Powder
Meal #4 - 4 oz lean fish + 2/3 c asparagus + ½ cup oats OR ½ cup whole grain rice OR 4 oz sweet potato
Meal #5 – 6 egg whites (1.25 cups liquid egg white) + 3/4 c veggies
Meal #6 - 5 oz lean fish + 2 cups salad greens
Low Days -
Meal #1 – 1.5 scoops Gaspari Myofusion + 1 tsp Leucine + 1 tsp Emerald Balance Super Greens Powder
Meal #2 - 6 egg whites + 3/4 c broccoli, chopped
Meal #3 – 1.5 scoops Gaspari Myofusion + 1 tsp Leucine + 1 tsp Emerald Balance Super Greens Powder
Meal #4 – 4 oz lean fish + 1 tsp natural peanut butter
Meal #5 – 6 egg whites + 3/4 c green beans
Meal #6 - 5 oz lean fish + 2 cups salad greens + 1 tsp extra virgin olive oil
Peri Workout - 5g BCAAs, 5g glutamine mixed in water
As always the up close and personal iPhone back shot
Always seems to look better!
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See you next week, my update for 4 weeks out will be in early and then I’ll be visiting you directly from BodyBuilding.com and JTV!!
Height: 5’5.75
Weight: 131 lbs (- 1.0 lbs.)
(Last on-stage stage weight was 128.6 lbs; 13.5% BF)
Body fat: 14.6%
Shoulders: 40.75
Chest (over nipple measure): 35
Bicep (not flexed): 11.0 (-.5)
Waist (at navel): 26.8 (- .2 inch)
Hips (at widest point): 36.5. (- ¼ inch)
Tuck (glute/ham tie): 21.10 (- .20 inch)
Mid-Thigh: 22.10 (-.20 inch)
Calves: 14.75
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