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The end of the week has come and I can not be happier! I had a good day today except I woke up with a bad cold accompanied by a sore throat. I took some buckleys, echinacea and my usual pills I do in the morning. I feel a little better now then I did when i woke up..I just hope it goes away sooner rather than later. Anyways I still hit the gym today and trained Biceps and Triceps and for being sick it was an overall good workout! However, I was suppose to do my 90 minutes of Cardio but by 35 minutes I was so tired and felt worse than I did when I woke up. I decided to skip out on the last 55 minutes.

Thank goodness tomorrow is my off day so I can rest and get better. I am also going to be getting my hair done at 9AM so I have to be up at 7:30AM!!! It is worth it though plus I have the whole day to rest and sleep if I wish. I hope to get some studying done tomorrow as well since I have another midterm on Tuesday. This is a long weekend so I will have 3days to get all the knowledge in my brain.

Of course tomorrow marks 4 weeks out…I really do not know what to make of it! Apart of me is saying "Kaitlin, you will not be ready stop forcing yourself and be practical and do the next show in May" then the other part of me is saying "Kaitlin you can do this! Nothing is impossible..4 weeks is plenty of time to fit in that suit!"..AT this point I have no idea which part I am going to listen to. All I know is I am going to keep pushing myself, work harder than I ever have and not give up. If I keep being persistent and consistent and have a great work ethic i will reap the rewards! That is all I can hope for!

Sorry I did not write yesterday I had the BUSIEST day ever! I meant to schedule in some blog time but just never got around to it.Yesterday I woke up and went to the gym early..did about an hour of Cardio, ate my breakfast (90 grams of chicken breast and 1/4 cup of oats) on the way to school where I had to do 2 midterms! The first one went very good and the second one well not so much! I underestimated how much material would be covered. I am not sweating it though! In between my first and second midterm though I had about 2 hours of free time so I hit the gym close to my school, which is another GoodLife. I trained some back, chest and a little arms, I also did about 15 minutes of HIIT. It felt real good! By the end of the night all I wanted to do was get home have a shower and lounge and that is exactly what I did!

Today I am training some legs (hamstrings/glutes are still a little sore)..I think today I will stay in the 20 rep range and do about 3-4 sets. I also plan to superset with a little shoulders and some plyos. I figure I will start my workout out 10 minutes of speed intervals to warm my legs up. When the fun part is over I will do 60-90 minutes of Cardio all depending on how I am feeling. I think I will do some stairs tonight so that takes away from my Cardio session

I called my post office today about my shoes and they have not even crossed the border yet! URGH! She said it should be another week…I hope I get them in time!!! I have set some goals with myself over the next 3 days that I want to keep my carbs between 30-35g and I want to move that bloody scale!!! My weight has always been a frustrating thing for me because I am naturally heavy on the scale..I may look like I weigh 120lbs when I actually weigh like 150lbs..people usually do not believe me. I am fluctuating right now from 140lbs-147lbs all over the map! I am going to increase my water intake so it will help with the bloat. I look better and somehow and by someway look like I put on more muscle! I have the weirdest body!!!

Yesterday I was looking at old pictures of myself from 2008-2007 when i was 135lbs size 2 and my waist is not much smaller than it is now but my legs….holy crap they have grown!!! I never realized until I saw the pic. My hamstring development has come such a long way! Craziness! Soo I am sitting there laughing n grinning like a moron and my boyfriend looks at me n is like what on earth are u smiling at…so i tell him about the hamstring thing but I also end up showing him a picture of what I looked in May just for the fun of it (not that he does no) but putting my May pictures next to my now pictures .. it is such a difference. N he tells me something that I seem to forget quite often. He goes "I hope you see how much work you have done..How far you have come and be happy with that! Lets say you do not compete and decide to wait till next year..I hope you do not sell urself short on all your hard work." What he said is soo soo true! So many of us, myself included always sell themselves short! I critique the crap out of myself instead of saying..Wait! Look what I have done! So today I am going to look at my body positively and kick its ass in to contest shape!
Anyways I am off to get ready for the gym and do not expect to be home till 5:30 cause I need some food at the grocery store as well. Oh contest prep I love to hate u

Yesterday was a crappy day as I mentioned..I only ended up doing 70 minutes of Cardio which is better than 40 minutes cause I was so against doing it once I got home..But I did! Also my Ipod Touch broke as well..that pissed me right off!!! The headphone jack is not working so now I have no music to workout with. Sucks!
Anyways today was for sure better than yesterday..I woke up and had my oatmeal n then about 30 minutes later before I went to the gym I had my Super Pump with an isolate shake. Leg day was pretty good! A little intense though at about the 80 minute mark of Cardio at the end of my workout I started to feel extremely nauseous and had to stop 10 minutes short. I feel much better now but whoah I think too much lactic acid had built up in my legs cause I was not feeling to hot at all!

I tried my contest suit on today…it is snug in the hips and lower ab area but once I lose the weight it will fit beautifully! I still have not gotten my shoes yet..waiting on them! Hopefully they come this week! They are supposed too. I think I may go out and do some stairs a little later after I have done some studying for my midterms tomorrow. I will do about 15-20 minutes worth so I get caught back up on my Cardio. I also weighed myself today..Weighed the same as last week but I have been crazy bloated lately so hopefully my increase in fibre and water will help get rid of that so I can hit the 130’s this week. My Cardio is up, have not missed a workout and my nutrition is in check! There is no reason I should not be able to achieve my goal. I do not feel too broken up about it because I still lost an inch on my hips and thighs since last week, so I am still losing body fat!
Tomorrow is Upper Body, Abs and Cardio…I have my 2 midterms starting at 1:00pm..So I think I will wake up and do my Cardio on the bike if it is nice. After I will have my breakfast, go to school then hit the weights after so i do not have to do my Cardio later on. I know I will not want too if I wait.

The plan for the rest of the night is too just relax and study! Cannot wait till the weekend!!

Today was kind of a crap day..Personal problems, stress with school and just feeling tired/kinda cranky. I woke up this morning around 9:30AM n went to my first class till 1:00PM.I was not feeling going to my second class since the prof. is so French and stumbles on her words as she reads from our textbook..PASS! I went to the gym and I was having one of those days where I was feeling completely unmotivated. Yesterday i felt great..so motivated did all my Cardio at once. Well today..No chance that was happening. I ended up training shoulders..not a bad workout. But once I started the Cardio..Oh man I wanted to get the heck out of there!!! I only did about 40 minutes n even that i had to force myself.

Sooo.. Here I am I still have to do 50-60 minutes of cardio and my motivation level is no where to be found. Also on top of feeling crappy I got a complaint from the lady thats lives underneath me about my dogs being loud on Saturday evening. GREAT! The landlord is such B**** too..she is like get rid of the dogs or find a new place..This is my first written complaint..and she is telling me this? She is lucky I did not give her a piece of my mind because I was having one of those days. Like this is a dog allowed building move somewhere where they do not allow dogs then and get off my back.

SO now I am sitting here boiling!!! Also my boyfriend and I got in an arguement..I know I should be using my workouts to let out my frustrations but I am just not feeling it today! All I want to do is get in my pj’s do my studying and lounge! Unfortunately that is not an option..I am trying to think of something I can do for 50 minutes that will help me let out some frustration and not bore me to death..uggggh Yeash!

Anyways tomorrow is Leg day..Oh my legs..it is for sure a love hate thing. I also hope my bloated stomach goes down so I can weigh myself. I have been feeling so off lately..I need some positivity! Hopefully tomorrow is a better day cause let me tell you today is one of the toughest days I have had!

SOoooo….I was supposed to weigh in today..I woke up feeling BLOATED as all heck..n I realized it is cause I am not getting enough fiber in my diet. I need to go and get a fiber supplement ASAP! lol!! Waking up feeling that way has got to be one of the THE worst feelings ever. This means I did not weigh myself today because I knew if I stepped on that scale I would have been so pissed!..On the bright side I noticed a nice shoulder sweep coming in today when I was working out. My delts are starting look much better and because of the positive changes I am noticing which is showing I am cutting body fat I did not want to step on the scale and feel a swarm of negativity. I figure I will weigh myself when i am feeling a little more positive..I am thinking Tuesday most likely.

Anyways I trained Back, Biceps an Abs today n I had a great workout!!! By the time I was done it was Cardio time. I was SOOO not looking forward to it at all..But I made it actually useful and did some readings for my class that I have a midterm in on Wednesday. Before I knew it 90 minutes was up (well not quite that fast). I am kind of happy I am done all my working out for the day because after all it is 4PM on the my dreaded day Sunday! I also know this week is going to be the toughest week I have had in a long time. I have a lot going on this week between the gym, 2 midterms, school in general and Thanksgiving. I got a lot going on but on the positive side I am kind of excited for this week because my competition shoes should be coming in any day (lets hope they fit), I am getting my new car on the weekend (if all goes well) and I wanna see how my body is going to look by the end of the week. A lot can happen in just one day let alone a week.

Tomorrow is back to school I have class from 11:30AM-2:30PM then off to the gym I go! I have not decided if I want to train Shoulders or Legs yet..we’ll see how I am feeling when I wake up but one thing that I am sure of is I have to do that 90 minutes of Cardio. Also tomorrow I need to read, make notes and read some more. I need to be ready for my 2 midterms on Wednesday..I hope to get most of the readings for one class done tonight the readings for the other class done tomorrow at the gym and in the evening. Then Tuesday I can concentrate on both classes and their specifics.

The rest of the night I am just going to relax, read and watch some tv…OH and go n get a fiber supplement !! Hopefully I wake up tomorrow with ZERO bloat.

As I mentioned today is my off day and it also marks 5 weeks out for me. I kind of was thinking yesterday how much I was freaking out about being 5 weeks out..thinking I am not ready there is no way Ill make it.. when there is a HUGE possibility that I actually will! 7 weeks ago..I started this journey with no idea how I would progress and not even a clue on what I was doing. It was not until about 9-8 weeks out that I started to get the hang of it. Right after that the weight and inches started to come off!..So that being said it took me basically 4-5 weeks to get where I am right now almost 25 pounds lighter! Therefore if I can do it then I can do it now! I am actually surprised at how much tweaking my diet and upping my Cardio shocked my body! The weight this week obviously stopped a little (shouldn’t say that since I am not taking my weight until tomorrow) which is why starting tomorrow I will be doing 2 sessions.Tomorrow I should be weighing in at about 140lbs..last time I checked on Thursday I was floating around the 142lb mark. I would love to be in the 130’s but I DOUBT that will happen. Not until next Sunday!!!

As I did last week I am going to set a goal for myself this week. Last week my goal was to reach 140lbs n take some inches off my hips/thigh area..which I accomplished by losing an inch off my hips as well as my thighs and I am pretty confident I am 140lbs. My goal this week is to weigh in at 137-135lbs and inches wise I want my waist to go down to a 27.5-27, Hips to be at 36-35.5 and thighs to be at 21. This is a total weight loss of roughly 3-5lbs and inch loss of 2.5. The extra Cardio and carb cycling will for sure help everything..I have faith!!

Anyways back to today!…I woke up at around 1:00pm I still felt pretty tired even though I got 8 hours of sleep of course now I feel a little better since I am all jacked up on black coffee!! I took my measurements, have gotten 2 meals into me, sat on my a$$ in front of the computer screen and took care of my pups. Exciting huh? I decided today I do not wanna do a thing!..Tomorrow is a different story but today I am not even going to pick up a book the only strenuous activity involved for today is taking my dogs out to do their business and eating my meals on time. That is it! It feels pretty great!

Tomorrow I am back in the gym..I am going to train some Back, Biceps and Abs..Also have to do my 90 minutes Cardio, which I will split up as deemed necessary for that day. Tomorrow I figure I will wake up, have my pre-workout shake and head off to the gym..lift weights n after hammer out as much Cardio as I want. I am kind of excited to get back to the gym..that is what I kind of love about rest days, they make you see how much you truely love the gym even though some days you seriously wonder why you are torturing yourself lol. I guess it is a love/hate thing on some occasions!

Anyways I am 5 weeks out..feeling the pressure but loving the results!!! The motivation is still there though it has dwindled a bit but that happens… I believe the quote goes "Motivation is what gets you started but habits are what keeps you going" 

It is very late…I meant to write my blog sooner but I ended up going to a party tonight. I did not drink or eat anything bad obviously. All I had was a diet coke and some water..Oh contest prep how I loathe you!!! Actually you know tonight was one of those nights I would not have wanted to drink anyways because I am so tired n it would have wrecked me tomorrow. So I am kind of relieved ..still had a good time!

Today I trained Chest and Triceps..I only did about 30 minutes of cardio because I was so tired and felt like I just wanted to get the heck out. I am off tomorrow THANK GOD!!! I am going to sleep in soo late and enjoy doing absolutely nothing! I also have to take some measurements tomorrow. I am excited because I get to see where its coming off..lets hope the hip and waist department. I am not going to step on the scale until Sunday where I will hopefully weigh 140lbs. Also starting Sunday I will begin doing 2 45 minute Cardio sessions a day 6 times a week giving me a total of 9 hours of Cardio a week.. I am sooo not looking forward to Cardio..I hate it enough already!!!

Anyways my off day has already started so I am going to get some much needed sleep and let my muscles repair!!

This is gonna be a short post because I am quite exhausted and ready to go to sleep since I need to be up early. Today I trained Glutes, Abs and did 1hour n 15 minutes of Cardio. Workout was good but I felt so drained after it. I weighed in today at 142lbs ..I hope I am at about 140lbs by Sunday so i am on course.

I was going to take tomorrow off cause I need it soo badly.. but it works better with my schedule if I take Saturday off. JUST ONE MORE DAY! Tomorrow I will train Chest and Triceps and do an hour or so of Cardio. I will write a longer post tomorrow because I will probably feel a little more awake n lively.

I did not write yesterday because I figured that would give me more of an opportunity to write more today. Yesterday was a higher Carb day around 100g and I felt sooo bloated by the end of the night and into this morning. I actually still feel a bit bloated and I have had only 30g of carbs today and have had 4 meals. I have no idea which is worse..Feeling completely bloated and in a good mood or feeling completely drained, kinda grouchy and not as bloated. It all just kinda sucks. So I trained Legs yesterday and did an hour of Cardio, which I normally do not do. Usually I do not do Cardio on my first Leg day of the week but since I still have quite a bit of weight to lose I need all the help I can get. Yesterday was an overall alright day but I did not get to sleep un til 3:30 AM..not fun at all when you have to be up at 9:30 AM.

Today I trained my upper body and only did 45 minutes of Cardio because I was getting bored and I was so tired. Plus I had to still pick up groceries and get home in time so my puppies were not alone too too long. I figure since I do not have much else planned tonight I would do 15 minutes of running stairs and some sprints. Of course before I do any of that I will need either a LARGE cup of coffee or a sugar free energy drink..cause lemme tell you I have no no energy.

On a different side of things today at the gym I realized something that really freaking annoys the living sh!t out of me!!!!! As I said today was Upper Body with more of an emphasis on Back..so obviously I will need to use the Chin/Dip Assist. I usually like doing that first before my muscles get all fatigued but when I got in today a Personal Trainer and their client were using it. No big deal! I figured Ill just workout my triceps do some chest and use it when they are finished. WELL here is where my pet peeve kicks in…Not only were they not ready by the time I was done 2 MUSCLE GROUPS!!!! but…the trainer was sitting on the Lateral Raise machine chatting it up with her client who was standing on the machine I needed to use. Now… They were in between sets which f***in baffles me because no offence this lady was not small and should not be resting for 5 minutes to have a nice freaking chat..she should be sweating and moving if she is paying her trainer to do that for her. Worst of all when she did the set it was awful form and she was still bloody talking and no effort was needed at all to complete the exercise. Like COME ON! Those of you who do Pull ups (assist or not) know it is a hard exercise..if ur doing it right and pushing yourself. I have been a Personal Trainer (for that company actually) and I know..Your objective is to push your client that is why they hire you ..because they cannot motivate or push themselves. Now the Personal Trainer..I have seen her train other clients and honestly she needs some education and she looks more like a client than a trainer. Anyways I have no problem if people are using the machine and actually are working out but if you are chatting for 5-10 minutes in between sets that are not that challenging during peak hours..like wtf is this? By the time I got around to using the machine it was my LAST exercise. I was not pleased in fact on any other day it would have bothered me just as much but today it PUSHED me over the edge..At that time I probably only had about 14g of carbs in me.. at the most.. I was not in a great mood when i got to the gym and by the end of my resistance training I was worse off. Probably another reason why i wanted to get the heck out of there.

On a positive note tomorrow is Glutes/Hams, some Shoulders and OF COURSE 60 minutes of  Cardio or 90 minutes if I decide against doing it tonight. Tomorrow my class is cancelled so all I have to worry about is the gym ! Lets hope tomorrow is a bit brighter than today was!

I am on an emotional roller coaster today n feel like a$$! I woke up feeling way way more tired than usual and had one of those nights where you wake up every hour. Fabulous ! So here I am 10PM on on 50g of carbs for the day feeling like a zombie for many reasons. N grouchy as ever with the worse chocolate cravings of my life! FML! Yes…it is a poor me day!
Today as i said I trained Shoulders and Abs..did about 30 minutes of moderate intensity n did another 15 minutes of HIT at the gym after my workout..A couple hours later did about 20 minutes more of HIT. I am at the point where I am over tired now.

Tomorrow I will train Legs/Calves n do some Cardio when I wake up..probably about 20 minutes worth but well see. The other 40 minutes will be done after my workout if I have time before class starts. Diet tomorrow is gonna be lower in the fat department and higher in the carb department..gonna about double(lil more) what I have normally been having so about 100g of carbs maybe a little more but well see n protein will stay the same.

Lemme tell you..I will be happy when Thursday gets here because I can sleep late, go to the gym, my class is cancelled and the week is almost over. It is crunch time if I wanna do this competition. I set a goal last week that I achieved..I actually feel I out did myself so I am hoping to do the same this week!

Come faster Thursday!!!!!