Sylvo’s BodyBlog

So every Monday a.m. I get on the scale.  Yesterday it said 123.  It’s really quite amazing.  I remember for years and years fascinating about the scale reading 125 and it’s there now.  Even less.  I’m hoping that I’m not losing too much muscle though.  My upper body is looking pretty good.  Abs are coming in nice as well as back and shoulders.  My lats are non-existent so that will be something I need to focus on in the future.  My thighs are looking so much better, but still have a ways to go.

Now for the bad:  For the past several days I have had this overwhelming constant salty taste in my mouth.  It’s very annoying.  My coffee tastes horrible, my apple and oatmeal tastes salty–everything.  It’s always there, but at different parts of the day it’s stronger than others.  I’ve done some looking around and I found two things that could be the cause.  One is dehydration.  Now that is interesting since I do ingest at least a gallon to a gallon and a half a day.  I do sweat profusely though.  Perhaps my drinking isn’t consistent enough.  The other possibility is a problem with the thyroid.  Dear God I hope it is not that.  I have always been in perfect health and I know that people with a thyroid problem find it difficult to lose weight at times.  It’s important to point out that I have no other symptoms and am in otherwise perfect health.  So I wonder what it is.  It’s very annoying I know that much.  The only good thing about it is that if there was a food I was really craving it wouldn’t matter b/c it wouldn’t taste like it normally would.

So things are going well with contest prep.  I haven’t really had any cravings and my workouts are going real well.  Lynn (Nutritionist) wanted me to incorporate another set of lunges into my w/o a couple times a week as well as adding bleachers twice a week.  I love doing the bleachers!  What a great lower body w/o.  It’s really exhausting, too especially when I’ve done a full w/o and 30 minutes of cardio.  Whew!

I’m so excited to be attending Adela’s camp in June.  I’ve paid my dues and now I am so ready to meet this fabulous woman and see what she can do for me.  Definitely excited.

I have to get on the whole ordering of posing suits.  I kind of dread paying that chunk of money, but hopefully I’ll be able to resell them and get a bit of it back.  Lynn says that I should wear a burgundy velvet suit.  I wonder what type of cut though.  I am still not feeling so hot about the way my lower body looks in the back.  It needs to go away already!  Ok that’s update enough for now I think.

So today starts phase II and there is a little bit more food since I’ll be doing more cardio.  I get an apple and applesauce, too.  Yay!  I weighed in this morning at 126.5

So yesterday I had my APFT and I scored a 284 on it!!!  I over maxed the sit-ups (did 85!), the push ups I stopped at 90%(43) and the run I did 17:35.  I need a 17 flat to get my PT badge.  I shouldn’t complain though because I did really awesome.  Definitely a personal best by at least half.  Also I was promoted to SGT so I guess that’s good, too.

All in all I am tired, but doing pretty damn well for not having a day off in 3 weeks.  Two drill weekends back to back with weapons qualifications and a pt test.  Yeah I’d say I’m holding up pretty well considering.