2008 Transformation Contest

Starting Weight:  157
Ending Weight: 130

Starting Bodyfat: 24.7%
Ending Bodyfat:  17.4%

Before Waist:  32″
After Waist: 28″

Yes I had 3 pieces. 

This is it. The moment we have been working towards.  Here are my final stats.  I must tell you that my original scale is messing up so I have to use my old one.  My moving guys dropped some furniture on it. I didn’t think it was hurt but apparently I am wrong since I cant get the same reading twice in 10 tries.  As a matter of fact all were different.  I know I could just pick one but I know my other scale at home has been consistent and I like to play fair.  I really doubt I am down to 178 pound.  LOL   The only thing is I cant get my final fat percentage.  I will use last week’s number for that.  I will tape the actual weigh in tonight when I get home for proof as well as take the pics.  All will upload first thing in the am.

Here are my measurement results:

Starting Weight: 227.4
Ending Weight: 212
Difference: 15.4 lost
I will have video posted in the am.

Starting Bodyfat %:51.5
Ending Bodyfat%: 44 as of last week.  
Difference:  7.5%

Measurements:
Starting chest: 44 7/8
Ending chest: 42 ½
Difference: 2 3/8 inches lost

Starting Rt bicep: 16 1/8
Ending rt bicep: 15.5
Difference: .63 inches lost

Starting lt bicep:16.5
Ending lt bicep: 16
Difference: .5

Starting waist: 38 ¼
Ending waist: 36
Difference 2 ¼ inches lost

Starting Thigh: 29
Ending thigh: 27.5
Difference: 2.5

Starting hip: 50.5
Ending hip:49.5
Difference 1 inches lost

Starting high hip:  50 ¼
Ending high hip: 47
Difference: 3 inches lost

Starting Calf: 17
Ending calf: 16.75
Difference .25 lost

Grand total of inches lost: 12.51 inches gone.  WooHoo

Number 1 song goes to everyone out there doing this thing

We belong to the world we belong to the wind
We are the spirit of the competition’s end
Turning hours into days burning muscles feel the pain
The heart and soul of discipline my friends

We are sending you a challenge it’s very clear
We came to win that is why we are here
Demanding to be tested, tested by the best
Not to be forgotten like all the rest

The time has come all the training done
The muscle and the blood will come to pay

Let the game begin hear the starting gun
Play from the heart today we will overcome
When the game is over all the counting’s done
We were born to win number 1

Today is the day all the training through
We have come for the number one not the number two
Let the contest begin play hard fight to win
Immortality victory and fame

The time has come all the training done
The muscle and the blood will come to pay

Let the game begin hear the starting gun
Play from the heart today we will overcome
When the game is over all the counting’s done
We were born to win number 1

Today is the day all the training through
We have come for the number one not the number two
Let the contest begin play hard fight to win
Immortality victory and fame

Let the game begin hear the starting gun
Play from the heart today we will overcome
When the game is over all the counting’s done
We were born to win number 1

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Finally got the camera, but not a good one, anyways here is me today with 233lbs

It’s been one week since you looked at me
Cocked your head to the side and said “I’m angry”
Five days since you laughed at me saying
“Get that together come back and see me”
Three days since the living room
I realized it’s all my fault, but couldn’t tell you
Yesterday you’d forgiven me
but it’ll still be two days till I say I’m sorry

Hold it now and watch the hoodwink
As I make you stop, think
You’ll think you’re looking at Aquaman

I summon fish to the dish, although I like the Chalet Swiss
I like the sushi
’cause it’s never touched a frying pan

Hot like wasabe when I bust rhymes
Big like LeAnn Rimes
Because I’m all about value

Gonna make a break and take a fake
I’d like a stinkin achin shake
I like vanilla, it’s the finest of the flavours

How can I help it if I think you’re funny when you’re mad
Trying hard not to smile though I feel bad
I’m the kind of gal who laughs at a funeral
Can’t understand what I mean?
Well, you soon will
I have a tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve
I have a history of taking off my shirt

It’s been one week since you looked at me
Threw your arms in the air
and said “You’re crazy”
Five days since you tackled me
I’ve still got the rug burns on both my knees
It’s been three days since the afternoon
You realized it’s not my fault
not a moment too soon
Yesterday you’d forgiven me
And now I sit back and wait til you say you’re sorry

I beat my machine it’s a part of me it’s inside of me

Im stuck in this dream it’s changing me I am becoming

-NIN-

I am the same as last week.  yep I hit a plateau and I dont like it.  Well check out the pics this week.  Let me know your thoughts.

Yeah I finally started to loose weight, this morning I am down to 237.6 lbs, down 3.3lbs from the last week. I had to cut calories additionally, but I am adopting fast.

It is interesting how a human organism reacts in situation where it is forced out of balance and make changes. It will do anything to get you back in a comfort zone. Remember that little guy inside of our head, Jumbo talked about a few posts earlier? Well my little man is no jelling at me, he is not screaming and kicking, telling me to stop this nonsense. No, he is a smooth talker, he knows me better than anyone else and he knows I will not react to force. Instead, he uses a more subtle method to make me bend and brake. Sometimes I even don’t notice him dragging me down. LOL am I making any sense LOL

Anyways here are the progress pictures for this week:

OK I just wanted to show some side by side pictures from the day my transformation started back in November 2007 till this day:

A week ago, I was in the throes of carb addiction and impulsive, out of control binge eating.  It was a mental whirlwind; a cyclone.  

This was a three day binge which grew perpetually worse.  In those three days, I managed to gain back 6 of the lbs that I worked so hard to lose in the course of this contest.

I felt terrible for lost progress, but refused to hate myself for stumbling.  Hating yourself only leads to destructive behavior, which leads to more feelings of loss of control.

It took me 7 days to undo the damage of 3.  But I am oh so very happy to report…that I am back down to 137 again today.  (Last week 143.)

20 pounds consciously and intentionally lost!

My goal for the contest was to get to the weight I am today.  I feel I have more to give.  I am upping my personal ante to 24 lbs lost.  Which means, I INTEND to lose 4 more lbs of flab…and flab only please…in the next 21 days!

WISH ME WELL!

By the way…THIS is my supper!  Italian Turkey Sausage with Spring Salad, Ringed Jalepenos, Red Wine Vinegar, Garlic, and Crushed Red Pepper.

2 plates of this!  

Is my diet restrictive?

YES!

Bland and boring?  

ABSOLUTELY NEVER!

Gotta run!  A PM workout is DEFINITELY on the menu!

Last night I didnt get my progress pics taken.  You see there was a civil war going on.  Thats right a civil war with casualities.  Mom verse the kids snow ball fight.  I had no mercy.  It was all out war.  I may have been out numbered four to one but I still prevailed.  Of course I then had to nurse the injured with "mom special hot chocolate" mixture.  They will all live to see another day.  

We were having so much fun that I forgot about pictures, measurements, and weighing.   I woke up this morning and thought, "oh crap, I forgot."  I promise to do them tonight.  I can say I am up 2 pounds last I checked.  Not happy.  Hoping it is just water weight.   I will give an official report tomorrow.

To my fellow competitors; to myself:

Words from one who knows the true meaning of overcoming adversity.

Helen Keller-

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved."

“Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything good in the world.”

“Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.”

And finally-

“Be of good cheer.  Do not think of today’s failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow.  You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles.  Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost.”

Today is progress day.  The day we hold our breath and hope the scale moves in the right direction.  Today my scale is not my friend. It increased my weight by 3 pounds.  Now I am sure this is just water weight or something. I would have had to be really naughty to gain three pounds in a week and I know I wasnt.  Sure there were temptations but I over came those.

In a little bit I will make my way to the design department and get measured. Hopefull we will see some losses there.  LOL
Here are this weeks pics

OK, last week was going down, then up and down again. I am not sure why but at the beginning of the week I lost few pounds and than a sudden energy drop, and I gain some weight (watter probably) and than I get down again.

Anyways here are the progress pictures:

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
                  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

   BODY TRANSFORMATION, END OF WEEK 8.

I took a planned cheat night out with my husband this week.  On it’s own I do not believe this would have been a problem.  

I joke about “refeeds”, but I do believe in the principle behind them. 

The problem for me, being carb sensitive,(ADDICTED!  ADDICTED!), means that once I let some carbs slip in, my body does not want to give them up again.  

This leaves me vulnerable to strong cravings until I get a grasp on myself.

I could waste time in regret over 7 BELGIAN chocolates I utterly lost control and binged upon yesterday.  

Or I could look to the experience as one to learn from.  

The fact of the matter is, no matter how strong our resolve, how great our intentions, we WILL EVENTUALLY crumble to temptation, UNLESS temptation is removed from us.  

Especially when under going periods of stress, whether mental or physical.

I am still enjoying the competition.  But as I have never done this before, I am learning how to pace myself.  

I have no nutritionist or trainer.  I am attempting to make a dramatic change with nothing but intuition, guts, and instinct.  

Sometimes I second guess myself.  Sometimes I lose my vision.  

I am fighting a battle in my mind over the loss of muscle tissue.  In my pictures, I can see a decrease in size, and it frightens me.  I have had no decrease in strength.  This is a good sign!

At a family birthday party this weekend, I began getting the “you are getting too thin” comments.  I never wanted to be “the thin girl”.  I wanted to be “the buff girl”.  

I have to have courage.  I know I have to strip away the fat in order to go farther.  

My inner ectomorph is being revealed.  As much as I like heft and bulk, I am finding that genetically, I have a body that is built to be long and lean.

I measured in last week at somewhere between 18.6-19.1% bodyfat.  

How do women mentally get past the barrier of going lower than this?

Women compete at 10% bodyfat or less.  How do they manage to hold onto precious muscle as they cut their bodyfat to such extreme lows?

I am sucking up my fears of loose skin (which is becoming more evident daily, especially on my backside).  

I am learning.  I am embracing the challenge.

I am walking through my fears of catabolism.

I will not let my fears hold me back any longer.

All I can do…is work the best to my knowledge and abilities.  Relying on my body to give me the answers.

I envision a stronger, leaner me.  I envision my muscles growing bigger, stronger, better defined, as my body grows evermore leaner.

My meal timing is off.  I must admit, I do not time my meals.  I eat when I am hungry.  

This means today I ate 4 meals instead of 6.

Breakfast:  4 scoops strawberry Intra-Pro  (I know…a HUGE SHAKE…a whole blenderful actually…but I was STARVED.  This is what my body wanted.)

Lunch: Large Pack Albacore Tuna, 1/2 bag salad, 1 green pepper sliced, 3 vinegars, spices and seasonings,

Pre-Workout:  1 apple

Workout: Super Pump 250, BCAA’s

Post-Workout/Supper: 1 Scoop Vanilla Intra-Pro, 1/2 Scoop Caramel Protein, 1/2 apple, 1 large spoon honey, glutamine, cinnamon,

Misc: lots of Crystal Light with apple cider vinegar, 1 Diet Rockstar, 1 pack berry gum.

TOTAL CALORIES:  1800      TOTAL PROTEIN:  164

I believe taking it easy on myself was good for me this last week.  It was good for me mentally, as well as hopefully rebooting my metabolism in the process.  

My weight;  137.

No losses, no gains.

However, it is time to see what I can now pull out of me.  This week, I will be staying 110% on task.  

We are pulling around the corner bend.  It is these last few weeks that count… the most.

I will give it my all.  I will give it my utmost.  I will keep my head in the game until the game is done.

HAVE A GREAT WEEK EVERYONE!  WHAT YOU BELIEVE, YOU WILL ACHIEVE!

Here is a quick update.  I am down a total of 14 pounds and 7.5% body fat.  I will let you know the inches tomorrow.  I couldnt get my measurements done today.  

Here are this weeks pics.

Well.  Let me know what you think.