amydow24’s BodyBlog

I am back in the blogging game.  Yup…16 weeks out until the Atlantic Bodybuilding Championships in the Maritimes.  I am excited!  I went through  a bit of a rough time with my eating for the past 4 weeks after the competition.  I am up about 8lbs from my competition weight, which I feel is pretty good…but at the same time I loved the way I felt super lean.  I got the results from the last competition.. I placed 5th in the Medium Figure Category.  The judges said that I need to come in a bit leaner…8lbs lighter and I should be able to get into the top 3.  My nutritional coach last time didn’t want me to get any leaner/harder because he said that the judges were looking for more of a softer appearance…well apparently he was WRONG! hahaha…that is ok, I really would like to come in a bit harder.  My goal is to be around 115 - 118lbs on competition day in April.  Currently my weight is 130lbs…gained 8lbs post competition, but I am sure on week of dieting will bring it down quite a bit ( water weight).  Tonnes of time to diet slowly and safely.  This time I am planning to train heavier, and not do any high rep sets until 4 weeks out.  Last time I started way to early doing higher reps at 12 weeks out..insanity..too early!  For me, anyways!

I am really excited!  Going to get 5 inch heels this time, and add some more stones to my passionfruit suit that I bought for the last show.

I am actually happier now that I am on a stricter diet, I guess I work best with structure.  I am definitely going to have a REFEED on christmas…strict dieting until Dec 24th and then I am enjoying the feel-good food that my mother makes…mmmmm…I am in heaven just thinking about it! LOL!!

Talk later

Amy.

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