cfit82’s BodyBlog

Firstly, I went on vacation. That took up the entire month of september. I wasn’t training or dieting just enjoying life with my love!

Second, I returned and got right back into training. I have more fat on me because I am building up and there is nothing really exciting to talk about except maybe…

My shoulders, holy sh*it I am starting to get shoulders!!!! I am so happy. When I get closer to comp time, i will post pic and blog more. But right now there is nothing interesting, just fat covered abs with a pair of shoulders attached.

 Hey, I am having fun, even if i can’t walk around the gym in hot pants and a bra-top!

Hey ya’ll, just thought I’d let you know that I am now posting videos of some of the things I am doing to get in shape. They are not really instructional, as much as documentation of this road the I am traveling on. Let me know your thoughts.

Yours in fitness,

Christina

So, as you may know I have been cutting like crazy. I have been doing cardio like a cracked out bunny for months, weight training,  and doing plyometrics. For the last month I have been living on, meats, vegetables, sugar free jello, diet soda, and whey protein with weekly carb ups. I was tracking, even though I knew better, my body fat with an Omron fat-loss monitor. The thing never read me below 17%, even though I was doing everything right and looking amazing. I had been stalling, on getting a hydrostatic weighing, through Mobile  Body Fat Test, becuase, it was accurate, and I was afraid it would show me just how fat I really am. Boy was I wrong!!!!!

It read me at 117lbs and 9.1% bodyfat. I am still in shock and extreamly happy that all my work paid off. Even better, is the comfort of knowing that I do know what I am doing, in this fitness thing, and I should keep on trucking to my first comp in ‘09.

I get to stop cardio(hurray!!!) and just do weights 6 days/week and plyo 2 days/week.

Updated Goals:

• Generally Build-up while maintaining 14-16% body fat
• To continuing building a nice v-taper.
• Build rounder, mature shoulders
• To be 120-125 at 6-8% by comp time.

Wish me luck!

Dammit! I stayed home today to get some work done that needs doing around the house and buy some supps. I trained in the my boyfriend built, and just didn’t have it in me today. I never train as I hard as I do when at the gym, but today I just gave up because of lack of energy. I switched fat burners, to give myself a month break, and maybe that’s why I am sooooo hungry and tired. Might have to go back on the old one until I am done cutting.

Yesterday, I could not stop eating. I didn’t have any cheat foods, but I am in the “assessment phase” of the Metabolic Diet, and until a couple of days ago had no problem with hunger. I just started eating everything in my fridge. Not the best plan. I gained back all of the weight I lost! Now, the weight gain maybe due to my Aunt Flow, coming to visit soon, but I can’t be sure, cause I was such a pig.

At least, I only ate foods that I was supposed to eat. No cake, cookie and ice cream. I even went to my 1 year old nieces birthday party, and didn’t touch a thing. I went into the bedroom several times and scarfed down my low-carb protien bars.

My binges were just cheeses, meats, and vegetables and good fats. Still it’s the amounts I am guilty about.

Wondering if I have what it takes to compete. If I can’t even cut to 14%, how in the world am I going to get to 8-10% for a competition.

My goal is to get lean before the winter, then gain about 5lbs more muscle, while maintaining 14%. Is this possible? Right now, I am between 16 and 18%, and I can tell.

Just a little more, I am felling better as I write this. This is the hardest thing I’ll ever do and I am not going to quit. But you won’t see me on stage fat and without muscle. That is for lazy bitches.

Back to the gym tomorrow. Wish me luck!

Sorry to dissapear like that. I have been spending that last 4 weeks training hard. I am trying to get down to 14% or 110lbs and it hasn’t been easy. I have been doing an hour of cardio a day–7 days a week, plyometric training–with my trainer–twice a week, and weight training 6 days a week. I changed my diet from the zone, to the metabolic diet, which has given me enough energy to increase my volume of training and reduced the calories I need to stay full.

As you can tell by my progress pic, it’s working. People at the gym are saying I am "inspiring" them to train harder. I am even seeing more women in the weight room. I can’t wait to compete and start training people.
A couple of weeks ago, a little girl passed me as I was in the squat rack, and she smiled at me. It made me feel like I am a role model, too. I hope it inspries her to be strong.

What is happening to me, the body changes, the strength increases, in the last 4 weeks has been increadable.  I am really happy and hope you are all doing well, too. I have been really busy with training, so I won’t post more than every couple of weeks now.

I hope you all understand! This is an exciting time for me, and I wish I could share more often, but there is only so much time in a day. And after 2 hours+ training 6 days a week, you are to tired to come home and write about it.

Cheers and good luck with your goals!

Yep, that’s what happened. Some of you may know that the State of California is on fire. I live near Sonoma and Napa Counties and the smoke from the fires over there covered the entire valley were I live(Novato, CA, Marin County.) The smoke made me pretty sick, so i decided not to workout(breathing heavy with carcinogens in the air, is not my style!). My dog got pretty sick, too. So did my horseback riding instructor.

Instead, I began the task of properly cleaning my office post-concierge service and preparation for writing my ebook. Which will become the first stage in a 3 stage training program.

The smoke has subsided and I am feeling rested and looking forward to reurning to the gym and hitting hard.

I thought you all should know what was going on, since I have been MIA, for like a week.

PEACE!

I will post progress pics next week, I am going to buy a new bikini!

But, I am so happy ya’ll. My Boyfriend says he’s never seen me this happy! Honestly, if i knew it would only take me 3 months of consistently working out, to have a body i was proud of taking to the beach, I would have started much sooner. Instead i tried starving, then I tried, "not caring" and eating "whatever I wanted", then I finally, after seeing cellulite on my ass, woke up and got on my spin bike. That was April 16th, 2008. I gained 7lb and my butt is smaller than when I weighed 113, I am sooooo excited ya’ll. Now my goals are like fine tuning stuff:

• Get my butt completely off the back of my thighs, like Ms. Fitness
• Lose body fat and kill my abs to get that cool shredded look
• Get a v-taper and really buff arms to match
• Get some calves(tips please!).

I really want to be able to compete next year, I hope that I can make my goals in in time! Let’s see where the next 3 months takes me!

Cheers,

CE

P.S. almost forgot the random poodle pic:

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Yeah, you may be fooled by the french manicure, the permed hair, the designer workout clothes, but I am here to work. I am not afraid to sweat, and as of today, I do barbell bench presses, biatch!!!!!!

Yeah, that’s right, I am wearing waterproof mascara. Look, I am not gonna leave the house without makeup, just cause I got to get sweaty, okay!

But I just benched, as much as some of the guys in here, so shut up before you get hurt.

Now, where’s my lip gloss?

I listens to Gwen Stephanie and Britney Spears while I rep out…Do you got a problem with that?

Yes, I am a girl. A girly girl, at that, but when I work I work just as hard, or harder, so pick up your jaw and get back to work.

Oh, life is good!  Yesterday, i had just the best workout of my life. I couldn’t get myself of the spin bike, then I kicked ass in the weight room. Found out my 6RM on a barbell squat, was 85lbs!!! I am lifting enough to have to move up to a barbell bench press! Today, I pushed myself hard again in the gym cleaned up, put on my regular clothes, and saw my reflexion in my shorts and was like sh*t, those are my legs. I am so happy, I know I have blogged about legs before, but to have nice legs at 5′2" is hard work. For me, almost 3 months of busting my a**. Check it out:

Yea for legs!!!!!

I am honestly not sure. You see I have Adult ADD, and was on a cocktail of medications to control the symptoms. The hardest one to get off of has been Lexapro, an SSRI, anti-depressent. I am still getting withdrawl symptoms, that are effecting my ability to train. I have been pushing through, but just couldn’t do it today. Bad right?

Well, I did go to the gym, it’s actually a "health club" with a spa, tennis, racquet ball, and 2 pools. I went today, becuase I had scheduled a swim lesson. You see, I didn’t learn how to swim as a child, and I decided this was going to be the first summer, where I could just hang at the pool without those stupid arm floaties.

Do you know how emberassing it is to go to the beach in a pin-up bikini and have to wear floaties?????!!!

Anyway, today was my second lesson. Today, I learned to swim. It wasn’t really that hard, to tell you the truth. I have a good instructor, I guess. People were pretty surprised it was my second lesson. Now mind you, I can’t kick, breath, and move my arms at the same time yet, but I can move in the water, which I am told is swimming.

I did a whole lap!

So was it a good day, I guess.  A good day, tarnished a bit by a missed workout. But I am pretty hard on myself…..

Night,

CE