Chicana_Peach’s Transformation Blog

Yep, 3 more weeks!! I have been super busy with training and all. I now have to do double moderate cardios 5xs a week along with my lifts and some extra stuff that my trainer has me doing. Polishing up my physique and getting it there! I started tanning about a week ago too as i don’t want to come in too light this time. I’m going to use Jantana this time instead of Protan. I used about 4-5 coats of Protan last time and was STILL the lightest one on stage and i’m latin!! LOL. You live and learn! Diet is TOUGH now even though i get a little more carbs (so my trainer says) then others do cause my body can handle it better. I am noticing that i’m still holding onto my muscle this time around and i think it really has to do with my diet changing. My trainer knows my body better so that helps a bunch! I STILL get my lean steak for one of my meals!! I just LOVE it Makes me a happy girl! Now if only i can stay out of the peanuts…lol. I am going to start weaning myself off of the diet drinks after this week and off the occasional sugar free puddings i have been having. Those last weeks are the ones that are REALLY going to count. Really sucks cause i can see my strength is diminishing in the gym and looking flat at times. Its all good though, 3 weeks till trophy and PIZZA time!! My oldest daughter is already asking me what type of candy bars i want so she can have them ready for me after my show like last time I just LOVE her and my sis! They ROCK! They were there supporting and rooting for me last time and i think it made such a difference especially when i would almost forget to smile. I will need to be practicing posing like everyday now and i can tell that i’m better at it then for my last comp prep. YAY! time to start making some journal vids of this comp. Alright, later!

YAY!! The blog is working now for me! Ok, time to catch up…here goes:
Been super busy lately and stressing! My daughters are about to go back to school and i’m trying to make sure they are ready as far as school supplies and clothes. They are pretty much set except for those list of things they will need when they get to school. You know, the final list of supplies Also finding out recently that i’m doing my 2nd figure comp alone and my sister will not be on the stage with me was a real downer. I know i can do this, i have done it alone for my first time. I know my sister will be there in the audience, but i was really hoping to share all the moments with her and the pigging out afterwards…hahaha!! You know how all that goes, freaking thirsty AND hungry! I am so looking forward to the peanut butter balls when carbing up the day of and the nice foods/candies after my comp. Tastes SOOOO rewarding after being done with the stage and all the thrills I have it in my mind that i really want to win this show, but i feel like its not going to happen because of the lack of size in my arms. I really need to stop thinking like that, because the judges may be looking for something different anyways and who knows, i may be lucky and the competition might not be that bad. Thinking WINNER WINNER, PIZZA DINNER…heheh, i know shut up with the pizza already! HA! Man, it would be nice to go home with one of those sword trophies. I called the lady over the show to get a little more info and she said that the overall winners and something like that get swords, HOW COOL! Just taking a trophy home is nice though

So like the weekends are the worst for me and knowing that i only have 4 weeks left is kind of driving me crazy. I just got my diet this past Friday and starting it tomorrow. Less complex carbs and some other changes, BUT I still get to have my lean steak..YAY! My diet has really changed since last time as i leaned out TOO fast and lost muscle. I do get the double whammy cardio this time around for some reason, but only totaling 1 hour a day. Only moderate cardio and my trainer told me specifically what to do for cardio so i won’t be overdoing it. She already got onto me for running and doing the cardio classes…LOL. Love this woman, she believes in tough love for sure. I’m just hard headed and if details or explanations aren’t given as to why and how, i tend to do it MY way. She asked that i get my bodyfat checked again so i will have to get on that this week. I also have to get my plain one piece ordered this week and a few more stones, that is really stressing me. I started going to the tanning bed this week too, just signed up for a month. I’m not a tanner so this is going to be interesting, i just don’t want to be the lightest chick up there on stage like i was last time. My face is a little burnt from the 2 sessions of tanning so far though…OUCH!

Now, i got to control the evil snacking i have been doing lately, especially when the weekends come around and I’m bored to death. Sometimes i don’t even give it a second thought, i have just been reaching for some club crackers thinking to myself "oh, 2 or 3 won’t hurt, it will probably help me"…you know those mind games we play with ourselves. Then the peanuts…oh the peanuts! Lately since my hubby cooked up a bunch of boiled spicy peanuts (love these) i have been reaching for some of these and not taking my flaxseed cause heck they are both good fats right? I feel like i shouldn’t be doing this, but i am still making progress so my mind says what the heck. I keep telling myself, oh once i get to 2-3 weeks out i will be 100%…I NEED TO BE 100% NOW DAMNIT!! Someone kick my butt already Oh yeah, Fridays we have been going out for dinner to eat at the steakhouse (using my steak meal here) and i have the side caesar salad with no crotons, but those stupid peanuts too that they have there…those peanuts call my name! EVIL! I have the 8oz sirloin (only supposed to be 5oz, but i’m freaking HUNGRY!) with a bit of the steak sauce and a plain sweet potato with cinnamon since they don’t have brown rice, i just feel like it keeps me sane and a dinner date with my husband because i so miss going out with him to eat. We used to go out all the time on the weekends. Geez, i feel like i don’t have a life sometimes! Alright, end of vent and confessions. Already feeling better

Well, not sure if i will continue to do the NPC show in September at the TN Sports Expo. I called today and found out that its not a National qualifier (which i didn’t really care cause i already qualify for Nationals), no novice category (my sis) and my sister has just decided not to compete until next year as she needs more time in a building phase. Well, we were going to share the room to cut on the expenses and what not so now its not really feasible for me to do this show. Now i have my eyes on a NGA show in Georgia that is also being held in September. The exact date is September 6th and being held at the same place where my first show was at so what a coincendance…lol. I already know 3 ladies that will be competing there so that is a relief and will make it more pleasurable. Also looking on the site i see they are very alike with NPC. They require a one piece and 2 piece round with pretty much the same posing. Here is the site: http://www.wbfcatl.com/index2.html

Here are the standards/guidelines for figure that they emailed out not too long ago, i heard they aren’t really strict on this though:

For the WBFC in September all figure women should  only be 2 degrees from being a bodybuilder.

The shoulders should have a   rounded cap and the legs should have a line that separates the hamstrings when looking from the  side and a line that  separates the tear drop from the quad when viewing from the front. 

I know i will have issues with the upper body, but i’m working on that. I think the legs are pretty much covered and i will still have 5 weeks to lean out. Now what sucks are the extra fees with a new organization, entry fee of $100 and a drug testing fee. I still think it would be cheaper and more convenient than the TN show, i don’t know. I already discussed it with my husband, but he really isn’t all for this stuff. I have yet to make a final decision and discuss it over with my trainer. I really want to do one more show and not throw away all the weeks of dieting and hard work down the drain. I want to finish what i started! Also it would be nice to shave a week away I just have to hurry up and purchase a one piece, the one i had does not fit right…my torso is too long and boobs are about to bust out of it…so yeah. Thinking happy thoughts here, but feeling a little lost now.

Hi everyone, i’m doing pretty good. My diet is going to change starting tomorrow and today i’m allowed another simple cheat meal (SUSHI!!). I am leaning out from what i see in my pics and gaining a little bit of muscle. I also think my shoulders are looking better! Although i think my quads kind of overpower everything, maybe i shouldn’t flex as much?? I took my pics in different lighting and it really shows the definition in my quads (already under my progress pics, 8/1).

I have been killing it on the cardio and mixing things up (doing aerobic classes instead of boring ass cardio machines). Weight training is going great and i still have strength so thats good. Shoulder day is becoming one of my favorite training days. About the diet, I just get cranky cause i miss the food variety. I have had some chicken meals substituted with El Pollo Loco (no skin, side salad, no tortillas) and that really *fixes* me. I just drink up a lot of water to get rid of the extra sodium. I know, stop this really closer to the show I spoke with my trainer and she would really like for me to bulk a good 6 months after the September show. She also notices that i have gained some muscle since the last show, thats good to know coming from her cause she KEEPS IT REAL!! HAHA, i feel like she is my mama sometimes cause she gives me that needed tough love

Getting closer to a good weight? I am down to 127lbs and BF is 13.93%.