cjk302’s BodyBlog

Wow, I can’t believe its been 2 weeks since my last post.  I have been so busy with school and track, I guess its slipped my mind.  I will definately work on being more consistent.

 So whats new with me?  Well, I’ve recently checked womenstrifitness.com and found that its national show in las vegas falls on the same weekend as the NPC team universe competition in new york.  …now i must decide which one I want to do.  I could earn my pro card at team u but I could avenge my second place finish from last year (by .07 points!!) in las vegas.  Luckily I wouldn’t have to adjust my training for a specific competition for another 2-3 months so I have a little while to think about it.  Any suggestions???

Taking a break from my usual countdown blogs to get some input.  I’ve always heard on Oprah, Discovery channel, Dr. Phil, etc that people use food as comfort to deal with emotions but I never really understood that.  I get that we use food to celebrate everything (graduation=go out to dinner; family in town=bbq; good grades=ice cream; you get the idea)… But when it came to the using food to deal with emotions I always thought of it more of eating from boredom.

Last night, it all became clear.  I wasn’t having the best night emotionally and I found myself eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and butter pecan ice cream at midnight!  1.  I’m supposed to be cutting back my bread to no more than one serving every other day right now. 2. I’ve cut dairy. 3. I’ve stopped eating after 10pm… Failed all 3 miserably last night.  But more than messing up my diet, I’m amazed that it made me feel better.  Even if it was a false feeling of peace and happiness, it was enough for me to finally fall asleep.

Looking back, I’m sure I’ve done this or something similar before.  But since I’ve began watching my diet, I’ve become so aware of every little thing in my training, my personal life, my emotions, and of course in my nutrition.

Looking forward to your comments.

Happy New Year!!! I hope everyone has made there resolution and made plans on how they will go about achieving there resolution (I know I have).  Its been a slow last 2 weeks as far as training is going.  The weather is pretty sporadic so its been kinda hard to train outside consistently.  Couple that with the fact that its just so easy to not work out when you are working out by yourself and you get what I’m going to call my 2 weeks of rest and recovery

My diet:  I’m not on any specific nutrition plan that includes a certain percentage of protein and carbohydrates or even a specific number of calories.  For right now I’m simply eating every 3-4 hours.  My meals are small and include both complex carbohydrates and protein.  I’m still 6 months out from Team U so I have a little time to manipulate my diet.

Training: Today I spent 30 minutes working on flexibility (I will be posting progress pictures soon) and fitness skills.  I have a ways to go.  I hope to find either a job or a sponsor (or both) so that I can take some dance lessons to help with my flexibility.

800m jog warm-up

4 x 150m sprints

Squats: 10-8-5 @ 205-265-265

Ab workout: Dead bug - 3×30 each leg

2×10 leg raises (as high as possible)

3×20 crunches

Clearly, i’m out of shape.  My anaerobic endurance will definately be the focus of the next few weeks.