I WILL FITNESS COMPETE’s BodyBlog

1st day on my nutrition plan and cardio plan made by Mike Davies. I already feel overwelmed. Planning is very crucial with this plan and especially with my crazy work schedule. Some days I have to be up at 6am for work and others not still 2 or 3, some days I work 11hrs, others I work 6hrs. So it took me 2hrs but I have planned out for each day the times I should be eating, taking supplements, doing cardio, sleeping and its all surrounded by when I work. Ive always heard you have to plan but this is no joke! My goal is to drop 35-40lbs by the beginning of January then really get serious for the 12weeks out. I want to enter the March 27th NPC North Kentucky competition in figure!!! Did I mention I have to drink 2 gallons of water, hows a girl suppose to get any work done? This is going to be a very interesting journey.

Update to my life since my last blog. I got down to my lowest weight in November which was 170 when I won the the weight loss challenge but then over the past few months have been gainin and losin. You know yo-yo dieting, terrible I know but I have NEVER stopped working out just love me some food (not gonna lose weight that way). So I realized I needed someone to check in on me and motivate me. I called on my controlling but loving 8yr old cousin Sarah to help me out. Every night around 8pm she texts or calls and asks me if I ate good today and if not, why didn’t I or/and what are you going to do to change it tomorrow. Then before she gets off the phone she asks me, "Nicole do you want to be a international fitness champion?" Me: "Yes Sarah I do, I really do." Sarah: "Nicole well you have to lose the weight." Me:"Yes Sarah I know." TOO CUTE!

Now it was or has been working and I was losing weight but then still wasnt gettin my measurements down. So I called on my friend Riva who has been wanting to workout with me. For the last two weeks we have been going to the gym together which is great because I love cardio and lifting but I hate doing abs and stairmaster which so happens to be her favorite two things. It’s a great balance because it forces me to change it up. Every week though we have been making weekly goals and last week lose 3lbs: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED 182 to 179. This weeks goal lose 4lbs and stop eating after 9pm. IM ALL OVER IT but I look at my measurements back when I was 170 and did them now at 179 and they are exactly the same. I know muscles weighs more than fat but DAMN I have to lose 40lbs and cant have the scale goin UP!!!

I even stopped lifting heavy because of the Oxygen article and this week I started taking Whey protein and I am contemplating taking a fat burner but I would like to do this natural for as long as possible. I plan to give this new plan another two to three weeks and see what happens. Most important I do feel great and my stomach looks just as good as when I was at 170 but that 179 its just plain WRONG!  

Also I know your not suppose to count calories but for right now it’s what works for me and I do plan to change later when I have enough discipline to eat completely clean but I have been trying to intake around 3 days at 1200 and then 4 days 1500. I am about 75% clean everyday!

25% usually consists of Dark Chocolate (love it), coffee with lots of cream, rice cakes & creamy pb, sushi (yummy),lite mayo or mircale whip, fruit snacks, granola bars, sugary cereal oh and my fav taco bell 2 fresca tacos and a meximelt. NOTE: I dont eat all this in one day, i may have or one or two of these non clean foods a day. OHHHH lets not forget ALCOHOL Friday and Saturday! Geez

Posted new progress pics and the plan is to do that every two weeks to keep me in check. I am down 4lbs from the last ones but see no difference. DISCOURAGED? just a little but its my fault, i know what i put in my mouth but good news I worked out 6 days last week and I went grocery shopping on Saturday. Now I can just grab something healthy, here is what I bought:

• Grapefuit
• Green peppers
• Sweet potatoes
• WW Flaxseed Tortillas
• Dozen eggs
• Plain Oatmeal
• Tuna
• LF Vanilla yogurt
• Black beans
• Pinto Beans
• Pineapple
• Egg Whites
• Spinanch
• Boneless Chicken Breasts
• Apples

Time to fix it all. Decided I am going to set a weekly goal each week, stick to it and if I dont I have to write a blog about it and write up any bad foods I ate.

Healthy Goal Week 1: Weigh 169 by Friday and run 7 miles once this week

I don’t know what I was thinking this last week. It was a terrible food week, oh and I am not giving up my 1C of coffee during the day. I just love the taste too much, its like my dessert for the day. Plus I remember giving it up before for a month and it made no difference in weight. This week though has started off very well. Tomorrow I coach another week for our weight loss challenge at work (labels, fat & portion control) and I pray that the scale moves but my inches always go down. That damn scale, I feel like I have been the same weight for the past 3 weeks. I would love to be 175 but I don’t deserve to be this week. I’ll be more disciplined this week and stick to my eating rules/lifestyle.

Plan to have pictures posted up by tonite or tomorrow!!! I was gonna just put up a facebook pic but I want it to be the most updated pic of me I can find.

I am ready to do this, as much as I love food its time to make a change and do what I said I was going to do and get this weight off. I am not getting any younger and would love to be competing professionally by the time I am 26. So today is the first day of actual change. No more mini candy bars or office treats, no more coffee, no more eating after 9pm, no more fast foods (subway doesn’t count, does it?). I plan to drink my herbalife shakes and eat clean!!!