fitnessprincess’s BodyBlog

Med Day 2 ST

Breakfast
1/2 eggwhite veggie omelet at Mike’s w slow cooked oatmeal and black coffee
18 cal 15P 2F 26C

Snack
other half of eggwhite veggie omelet
20-oz water
102 cal 10P 0F 15C

walked to church
after church shopping! which included a stop at MAC where a very nice rep helped me get all the things I need to create my GlamX look courtesy of Cathy Savage Fitness (CSF) and Ms. P!!! I am really lucky I am working with Cathy Savage and as part of her services she provides competitors with info on everything!  Absolutely amazing! Anyway, you send in some unvarnished photos of yourself and your suit color info and Ms. P will design a makeup look just for you!  Since I don’t wear makeup this is frankly a godsend!  There is so much to learn to compete and this just takes a bit of the pressure off.  Most of the products she recommended for me are MAC.  So, that’s why I went to the MAC store.   I ended up spending too much money $290 but I wanted to have the right brushes and everything I need to do this right.  Yeah a lot of money but given all I have forked over so far relative to competing (food costs, coaching costs, suit costs, tanning materials, etc.), this was nothing and well worth it.  When I first went in and saw the color of the lipstick P picked for me I thought yikes! but then I took a deep breath and decided to go with everything and see what it looked like.   The colors are actually really nice and will complement my competition suit color nicely.  The rep really liked the colors Ms. P picked and told me that several times.  I wore the makeup home so I could take a photo that I will post with this blog (if I can figure out what’s going on - according to the website my file contains potentially malicious code and is not allowed - I can’t figure out what’s wrong I have virus software - urgh!).  I was a bit concerned about whether I needed to get fake lashes but the MAC rep convinced me I should be OK with out which I must say makes me feel a whole lot better - one less new thing to learn right now.

Here’s what I learned about applying makeup from the MAC rep.  First, don’t start applying your foundation first.  Do that last.  Face it:  you are going to make a mess doing your eye makeup so accept it and get your eye makeup right and then you can worry about the foundation.  Second, don’t apply your eyeliner and mascara next either.  That goes on after you get the eyeshadow right.  So, what do you do first?  Apply your foundation primer and eyelid primer.   Now do your eyeshadow.  If you are using artificial lashes, apply these next.  Then apply your eyeliner and mascara.  Now do your foundation and finally line your lips and fill them with lip color.   I will be practicing doing my own makeup so more on all this later.
Lunch
Valley Fresh chicken and a Wendy’s side salad
20-oz coffee with skim - oh yeah!
155 cal 23P 2F 14C

nap

WATP 4-mi fast walk -45-min

Snack
herb mix salad w cider vinegar and Bragg’s aminos
3-oz smoked salmon
177 g sweet potato
16-oz herb tea
298 cal 24P 5P 41C

Dinner
6-oz smoked salmon
8-oz mushrooms
herb mix salad w wine vinegar and Bragg’s aminos and 1 tsp Udo’s GFAT
16-oz herb tea
327 cal 41P 14F 10C

Snack
Off plan meal filled with all kinds of evil and delicious goodies.  I did this consciously because I have been dieting with no cheat meal for two weeks straight and I want to continue my downward progression weightwise until my comp date.  I am hoping that this will prime the pump and keep the positive weight loss momentum going.  I think the legs are finally shrinking but they look horrid!!! and I really need them to come down a lot before April 19th.

total 4133 cal 178P 142F 551C - oh yeah!!

Low day 1 ST

showered with JanTana scrub

Breakfast at Thornton’s
eggwhite omelet w fresh fruit
black coffee
270 cal 22P 1F 44C

Snack
Valley Fresh white chicken in water
154-g sweet potato ST
20-oz water
229 cal 23P 2F 32C

SOS Posing Clinic - awesome, awesome experience - I am so so so glad I decided to do this.  Jodi was there too and I got a chance to talk to her.  I so needed to do this.  I can’t say how great I felt when I saw her and she told me how proud she was of me.  I have been so unsure for too long.  I am doing April 19th but not doing the Jay Cutler Classic.  That’s fine and then we’ll see where we go from there.  I will ask about Maggie Fit when I have made it through Ocean State.  What was really cool is I met Jill who is also doing Ocean State!  So I will know at least one other person there.  She has a background in all this but will be doing this one after a long hiatus.  Paula used yoga as a way of introducing us to the essential elements for good posing.  I found this challenging but I really liked it - it reminds me of Pilates and I want to see if they offer this at NU.

Lunch
Valley Fresh white chicken in water
herb salad
14-oz coffee w skim
20-oz water
126 cal 23P 2F 8C

nap

Dinner
109-g Wellshire turkey
herb salad w cider vinegar
16-oz green tea
20-oz water
134 cal 30P 0F 6C

Snack
4-oz roast smoked salmon
1.75-c green beans
24-g almonds
20-oz water
435 cal 36P 29F 19C

total 1193 cal 131P 31F 109C (5 meals and 3 L water)

OK tomorrow gotta get MAC makeup, nails, take progress photos, and do cardio

Low day 1 ST

showered with JanTana scrub

Breakfast at Mike’s - it was cold and rainy but I went anyway - brightened my spirits
0.5 eggwhite veggie omelet - brought 1/2 back to the office
1-c slow cooked oatmeal
black coffee - bleah
24-oz arizona diet tea
202 cal 15P 2F 30C

Snack
the other half of the omelet
20-oz water
80 cal 10P 0F 3C

Lunch
4-oz chunk light tuna
1.75-c canned green beans
20-oz water
190 cal 30P 1F 14C

10-min step mill intervals 0.98-mi L10
SIck Savage Series #3 1-h
35-min elliptical glutes 4.43-mi (so total of 45-min cardio)

Dinner
97-g Wellshire turkey
herb salad w cider vinegar and Bragg’s aminos
16-oz herb green tea
126 cal 25P 0F 7C

Snack
8-oz mushrooms
4-oz smoke roasted salmon
herb salad w cider vinegar and Bragg’s aminos
14-g almonds GFAT
16-oz herb green tea
360 cal 39P 20F 15C

total 958 cal 119P 24F 76C (5 meals and 3.46L water )

High day 3 ST

Because I did so well at my weigh in this week and am on track for reaching 125 lb as my competition weight I decided to treat myself and went to Mike’s Diner for breakfast.  I love Mike’s it really is a Boston-area institution.  It is in the South End near Boston Medical Center.  You see a wide cross section of humanity there.  On weekends suburban families.  On weekdays, interns, police, city workers, and others from the area.  Many are regulars and the waitresses who are themselves an institution know their customers.  I love their omelets.  I usually get the veggie omelet (East Springfielder) as an eggwhite omelet without the cheese.  They stuff this with fresh veggies including broccoli, tomatoes, onion, spinach, and mushrooms.  The omelet is huge and always well done/well presented.  Never sloppy-looking.  And so, so tasty!!!  You usually get homefries and toast with that but another nice thing about Mike’s is their flexibility.  So, I usually opt out of the homefries and toast and get a cup of slow-cooked oatmeal - mmmm!  I usually eat half and take the other half of my omelet to go and they are also good about that, too.  That’s the other thing about Mike’s no fuss.  In fact, to illustrate the point I will mention that my omelet came with cheese and all I had to do was say that to the waitress and she took it back and had them do it again.  No fuss, no muss.  Last thing I like about it is that I have to walk a bit to get there and that makes it all the more worthwhile to me.  I enjoy the hike.  It gets me out and let’s me see a bit of BackBay.  That’s important to me because where I live in BackBay everything is literally at my doorstep - from my gym to my grocery store (Whole Foods) to my drugstore (CVS) and the University where I teach.  So, this gives me a bit of physical activity.

showered with JanTana scrub

Breakfast
eggwhite veggie omelet w black coffee - ate half the omelet and took half with me for my snack at mid-morning.
oatmeal cup
187 cal 15P 2F 26C

Snack
10-oz herb tea
other half of eggwhite veggie omelet
sweet potato
20-oz water
187 cal 13P 0F 33C

still stiff today - ugh!  but not as bad as I expected.  I was a bit worried about working out yesterday and doing Sick Savage Series #2 given how sore I was yesterday.  Today is cardio only so we’ll see how I do.  I am still miserable in terms of my cold/flu or whatever it is.  It just won’t leave.  I just took an Advil.  Also, I am so cold these days - don’t know if this is because of my illness or because of my weight loss.

Lunch
2.7-oz albacore tuna
wendy’s side salad
16-oz arizona diet green tea
125 cal 20P 3F 8C

WATP express 2-mi brisk walk x2 and 1-mi (75-min) - exceeded my cardio goal
I decided to use my WATP because I was really sore and tired.  I think this is key.  It really applies to all elements of your prep but it is critical to know what you enjoy and can do and to listen to your body.  You want to make it for the long haul here (in my case another 3-5 weeks).  If you eat foods someone tells you to but you don’t enjoy them then you will be unsatisfied and likely hungry.  If you are working with a trainer who gives you no choices I know some run more of a cookie cutter operation:  "Arnold says you eat cod and spinach,"  then gosh no surprise you are starved and want to binge.  If you are working with a cookie cutter then speak up and ask for alternative foods you enjoy and find satisfying.  That is one of the things I really like best about Cathy Savage and SOS, she gives you a list of foods and your macros and it’s up to you to decide what you want to eat.

Dinner
137-g sweet potato
103-g wellshire turkey
90-g spinach
24-oz Arizona diet tea
262 cal 30P 1F 35C

Snack
118-g smoked salmon
84-g Wellshire turkey
95-g spinach w cider vinegar and 1 tsp Udo’s
10-oz Arizona diet tea
16-oz pomegranate green tea
413 cal 52P 18F 9C

total 1174 cal 130P 23F 111C (5 meals and aout 3 L I getting closer and closer to making my water goal!)

WW weigh in 129.4 lb - yow!  I cannot tell you how excited I was to see this.  I weighed myself at home this morning and I was 129 lb naked but after dressing the scale said 129.5 lb so I figured I wouldn’t probably weigh in under 130 which I was OK with.  I have come so far.  Now will my legs cooperate???  3.5 weeks to go!!!

Med day 2 ST

Breakfast
8.3-oz sugar-free Red Bull (don’t know if this is allowed or not - should ask)
10-oz green mint tea
18-g Jay Robb eggwhite protein in Uncle Sam oatmeal ST
20-oz water
226 cal 19P 3F 32C

Lunch
G’day smoked salmon
82-g asparagus
92-g sweet potato ST
12-oz Tazo peach diet tea
215 cal 17P 7F 22C

10-min elliptical glutes 0.96-mi
Sick Savage Series #2 - 1-h
20-min stationary bike hills L7 4.43-mi
20-min ellliptical glutes 1.84-mi

Dinner
2.5-c baby greens w cider vinegar Bragg’s aminos and 1 tsp Udo’s
33-g Wellshire turkey
120-g smoke roasted salmon
32-oz Arizona diet tea
366 cal 41P 14F 20C

Snack
16-oz green tea
G’day salmon
119 cal 13P 7F 1C

total 925 cal 89P 32F 75C ( a bit low and only 4 meals but I will take it!)

Summary for 3/25/08

Low Day 1 ST

Breakfast 8 am
4-oz chunk light tuna
1.75-c green beans
146-g sweet potato ST
20-oz black coffee
364 cal 32P 1F 58C

Snack 11:30 am
G’day salmon
can of green beans 1.75-c
16-oz strawberry puehr tea
189 cal 16P 7F 15C

Lunch
G’day salmon
10-oz black coffee (snif! snif!)
Snapple diet green tea 16-oz
143 cal 28P 0F 7C

cardio only
25-min step mill 2.43-mi L10 intervals
25-min stationary bike 5.48-mi L6-8 hills

Dinner
92-g spinach
106-g Wellshire Farms turkey
16-oz Arizona diet tea
143 cal 28P 0F 7C

Snack
baby greens salad w cider vinegar, Bragg’s aminos and 1 tsp Udo’s
4-oz smoke roasted salmon
16-oz Arizona diet tea
254 cal 27P 13F 7C

total 1074 cal 117P 28F 91C

Gotta say I have been freezing all day and miserable.  I sure hope I feel better tomorrow.  Didn’t go get the Mac makeup because I want to enjoy that so now I am thinking I will either do that Thursday afternoon or Sunday.  I went to bed at 9 pm and slept fitfully waking every couple hours and drinking some Arizona diet tea.  Feel like I still have my cold/flu.  Also really achy - Monday’s workout is kickin back - ouch!

weighed and measured today - 129.5 lb - woo! hoo!!!!

3 ST day (goofed yesterday)

Breakfast
16-oz black coffee
20-g eggwhite with Uncle Sam oatmeal ST
20-oz water
228 cal 20P 3F 32C

Snack
20-g eggwhite with Uncle Sam oatmeal ST
20-oz water
203 cal 20P 3F 25C

Lunch
G’day salmon
2.7-oz albacore tuna
105-g asparagus
14-oz tazo diet peach green tea
223 cal 35P 10F 2C

10-min stationary bike L7 hills
SOS Sick Savage Series #1 1-h 10-min
20-min stationary bike L7 hills

Dinner
sweet potato 168-g
112-g Wellshire Farms turkey
1.75-c canned green beans
24-oz Arizona diet green tea
358 cal 32P 0F 59C

Snack
G’day salmon
14-g almonds
199 cal 16P 14F 3C

total 1211 cal 123P 31F 120C

ooh!  goody!  I have my makeup info back from Cathy and Jodi!!!  I am tentatively planning on leaving work early (for me) tomorrow, going to workout (cardio only day) and then heading off to the Mac store to get my loot!
I ordered the On Stage moisturizing lotion ($14.99) from JanTana.com today.  I want to see if that doesn’t help me achieve a more even tan. I also ordered another bottle of the JanTana scrub $8.50 (cheaper than JanTana) and ProTan BikiniBite (butt glue) $5.99 from Bodybuilding.com.

There are really two subtexts for my post today:  tanning and what I posted as the title for today’s blog entry:  "Don’t look now but people ARE watching YOU!

Yesterday Sunday when I went to church with mom, I was all painted up with my JanTana.  I had decided because I am now 4 weeks out to practice tanning with my new tanning product.  Mom wasn’t too enthusiastic when I told her - she said it’s Easter not Halloween and she was even less enthusiastic after she helped me apply the JanTana Saturday evening.  Anyway as I was helping mom down the aisle to our usual pew she stopped to say hello to another older lady she often chats with.  Another woman seated in the pew in front of her turned around and immediately joine in.  My mom’s friend had noticed my "Tan" and asked about it and I was explaining how I was preparing for my figure competition.  This lady whom I have never spoken to and who has never spoken to us spoke up right away that she knew I had lost a lot of weight several years ago and that she had noticed how I kept it off.  She said I was an inspiration!  I realized then that she had been keeping tabs on me!  Wow!  You just never know.  She was very interested in what I had done to lose weight a and in the fact that I had lost so much weight and was so toned (no skin flaps).  Honestly, it just goes to show that your life is a witness to those around you.  When you eat healthy and exercise you may not realize it but you are speaking loudly to those around you.  So, I ask you what is your life saying to those around you today?

Saturday and Sunday were all about practicing tanning.  I purchased JanTana scrub, On Stage competition color, and the JanTana makeup.  Beginning Friday and Saturday (2x) I showered and used the JanTana scrub.  It isn’t at all foamy or bubbly.  It does have lots of little abrasive microbeads.  Most important if you are going to tan don’t use deodorant before applying the color.  I didn’t purchase the moisturizer - a decision I am rethinking - so I didn’t use that.  I may order it because I did notice some streaking and color problems particularly on my elbows, knees, and knuckles (dry areas).  Then I used the puff that comes with the Jan Tana On Stage competition color.  I applied it all over as much of myself as I could see and then my mom kindly helped apply color to my butt and back.  I did one coat.  It is a bit messy - good idea to stand on a towel that you don’t mind being stained - and I think you really need to wear disposable gloves when you do the application because my thumb and forefinger became almost black.  Not too attractive.

woke up Sunday morning (Easter) and applied the JanTana makeup.  It is very dark and I had a hard time getting an even coverage. You really need to work at it.  I suspect that I would have had a better match colorwise between torso/limbs and face if I had applied several coats of JanTana to my torso/limbs - I only applied one coat.  I also noticed that the makeup comes off really easily if/when you touch your face so it is a really good idea to keep your hands away from your face after applying it.   My mom said she thought maybe I thought it was Halloween because of how I looked.  I’ll certainly say it sure isn’t a natural looking tan so if you are newbie like me remember I told ‘ya

Good idea to wear clothes you don’t care about after tanning - I am thinking in particular of when you go to sleep the night before your comp.  The stuff comes off even when dry - guaranteed to get all over the neck of your clothing, bra, underwear and socks.  I also think if you are staying overnight in a hotel it is a good idea to wear long sleeve shirt and long leg slacks while you sleep so you don’t muss up the sheets too badly or bring your own sheets.  I was really pleased to see that when I took shower after taking my progress photos (I already posted these so you can check ‘em out) - most of the JanTana washed off me nicely.  So don’t worry you won’t have to run around looking like an alien from another planet the day after your competition.  That said, this stuff really does come off on clothing so that’s important to remember!

As they say, I think it is well worth practicing your tanning.  I am so glad that I did this.

Summary for Saturday 3/22/08

Med day 2 ST
rest day in terms of exercise

Breakfast
eggwhite veggie omelet w black coffee
oatmeal ST
264 cal 26P 2F 34C

Lunch
Jay Robb eggwhite and oatmeal ST
16-oz water
203 cal 20P 3F 25C

Snack
1.75-c green beans
G’day salmon
16-oz herb tea
189 cal 16P 7F 15C
nap

Dinner
butter lettuce w raddichio salad w cider vinegar
salmon
green beans 160-g
16-oz water
16-oz herb tea
163 cal 19P 3F 18C

practice tanning!

Snack
2-c sf ff jello w 2 tbsp cool whip free
butter lettuce w raddichio salad w cider vinegar 1 tsp udo’s oil
3-oz smoked salmon
16-oz water
16-oz herb tea
340 cal 27P 19F 16C

total 1158 cal 108P 34F 109C
Sunday March 23, 2008

3 ST day but I did 2 (didn’t have crosstrainer installed on new computer so that was a goof)  will do 3 ST tomorrow

Breakfast
eggwhite veggie omelet w oatmeal and black coffee
264 cal 26P 2F 34C

Snack
142 g sweet potato
G’day salmon
256 cal 15P 7F 36C

took progress photos
commute to Boston

Lunch
can of green beans 1.75-c
2.7-oz albacore tuna
20-oz DD black coffee
188 cal 23P 3F 21C

nap

cardio 30-min 2-mi WATP express

Snack
1 tsp Udo’s oil with spritz of Braggs aminos and cider vinegar on 116-g cole slaw
16-oz Arizona diet tea
113 g turkey breast Wellshire Farms
199 cal 26P 5F 9C

Dinner
can of green beans 1.75-c
2.7-oz albacore
14-g almonds
16-oz arizona diet tea
245 cal 26P 10F 17C

total 1152 cal 116P 27F 117C

High 3 ST day

Breakfast 8 am
oatmeal and 22-g egg white protein Jay Robb ST
tall caffe americano
225 cal 21P 3F 30C

Snack 11 am
G’day smoked salmon
canned green beans
water 20-oz
14-oz coffee drip
193 cal 17P 7F 16C

Lunch 3 pm
G’day smoked salmon
canned green beans
12-oz green tea
156-g sweet potato ST
335 cal 20P 7F 49C

cardio only
35-min elliptical efx-546 glutes I 3.46-mi 375 cal (yes, I know this doesn’t mean anything, folks)
20-min stationary bike 5.1-mi L8 hills 124 cal

16-oz coffee black drip

Dinner
4-oz Wellshire turkey breast
8-oz mushrooms
85-oz cole slaw w cider vinegar
oatmeal ST
14-g almonds GFAT (almonds are considered like nut butters so no more this week)
16-oz herb tea
429 cal 40P 11F 45C

total 1183 cal 97P 28F 140C (a bit low on protein but I will take it.  I did get my 3 STs)

Today was a very disordered eating day and I am not happy about it - girls this is not the way to eat and keep hard earned muscle but I was tired and not hungry and still felt pretty lousy (like food was not a good idea if you get what I mean).

OK so it was my first day back at work and I get greeted with "welcome back oh uh I can’t go to this meeting tonight at 6 pm because I have to teach a class at that time (like duh! you didn’t know that a week ago???) I want you to go."  I was so pissed!  I was spitting nails!  I was tired still felt lousy and this blankety blank pulls this on me!  Of course, I said yes and was angry and frustrated all day - don’t worry let it all out at the gym.  I hate it when I do stuff like this but the thing is I love my school.  I love the students.  Thank goodness for weight training!  What a blessing!  Best way to get rid of your aggressions.  So much healthier than stuffing your face which is what I used to do.
Today is 2 ST day Med day

Breakfast 11 am
2x tall caffe americano (no milk - boo hoo!)
oatmeal ST
175 cal 5P 2F 37C

Lunch 3 pm
G’day salmon
160-g brussel sprouts
20-oz water
183 cal 18P 7F 14C

Snack 5:45 pm
G’day salmon
114 cal 13P 7F 0C

workout - really tired but much, much needed!
2 feb warmup cranks
SOS March workout A week #3 1h 20-min

ooh!  how exciting my JanTana supplies arrived today!  Let the games begin:  here’s the game plan:  I am enlisting my mom on this one - LOL!  She is horrified and concerned about what I am going to look like Easter morning!  Good question!  Sat morning I will shower and use the scrub and with her help Sat evening, I will do a practice run on the tanning solution and take progress photos "tanned" Sunday.  Sounds like a plan!

Dinner 9 pm
187-g eggwhites
8-oz mushrooms
oatmeal ST pwo
20-oz herb tea
373 cal 32P 10F 40C

total 845 cal 68P 27F 91C - not my best eating day but I did get in 2 ST so I will take it.

Finally feeling human again today!  actually managed to eat pretty well and get my cardio in.  Cathy and Jodi are changing my diet again so this is going to be interesting.  The list really isn’t vegetarian friendly so I am just going to go with the flow for the next 5 weeks and see how things go.  Also looks my old friends brussel sprouts are out but good news green beans are in!  LOL!  No milk so I am going to drink Cafe Americano’s I guess.

Breakfast
steelcut oatmeal (ST)
eggwhites 181-g
16-oz coffee
286 cal 26P 3F 39C

Lunch
4-oz tongol tuna
154-g brussel sprouts
16-oz herb tea
193 cal 34P 1F 15C

cardio LS Walk Slim 4-mi fast & firm walk 56-min

Snack
16-oz herb tea
4-oz tongol tuna
145-g brussel sprouts
184 cal 33P 1F 13C

Dinner
16-oz herb tea
ostrich filet
150-g cole slaw w 1 tsp Udo’s oil, cider vinegar and Bragg’s aminos
28-g almonds GFAT
423 cal 43P 21F 15C

total 1084 cal 136P 27F 83C