goddessamazon’s BodyBlog

I can’t believe that no one has any input on my questions that I asked on my blog.

But that’s ok! It’s cool! When I upload extremely sexy eye candy of myself as my avatar this September I’ll be sure to ignore most of you too!

To all my friends who commented on my blog before, this rant doesn’t apply to you. I still got luv for you all! **kisses**

My left arm is weaker than my right. Lately I’ve been pushing through my arm workouts so that my left arm can catch up. For example.

When I do a bicep curl of 25lbs barbell my left arm struggles to complete the set while my right arm completes it with no problem.

So I looked in the mirror and noticed something different. It looks like my biceps got bigger.

Both of my arms were the same size. 12 1/2. Now my left bicep is 13 inches and my right arm is still 12 1/2 inches!!!!!!

What is going on and can anyone give me some insight on how to adjust this?

I’m freaking out over this!

I slept good and hard. The only problem I had was falling to sleep but once I was asleep I stayed that way until it was time to wake up. So I guess doing heavy cardio late in the evening is a good thing. It seems to help with my sleeping. Ok, I’m going to do the same thing today and see if I have a good night sleep for tomorrow.

Today is arms (tri and biceps) along with legs. I ate good yesterday but as usual forgot to type in my meals. I’ll do my best to do it today.

OK, time to get ready.

Cya!

Yup you heard me! I guess goofing off this week gave me a lot of energy to conquer cardio today. I did 45 minutes high intense race walking. I was going 4.6 MPH non stop from beginning to end. Yeah I rock! My shirt was soak and wet when I got off that treadmill! I guess I felt so guilty for eating that double oreo blizzard and skipping two cardio days this week that I felt I needed to play catch up.

I hope I have a good nights sleep because of it. I pray that I do!

Oh I forgot to mention my workout. I did shoulders today. I really hit them hard so I’m going to feel sore tomorrow for sure. In 40 minutes I’ll be heading to the gym to do some cardio.
I had a cheat item today. I ate a double oreo blizzard. *gasp*
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When it comes to abs I don’t half step. I do a hard workout concentrating on the lower and upper abs. 4 months ago this guy would watch me do my ab workout until he finally asked if he could join me. So for 4 months he and I would only do ab exercises together. I also taught him how to eat properly and adjust his diet. Today he came in the gym shirtless.  He had a  well defined 6 pack and it  was hard as a rock! I looked at him and teased him for being shirtless. He turned around, put his arm around my shoulder and yell to the entire gym "Hey Ya’ll! This right here is who helped me get my six pack! If ya’ll want to get fine like me check out her ab work!"

He turned around and thanked me for being so patient with him and helping him achieve his look! Then he showed me a picture of himself 4 years ago. He was 200 pounds overweight in that picture. He told me that the picture was taken 8 months after he got out of jail. He said that when he was in jail for 3 years he would look at fast food commercials on TV and vowed to eat everything he saw on TV when got out. And for 8 months that’s just what he did until finally he decided to loose the weight.

He said that there are a lot of positive people in his live who helped him turn his life around for the better and he was proud to add me to that list.

That experience make my entire week!

Well that 2 hour nap I took yesterday did effect my sleeping last night. I tried to go to bed at 11PM and my body wasn’t haven’t it. So I stayed up and watched TV until I felt tired. Around 2ish I remember going to bed. I woke up promptly at 8:40AM.

I just love how my hair is fixed in a way that keeps it out of my face. I have a lot of chores when I come back home from the gym so that more exercises. Today is shoulders and calves. I think I’ll start posting my eating up on here too now that I’ve gotten back on track with that.

I had to repost this because I don’t have it memorized yet.

Supplements:

Whey Chocolate Protein Shake
BCAA Capsules
L-Glutamine
Kelp
Chromium picolinate
Salmon Oil
Spirulina

In a week I’ll be ordering some Glucosamine Chondroitin with MSM to protect my knees during heavy squats. Knee wraps are on the way in the mail as I type this. I’m hearing some crackling sounds in my right knee when I bend down so I’m going to take action now.

GOALS!

I will enter my first competition in the winter or spring of 2008 but there’s a big chance I may start the fall of this year. I’ll know for sure come August. Until then I’ll set small goals. My first goal will be for September 1, 2007. I’ll be attending a Sci-Fi convention here in Atlanta called “Dragon Con” and I want to have my body as muscular as possible by this day. I have some kick ass costumes to wear for the event. After this goal, my next goal will be preparing for my first competition.

DIET!

My calorie intake is between 2,000 - 2,300 daily, macros will be around 40/30/30 p/f/c

I am a Lacto-ovo Vegetarian but I don’t drink cow’s milk. So I eat eggs, cheese and yogurt. When I am in the Caribbean or Italy I?ll eat fish because it was freshly caught.

Protein Sources: Eggs (whites and whole), Tofu, Whey protein, cottage cheese, Spirulina, Nuts and tempeh.
Carb Sources: Brown Rice, Bake Potato, Oats, Rye and Millet.
Fat Sources: Whole Eggs, Salmon Oil, Olive Oil and Nuts
Veggies: All green leafy vegetables especially Spinach. I love spinach and eat a lot of it daily. Artichokes, Beets, Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Cucumbers, Eggplant, Green peas, Green pepper, carrots, olives, onions, garlic and seaweed (another food source high in protein).

Training Routine

For Three months I was lifting light to moderate weights with lots of reps. I noticed by April that my arms were not growing and for two months they stayed the same so I went heavy. Once I went heavy my biceps grew 1/2 inch in 4 weeks. I learned that my body responds to heavy weights with low reps. So until my body tells me otherwise I’m going to keep this technique for a while.

I was working out one body part a week. That’s going to change too. As of today I’ll be working out my arms and legs twice a week until I have my muscle foundation in place. I will allow 48 - 72 hours rest between each muscle group.

Monday - leg and calves
Tuesday - Arms and back (no cardio)
Wednesday - Rest
Thursday - Shoulders and Legs
Friday - Arms and calves (no cardio)
Saturday - chest or circuit training
Sunday - Rest

Abs will be done 4 times a week.

Cardio will be done 30 minutes, 4 - 5 days a week. Either on the elliptical, bicycle, or the treadmill. I will either do cardio immediately after my weight training or come back to the gym for cardio later that day.

As of today it looks like the hardest part of my body to develop are my legs. Hopefully I’ll change this later in the year.

So I just woke up from a 2 hour nap. Guess who’s gonna have a hard time going to sleep tonight? Yup! You guessed it! Anywho, back workout went well and so did my hair appointment. Since I’m sweating now because of the heavy lifting and cardio in addition to the "hell heat" outside I had my hair stylist braid it all back. I was so tired from it all that I after I had something to eat I came home to take a nap and *POOF* there goes my time for cardio. So when I was suppose to be at the gym doing cardio I was in my bed busting some Zzzzzzzs. Since sleep has been an issue for me that was a good thing.

Ok, time for me to answer some responses to my thread.

It was good but I had to wake up early this morning to hit the gym and go to my hair stylist. I have an appointment around Noon! I was sleeping so good that I had to hit the snooze button three times. It’s going to feel so good to get my locs done.

So today is back early this morning and then come back for my cardio.

Michel and Cathy I hope you two slept like I did.

Ok, gotta go. I don’t have much time to type a long one today.

cya!

So after not going to the gym yesterday I hit the gym today. I can tell that my lack of eating is causing me problems. I couldn’t lift 4 sets only 3 but the good news is that I am getting stronger. Today I’m doing my best to play catch up with my calorie intake especially my protein intake.

Tomorrow is no rest day but I’ll be doing my back instead since I didn’t do it today. Blah! I need to find some exercises for my inner thigh. Any suggestions?

Good! I woke up once last night and went right back to sleep. Last night was a good night for my sleeping log. I’ll be leaving soon to head to the gym. Today is arms and I probably do legs too since I didn’t do any yesterday. I think I’ll go to the store on my way to the gym and by some vicks vapor rub. I have some mucus congestion in my chest and I’ll rub that on after my workout before I hit the steam room.

cya