goddessamazon’s BodyBlog

I tried to post this video clip yesterday but bodyspace was f*ckin’ up and I couldn’t do it. I guess it was a good thing because the version I had to this cliip was like 4 minutes long so you had to fast forward to 2:40minutes. Now, thanks to the art of editing someone cut this clip down to the juicy bits.

So here’s my funny ghetto moment of the week!

Enjoy!

That poor table.

Click here if you want to see the original version to the clip above in full version. 

Ok I’m gonna try this one more time. Hopefully this will work.

I didn’t feel like working out today and guess what? I didn’t. DAMN IT FEELS GOOD TO DO THAT!

Offseason rocks! NO worries though. I’ll be back in there tomorrow doing my thang. Guess what? Yesterday I made a new friend at my gym. Guess what else? She’s a fitness/figure competitor. Oh noooooooooooo! No more 1 hour workouts anymore! LOL!

Homegirl came up to me yesterday and introduced herself. I was in the middle of my leg workout during that time and when we got to talkin’ my entire workout was shot to hell because we didn’t stop. Now the good news about this is that she only workout in the mornings and I normally workout in the early afternoons so I don’t see her being a distraction during my lifts but it was good to meet her and chit chat about competing. Whenever I want to chat I’ll just come in the mornings but I don’t see that happening too often.

I got this youtube clip sent to me by a friend. It’s a hoot! These ladies are dancing to some old azz song called "Mexican Breakfast". They are pretty good!

This was filmed in the early 60’s (can’t you tell?) and someone switched the music and posted it on youtube. If you didn’t know any better you would swear these ladies were actually dancing to "Walk it out"!

Hahahahahahahahaaaa! These ladies are fierce!

The first clip is the revised version and the second clip is the original.

Enjoy!

The original

Soon I’m gonna stop talking about how much I love my new gym. Today I did arms and like always I finish under 75 minutes. I think it’s a good thing that I don’t know anyone in my posh gym. I get in there, do my workout and get out. ABSOLUTELY PERFECT!  I have zero distractions and because everyone in there is focused on their workout I find myself taking my lifting more seriously. I’m happy at my posh gym. Really, really happy! This is important because now I look forward to going there. Tomorrow I’m going there early because I have things to do in the afternoon. This will be my second time going in the morning. The first time I was there I saw this muscular chick curling some 40’s! YES! forty pound dumbbells. She wasn’t even straining either! Now that’s motivation!!!! I hope she’s there tomorrow when I stroll in. When it comes to Legs I need all the motivation I can get.

Ok so tomorrow I’m suppose to eat turkey for the first time. So far fish and I are in love with each other. I’m using fitday.com to see which fish is fatty fish and which isn’t so I know when and when not to add my almonds or sunflower seeds to my meals.

Now that competition season is over for this year I’m going to slowly rebuild my work load up. I need to save a little money for my figure suits. I’m going to buy them plain and then design them myself. Seem to be the smart way to go, especially for us "Frugal Gals". So it looks like my first competition in figure and for the year of 2009 will be April. The next natural bodybuilding comp will also be in April. So it look like I’ll be doing that back to back competing again like I did this past April.  SWEET!

It will be very interesting to see how I’m received on stage in a figure line up. IN HEELS NO LESS!!!! Oh believe me………..I can rock a pair of heels. They can be 3 inches to 7 inches when I put them on my feet I can glad across the stage like Naomi Campbell on the cat walk! Yeah! I’m that bad! **finger snap**

Anyway, next year is going to be much better than this year. I can feel it.

Ok it’s time for me to talk about my new gym again. Today I worked on shoulders and back. I’m going to be sore as hell tomorrow because I really pound those weights. Guess what I realized today? My workouts don’t last no more than an hour or an hour and fifteen minutes!

Now why is that?

Well for one I don’t know anyone there so I’m not socializing. At my old ghetto gym I knew everyone and spent a lot of time talking. I would spend about 4 hours at my old gym easily! At my new gym I’m in there for no more than 2 hours. Less than that if I don’t use the steam room or sauna.  The second reason is the music. I use to dance while working out at my old gym but I have no interest in doing that at my new gym.  My posh  gym (that’s what I’m calling it from now on) play a mixture of music however, when this guy name Paul is working the front desk it’s TECHNO TIME!!!!!!!!!!!! Even when Paul plays techno music I still have no interest in dancing. Probably because I’m too busy focusing on my lifting or maybe because I’m the only black person in the weight area. Hmmmm? Probably a little bit of both.

Speaking of being in the weight area, I wasn’t the only female lifting free weights again. I LOVE THAT SHIT! So far every time I come in the weight area there’s another chick in there lifting too. Ahhhhhhhhh! Estrogen! Can ya dig it? Seems like all the hardcore chicks with bulging muscle lift weights early in the morning and late in the evening. I’ve seen them from time to time but my schedule is unpredictable so I’m not consistent with my times coming there. No worries, if I ever want to get some extra motivation I know what time to walk my tall azz in that gym.

White folks still staring at me. Yeah, that’s not gonna stop anytime soon but I’m cool with it. Oh and  you know what else? The people there are sooooooooo polite. Extremely nice! Everyone says "Hi" to you when they walk by and they smile. It’s a very pleasant atmosphere!  Today there was a group of guys discussing sports in the weight area (typical) but they weren’t loud and when they disagreed with each other they still kept it civil. WOW! I heard about men like this before but I thought that was an old folk tale. Men having a civilized disagreement over sports? AMAZING!!!! **gasp**  They really do exist!

You know what else I like about my posh gym? Being naked in the sauna! At my ghetto gym the sauna was unisex so we had to go in there with bathing suits. I hated going in that sauna because all the dirty old men would hang out in the "wet area". Every time I walked into the sauna those old farts would molest me with their eyes. Ewwwwwwwwwwww! But now I go in the LADIES ONLY sauna and I’m normally the only one in there. All alone and butt azz naked! Whoo Hoo!

Ok, time to eat again! I wanna thank Michel for giving me some sound "meat eater" advice on my last blog. It’s been 16 years since I ate meat so I’m a little rusty with the rules and such.

Ok gotta go. Will be back later to talk about my food.

cya!

I’m lovin’ this fish. Actually I can eat fish as my only means of protein and I’ll be OK with it. Next Wednesday I’m gonna try to eat turkey. Truth be told I’m gonna probably have to make myself eat it because I don’t have any desire for it now. But fish? Mmmmm! Mmmmm! I’m going to buy one of those sushi mats so I can make california and shrimp sushi rolls.

Anywho, here’s my new offseason eating plan

Meal 1 - Do Cardio on an empty stomach. Afterwards oatmeal with protein powder

Meal 2 -  brown rice and fish

Meal 3 - brown rice and fish or poultry

Meal 4 - poultry with green veggies and almonds or cashews

Meal 5 - Poultry/fish with green veggies and almonds or cashews

or 5 egg whites and 1 whole egg in baby spinach with sun flower seeds. (vinegarette dressing)

Meal 6 - Protein Shake (Casein  Protein Powder)

I think my calorie intake will be between 2500 - 3500 (maybe higher). I’m doing the 40/40/20 (protein/carbs/fat) method.  I’m gonna have to do more research and self testing to see what my daily calorie intake needs to be. Especially with my new workout routine.
Now if I wake up too late (which has been happening lately) then I’ll just eliminate Meal 5 completely.

Today I worked on arms and DAMN it’s good to have my strength back. Tomorrow I’m going to work on my legs. I need to recreate a new workout schedule too. I’ll do that tomorrow.

Ok once again I had a fantastic time at my new gym. Going from an all black gym to a predominantly white gym is a big adjustment. But it’s a good change for me. For one IT’S CLEAN!!!!! When those basketball guys took over my ghetto gym the first thing those dumbazzes did was fired the cleaning staff. I was constantly complaining about the mildew smell in the Ladies locker room, replacing a blown light bulb, refilling the soap dispenser, toilet tissue, paper towels, etc. Now? I don’t have to do any of that. I come into a very clean and  POSH  locker room. Oh yeah! You heard me! Posh! Check this shit out.

The Ladies Locker Room has

• 3 vanity tables with matching mirrors (surrounded by lights). Each table is equip with a blow dryer, flat hair iron, a box of Kleenex tissue and waste basket.
• 6 individual changing area with full length mirrors and leather love seats with privacy curtains. These rooms are HUGE by the way.
• A sauna with a timer
• A huge leather sofa with matching chairs facing a big flat screen TV (with remote) which is hanging from the top of the wall.
• Long roomy lockers
• Courtesy plastic bags to store your wet clothes or items in
• and a Closet for your Coats or Jackets.

I am so amazed with this locker room. Truly unbelievable. I LOVE IT BACK THERE! But of course if the Ladies Locker room is that great imagine what the outside has to offer?

I can’t begin to tell you the shit load of equipment my new gym has and we ain’t talking about some ancient equipment passed on from the 70’s either. This stuff is new and improved. I’m in bodybuilder’s heaven. I was using machines that I never seen before. Machines that worked muscles I never knew I had! Hell! I’m sore right now just typing this entry!

The People - Here’s what I noticed so far about my new gym. The people there are SERIOUS about working out. It’s not a social club or a fashion show. The women are there to workout and I have yet to see one with a face full of make up or yapping on her cell phone while using the treadmill. The women weren’t dressed like hoochies and the men weren’t arguing over sports. It was a completely different environment.

Now of course I’m talking about all the good things I like about my gym but is there anything I don’t like about it? Hmmmmm? No not really. There is one thing I noticed about my new gym versus my ghetto gym. White people stare! Now in their defense it’s not every day they see a 6′2″ black woman with dred locks down to her ass pumping heavy ass weights. I’m a new member with a different look. A very different look! So it’s going to take some time for them to get use to me. I had the same situation happen to me in Germany. Germans? Yeah they stare at you hard! They don’t care if you catch them staring either………… nor will it stop them! At least the white folks in America will look away when you catch them staring at you but Germans? Shit! They don’t care! If you look at them while they are staring at you guess what? They will continue to stare at you! They have NO SHAME! LOL!!!!

I’ve been stared at most of my life so this doesn’t bother me. Actually I find it amusing. It’s a refreshing experience from my old gym. I can honestly say that I’m happy there.

Ok I have more to talk about but it’s time to eat so I’ll be back with my new eating plan.

Cya!

Ok so yesterday I had salmon for the first time in 16 years and today I had Ocean Perch! OMG!!!!! That fish was de-li-cious!!!!!! I just realized something about myself. I like fishy fish. I like to eat fish that taste like the ocean. Mmmmmm! Today I had two servings. Yummmm! Tomorrow I’ll eat fish twice a day and the same thing for Saturday. Sunday I’ll add fish three times. So far so good on eating meat again. No constipation, headaches or nausea. But then again I don’t expect to get those symptoms because I’m doing a slow process. I’m slowly reintroducing meat back into my body. I’ll eat turkey for the first time come next Wednesday then I’ll do the chicken.

Today I brought one of those rice cookers. I saw this on a Jay Cutler DVD (Jay to the Z) and he had a big bowl of brown rice warming up in a rice cooker. I thought that was a neat idea, especially for  a chick who doesn’t like to cook. So I brought it and then I brought 3 large bags of brown rice. I haven’t used the rice cooker yet. I’ll use it tomorrow. I’ll cook the rice in the morning and then I can have it for my second, third and forth meal. My frist meal will be my famous oatmeal and protein powder and my six meal will just be Casein Protein Shake.

Didn’t go to the gym today but I’ll be bringing my tall ass in there tomorrow. Now that comp season is over with I’ve been spending a lot of time tying up loose ends with my business.

Ok I’m going to go play in the IFBB forum again.

cya!

Ok I need to talk about some key points about Saturday and share with you all a few feedbacks from the judges.

Now as you all know I came on my period 3 days prior to my comp which means that my bodyfat wasn’t low enough. I also thought that I wouldn’t carry any water weight from being on my menstrual cycle for comp day. WRONG!!!!!  Even though I was on those natural diuretics and cut my water I was still holding water on comp day! DAMMIT! My body wasn’t hard like it was suppose to be and when I was under those lights I was sweating like a stuff pig (another sign of carrying water).

After the competition we are allowed to email the judges and ask them for their critiquing. So far I only got two replies back and I’m still waiting for the other 3. I’m going to take the good stuff they said about me out and only post their critiquing.

The first judge wrote:

First off, fuller muscles.  If you eat properly (I know, vague), and
lift heavy (think powerlifter) during the off season, the muscle will
get packed on.  Your dieting after a program like that, should make it
easy for you to be tighter for your next show (which also needed work
this go round).

The second judge said

You’re tall so you need to concentrate on filling out your frame more. Eat more and lift heavy! You’re lower body was a bit soft so concentrate of getting tighter for your next competition in 2009. Pound those legs to fill out those muscles and lose the fat you’re holding there.

So now I’m focusing on next year. It’s time to prepare my body for the stage in 2009. I took 3 days off and ate like shit. As of today I’m back to eating clean and will hit the gym later on today. Now that I have a new gym it’s time to change some other things in my life.

After much thought and consideration I have decided to leave vegetarianism while I’m a competitive bodybuilder. YUP! After 15 - 16 years of being meat FREE I’ve decided to eat fish and poultry again. I’m going to do it today. Today I’ll slowly introduce fish back into my body. I’ll more than likely slowly start off with fish and then a week later slowly introduce turkey and then chicken. I don’t want to shock my system by eating those meats too soon. I still won’t eat beef and I rather eat glass than eat PORK so the only meats I’ll be eating are fish and poultry. Once I finish competing as a bodybuilder (which will be many years from now) I’ll go back to being a vegetarian.

Vegetarianism is a great lifestyle but it’s too time consuming when it comes to being a competitive bodybuilder. I proved that you can grow muscles on a vegetarian diet so I’m proud of that but now it’s time to get BIGGER! Since I’m not going to take drugs the only way to do that is to include meat back into my diet. Believe it or not I’m sort of looking forward to it. I love fish and I can’t wait to eat that again. Turkey and Chicken? Meh! I could take it or leave it but fish! WHOO HOO!!!!!  YUM! YUM! GIMME SOME!!!!!

So for the next 3 months I’m going to increase my calorie intake on clean foods only. I’ll still have a cheat day. My weights will be heavy! Actually I’m going to lift heavy as possible. I’m going to stick with the cardio after my weight lifting. There are some women at my new gym who are ROCK HARD! That makes me feel good. It’s about time too!  I like be around other women of like mind and body. I don’t miss my old gym at all. I do miss my friends but not the gym! BLAH!

With my new gym, new eating regimen, new workout program and most of all…………NEW ATTITUDE I should see some major changes in my body come 2009!

Well ladies and gentlemen my competition is over and I’m through for this year. WHAT A YEAR I HAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!Ok, so Saturday I come to the comp depressed. My friend/mentor Jazzmon was suppose to be here with me and was going to be my support backstage and in the crowd. I know many people say that she was there in spirit but it wasn’t the same. I wanted her there in person but that wasn’t going to happen so I accepted the thought that maybe it’s meant for me to compete alone. So for the first time this year of competing I felt lonely. Since I was feeling this way I alienated myself from everyone until it was time to get on stage. I didn’t want to be bothered nor did I feel like making new friends.

So during Prejudging I found out that I was the only one competing in my class. SWEET! My posing was spot on and several competitors from the April show saw my improvements for this show versus the April show. They told me that I did a good job. That made me smile but I still felt like shit emotionally so afterwards I went to Taco Bell! Yeah, cheesy bean burritos always make me feel better. **smile**

HERE’S WHERE THING CHANGED!!!!!!!!!!!

I was pretty pissed with myself when it came to my posing routine.  Why in the hell would I pick my music 5 days before the competition and then create/practice my routine the day before the show? Not only that but I dedicated my posing routine to Jazzmon and if I come out there half azzing then that’s an insult to her memory. So what did I do? I spent 2 hour rehearsing and polishing up my posing routine. So when it was time to get up on stage I did an awesome job! I KICKED ASS! I did so well that I got a standing ovation and the crowd yelled my name. When I looked up and noticed everyone standing to the feet clapping and cheering! It nearly brought me to tears.  So as soon as I got off the stage I had to get right back up there again for the "overalls". Then when they did the pose down the crowd yelled my name again! IT WAS SO AWESOME and I gave them a show! The female from the middle class won (and rightfully so). She also got her natural Pro Card! She looked great and won fair and square!

So now it’s over and all I wanted to do is go home so I packed my stuff, put on my clothes and headed out the door. On my way out of the building sooooooooooooo many people stopped me to tell me how much they enjoyed my posing routine. They hugged me, shook my hand, took pictures with me and told me how proud they are of me.

You know what? That was the BEST thing that ever happened to me in a competition. These people know my name. AKILAH! They know my name!  They said my name! I won over the crowd! I finally did it! I came to a competition alone with no one there to cheer me on and in the end I earned those cheers. They wanted to know me and they sincerely support me because I did a good job. They didn’t know me from Eve and in the end they wanted to know me! THAT’S F*CKIN’ AWESOME!!!!!!
That right there was worth all my trophies.

So when I finally made it to my truck I jumped in, closed the door and started bawling! I was so overwhelmed with all the love I got that I felt stupid for feeling sorry for myself earlier! I had nothing to be depressed about! I did a DAMN good job and next year I’m going to do a better job.

I have more to talk about but I’ll save that for part 2 because I’m hungry right now!

cya!