gymrat0226’s BodyBlog

I love the challenge of food day at work.  I really don’t know why but I guess it’s just the competitiveness in  me.  Today they decided to have Friday the 13th potlock day.  So I brought a cheese and bacon dip.  While all my over-sized co-workers stuff their faces I just keep thinking about my next competition and how good I feel about my diet and training.  I know that if I eat any of that stuff I’m going to feel like crap and fall asleep at my desk.  I can guarantee you by 11 am they will be slumped about 4 inches lower in their chairs and complaining all afternoon about how crappy they feel about pigging out all day.

So I treated myself to a really nice salad from the salad bar at my grocery store with chick peas and I brought some of my grilled chicken…yummy!!!!! I’ve done really good on my diet this week and I’m not screwing it up now! I weigh in tomorrow and I keep telling myself if I eat just one salty thing that’s it…everything I worked so hard for the past week is gone!

I got ahold of the promoter for the next show I want to do in Liberty, MO. It’s on April 23, 2010.  The figure show is on Friday night at 7:00 p.m. That’s going to be interesting because I’ve always done prejudging in the morning but a friend of mine said she wished all the shows were like that so we’ll see.  They also have a free seminar that I’m going to on January 9th. I’m so pumped and excited now!!!  I printed out the poster and it’s right in front of me as all these people around me stuff my face.  This is all part of my pep talk to myself.  Step away from the food!!!!!

I didn’t realize I haven’t posted anything since the beginning of August.  I’ve been super busy with school and ended up dropping out because it was just too much.  My diet and training sucked and then we got really busy at work a few weeks ago and I’ve been working 11-12 hr days.  I’m looking in the mirror and really not liking what I see.  So I jumped right on it and emailed Jay and told him I need to lose a few pounds.  I gained a few more than I wanted to.  I got up to 134 and I want to get down to 127 and maintain that until I start training for the next show in January. So we’re back on the diet.

The 1st day of my diet I felt awesome!  I had so much more energy.  I’ve been dieting since my last show but if the family had hamburgers for dinner….yup…I had one but I’d have a salad with it.  I just started eating more than what I should have and started to feel really uncomfortable because I could feel the weight on my legs and a roll creeping over my waistband!  I have those Italian genes and as soon as I gain weight it all goes to my legs!  I hate it!  Why couldn’t I have had the Asian legs and the Italian ass!
I did a few months of muscle building but my body just got worn out and my joints started hurting again so I lightened things up a bit and I’ve been mixing it up.  A little muscle building on the parts I need it and adding in some conditioning.  Started doing cardio at least 3-4 times week.  We have this new machine on base called Jacobs Ladder….holy crap that thing kicks ass!  I go on for 20-25 minutes resting for 30 seconds every five minutes.  Check it out, it’s a pretty awesome machine and there’s no machine out there that can give you a workout like this.  http://www.jacobsladderexercise.com/
I did great the 1st week of my diet but totally messed up on the weekend but that’s okay because I’m right back on it.  I just have to keep telling myself that it really doesn’t taste that good and it’s not worth it.  Whenever I eat crap I always pay for it one way or another. I have a problem when I’m really tired and I don’t know if anyone else is like this but when I’m tired I eat alot.  What’s up with that!?  Do I think it’ll wake me up?