The I Love Carbs Blog

I’ve been missing in action here for a month or so, but not to worry, I’m still training hard.  Harder than I ever had before.  I’ve put my obsession about my dieting aside, and focused on strength training.  I’m still taking JetFuel.  BCAA and Glutamine is taken after my workouts.  I’ve cut out creatine for the time being.  I couldn’t stand feeling bloated all the time.  I’m pushing heavier weights and getting stronger.  I still weigh roughly the same (124 lbs), but my pants are falling off my waist.  Which tells me I’m gaining lean muscle and loosing the bf.  One of these days, I need to figure out my bf%. 

My husband and I went and watched our first BB show this past weekend.  It was a National Qualifier.  All I can say is WOW!  Those guys/gals train so hard to fine tune their bodies and have the courage to walk up there on stage, it’s amazing!  So, a seed has been planted, and now I think I want to compete in Bodybuilding.  They have a light weight division, and that may be a starter for me.  There’s a Personal Trainer at my gym that competes and he knows his stuff.  I plan on talking with him about my goals and see where I can go from there.  That nagging voice inside just won’t go away, and I think I can go for it.  I CAN GO FOR IT!

I took some updated pics last night, but I have not had the time to upload them.  Will do that later.  I’d like to start developing my legs and back.  Both mucles groups are getting stronger.  But, I need to learn to isolate the individual muscles to really define them. 

I’m eating fairly clean.  Probably a little more carbs than I should, no big deal.  I’m not eating junk for sure, just not the right ratio of protein/carbs/fats. 

I’m all outta whack with my training schedule, but am still keeping to training all body parts within 5 days.  I ended the week’s training early by doing legs yesterday.  So, today would have been a day off, but it just didn’t feel right.  I went to the gym during lunch and did 1 hour of cardio.  30 minutes on the treadmill at 3.0-13% inclilne.  Then I followed that with 30 minutes on the spin bike, kept it at a steady 16.5 mph.  That felt nice because my legs were pretty stiff from yesterday’s workout.  I was very tempted to stay and just start my new week’s training and hit my chest routine, but, I really needed to go to the super market.  I’ll train chest tomorrow.