Kat’s Blog!

Today, I took a long walk during my lunch break. It is a beautiful day in VA. It is warm and still early enough in the year that I don’t have to worry about my allergies. I love, love, love days like this. Everything seems so perfect!

Last night I did my back and biceps work. I need major improvement in those two areas. I felt good throughout my workout and I feel like I am improving. My trainer wants to keep me on my current schedule for a while longer.

As far as my nutrition, I am hungry towards the end of the day. I eat every few hours, but I tend to want more carbs at night (more than I am allowed by that point- my macros are 50/25/25). By the end of the week, my allowed “cheats” really come into play because I am so hungry. I wore my Polar HR monitor this week for a period of 24 hours. I burned 3,015 calories in those 24 hours. I then wore it for about 12 more hours after that just to make sure it was accurate. At rest, I burn over 100 calories per hour. I am eating around 2,200-2,300 calories per day. I am still trying to gain muscle and drop fat, as I will not step on stage until October.

I have this vision of myself as I step on stage. I know what I will look like. I have to make it happen. I am somewhat cocky in my thoughts because I say I will win. For me, I have to go into it with that mindset. I often see women saying they want to enter a competition and place in the top five. Well, I need to go for number one. If I only strive for the top five, then fifth place is what I will be. I am giving it my all. I have an awesome support group and I am leaning on them, especially my guy. He brings me back down to reality when I start questioning everything. I am such a nerd- I analyze everything. With that comes thoroughness and organization in everything I do. That is why I like my job as a programmer- it suits my personality- and I don’t have to talk to anyone all day- lol.

Well, I’d better get back to work. I need to get a lot done before the end of the week. Oh, and I have an eye doctor’s appointment on Friday. Let’s hope that I am allowed to get contacts this year. I don’t want to be the only bodybuilder on stage with glasses-lol. I am so much of a nerd that my eyes are too bad for contacts. I am not sure what makes me think my eyes have gotten better when I know I am having trouble seeing what I am typing right now. Oh- let me zoom to 500%- that is better- now I can see what I am typing- I was only at 200%. Roflmao.

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