Kimberlie Martin’s cuteTrainer

I am not doing the Northern Kentucky Beverly show in mid-March (I was going to do FITNESS in the snow) but I have decided against the fitness for right now. I don’t really have the time or money for that aspect of things-suits are SO expensive and we all know how the economy is. But on a lighter note, that gives me another week (until Dec 4th) to kind of f around with diet and not do cardio…that way I’m 16 weeks from my first show in 09 for figure. =) yay donuts! haha just kidding…but seriously. =)

Alright, so I have been on this diet only a short while (started Monday) and feel like I can tweak it for my personal use. HERE is the link to it. This is a diet written by a man (presumably) for a man. However I know how my body responds, so I am doing the following versus what he has:
It is split up into 4 four week sections:
1st 4 weeks
1.5g carb per pound of body weight
1.5g protein per body weight
fats as low as possible
2nd 4 weeks
1.5g protein per pound of lean body mass (LBM)
1.0g fat per pound of LBM
.5g carb per pound of LBM
3rd 4 weeks
1.5 grams of protein per pound of total body weight (TBW)
1.0 grams of carbohydrates per pound of TBW
0.5 grams of fat per pound of TBW
4th 4 weeks
Protein = 1.5 gram per pound of lean body mass (LBM)
Carbohydrates = 1.0 grams per pound of LBM
Fat = 0 grams… naturally occurring onlyI am going to split my days up like this, and since he gives nothing about a cheat meal this is how I will work all of it– as I had said previously, my calories are around 15-1600 per day.  In the first four weeks I am allowing myself 2 cheat meals on Weds and Sat or Thurs & Sun(the one mid-week will not consist of fast food, rather bread some chips fruit & a few cookies…along those lines) followed by a 0 carb low calorie low fat day(which from previous dieting, I hate…however for women, is usually a huge help to our cutting down).  My cheat doesn’t take me over my allotted calories per day because I am careful to monitor those during the course of it.  The second four weeks, I am only allowing myself a cheat meal once a week on the weekends.  The third four weeks I am going to see how I look and monitor my cheats from there-I might give myself 2 in those 2 weeks (so every other week) instead of 4 but that is played on by the mirror and how I look.  I also must tweak the last 4 weeks in this program-I will have to cut the carbs down to (probably) 50g per every other day, 25g every other day.  For the last 2 weeks I will carb deplete if I still need to lose a lot, and then carb up week of the show.  So that’s the game plan for now. =)  It is still very early for me so I am trying to get used to eating so many egg whites (yuck! i don’t like fish at all :o( so it’s really hard for me to eat it) and keeping those protein grams so high!!  XoXo

ps-I can’t post pics because I don’t have money for a camera =( personal training makes me POOR! =( =( so that’s why. it’s not because I don’t want to! I broke 2 in 2 years snowboarding because the ones I had are sensitive to the cold and yeah. oh well.  and my phone quality sucks (don’t ever by a HTC Touch it is horrible in so many ways)

     Well one word for this type of lifting = HARD. I am going to write an article on it for BBing.com and wanted to experience it first hand. It is also in the Deadline Diet program that I am doing for cutting down as well, so I thought I may as well try it out and see what the fuss is about. The idea behind it is this: 10 sets of 10 reps at 60% of your 1RM with short consistent timed rest, one body part per day with one major exercise. Doing the math for legs/squats, I did 155 for nine sets, and the first set I did 145 (just because I realized I did the math wrong). It was absolutely brutal! I rested 30 seconds in between the first five sets, and 45 seconds between the last 5 sets. And after that I laid on a bench to re-group. I’m doubting I went down to a full squat on all of those because they were so hard, but they weren’t anything that I couldn’t consider a squat.
     Let me know if you have ever done this type of training before and what you thought of it: I would love to hear it and use it for my article (so leave contact info as well!)    I have also noticed a dramatic decrease of weight…in the past 6 days I dropped down from 146.8(Thurs) to 141.4(Weds-today) - I just started my 16 week prep diet MONDAY with a 1.5 pound deficit planned per week (I am AROUND 1.5 gram of carb & protein per pound of body weight and very low fat) which has me eating around 1500 to 1600 calories per day.  I also haven’t incorporated cardio in this as well.  SO strange.  I am still strong-I used the back row nautilus machine and maxxed out for 4 reps so that makes no sense-input?  I am assuming it is water weight…

I received an email from a fellow figure-slut hater on here and it made me laugh.  So here is my ode to sluts, part deux. Entitled: How to Sabatoge a Show and Give Yourself "ONE UPS TO ALL THOSE HATERS". =) enjoy.

At my next show, I am going to make an attempt to wreak havoc backstage.  How, you say?
1)  You know the granola snacking?  It will soon be sodium+splenda+granola snacking for you. Uh-oh.
2)  Cut strings of posing suits, slyly, while the girls first enter the bathrooms and fix their makeup.  Nobody likes using a back-up!
3)  Oh no…the bikini bite got accidentally sprayed with pam & tanning oil and no longer sticks?
4)  For the poor girls like myself who aren’t rich enough to get fake tits and have to use inserts, their tricks will now be in the side pocket of my gym bag.
5)  Pump up areas are normally not large, so one accidental "roll" of the dumbbell could mean slippage in those heels.
6)  Or if you’re not worried about being attacked by evil satanic carb deprived women, you could just -oops-oh-my-god-i-am-SO-sorry!- drop one on an unsuspecting foot.
7)  That dumb bitch got offered to do an interview in 5 min. by the camera-man and I didn’t.  Time to go throw on some lipstick and work iTTT right in front of him (and complementing him on ____ helps too ;)
8)  Keep your friends close, but enemies closer-be as fake as possible as long as possible.  They’ll let you use some of their "super secret whatever the **** it is that they keep hidden"

    I have to plug this program-it is out of this world! I came upon it in a Diet class for school-it was required for a project. At thirteen dollars my cheap ass was so mad, until I used it once..and it was love at first sight! The web address is:
http://nutritioncalc3.mcgraw-hill.com/ncplus3/database
A screen capture of the site is down below so you can see for yourself. There is a fairly large database of foods on there that you can pick from that you ate, and input the amount you ate (all of the units, from tsp to cup to gram, liquid ounce, etc. are on there) and all of the nutrition data is available for you. I put all of my meals on there when I am dieting, and it is a quick easy way to measure cals, cals from each of the groups, including all your vitamins, minerals, sat/poly/mono/trans fats; everything you could imagine! If you are as unorganized as I am, it is a novel idea. Let me know if you use things like this to monitor your diet closely, or if you just wing it. Also if you have heard of this program before or if is completely new to you! XOXO

    Cheers to another 16 week prep…day 1-dun dun dunnnnn// Yuck.  I always notice that when it’s back to dieting I never seem to have an appetite. One would think I’d be starving, but I think it takes a little getting used to. Oh yams how I love thee, and chicken you are so beautiful to me. GAG.
     Anyways, first topic of discussion: OFF SEASON. What are your thoughts on off-seasons? Do you eat like a mad man, whatever you want? or do you diet just as you would in-season adding certain things? I’m sorry, but I have seen too many of those figure girls who look like they are ready to compete any time of the year…is that honestly healthy for you? It’s like they are constantly depleted and nutrient deprived. I don’t know about you but I like taking some time off to enjoy things, let my body recouperate, EAT, and relax. Normally I take one month off of working out a year, and along with that the freedom to eat what I like when I like. It’s not as crazy as it sounds, but when I want Dairy Queen or some fast food the option is always there, or if I want to eat a ton of peanut butter and jelly I’ll go for it-I’ll usually get sick of it the day after anyways. I’ve read tons of different people’s opinions on off-seasons, what they SHOULD consist of, what is horrible in them, etc. and I would love to hear what you guys have to say. I think it’s all personal preference- you need to rebuild your muscles and it is how you gain afterall. I, myself, have never had trouble with losing muscle because being naturally “big boned” (seriously, look up how to see what your bone structure is) I have always had huge traps & calves. I weigh almost 150lb(at 5′2″) right now after almost a month off and do not look fat in the slightest-I am solid, without a doubt-the pics on my page of my hamstring and calf were just taken. With that being said, I think I can allow myself a little time to chill out! Not so much you bodybuilders, but figure/fitness…however all input welcome-would love to hear it!
       Second topic–dieting (not like this whole site isin’t dedicated to this, but oh well its MY blog. =) I am going to try this deadline diet- http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/jeff4.htm - looks interesting. My body is very responsive to ketogenic diets, however this still incorporates carbs and very low fat. It is a 16 week diet and for me, 16 weeks from today leads me to my very first show of the 2009 season. I am hoping that in 8 weeks if it does not work I can go back to my ketodiet and nothing would be put in a negative position. He lists a ton of food that you can sub in on the diet, so I am going to switch - 1 major protein source a week such as chicken, steak, tilapia, lean ground beef, etc. along with my complex carb and always keeping egg whites in. I don’t like veggies that much, but will incorporate broccoli, cucumber, and spinach in since I do enjoy those 3. I had a sweet potato & some chicken this morning, but day 1 isn’t going how I had planned-can’t get back into the gym to hit the weights (first day in almost a month) and I have hardly any appetite. So much for meeting my protein and carb gram quota…but hey, it’s day 1. Just gotta get back into the swing of things. =) XOXO

All right folks, whats the deal with all the slutacious women oh no wait excuse me "models" on here in itsy bitsy bikinis thongs bras etc…it makes all the rest of us figure competitors look like total tramps! (as if the shoes arent already bad enough!)  there is a difference between showing skin in certain pics to show off some progress in odd places in a few pics but i mean hell just go naked for those few* but does everyone need the million in front of the ocean half bikini bottom untied sashe or the even classier digi cam at home bra and boyshort with g-string sticking half way up your butt.  ??? Maybe im too self assured or maybe im not self assured enough.  Im definitely not shy, very comfortable with my body, love showing off…i just dont get it. poop.
Moving along, the anorexic figure competitor (or so they very closely resemble)-a few helpful hints to make your lives more enjoyable:
1) if you begin to eat again you look like an oompa loompa,(yes from personal experience so don’t think i have no idea what im talking about) •every girl has their omg i need to get superskinny phase but some just never grow out of it…or marry a rich guy who will peace out if you get fat…so youre screwed
2) your heart will fail. and you will die. ok maybe not right away but it will come in due time
3) my almost 60 and 100 lb mom (adoptive of course lol) could do denise austin dvds with some ten pound dumbells throw in some frog jumps break a sweat and go for a 3mi walk around the neighborhood and call herself highly trained & notes she works out so hard and diets like a fiend.  but my mom always looks like that, stays that size.._
4) watch your back in the venue parking lot

so wheres the muscle at ladies? <<reference to a personal fav of mine lisa perspn>>

the end….for now

 and i almost forgot! I am going to be competing fitness this spring as well! as long as I can get back all of that flexibility lost after years of not tumbling and stretching..hopefully it’s not lost forever! eek. I’ll see what I can do within the next few weeks and try to get a few pics up. xoxo

Well a lot has been going on for me, both school wise & career wise, which hasn’t given me the time or FOCUS that I had needed in the fall to do any sort of show.  I start a 16 week cut down on Monday, of which I plan to keep everyone posted to a T. Let’s see; I weigh in about almost a buck & a half, and even though I do have a little bit of yummy in my tummy I can still see some separation of my quads (probably due to the light-moderate intensity step aerobics I’ve been doing 2-3x a week for 45 min). I am very pleased! I also have taken 3 weeks off of lifting, cardio (not including the step…I get credit for it at school so hey) & dieting alltogether to “test the waters” and see what happens to my body-do my muscles atrophy? do I get skinny? do I get fat? I am very pleased to say that nothing dramatic happened at all, thank God. Before I did that I tried a 4 week “test” diet, which was strictly ketogenic with a carb up day every 5th or 6th; I was eating a lot of bacon, beef, eggs, butter, sausage…wow let me tell you I am so sick of breakfast food! However I was 147 before and 137 after, so definitely very pleased with the results. Naturally I gained back the 10 pounds from crap eating, but it is not that noticeable in fat-assuming some to most of it is my glycogen being refilled and water.  Anyways…
I am now a writer for Bodybuilding.com!  I am so thrilled at being given this opportunity.  I will be publishing starting February, thanks to the awesome editor-in-chief Kris.  I hope I get a strong following and I do well with this endeavor.
I am ALSO personal training at Bally.  And I hate it. I don’t make any money, clients are hard to come by…I need marketing 101 for PT clientel.  ADVICE NEEDED. haha. ew.  other than that, I finally declared my minor in sports and exercise science and my major as biochemistry. woo hoo!  not.  peace out.