I passed.
I can’t believe I’m up so early but I was motivated to get out of bed in order to get the early bird special on the whole wheat pancakes down the street. If I get there before 11, they’re much cheaper. Not that I care much about the money. I just like a good deal. I feel relatively good considering what I put my body through yesterday. I’ve learned so much about competing over the years and the one lesson that never seems to stick in my mind is that there is no magical way of eating that will make you look leaner if you’re not already lean. I always get to the week before the show and knowing I’m not ready, try to force the body to look lean by eating nothing but chicken and broccoli for a week. It didn’t work of course and I felt very dizzy and disoriented at the show. I believe there is a way to compete and still feel good and healthy. I think the trick is to have the lean body before you sign up for the show, not after. It’s like when I would cram for a test in high school or even college. You can try to retain as much information last minute as you’re able but you most likely will only just pass the test with a C. So that’s how I did last night. I give myself a C for discipline. That’s what separates me from the other girls. They look better than me because they have more discipline than me with regards to diet. I love to work out and am in the gym every day. I also love pizza and chocolate chip cookies and would eat them every day if I thought I could. I eat for function. I eat to feel good mentally and physically. I haven’t yet learned how to eat for leanness but I’m closer to knowing how to do that now than I was before I did this show. It’s just going to take more discipline on my part. I’m determined to look good AND feel good and boy did I feel lousy yesterday. I know I was not myself because I spent 20 minutes sitting on the floor trying to figure out how to spell the word “discipline”. It wasn’t until after I ate half of a hamburger that I figured it out.
June 28, 2009 at 10:20 am
Well every experience is a learning experience!
As far as eating for leaness of course you can but you also need time to do it. If you feel your not lean enough at least a week or two before then no matter what you do the last week is not going to have as big a impact as it would if you were leaner already. the last week should really be about refining what you have.
There is no reason you can’t still eat your pizza and still get leaner but you have to learn about how to manipulate your nutrition to work for you.
The biggest misconception is dieting has to be torturous and boring…and it doesn’t. You can lean out on a lot of foods you would not think you could. If you want any help or ideas, I’m just a e-mail away.