Tamar Cohl Gluten Free Fit Guru

OK, I wrote a Blog a couple weeks ago about these cravings that I have when contest dieting.  Now that my contest season is over, I had to indulge in some decadent treats before resuming my contest dieting (which I started today).  It is going to be tough, but I have to stay in the shape that I am in and not gain any Bodyfat before really hitting it hard in December.  I think I will be dieting for a few shows that are starting in March!  YIKES!  Thankfully I still get a cheat meal once per week. 

Well, here you go…this is what I have eaten thus far (though yesterday was the last day).  Starting Saturday at the show I carbed up on GF chocolate chips, Organic Cherry Preserves, and Gluten Free Granola (all of which was gone by the end of the night).  Oh, I forgot that I ate a half jar of White Chocolate Wonderful Peanut Butter by the Peanut Butter Company.  www.ilovepeanutbutter.com is their site.  Then on Sunday I went out for sashimi in Fort Lauderdale and after that I went to the Whole Foods Market and bought a Gluten Free Pecan Pie.  YUMMY!  I ate the whole thing (it is small…about 5 inches in diameter).  Then Monday I got back on the diet thinking I was going to Nationals.  Good all day Monday and Tuesday until at about 11 PM Tuesday night I found out I was to late to go to Nationals cause I missed the deadline.  Poo…..so I ate a WHOLE jar of White Chocolate Wonderful Peanut Butter!  Yesterday I went to a local whole foods store called Richards and I purchased a 77% Dark chocolate bar, a bag of raw cashews (about a half pound) and a half pound of raw mixed nuts.  I also bought a brick of Gorgonzola Blue Cheese for the steak I was going to have it on.  I proceeded to go to the restaurant that I work at and had a 14oz EXTRA RARE Ribeye steak with Blue Cheese melted on top.  THe steak had been marinated specially for me by my special friend, Nick (the Owner and Head Chef of the restaurant), in extra virgin olive oil with fresh garlic, salt, and pepper.  It was grilled to perfection (like he always does) and then he sauteed me up some asparagus spears in extra virgin olive oil, garlic, salt, and pepper.  I also had a baked potato with melted butter and melted cheddar cheese!  YUMMY!  I ate almost all of the nuts that I had bought as well as the chocolate bar!  I was stuffed……….needless to say I was on the commode ALL DAY today!  hahaha!  I go ALOT people and it needed to come out!  haha

Now it is back to business.  I am eating a VERY CLEAN diet again.  I have to stay lean for my shoots and everything else that I want to do!  Besides, I really like my body a lot smaller than I have ever been!    Thanks for reading!  xoxo Tamar

Wow!  What a show!  I had a blast!  Promoter, Frank Dalto, puts on a nice show!  I attended the 2008 NPC Zena Collins Classic and Florida Gold Cup with some of my Bombshell Teammates and our trainer, IFBB Pro Shannon Dey!  I just love Shannon!  She really knows what she is doing and she is so wonderful in the way she helps everyone out backstage.  Shannon Dey is also the Chairperson for Figure and Fitness for the state of FL, so being under her guidance is exceptionally important to me.

The pre-judging was long and I was really nervous the first time out on stage.  I had butterflies in my stomach so bad that I almost slipped when walking off stage after doing my model turns.  Getting back out on stage with the other competitors all being evaluated at the same time is actually a lot easier for me.  I was moved to the 2nd place spot in the 2 piece round.  Then comes the 1 piece round.  I was placed in the middle, meaning that I won the 1 piece after that round was over.  At the end of the show the judges told me that no-one touched me in the 1 piece round (must be my strong point…to bad they are doing away with it next year).  Then we had a break and got to rest for a few hours after pre-judging.  I took about a 45 minute nap and woke up to the Florida Gators KICKING South Carolina’s BUTT!  It was like 21-0 in the first 8 minutes of the game!  The Gators ROCK this year baby!  Knowing that my team was putting a whoop ass on the Gamecocks, I went to the evening show with a renewed vigor!  My team won, and then I was able to birng SEXY to the stage along with an even tighter physique.  To bad I did not work it in the AM like I did in the PM!  I would have won the Class!  LOL  I gotta admit, the girl that one the overall show was incredible!  Her legs were so awesome NOBODY could stop staring at them!

So the evening show went smoothly.  Team Bombshell cleaned up in the trophy department.  We got the TEAM award for earning the most trophies.  I qualified for Nationals by placing 2nd in a National Qualifier, and I was HAPPY!  The first 2 shows that I did did not count in my opinion.  The Southern States last year I had no idea what I was doing.  I was not with Shannon and Rob back then.  When I did the Coastal USA’s in GA back in August, I had only been contest dieting for about 2 weeks when I got onstage.  That was just for practice and to meet Reg Bradford, Ropeman, and other people.    It was fun.  NOW that I know that I can actually do well, I am looking forward to getting on that stage again.  I NEED to stay on a strict regimented diet so that I do not lose the shape and leanness that I have achieved. 

Stay posted….this is not the last you will see of me!  I love competing, I love the NPC, and I love training, dieting, and working hard to achieve a goal!    THanks to all that support me, love me for who I am, and accept me for who I am!  You all rock!  xoxo Tamar

OMG….this is hilarious and I thought I would share it.  When I was driving home from the gym today (just a few minutes ago), I came up with an idea.  Well, I know it is not a new idea, but it is funny.

I can only imagine what I must look like to other drivers on the road when they see me inhaling food from a plastic container with no utensils, eating like a ravenous animal!  So, I figured I would compose a little list of you know when’s….for your entertainment and for mine (cause I seriously entertain myself).  LOL  I laugh at my silliness all the time!  Hope you enjoy.

You know you are a figure competitor when:

You leave the gym and cannot wait to enter your car to inhale your food out of a cheap tupperwear using your fingers as utensils (and you did not wash your hands…..GROSS!).

When you go to bed wearing Neoprene waist bands, shorts, and slather yourself with preparation H  and Icey Hot to help keep your skin tight!  No fun for your hubby!  LOL

When you get angry at people who are eating lunch at the gym….and it is pizza and you can smell that CRAP the whole time you are training……that is EVIL and should be outlawed!  LOL

When you get mad at the TV’s in the gym for always seemingly to be on infomercial channels talking about how to make yummy food items with weird appliances or you see some chick slowly eating a dark chocolate bar and you know they played that ad just to TICK YOU OFF!

OK…those are just a few.  Can you see a pattern here?  Mine are mostly about food….I wonder why?  Hmmmmm….could it be cause I dream about peanut butter, cake icing, and dark chocolate while dieting?

Hope you all have an awesome day!  Thanks for reading!  xoxo