trance__dreamer’s BodyBlog

So, the other day, 1 of the guys @ the gym came up to me & asked if I was a competitive Figure/Fitness model. I was like "LOL. No. Not even close." He said that he thought that I really had some real potential & should look into doing it. This got me thinking: I wanted to in the long-term future. But why don’t I just continue on w/ my summer cut all the way ’til the end of the year?

"Northern Classic-June 6th, 2009

BC Provincials-July 25th, 2009

Fitness and Figure Nationals - August 15th

2009 CBBF Canadian National Fitness & Figure Championships Date Aug 15, 2009

Canadian Bodybuilding Championships- August 22nd

Sandra Wickham Fall Classic-November TBA"

^^ Maybe I’ll do the November show if it’s in Vancouver.

Anyway. I’m getting evaluated for Group Fitness on Wednesday. I went to my friend’s evaluation on friday & saw her do a fantastic job! & I’ve been checking the jobs link every once & a while on B.C.R.P.A.’s website since I first decided to become an instructor. I looked yesterday & emailed a few places. I already got a reply back. They said that it doesn’t matter that I’m just starting out. They told me to reply back w/ my resume & a time/date when I can go to their office to meet them. They’re "Survivor Bootcamp" in North Delta/Ladner. I’m going to be living back @ home in North Delta during the month of July. So, this would be perfect for me then! =)

I’m taking 3 days off from the gym. *sigh* Woe is me. I’ll be taking the C.P.R./1st Aid course tomorrow (Mon) & Tues.. & I’m getting evaluated on Wednesday. ahaha. Today & yesterday, while I was doing 60 mins on the ramp thingy, I was going over my routines & actually managed to create a shit load more! I’ve struggled w/ comming up w/ new patterns. But a flock of them came flooding into my head yesterday whilst doing cardio, & I reviewed them all in my head today while on the machine. I’d like to go to the gym tomorrow after my C.P.R./1st Aid course to practise for a bit; probably before dinner. But on Tuesday, I don’t wanna think about my Group Fitness stuff @ all. Besides, it’s the finale of the Biggest Loser. GO TARA! She reminds me of me so much in regards to pre-body comp, post-body comp, & drive/determination. It’s fckin’ scary! o__O

Hmm…that’s all for now. I’ll be going to White Spot for dinner w/ my family for Mother’s Day in a little while; Gunna get what I always get: the lifestyles choice chicken dinner thingy. (1 chicken breast, a sm. salad, & seasonal veggies.) I usually double it up, since I consider veggies to be air, & I could use the extra protein. /m\

Anyway. My next post will probably be after I’m evaluated. oOoOo.

#1: C.P.R. & 1st Aid on Mon & Tues should be more interesting than I thought. I was kinda thinking it’d be boring. But now I’m actually pretty excited for it.

#2: Free R.M.R. tests @ the London Drugs on Victoria Dr. or W. Broadway on Mon & Tues from 10-6. I’m going during the lunch break on Tues w/ my sister. =)

#3: I finally booked my I.C.E. (evaluation) for Wednesday. I’ve been waiting to hear back from my practicum lady for a few weeks now. =/ *sigh* So, I’m SUPER PUMPED for that!

#4: I’m also looking forward to tomorrow & the weekend. I booked a rental space in the suburbs (Surrey) for tomorrow afternoon. I’ll be going straight there after I finish watching my friend get I.C.E.D. tomorrow morning. =) I’m also gunna be booking some space @ either Killarney or Bonsor for Saturday afternoon or evening. I think I’ll be able to get some more friends/family to come, as tomorrow is too short of notice. The lady just replied back to my inquiry this morning.

#5: I think that’s it, actually. =P Oh yea. My exercises today didn’t go down in strength. But just give it a bit more time, & they undoubtedly will. =/ *sigh* & the cut continues… =/

So, in my post the other day, I said that I saw the saddest thing ever. However, I take that statement back. Today, Wednesday, I saw the sadest thing ever. I was comming home from the gym, & I saw this guy get on a bus. He was my age, probably a year or 2 younger. He was hot as fck in the face. SO CUTE. But I could tell that he used to be morbidly obese. MORBIDLY. like…really bad. It looked like he was about 1/4th done his transformation. He had a thin face. But from his clothes, I could tell that he still had a lot to lose. & he had the hanging pouch so bad. Same w/ thick thighs & upper arms. I felt so bad. I knew I shouldn’t have felt bad, ’cause it’s obvious that he’s been working on changing it for a while now. But it looked so aweful. I actually started bawling my eyes out…then stopped…then started again. Fck. =( It kinda reminds me of what I went through & makes me realize that I didn’t have it that bad. I still have thigh, upper arm, & a pooch. But they were never out of proportion w/ the rest of my body that bad. Hmm…it’s hard to explain. =S Anyway. I wish him the best of luck, & I really hope that he finds out about this website. =) … but not this. =P

Anyway. I went out & FINALLY got a new pair of runners today. I used to have New Balance MX777’s. (http://www0.au.shopping.com/xPO-New-Balance-New-Balance-777-MX777) I bought them @ the end of August. & w/ all of the activity I’ve been doing, as well as wearing them out & about, except @ clubs, they recently died on me. I got blisters on Sunday. But when I wore them on Monday, they had gone down, & the areas weren’t sore anymore. So, I knew I had to go out & get new ones. On Tuesday, my feet were fine as well. But today, I had some time to kill before t3h gymz0rz. So, I went to the mall next door & picked up a pair of these babies: http://www.newbalance.com/running/training/MR769/ : New Balance MR769’s. My cardio was all smooth sailing today. I think I like runners (M[b]R[/b]769) better than trainers (M[b]X[/b]777). They feel a bit better. My previous runners were all trainers as well. Fckin’ rights! /m\

On the way from the mall to the gym, I ran into an ex. I’m friends w/ all of my ex’s. But this guy is a real piece of work. I’ve not kept contact w/ this one. I pretended to not see him & didn’t let him get a chance to talk to me. I had my headphones on getting my pre-pump on, anyway. However, I also ran into TWO old co-workers @ the mall. That was neat. =)

So, as I said in my post from yesterday, my bicep curls & hammer curls went down yesterday, & my shrugs went down today. =/ Ah, well. That’s the way she goes.

Anyway. I booked my C.P.R./1st Aid for Mon & Tues 8:30-5:30. & I’ve been texting back & forth all day w/ my Group Fitness Practicum lady. I’m hoping to be I.C.E.D. (evaluated) on Wednesday in her class. =) 

(EDIT: I created this post before the forum/bodyspace downtime for upgrades. I made it on Saturday but wrote in it on Tuesday.) So, I made a reply in a thread called something like "Ladies, what is your summer cut program?" in the Female Misc. section. Basically, it made me realize that I haven’t really been plateauing & that I just really need to start counting calories. I’m LITERALLY giving it my all each & every work out. Literally. I don’t struggle in that regard. But, I struggle w/ eating. (I think most pple are like this. They’re really good @ exercising but suck @ dieting.) I’ve been pretty much @ an equilibrium since I gained the 20′ish lbs (2′ish pant sizes) from Keto by N.Y.E.. I seemed to lose about 5′ish lbs (0.5 pant sizes) in February. & that’s when I took it easy on the fats & upped the carbs. Go figure; eh? =P So, that’s exactly what I’m gunna be doing again. I really really REALLY love peanut butter & mayonaise. But I’m going through…like…a jar of it a week. (WHILE STILL MAINTAINING, though. =O … although, I still seemed to have gained back those 5′ish lbs since then.) I do believe that if I cut these 2 foods (err…sauces :p) out, I’m gunna be seeing EPIC results. EPIIIIIIC. (I can’t just have 2 tbsps of p.b.. So, I don’t have a choice but to eliminate it all together; same w/ trail mixes/mixed nuts. =/ … Although, I never buy that stuff. =P) So, that’s what I’ve been doing. I’ve replaced it w/ cereal & milk. xD & already, even after a couple of days, I’m noticing some results, i.e.: some cuts/definition in my upper abs, upper back, & lower legs. CRAZINESS. I’m also easing back on the protein. I was probably consuming much, anyway. I’d probably eat more than 200 grams/day. I’m gunna see if I can get by w/ 150. That should be around 0.8grams/lb of body weight. (I’m assuming I’m around 180 lbs, seeing as how I’m 5′11 & have broad shoulders & really big calf muscles.) Ah, yes. It’s gunna be a great p.b. & mayo free summer. xD I’m gunna re-introduce myself to my love of fruit, as well. Carbs will be my best friend this summer. CEREAAAAAL. Nature’s Path makes some really great cereals. They’re organic, as well. =P Mothafck fat. I’m gunna make sure I’m not consuming more than 20% (I dunno…60 grams?) of my intake from fats.

I’ve been really serious about this for about the 2nd day now, (although I stopped w/ the p.b. a few weeks ago & gradually got off the mayo for about 2 weeks now,) & today, I noticed that my bicep curls & hammer curls went down in strength a bit. For these 2 exercises, I did 10 reps w/ 25s. By the 10th rep, it felt like I was on the 5th one w/ 27.5’s. (I usually do 10 reps w/ 27.5’s.) & It usually feels like the 3rd one w/ 27.5’s; So, a bit of a strength loss, indeed. However, my chest flys, tricep extensions, reverse curls, shrugs, & oblique raises were perfectly fine, though. & yesterday, my deadlifts, rows, arnold presses, shoulder presses, squats, & leg extensions were also all perfectly fine as well. Ah, well. I must keep in mind that my #1 goal is fat loss. Muscle gain & strength gain are definately my 2nd priority. So, I’m not really all that concerned.

hah. That reminds me. There’s this middle-aged woman that always, every single time, tries out almost every exercise I do & in the exact same order I do. She sort of mimmicks my split. It’s really cute. Today, I was doing shrugs w/a 60′er in each hand, & she went & got, I think, 15’s, which is really heavy for her. Aww. I’m making a difference/impact! =O She actually approached me back in February to tell me that she noticed that 5 lbs lost. It was nice. =) I met her in a group fitness class I went to observe back in January. She’s got a sort of twisted view of fat loss/body composition, though. =S (i.e. low calories, low protein, overdoing cardio, weighing herself every few minutes - literally, etc.) But @ least she’s consistently weight training, which I absolutely respect her for, as most females don’t try it.

Anyway. The Biggest Loser is on tonight, & I’m super pumped for it! I simply can NOT wait to watch! =)

Lastly, I saw a morbidly obese young woman (15′ish) running to catch her bus about 1/4ths of a block away. It was the sadest thing I’ve ever seen. =( I want to help her. But I don’t know her. I’ve never seen her before. Hopefully, she’ll find her way some time in the near future before it’s too late. =/ It’s things like that, which make me really excited to get going on my career. I also really want to start teaching so I can maybe connect w/ my participants on a personal level, get to know ‘em, & help ‘em out that way. Ah, it’ll be very personally rewarding, indeed.