40’s Better

I can go toe to toe with the best of them in the gym for hours. I’ll train until YOU drop.  My figure coach has instructed me to calorie cycle 1100/1300/1500 all at 175 g protein.  1100 with 175 g of protein??? Seriously? This goes against everything I’ve trained to do, never go under 1200 day.  I’m going to have to drink it.  How can someone train with 1100 kcal?  Okay, I’ve got some reservations about what this can do to a metabolism for an extended period of time- everything says you should not stay at severe caloric restrictions for any length of time.

I really want to keep working with my figure coach, I’m just having some misgivings about her diet.

I needed some time with my husband last night.  We have 5 kids between us, I work 2 jobs and I’m training like a maniac for this competition.  We needed some romance time so we went out to a tapas bar and had some food and a couple of drinks.  The thing about doing a second session of cardio in the afternoon, it really kicks your ass so we were pretty damn tired last night.  I still feel guilty as hell, I know I could have eaten better but I didn’t so I’m back at it today with a vengance. 

I have to log into my food journal and update my weight, activities and food and send it to my figure coach so she can see what’s up.  I’m taking a 45 minute run this morning and then heading up to the gym to meet my trainer to work legs and lats.  I’ll probably do some HIIT after we finish up.  It is also a 1200 calorie day so momma’s gonna be tired.  I need to do measurements, photos and bodyfat % today as well as get the groceries bought and run my usual weekend errands.  Can anyone say Cranky Mommy????

I needed some time with my husband last night.  We have 5 kids between us, I work 2 jobs and I’m training like a maniac for this competition.  We needed some romance time so we went out to a tapas bar and had some food and a couple of drinks.  The thing about doing a second session of cardio in the afternoon, it really kicks your ass so we were pretty damn tired last night.  I still feel guilty as hell, I know I could have eaten better but I didn’t so I’m back at it today with a vengance. 

I have to log into my food journal and update my weight, activities and food and send it to my figure coach so she can see what’s up.  I’m taking a 45 minute run this morning and then heading up to the gym to meet my trainer to work legs and lats.  I’ll probably do some HIIT after we finish up.  It is also a 1200 calorie day so momma’s gonna be tired.  I need to do measurements, photos and bodyfat % today as well as get the groceries bought and run my usual weekend errands.  Can anyone say Cranky Mommy????

I’m eating tonight, I need a break.  So I’ve agreed to 2 one hour cardio sessions when I’m having a cheat.  I taught spinning and abs this morning so I’ll have another go at cardio tonight and maybe lift biceps before the hubby and I go out for some much needed one on one time.

Tomorrow will be a tough day; it’s a 1200 calorie day with a cardio and a session with my trainer to work legs and lats.  I’m sure I’ll be toast by the afternoon!

Ok, I pay my coach the big bucks because she knows her stuff.  I started my caloric spiraling on Sunday and I was down 2.5 pound this morning.  We met last night for posing and she was really happy with my progress.  Silly me, I figured because I was doing so well that she would have me spiral for 6 days and then take a day off~~~~HA! HA! (I’m laughing between my tears)~ Nope, she wants to me do the spiral every day. 

I’m 10 weeks out from the competition and I’ll be in Jamaica for one of those weeks.  At this point, my objective is to shred down as much as possible for vacation so I can have some wiggle room while I’m there.  She wants me to watch my diet while I’m there, increase my cardio to 2 x day for an hour each and then I can have my cheat at night (liquor OR food).  I can do the cardio, I don’t worry about the training.  I do worry about feeling deprived and saying $$#% it.

So the question is, do I want to take 1st or just place? 

So it’s a 1200 kcal day and maybe it’s all psychological but I am so damn hungry. I choked down my fat free cottage cheese.  These 1200 days really suck the energy out of me.

I had to move my appointment up with my figure coach so she and I are meeting tomorrow evening to check body fat, measurements and work on my posing.  Okay, more water, less food.

Today is my big calorie day, it’s amazing after eating 1200 calories, how HUGE 1600 seems.  I do my food log for the next day before I go to bed.  I had a hard time filling it 1600 worth of clean calories, I swear I’m just giddy with excitement.

The toughest part of all of this, now, seems to be getting in 45 minutes of cardio before work.  I have to drink my 1.5 scoops of whey (and have some coffee of course) when I wake up.  I’m just not made for consuming things up on waking so this slows me down.  Ok kids, time to strap on the running shoes. Have a happy Tuesday.

I didn’t sleep much last night, I could feel the DOMS from working legs yesterday coming on.  My body was tired but my head kept going.  I kept thinking that I had to get up and do my 45 minutes of cardio this morning and didn’t know how i was going to get it in without running late.

I meet with my trainer yesterday and he was hammering home the rest days.  I will do a 3 day split with one solid rest day (no cardio) per week.

Woohoo, 1400 calories today!!!

I switched up my caloric cycling, instead of starting out with 1600 today, I started with 1200 (I’d rather get it out of the way).  It’s not that I was hungry as much as I was tired with a lousy taste in my mouth.  I’ve got 1 1/2 scoops of casein to go and I’ll just go over my 1200 and be just shy of my 175 g protein.  I planned out my day tomorrow, which is 1400 and it seems like tons of food compared to today.

I’ll be interested to see what happens at next week’s appointment with my figure coach, if it will have made any difference.

Up earlier than I want because I’ve got to get in 45  minutes of cardio/ feed/ train and then do all of my shopping anc cleaning to get ready for my work week next week.

Boy O Boy did eat and drink  last night.  I’ve got my food log written out for today and I need to get a copy of my next 2 periodization charts to show Will this morning.

My calves and low back are screaming from yesterday’s posing session.  Man, I got a long way to go with that.

Today is a 1600 cal day, tomorrow is a 1400 cal day and Tuesday is 1200 (I’ll be grumpy that day).