Back on track for Spring 2011!

[lareinamae]

Okay...so maybe not totally back on track for Spring 2011, but I'm gearing up!

Now it's time to fill you guys in on all that's been going on for the last couple months! After the Bill Pearl show in May, I totally took some time off from the diet and cardio...however I have continued with weight training regimine 3 x per week. We have eaten some tasty, bad, delicious food...enjoyed tasty, bad, delicious drinks (we spent a week in Maui the end of May for 30th birthday), and now summer is here! Finally! I can't believe how quickly the weight goes back on...and with all indulgences and lack of cardio...I'm now up to 134 lbs. It's the heaviest I have ever been...and I do not like it. trainer wanted me to maintain at about 125-130 for the summer so I could bulk and build muscle...but I've gone a little further than that and I'm wanting to slim back down to the 125 lbs mark for the rest of the summer. Yesterday commenced 'back on the wagon' diet and training regimine... I'm eating clean from here on out and I'm going to get cardio in 5 x per week. If we go out on a special occassion for dinner and drinks, I may have a treat, but I'm going to try to stay on track as best I can so I can maintain this bod.

plan is to lean down to around the 125 mark and maintain for the rest of the summer and into the fall. In November I have to have surgery on big toe (from an old injury) and I'll be down for 6 weeks. Once I'm back on track from time off, I'll start the leaning process for the competition (slowly) while still enjoying things through the holidays and then I'll hit the competition diet and training fast and furious upon return from our annual New Year's vacation.

I learned a lot through the process of competition last spring and I'm going to take all that I have learned and apply it to next year's preparation. One of the main things that I learned about myself is that I CANNOT cheat once I have started competition prep...and vacations are just asking for trouble.

Here's a look at today's meals and plan:

morning nonfat double latte
protein shake

1/2 cup greek yogurt
2 tbs honey
1/2 cup blueberries

1/2 cup sweet potatoes (cubed with seasalt and ff butter spray)
1 cup green beans
1 chicken breast

handful of almonds
apple

grilled chicken salad with black beans, salsa and ff cheddar

1/2 cup cottage cheese
1/2 cup strawberries w/ stevia

It's good to be back.

XOXOXOX

[fitoverforty]

Welcome Back!!!

[Boss Man]

You're not alone in your actions. The amount of females who do comps, and then let the shed weight and a little more besides sometimes, just come back with a vengance, is common.

One thing you could do in that situation next time, is slowly increase other things back in. Add choices you wouldn't permit yourself. You'll be doing comp prep normally with restricted choices, like Chicken, Steamed Fish, Broccoli, Egg Whites, Oatmeal Green Beans and maybe some potato source or Rice Cakes as examples. Those are common choices to select then whittle down by 2-3, so you've 5-6 choices to use regularly.

So even introducing something like a bit of ground Beef, Turkey, Carrot, Onion etc etc will make a change. Then you could just now and again, say once a week, have a sneaky bit of ice Cream after a meal if you wanted it. On a chosen day like Saturday or Sunday. That way you don't suddenly start cranking up your calories per day, from around 1,200-1,400 prep amount, to potentially as many as 2,000 more and then compared to normal clean eating, increase the ratio of potential junk calories from around 5-10%, to roughly 30%, as that's where the issue starts.

That's how your weight is about 4lbs heavier than your trainer wanted you to top out at.

Certainly as I say, you've not done anything uncommon, but it cna be a bit difficult ot get a handle on it. Some stage athletes from observations, usually just save up a load of junk, splurge for 2-3 days to get it out of their system, then go back to the usual 1,000+ of added healthy calories, probably stepping up by about 300-500 a week, not the whole shabang at once.

This thinking about post-comp eating, might be something for you to ruminate on for netx time .

You CAN be very, very proud of yourself for what you did. You worked hard for it, you finished well and to me you're a true winner, a rolemodel, inspiration and a very, very good athlete with great potential.

I look fowrard to all you endeavours in the future. You've been a great personality and character to have around this place and you always manage to touch people in your own unique way.

I'm sure you will continue to apply yourself to what's required and make the changes necessary to improve your chances of future arthletic success.

Great to see you back here and WELL DONE on all you have achieved. You are a real star Lareina and i'm proud of you.