Day One, Week Six of My Twelve Week Cut for My First Figure Competition.
Last Friday I had a posing lesson. My posing coach, Jo, asked me to wear shorts so she could see how my leg muscles were developing.
I’ve never owned a pair of short shorts. I’ve never felt comfortable enough to wear them. I literally haven’t had enough time to go out and buy shorts. So right before my lesson I was digging around in my workout clothes drawers to find something that might work. I was thinking maybe bike shorts or running shorts. But I didn’t feel like those would work for what we were going after. At the last minute, I said, “screw it!” I grabbed some bikini bottoms and put them on. I took a look in the mirror, rolled my eyes, threw on a pair of sweats over them, and ran out the door.
Scarlet came to my lesson so she could see how my legs look and also to collaborate a little bit with Jo (my posing coach).
I’ve worn a bikini before in public. But I’ve always felt extremely self-conscious in one.
And there I was, 15 minutes later, prancing around the Idaho Falls YMCA aerobics studio in 5″ heels, a black sports bra, and hunter green bikini bottoms. At first I was dying inside! But, after a few minutes, I decided I better own it because in 8 weeks I’d be wearing something even more tiny in front of a lot more people!
Stats:
5’4″ Tall
Latest Body Fat Measurement: 17.0%
Daily Weight/Weekly Average Weight:
I’m growing concerned about my body fat %! At my lesson Scarlet said we’d make some changes on Tuesday.
(I came up with) Another Variation of the Protein Dessert Crunch Wrap after watching some of the videos on the YouTube channel called Flexible Dieting Lifestyle. The host of the channel makes all kinds of macro friendly foods that have semi junky ingredients but will satisfy your high fat/sugar cravings without murdering your diet. I “loosely” followed this recipe to make the above Protein Dessert Crunch Wrap.
I am IN LOVE!!!
This stuff is so yummy! I mix it with my oatmeal in the morning. I got it at Wealth of Health.
Another protein waffle. They never cease to amaze me!
The Easter Bunny got some of these for Will. He took a microscopic bite of one and said he didn’t like it! It made me angry inside (I didn’t show my anger) because they look SO GOOD! I hid 3 of them in my freezer to try in July!
My favorite breakfast! Oats, yogurt, and blueberries.
A plain dinner. Lean ground chicken, some lettuce, some hot sauce and a couple of low carb tortillas.
Sam got a box of the Bean Boozled Jelly Belly’s from the Easter Bunny. I spent 40 calories and took the challenge with him 4 times. I got Bean Boozled one time with the Canned Dog Food Flavor!
Scarlet and I decided I probably didn’t need any more cardio. So here’s how this week is going to look.
My current (next week) workout schedule (April 15th – April 21st):
Saturday: Group Power (teach) +Posing Practice
Sunday: Weight Training at home (lifting)-back/shoulders/abs/glutes
Monday: Group Power (teach)
Tuesday: Weight Training with Scarlet (lifting-shoulders/back/biceps/triceps)
Wednesday: Group Power (teach)
Thursday: Weight Training with Scarlet (lifting-legs)
Friday: Boxing
I would never take that bean challenge…I am actually afraid of bad tastes….is there a phobia name for that? also, I have only felt comfortable in a bikini at like 2 times in my life….I only gaze longingly at them now…..what % are you trying to get to? 17% is pretty good….if you keep your cardio the same, do you eat less calories? Lift heavier?
Originally I was thinking I wanted to get to 9% and about 122 lbs. I’ve changed my mind a lot during this process though. Now I’m just taking it week to week. It’s all really going to depend on how my body looks and what I can realistically do in the next 7 weeks. We were going to add more cardio but I already do enough cardio (especially on the weekends). So we’ve reduced calories.