7 Weeks Out! - Juliana Walters

Day One, Week Seven of My Twelve Week Cut for My First Figure Competition.

On Tuesday (April 18th) I cut to 1800 calories/day. I feel like I’m actually “cutting” now.

My daily macro goals are:

180 g Protein

112 g Carbohydrates

70 g Fat

Stats:

5’4″ Tall

Latest Body Fat Measurement: 16.4%

Daily Weight/Weekly Average Weight:

My weight has been pretty stable for the last 6 weeks. And my body fat finally landed back down at my original low. 1800 calories is not that low and I haven’t been super hungry. But, I do have periods of time when I can’t stop thinking about food. I’ll sit there and have conversations with myself about needing extra calories even though I really don’t.

I was posting every day. And now I’m barely able to post once a week! I’m pretty sure it’s due to the Prep.

Every weekend I tell myself I’m going to do better! But, food and my workouts seem to consume almost everything I have leftover “mentally”.

Here is what happens: I’ve got all these things I want to accomplish at the beginning of each day. I know time is available here and there to get them done. Then, all day, I think about food and my workout. By the end of the day, after I’ve worked out and eaten all my food, I’m physically and mentally exhausted and feel like I can’t do anything more! And, I need all the sleep I can get, so I crash. My writing is suffering for it!

I’m going to continue to make an effort though. I really want a record of this in case I ever decide to do it again.

Luckily I’m still keeping a perfect record of my diet. Hopefully I can get my April food journal entries posted before May!

I’m starting a list of things that are helping me with the diet part of this Prep. Up until a week ago things were pretty tolerable because I could sneak in a couple hundred calories here and there. Now I can’t!

This list is not comprehensive. I will keep adding to it as time goes by.

Things to Help Me Keep My Diet on Track During Prep.

1.) Put an evening “healthy-ish” treat in MyFitnessPal first thing in the morning so I’m sure to have the Macros for it and I have something to look forward to all day!

2.) Volume Eating (super low calorie/macro foods that make you feel “psychologically” satisfied. (I will make a list of these.)

3.) Watching vlogs about fitness personality people who are putting themselves through the same thing I am.

4.) Posing Practice! (Standing in front of a mirror in a tiny bikini does wonders for curbing your appetite!)

5.) Staying busy! (At work I only have the food I bring. I work at a relatively remote location so you have to go out of your way to get it. Everyone in my work circle knows I’m on Prep. I’m not about to break down in front of them and eat community food!) (I’m hardly at home during the week. Monday-Thursday it’s pretty much – work, gym, bed.) (On the weekends we’re super busy too!)

6.) I try to surround myself with people who support me. I’m pretty much the luckiest person on the planet when it comes to support! Ben is my absolute partner in crime! For the first part of my Prep he only “cheated” on Sundays. And when I began cutting he decided to do a cut with me to support me!

More to come………….

My last body comp.

Halo Top and Icon Meals Protein Popcorn. The highlight of my day!

This happens at least once a week where I work. Doughnuts, cupcakes, or cake. Someone’s always celebrating something!

Orange Roughy. My favorite white fish!

When I left the GYM on Thursday it was still light outside! Summer is coming!

Saw this crazy bowl of sugar at Albertson’s the other day. It’s a pile of brownies topped with cake frosting caramel and a cherry. I’m pretty sure I didn’t have enough macros for it so I didn’t buy it.

This photo was taken on Saturday. It is the first time I’ve looked in the mirror and thought I might actually be able to pull this off without looking like I don’t belong on stage at all! Crappy lighting, dirty mirror, but I can see some progress.