6 months out.

[ambeeg3]

Yes, im going to go ahead and start logging. I am training per derek from scivation at the moment, and he said i should be logging. Well, i was eating around 1600-1800 cals per day, and doing weights 4x per week, and cardio 4x per week, and was losing 2 pounds per week.. but that stopped completely.. so now, im on 1300 cals per day, still weights 4x per week and still cardio 4-5x per week. I have to say i HATE 1300 cals. I feel lethargic, i have no energy, im losing my mind. I cant even do my workouts on some days.. but im pushing thru.. im wondering how long this 1300 cal thing is going to last, i really didnt want to cut calories that fast, since i am 6 months out.. so what 2 weeks pre contest ill be eating like 500 or something?!?!? I wanted to keep cals as high as possible right now since im so far away, but like i said weight loss just stopped. only for a week though. im thinking maybe going down to 1300 for a week or so, and then going back up may work.. im not sure. any feedback on this??


my Stats:

Weight: 132
body fat %- 15-17%.. it stays between on the dang body fat scale.
abs(waist)- 21 inches
hips- 34 inches
neck-16 inches
arms- 11 inches
legs-(top of thigh)- 18 inches
legs(bottom of thigh.. near knee)- 16 inches
calves- 13 inches
bust- 32 inches


thats it :)

meal plan looks as follows:

-MEAL ONE
1/2 c oats
1 banana
Protein shake
4 tsp peanut butter

-MEAL TWO
4 oz chicken
4 tsp of peanut butter
1 1/2 cups green beans

-MEAL THREE
4 oz chicken
16 almonds
1 1/2 cups green beans

-MEAL FOUR
(after workout)
protein shake
1/2 cup oats
4 tsp peanut butter


-MEAL FIVE
3 whole eggs
1 banana



any feedback??

[ambeeg3]

So i have been evaluated and told "im too skinny" to compete in figure in 6 months.. that i need a good year to put on muscle, and then lean out right before. So, i guess im changing to bikini for this time, to get the feel of things, and being on stage, and the feel of competition. Im going to take the next 8 weeks putting on maybe a little more muscle, and then 16 weeks to lean out. IM going to do the same show, just the bikini division in november. This way i can also stay around and look at the figure comp and see what i need to do for the next year coming up. I would be happy saying i won or came in the top 5 of a bikini competiton(HA).. ive just always thought they were too skinny.. however, i never looked at myself, who is also considered too skinny.. lol. Im a mess sometimes, i swear.


feedback??

[ambeeg3]

here are beginning pics..

[domingochavez]

Trust Derek he won't lead you astray.


It could take a week or so to adjust to the lower calories. He has me on 2100 calories 22 weeks out, and i'm a 6'4 257lb male! It is definitely working!

[ambeeg3]

ok thanks:)

[ambeeg3]

So for the next 8 weeks.. (putting on muscle), i have started the muscle & fitness hers transformation, the first 4 weeks its building muscle, and only cardio 2-3 x per week.. and the last 4 weeks, is lifting even heavier, but adding a few more cardio sessions. I entered the contest online, and we'll see what happens:), the program also gives a meal plan, which is almost exact to the plan derek has given me, so i have decided to stay on that.

it is as follows: 1920-1970 cals, 135-163g of protein

first thing- Take 2 astro-phex
wait 30-45 mins before first meal

meal 1-
1/2 c oats
4 tsp peanut butter
1 banana
protein shake

-take fish oil, androcept, iron & vit d

meal 2-
4 oz chicken or 3 whole eggs
1 1/2 cups green beans or broccoli

meal 3-
4 oz chicken or can of tuna
1 1/2 cup green beans or broccoli
1 banana

--take fish oil & vit d

meal 4-
protein shake
4 tsp peanut butter
1 small sweet potatoe
1/2 c oats

meal 5-
3 whole eggs
1 banana

--fish oil & vit d



before bed- ZMA's, b12


- i drink about 1 1/2 gallons of water a day as well.




doing 30 mins of cardio on mon, wed, & sat

doing weights on mon, tues, thurs, & fri.

[ambeeg3]

So, here i am again.. diet & training remains the same.. but i am getting a little discouraged.. i am competing in SNBF amatuer bikini, i know its "amatuer" so should i be worried too much? im looking at all these girls, but they are pro, and of course our bodies look WAY DIFFERENT. ive seen some girls who have competed though,that our bodies look the closely the same, or im a little leaner actually. i dont know, i was sitting here with my husband the other day, and i had shown him a picture of a girl who i thought our bodies were similar(i am a little smaller, but not much).. and my husband said " why the heck did she even get on stage?!?" that really made me think. what if people say that about me? what if they say, "she has no business even being up here" im just scared im going to go into something and come out totally a mess. ive suffered with an eating disorder in the past, and im scared if i get judged TOO HARSHLY it might develop again. i tend to be really sensitive in the body dept ive always had body image issues, because growing up with my mom who was always dieting and always starving herself, i began the same as a teenager. but then again, i could do better than i think i would do, and it would make my self esteem sky rocket, and make me work even harder for my next show.. i just need some feedback on this, i mean how hard is amatuer.. should i be TOO WORRIED?!?!

[ambeeg3]

???????

[ambeeg3]

still would really like answered from above thread ^^


anyways.. i dont know what happened to me today. I have been doing so well, have been around things that i would KILL to eat, and have passed them up, have done the diet so perfectly, and the training so perfectly. but today, ah today..

i took a nap with my daughter, and when i woke up, it was like i was RAVENOUS. i had been eating all day every 2-3 hrs, its not like i had skipped a meal, i ate right before the nap, and my next meal was scheduled for 3 hrs later(daughter only takes 2 hr naps.), so why i woke up ravenous i have no idea. and instead of putting it beside me, i went to the candy.. (my daughter still has a little candy from our late easter left).. and i ate reeses, and more reeses, then there were breadsticks on the stove, and i ate those too, tried to have a coke 0 for my cravings, didnt work, i went after my daughter's poptart on the coffee table, and if that wasnt enough already, i then scarfed down an airhead, and some chocolate! i mean WHAT. i was still hungry. but i stopped myself there, thank goodness, i probably could have ate everything that we have in the house.


does that ever happen to any of ya'll??

i feel like a pig :(
who has failed.

[Sean15782]

It has happened to all of us, it usually is more likely to happen when you're overtrained or under eating. Not saying you are either one, but it doesn't look like your under-eating.

There's no point to be negative, all you can do is correct the course. If I were you, I'd drop a meal from the rest of the day and maybe do an extra 15-20 minutes of cardio to get some blood moving.
(unless you are already scheduled to train tonight, in which case, you're fine - no extra cardio needed!)

You want to keep your calories for the day around where they should be, which is why I'd drop one meal!

In the past, when I was on the verge on going on an eating rampage, I set out all the bad food I wanted to eat, and then I went and did some light cardio. Then I'd come back and run through some poses in the mirror. This allowed me to reconnect with why I wasn't eating that junk in the first place. It was always easy to put the food away afterwords and eat my scheduled meal.

[ambeeg3]

ITS ON TODAY! Going to cut calories a little bit, and do around 1500, which is about a 5000 cal deficit for me, for yesterday's mess up.. ( i ate about 500 cals worth of sweets ha), so im probably going to do 1500 for the rest of this week or close to it, to make sure all of that COMES OFF. Its going to go right to my problem area, right under my butt on my thighs. Everything else seems to be tight, and looking good, but its that area that ah, just bothers me. I talked to derek about it, and he said it was usually the last thing to go, and i know thats true, because i got down to 108 at one time(way too skinny for me), and it was gone then.. so its def the LAST i mean LAST thing to go. Im just hoping i can get it gone without having to get down to such a scary weight again, hopefully i will, derek will help me, and i know he knows what hes talking about :), anywho.. training & dieting remains the same this week.. clothes are getting bigger.. but havent lost weight. means, losing fat & gaining muscle! CANT BEAT THAT!.. today is going to be a good day, and im going to be strict.. i have to realize how much i want this, and i want it BAD.


Have a good day everyone :)


comments always appreciated.

[ambeeg3]

i meant 500 cal deficit on above thread ^^ ha.

[ambeeg3]

Well i cut calories yesterday, and i felt like i was going to die. I pretty much had to not train, because i had no energy, and i had a funeral to go to, so it wasnt a good day anyways. I did a little bit of walking for about 30 mins, but didnt have the energy to run or do weights, its amazing what ONE day of eating less can do. Going to try to up my cals a bit today, got weights and running today, so i feel i need to, especially if im going to get thru all of that. I do feel skinnier however, eating less, its going to be hard to go back up, but ill do it :)

[ambeeg3]

Said i would go back up on the cals, but still sticking to around 1500-1600. i had 1800 on sunday.. i figured that would be my higher calorie day. But gosh, i have no energy. I ran yesterday, almost didnt think i was gonna make it, when usually its fairly easy for me, and today i did weights, felt like i was going to fall over. I just want to go lay down now, and sleep. Ah, i hate this. But i will overcome, and stick to it. Because i am "cutting" now. so got to. only about 20 more weeks til my show. Im kinda scared cutting it so low right now, i feel like ill be like 1000 closer to it, and i really will die.


any feelings on this??