13 weeks out, Women's Physique. big girl's hungry!
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I've been tracking my prep since I started at 20 weeks out, and felt that i should move it here. I cant update my bodyblog from my phone or ipad but i can post on forums from there, weird. and the photos are only so large.
A little background taken from there, I have an education based on metabolic research; hold a MS in nutritional biochem, have phd coursework in it under my belt. I'm 24, female, and am my own trainer (and have been for about 6 years). i have been sponsored by cellucor, currently a BPI athlete, and contracted under hard fitness. I've been around the industry since I was a naive little 18 year old, just wanting to see what it was all about. I've taken a while to mature, do well in college, and play around with my physique naturally. It's not that hard to gain muscle when you aren't afraid of food and getting fluffy...these people that have abs and are in "off-season" aren't real life. lol. i unfortunately work a normal person 8-5 not in fitness or exercise, which has it's positives also.
I sit at around 150lbs and 5'2". currently at 146 and 12%bf. just going slow and steady, picking up the pace as we get closer. No need to go nuts at 20 weeks IMO, just took it day by day.
I do an intermittent fasting approach mixed with keto. I am not particular, and usually fast from the night before to around 3pm (if i do cardio early), or until after cardio (if i do cardio before my lift after work). I will always do cardio on an empty stomach, no matter what (coffee with almond milk is not included in this empty stomach...neither is sugar free candy nor sugar free gum). It just depends on what my day holds, and sometimes when i cannot fall asleep there is no waking me up early for cardio. I change up my cardio routines all of the time; HIIT with LISS, moderate intensity steady state, you name it. I'm not picky or specific and feel like being routine is the worst, and then I get bored and lose all motivation. I shoot for 200g protein, 30g fat, trace carbs. get fats from my protein sources and powders, peanut butter, and nuts. I get one cheat meal per week, usually on a friday or saturday, and eat whatever I can fit in my belly! :)
My lifts always change, but i stick to moderately heavy weights in the 8-12 rep range, and for large movements like deadlifts do lower reps. i switch from a body part a day split to a few a day (chest/shoulders, back+arms...or back+bis, chest +tris, etc.) and are never a constant.
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my measurements are currently around 23.5" quads(flexed), 24" waist(sucked in LOL), arms are 14", calves 16"