8 Weeks Out Today!

[hoteacher]

HERE ARE MY UPDATED PICS, its a website showing my progress...please know I am working on the facial expressions...not so good at this time

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/hoteacher_p/my_photos

Well, today I am 8 weeks out....I think I am still in denial that I am even doing this crazy bodybuilding show. I certainly have my good days and bad days with this whole thing. I am certainly not starving, at this time... I am eating about 3000 calories....just 3000 calories of REALLY BLAND AND BORING food! My body has become like a machine...every two hours it needs food and I almost feel it being burned up. I have not done any cardio now for almost two months and my legs have really come along...I am most proud of them ...finally two years of squatting pays off! Who would of known that all I had to do is STOP OF MY RUNNING! I still need lats, abs, calves, and hams as you can see. I am currently doing abs and calves every morning at 4 am..its killing me. My husband was kind enough to buy me a seated calf raise so I don't have to go to the gym at 4! I am currently training my abs and calves everyother day. Seated calves with 70 lbs sets of 30 reps, 6 sets...WHAT DO YOU THINK? TOO MUCH, NOT ENOUGH? I am also doing, as BUNNY suggested, situps on a decline bench with a 10lb weight, 25 reps and 5 sets. MORE WEIGHT? FEWER REPS? What do you think. I have a concave rib cage and it makes my stomach area "sink in", I have the abs in the am, the top four...you can see them in my relaxed stance, but when i felx my abs, they go away! Very strange! Do you think I will see more of them when I am water depleted?

This week I have decided to cut the crystal light and my spray butter...these were my last two chemiclas that I had in my diet. My diet and training is still the following:

4 am ABS and CALVES
4:30 am 10 egg whites and 1/2 cup oats with one table spoon MCT OIL
7:30 am 3 oz chicken or 4 oz talapia, or 3/4 can of tuna green veggie, 3 oz yam
10:30 am 3 oz chicken or 4 oz talapia, or 3/4 can of tuna green veggie, 3 oz yam
1:30 pm3 oz chicken or 4 oz talapia, or 3/4 can of tuna green veggie, 3 oz yam
3:30pm 3 oz chicken or 4 oz talapia, or 3/4 can of tuna green veggie, 3 oz yam
TRAIN AT 5:30 or 6 PM...my jusband is now my trainer since I let my trainer go, this has been a true test to our first year of marriage...I think he is a saint...some days I am a real you know what!
8:30 3 oz chicken or 4 oz talapia, or 3/4 can of tuna green veggie

I AM CURRENTLY NOT TAKING IN CARBS AFTER MY WORKOUT DUE TO THE TIME RIGHT BEFORE BED...IS THIS A GOOD IDEA?

11 PM: Usually I will try to take in one more meal of protein only...usually 10-12 egg whites because it is the only thing I can stomach this late/.

Thanks so much for everyone's support! I admire cometitiors so much now that I am walking in their shoes....can't wait until April 1st...pizza!!!!!!!

 

[the-short-one]

Your legs look great!

I'm not one to give advice in this case because I've never competed. But I will give you support.

 

[Sassy69]

Looking good - LOL! you definitely have a completely different metabolism from me....

Calves -- try this -- I've always had big calves, but didnt' ever really have good cuts - now even at probably 20% bf I have better cuts now than I did in my first show.

Pick what weight works best for you --- carry a 25, 35 or 45 lb plate in each hand (best w/ gloves!) and walk on your toes so you are getting a full extention of your calves -- good complete steps, but on your toes (you'll feel it) - do like 20 steps "there" & 20 steps "back" x 3.

I am not sure about calves every day tho. I don't know much about getting calves to grow w/ frequency of lifting - just lots of reps (e.g. like sprinters or bikers w/ their crazy calves. My questionwould be about recovery time.

Donkey calf raises are good - conceivabley you could get nsash to lean on your lower back where the bar would go to push the stack up & down.

 

[Sassy69]

My only comments are just posing stuff, and again not sure if your pix are your current poses or just posing for pix --- work on your lat spread. Your relaxed rear pose has a fantastic V, but your lat spread isn't pulled out as much as i bet it can go. Also side chest, I'd rotate from the waist just a bit to show more of your chest.

 

[hoteacher]

Thanks Sassy! Yes, the posing I am currently doing is in teh mirror...then i shut my eyes and try to recreate the pose...posing is ALOT harder as you know than it looks! When taking the pics, I am relying on my husband to shout out directions on where I am crooked, etc. Won't have him shouting though when I am on stage...must work on it! Hopefully we will see some improvements in this area next week . Also, question for you...I am only taking in the MCT oil in the am with my eggs. Should I be getting more fats? And...I posted on another board and they thought I was WAY FLAT...these are mostly men and they suggest the flatness is due to carb depletion. They suggest I take in 3X the amount of carbs I normally do on my day off to restore glycogen. Think I will try it and hopefully I will start to look fuller.

Thanks so much for all of your help!!!!

 

[superqt4u2nv]

Your quads are killer whem posing you look great really looking for to watching the rest of your contest prep.

 

[Miss24k]

Goodness girl you are ripped the hell up. lol

Is your husband going to the show, if so no reason he can't yell things to you, lol or make hand signals, I say this because at my last show, I'm trainer was like a baseball coach or something I wanted to laugh so hard on stage he was giving me all sorts of hand signals.

Still need to work on those hamstrings and calves, your quads look so good, that they overshadow the hamstrings. This is just my opinion though

Practice smiling, it may sound silly, but if you start now, it will just become routine. Nothing shows confidence like a beauitful smile.

You're doing great girl, keep it up.

And I don't think increasing the carbs alittle will hurt you, you do look alittle flat.

 

[hoteacher]

Thanks!

You are so funny 24 K....I will chat with him and ask him to do that ...I will probably start lauging on stage .. Yes, increasing the carbs on my day off starting tomorrrow. Went back and looked at progress over the pst couple of weeks and mush sy, i am looking flatter and flatter. Workin' on those calves everyother day at 4 am bright and early...also working on abs every other day. Hams I am now training with Quads and on back day...hope to see an improvement. Thanks so much for everyone's help and advice...can't wait until APRIL 1st!

Thanks Again!

 

[*Bunny*]

Looking good - LOL! you definitely have a completely different metabolism from me....

Calves -- try this -- I've always had big calves, but didnt' ever really have good cuts - now even at probably 20% bf I have better cuts now than I did in my first show.

Pick what weight works best for you --- carry a 25, 35 or 45 lb plate in each hand (best w/ gloves!) and walk on your toes so you are getting a full extention of your calves -- good complete steps, but on your toes (you'll feel it) - do like 20 steps "there" & 20 steps "back" x 3.

UGH these are fun let me tell ya! Sass

 

[bettyboop]

You look great, and very shredded for 8 weeks out. Adding some carbs sounds good and will fill you out a bit.
Where is your 1st show and what federation??
Best of luck in your 1st show, it will be a fun experience!