30 Days Out

I'm SOOOO excited with my progress as of today. I finally saw a jump on the scale AND my pics rocked...now to just get a tan on these muscles! LOL. I'm down to 126.2 today. And I can def tell I'm leaning out. Coach has me staying where I am with food and cardio one more week...then weekly changes to get me ready for May 3rd! It'll be here before I know it. 

6 Weeks Out

Well, I'm certainly not where I think I should be, but according to THE coach, I'm right on track. I know the last 2-3 weeks will bring the biggest change...so for now I keep my eye on the prize...literally! LOL

7 Weeks Out

Here we are...7 weeks out! I'm still holding at 10.6 pounds lost, but Ashley changed my plan yesterday so we should start seeing some more progress soon!

I went down to Florida to visit the hubs last weekend. While I was there, I drove down to Pembroke Pines to meet with Ellen, owner of Cystallini Bikini. She's AWESOME! So sweet and really knows suits. We decided on a blue suit, actual color to be revealed later. This is the suit I picked. I'm in love and can't WAIT to get it. I also went with a 1/2 cover butterfly bottom. That's the least amount of coverage on the bootay, but let's be honest...my butt is my best "ass"et. =P I just hope it comes in well.

Disregard the pen mark on the suit..that obvi won't be there. 

So while I was in Florida, we went to this restaurant called "Hogsnappers". It looks like a dive from the street, but quite possibly has the best food you'll ever eat. And it's not cheap! But worth every penny and minute spent waiting for a table. I had "Crab crusted snapper with asparagus and lobster and crab mashed potatoes". Um, best thing I've ever eaten. My mouth is literally watering thinking about it. And the best part is, thanks to flexible dieting and IIFYM I was able to enjoy this while in prep =) Mmmm...food porn...

My first posing practice will be Sunday....stay tuned....

8.5 Weeks Out

I haven't updated in a while. I honestly don't have much to tell. I'm still holding steady at about 10 pounds lost, which in 5 weeks is good. I leave for Florida on Thursday to see the hubs, but plan to stay right on track. Ashley is going to tweak my macros a little too, to keep the progress rolling. I also get to go meet THE Ellen of Crystallini Bikinis on Friday to pick out my competition suit. SUPER excited about that...so stay tuned for pics! 

I also scored these sweet little tanks (?) online for $7.99. I found them at www.lucky21.com (click here for link) and literally received them in two days! They're actually long in the back so I can wear day to day with leggings, jeans, or shorts, but they 2nd as awesome workout shirts if you tuck the tail in, baby duck...(anyone get the Hunger Games reference there?). Until Friday then, friends...

Ten Weeks Out

Progress pic time! I apologize for the thong...but I need to be able to see booty progress, and I don't have anything that doesn't cover up the boo-tay...other than thongs...

Coach said she was planning to tell me areas to work on and improve this week, but everything has improved already. =) She even said my glutes/hamstrings are coming in nicely already, and that usually doesn't happen until the last week or two. My booty will prob be my biggest problem area...it's so phat! Hahahahaha...I kid, I kid. So yeah, I just keep trucking...and watch the improvements =)

The Set Back

So it's bound to happen...you see a big jump in the scale and you think "Oh, I can have one piece of candy today and make it fit my macros" and then you eat that one, delicious, chocolate truffle, and spiral OUT OF CONTROL. So Wednesday afternoon, and two truffles and two HUGE spoons of Dark Chocolate Wonderful peanut butter later, I thought I would barf! Naturally, the scale jumped up 3 lbs...but still making GREAT progress. It didn't set me back too much, but at least I've now learned from that experience. Moving on!

So that was Wednesday...even though I pigged out, I still felt pretty good Thursday. So after an awesome leg workout, I snapped this little shameless selfie. I haven't worked on posing at all, but I'm trying to incorporate it as much as I can before I learn it...so if it looks terrible, it should!

Here was my leg workout...it really can be modified slightly and done at home!

15 minutes walking lunges on treadmill. 2 minutes on, 1 minute off

6 sets of 12 squats

Circuit:

standing calf raises

16 plyo box squats (set up a step, starting straddle the step, then hop onto box, then hop off to sides and squat until booty touches the step, jump back onto step, so forth and so on)

16 jump lunges on step

20 kettlebell swings (you can use a dumbbell)

16 box jumps

Repeat 3 times 

My "Friends With Benefits" Dylan moment

Get your mind out of the gutter...my title simply implies how bad I am at simple math. In the movie "Friends With Benefits", Justin Timberlake's character is terrible at math. At one point in the movie he's trying to figure out what time his dad's flight will land in New York and he says "so I should pick him up at, 32?" LOL! Kevin picks on me every time I have to add something and says "32?" I'm really not that bad at math, but when I have to add things in my head quickly, I usually do it wrong. ANYWAY, the point of this story is simply this: I thought I was on a 16 week prep. Nope, I'm on a 14 week prep. SO, I'm 11.5 weeks out. YIKES! And no thanks to one of my teammates (who had a nightmare that she forgot to do posing practice) I had a similar dream last night, AND I lost my shoes in my dream...so I'm sure those will only get worse as it gets closer. 

Last night's flex bowl...too good not to share:

65g ON chocolate peanut butter casein (mixed with water to make a "pudding")

10g Chex muddy buddies

7g dark chocolate chips

1 BioLayne low carb brownie (click here for recipe)

1 scoop Walden Farms chocolate dip (best thing EVER!) Kroger sells it =)

ANNNND, it fit my macros! #iifym