Monday, April 26, 2010

Week One Down

Week one down and 1kg gone ;) So on track!

I started this pre photoshoot challege last Monday at 61.2kg and weighed in today at 60.2kg. Only 5.2kg to go to get to where I want to be and 8 weeks to the day...........5.2kg in 8 weeks? Totally achievable!

I forgot to take "before" photos last Monday, but have taken some photos this morning which I will upload. Apologies for the rash on my tummy and arms if you notice it, i'm not a leper, it's a rash from Commando Crawls at bootcamp yesterday! Very itchy and sore :(

Of course I've got my muscles shots as well ;)





Sunday, April 25, 2010

Date has been set

After many month of talking about having a photo shoot with Dallas Olsen, Chrissey and I have finally booked in a date of 26th June to actually do this! So we have just over 2 months to get into shape that we'd be happy to have our photos taken at.
Hence, project kick butt and get sexy!!!!!

So what's needed to kick butt and get sexy? Well, goals first of all. What do we want to achieve in the next 2 months? These are my goals for the photo shoot:
* Weigh between 52-55kg (will re-assess when I get to 55kg and see if I want to lose anymore)


* Muscle definition similar to that of a sports model, not figure comp, that's too lean. I want defined arm muscles that can be seen without flexing, defined muscles that can be seen without flexing and ab muscles that can be seen without flexing. Not too concerned about having big leg muscles, I just want to lean those right down.

* Exercise 6 days per week which includes 4 x weight sessions (4 day split) and 6 x cardio sessions (2 x interval sessions on non weights days + 4 x low intensity sessions on weight days)

* Eat clean foods 90% of the time (2 x cheat meals per week)

* Drink 2 1/2 - 3 liters of water per day

* Try to eat every 2-3 hours and have protein at every meal (even small meals at morning tea and arvo tea)

* Have a protein shake within 20mins of finishing training, then a meal within 1 1/2 hours of finishing training
 
On top of that, I have put together a diet to follow over the next 2 months:
 
Breakfast


• Oats on water with protein powder

• Omelette with tomato, mushrooms, onions, spinach

• Gluten free cereal with skim milk + protein shake

• Gluten free toast with ABC butter + protein shake

Lunch/Dinner

• Protein* salad with avocado and sweet potato

• Protein* and salad sandwich

• Protein* with sweet potato and steamed vegetables

• Vegetable soup with grilled chopped chicken

• Protein* stir fry

*Protein sources: chicken/turkey/salmon/fish/kangaroo/tuna/beef/lamb

*Red meat at least twice a week according to dietary recommendations

Snacks

• Piece of fruit + 12 almonds

• Piece of fruit + protein shake

• Piece of fruit + tinned tuna/salmon

• Piece of fruit + protein bar

Piece of fruit + hard boiled egg

• Yoghurt mixed with 12 almonds

• Protein shake mixed with berries to make smoothie

• Cottage cheese with fruit and sugar free maple syrup and cinnamon

• Cottage cheese with protein powder

So if I follow this plan then I should be in pretty good shape come photo shoot time and will hopefully be looking a little something like this:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Feel free to check up on me and make sure I am on track ;)
 



Monday, April 12, 2010

Update

Well, been missing for a little while! Haven't had much to report on to be honest, but in hindsight there has been a lot happening.

Nothing much to report on the weight loss front. Haven't been 100% for the past few months so haven't been training as much as what I would like to.

I decided to concentrate more on repairing my mind/spirit type stuff and have been having kinesiology sessions, cranial sacral sessions, yoga and meditation.
I definately think it's helping.

Many aspects of my life are working out for the better which definately helps feeling better about myself.

Chrissey came and stayed on Saturday night so we could get up early and head off to the IFBB competition at Caloundra.
She bought with her 8 balloons............which I first thought were for Nicky since it was her birthday on Saturday, but no..........I was wrong.
Apparantley we were going to write on them all the stuff we wanted to be rid of and "release" them. Mmmmm, I immediately felt uneasy and don't like to deal with my issues on other people's terms. But, this is my year of healing and if I want to heal, then I need to trust other people have my best interests at heart and can help in my healing journey.
So off we went off the backyard to sit with my Dad and write away on the balloons. Once we wrote what we wanted to release we spoke about it to each other then counted to three and released our balloons together.
Away all our issues floated and quite significantly the ribbons attached to the balloons entwined and floated away together. Kind of symbolises the support that Chrissey and I have given and will continue to give to each other in the future.
We did this two more times with other balloons (I could have really filled those balloons with lots and lots of stuff), then on our final white balloon we wrote what we wanted to achieve in the future, our manifestation to the universe.
One of my goals is to complete a marathon....................but that's another post.

So a massive thank you to my good friend Chrissey who just knows what a gal needs xxxx