Countdown to 29th April 2007

[tallulahangie]

DAY 11

Sleep - 6.5 hours

Mood - Good

Food

Meal 1 - 4 egg whites & 1 baked potato

Meal 2 - 1 can tuna & 80g cottage cheese

Meal 3 - Chicken breast & salad (1 can coke zero)

Meal 4 - 1/2 apple & 2 hard boiled eggs (no yolk)

Meal 5 - Kangaroo & mixed veges

Meal 6 - Protein Shake

Training - CHEST

Pec Dec - 3 sets - 12, 10 , 8

Incline Dumbell Press - 12, 10, 8 - 7kg, 8kg, 8kg

Incline Dumbell Press (lower) - 12, 10, 8 - 8kg, 9kg, 10kg

Flat bench flies - 12, 10, 8 - 6kg, 7kg, 8kg

Decline Bench press (smith machine) - 12, 10, 8

Chest Press Machine - 12, 10, 8 - 15kg

What a struggle to get out of bed this morning! I rolled out of bed at 5.15am, staggered to the bathroom & stood staring (i think) in the mirror for 5mins to psych myself for the gym - it didn't work so I stumbled back to bed to rest but I got a MASSIVE attack of the guilts so I dragged myself out of bed & went to the gym. I don't even remember driving to the gym! The day continued like that. I could function but had a particularly embarrassing moment when I spoke with an external service provider. I was chatting away & forgot what I was saying mid-sentence! I had to say "Oh, I've just forgotten my next point..." Not good at all... :S Also I went to a colleagues desk & I thought that she was talking to me but she was actually having a conversation on the phone!!! How embarrassing! :oops: Got to be wary of those slip ups.

Thank goodness its Friday tomorrow. I'm going to hire DVDs or something & just chill out...

Yay! Hi-carb day tomorrow!

[tallulahangie]

DAY 12

Sleep - 8 hours

Mood - Good

Food

Meal 1 - 2 slices toast (Vogels), 1 protein shake (with milk), sultanas

Meal 2 - 1 banana & 1 apple

Meal 3 - 1 cup brown rice & 1 can tuna & 1 baked potato

Meal 4 - 1 banana

Meal 5 - 2 cups plain pasta & 1 chicken breast

Meal 6 - Protein shake (with milk)

Training

Zilch - only managed to drag my sorry butt to do cardio this arvy...

Felt pretty good until about 4pm when the cravings started. By the time I got home from work at 5.30pm I was exhausted - mentally, physically & emotionally. I started doubting myself etc etc. *Sigh* I'm just tired I guess...

I moved desks at work today. It was very unsettling to be away from my colleague with whom I had sat next to for 5 months. I'm now amongst my team members and I'm not sure if I like being with so many people! We'll see how it goes...

Thank goodness it is the weekend & I can just rest. Although I do enjoy going to work everyday because it provides me with a structure to plan my training around & meals etc. Work also helps me take my mind off the HUGE journey ahead. It feels like I've been going at it for SO LONG but in the scheme of things I've only made a miniscule dent in things...

So I keep trucking on and see how things go...

[tallulahangie]

DAY 13

Sleep - 8.5 hours

Mood - Good

Food

Meal 1 - 6 egg whites scrambled with mushrooms & 2 slices toast (vogels)

Meal 2 - 1 banana

Meal 3 - 1 can tuna, 1 serve sweet potato & 1 slice toast (vogels)

Meal 4 - Fish, 1 cup brown rice, 1 cup brocolli

Meal 5 - 1 banana

***Sugarfree V before training legs***

Training - LEGS

*Leg Extensions - 3 sets

*Assisted lunges (Smith Machine) - 12, 10, 8, 8 - bar+10kg(each side), bar+ 15kg(e/s), bar+20kg(e/s)

*Squats - 20, 20, 20, 20 - bar, bar+5kg(e/s), bar+7.5kg(e/s)

*Leg Press \ / (feet) - 12, 10, 8 - 100kg (total)

*Stiff Leg Deadlifts - 20, 20 , 20 - bar, bar+5kg(e/s), bar+10kg (e/s)

*Hamstring Curls - 12, 10 , 8

*Calf Raises - 2 sets

No work today. After my morning cardio I came home ate a big breakfast & did some household chores such as washing, vacuuming the house & my car. Then I went out & did my grocery shopping. I was very tempted by all the bakery goods and the fresh fruit, but I quickly hurried along.

This arvy I watched 'Once Were Warriors' on DVD. Such a sad film. I saw the sequel 'What Becomes of The Broken Hearted' on special at MYER last week for $9.95 so I'm going to purchase that so I have the collection.

I must say that I am a little saddened by the death of Anna Nicole Smith. What a sad, sad way to die. At least she is with her late husband now and her 'son'(father of her child?)...

Nothing else to report, just another lonely Saturday night...

[2guns]

Nothing else to report, just another lonely Saturday night...

dont u go clubbing? brissy must go off?

[HOG]

tallulahangie, have you looked up the NABBA site? you will see there is no comp on the 28th April but there is one on the April 21st Bay of Plenty

Civic Theatre, Rotorua email Pete & Dee Sowter

HOG

[tallulahangie]

DAY 14 (Sunday)

Sleep - 10 + 2 hours

Mood - Average

Food

Meal 1 - 4 egg whites & 1 baked potato

Meal 2 - 1 can tuna & 80g cottage cheese

Meal 3 - Chicken Breast & Salad

Meal 4 - Kangaroo & Mixed Veges

Meal 5 - Protein Shake

Training - BACK

Went to a friend's ice hockey match last night. WOW! I gained a new appreciation for the sport. It is such an intense and fast game, I was envious of the skill that the players possessed! Ostensibly I was fascinated about what core muscles and strength were used for balance etc & made a promise to myself to research that one...

So yeah, my friend who plays ice-hockey. What a wonderful guy... I've only known him a couple of weeks now (met him off the internet) but it feels as if he's someone I've known for awhile. He's super-supportive of my bodybuilding goal and ultra mindful and considerate of my needs and dreams. I've convinced him to attend my competition (well he has no choice really! ) He's got a physique that has great potential to build into a masterpiece - I'll have to get him in the gym training with me!

[tallulahangie]

DAY 15

Sleep - 6.5 hours

Mood - Changeable

Food

Meal 1 - 4 egg whites & 1 baked potato

Meal 2 - 1 can tuna & 80g cottage cheese

Meal 3 - Chicken breast & salad

Meal 4 - 1 apple

Meal 5 - Kangaroo, 1 cup brocolli & 1/2 cup carrots

Training - Cardio (Hammies are so tight that I can't walk!)

Today was weigh in this morning & the scales only showed a defecit of 100g! I couldn't believe it. But I reflected back to last week's 3.5kg & didn't feel so bad - still early days. I'll keep up the cardio & diet to remain the same. Results will come surely.

My day at work went quite quickly - not that I can remember much of it. :S A few people seem quite interested in my comp. Hopefully I can encourage a more positive view of the sport and hammer out that stereotypical view that all bodybuilders use steroids!

Aiming for an early night so my body has time to recover.

[2guns]

I've only known him a couple of weeks now (met him off the internet) but it feels as if he's someone I've known for awhile.

dodgy!

[poos_n_wees]

tallulahangie, have you looked up the NABBA site? you will see there is no comp on the 28th April but there is one on the April 21st Bay of Plenty

Civic Theatre, Rotorua email Pete & Dee Sowter

I think she's competing in Aussie hog.. not sure

Hafta admit... after looking at your meals, I wanna try some kangaroo :shifty:

[tallulahangie]

Now living in Brisbane Australia.

The comp that I will be doing is 'Brisbane Natural Physique Titles' - 29th April. (INBA Federation)

[tallulahangie]

DAY 16

Sleep - 9.5 hours

Mood - AWESOME

Food

Meal 1 - 2 slices toast (Vogels) with 1/2 teaspoon Strawberry jam, 1 glass low fat milk & 1 serve of porridge (made with milk) & sultanas

Meal 2 - 1 banana & 1 apple

Meal 3 - 1 can tuna, 1 cup brown rice & 1 baked potato

Meal 4 - 1 banana

Meal 5 - Kangaroo & 1 cup brown rice

Meal 6 - Protein Shake (milk)

TRAINING

Shoulders (Yesterday)

- Front raises superset with lateral raises - 3 sets - 12, 10, 8 - 4kg, 5kg, 6kg

-Upright rows (bar) - 3 sets - 12, 12, 8 - 17.5kg, 20kg, 20kg

-Shoulder press - 3 sets - 12, 10, 8 - 15kg each side (30kg total)

-Seated lateral raises - 3 sets - 12, 10, 8 - 5kg

-L lateral raises - 3 sets - 12, 10, 8 - 6kg

-Shrugs - 3 sets - 12, 10, 8 - 17.5kg

I was in bed at 8pm last night and slept till 5.30am. I awoke to find that it was raining! It was so awesome. I really miss the rainy days of Auckland. Anyway, I didn't feel like driving to the gym 1/2 asleep in the rain so I just jumped on my bike here at home which meant that I got an extra 20mins rest. YAY! I felt so fantastic today - due to the rest and the fact that it was a hi-carb day.

Speaking of hi-carb day... I felt so full eating all that food today! I was so excited by eating my porridge - my colleagues thought that it was hilarious! Ahhhh the simple pleasures...

75 more days to competition... Ah so long! But I had better start practising my posing & re-learning my routine (yeah, I'm going to cheat & use the same routine that I used in 2005!)

[tallulahangie]

DAY 17

Sleep - 7 hours or so (?)

Mood - Yeah, whatever!

Food

Meal 1 - 4 egg whites, 2 slices toast, 1 glass milk (1/2 serve protein powder)

Meal 2 - 1 baked potato

Meal 3 - 1 can tuna, 1 serve sweet potato & 1 slice toast (vogels)

Meal 4 - 1 banana

Meal 5 - Chicken breast, 1 serve sweet potato, 1 cup brocolli

Meal 6 - 1 banana

TRAINING - Triceps & Biceps

Reasonable day today. Nothing to get too excited about. Hump day is over!

Should be able to get some photos up shortly.

[tallulahangie]

DAY 18

Grrrr... I just spent 10 mins typing out an entry & my internet frigged! :evil:

Food

Meal 1 - 4 egg whites & 1 baked potato

Meal 2 - 1 can tuna & 80g cottage cheese

Meal 3 - Chicken breast & salad

Meal 4 - 1 apple

Meal 5 - Kangaroo, 1 cup brocolli & 1/2 cup carrots

Meal 6 - Protein Shake

TRAINING - Chest

A great day energy & mood wise.

[gymgoer]

HUMP DAY? Well it was valantines day. Everyone should have a happy day on valantines!!!

[tallulahangie]

DAY 19

Sleep - 8 hours

Mood - Average

Food

Meal 1 - 4 egg whites & 1 baked potato

Meal 2 - 1 can tuna & 80g cottage cheese

Meal 3 - Chicken breast & salad

Meal 4 - 1 apple

Meal 5 - Kangaroo, 1 cup brocolli & 1/2 cup carrots

Meal 6 - Protein Shake

TRAINING - Cardio

Ok so I got through the morning with a cup of coffee and the arvy on a Coke Zero but I made it!

This week has flown by! Where has it gone? Oh at the gym most likely! :pfft:

Just looked online & found that I can get some of my supplements cheaper if I order through Xtreme Nutrition! Got to get myself a credit card over here then... With free shipping to Aust too! YAY!

[gymgoer]

I think your doing extremely well. Nearly 3weeks!!!!! Getting through the day with only one cup of coffee, isn't easy!, I usually have 8. All the best with your training & goals.

[poos_n_wees]

I think your doing extremely well. Nearly 3weeks!!!!!

:ditto:

You're doing great!

[tallulahangie]

DAY 19 (Saturday)

Food

Meal 1 - Porridge made with milk, sultanas & 1/2 teaspoon brown sugar

Meal 2 - 300g chicken, 1.5 cups pasta, 2 mushrooms, capsicum

Meal 3 - 1 apple & sugarfree V

Meal 4 - 200g chicken, salad, baked potato (with 2 teaspoons cottage cheese)

Meal 5 - 1 slice toast (Vogels), 1/2 tsp jam & 1/2 tsp cottage cheese

TRAINING - Legs

I had a wicked leg workout on Saturday. It was the sugarfree V that gave me the extra energy - it felt so great!

Had to vary the diet a great deal today because I was sooooo bored with what I was eating. I just ate what I felt like (within reason of course!) Any ideas of adding variety to the diet?

Watched a funny film on Saturday night called 'Kenny'. I'm not sure if they'll have it in NZ. It's a 'mockumentary' about an Aussie plumber called Kenny Smyth. Hilarious stuff! http://www.kennythemovie.com

DAY 20 (Sunday)

Food

Meal 1 - 4 egg whites & 2 slices toast

Meal 2 - 1 can tuna, 1 baked potato, 1 slice toast

Meal 3 - 1 banana

Meal 4 - Fish, brocolli, sweet potato

TRAINING - Back

Another day of boredom with the diet! What to do? I'm starting to feel out of sorts with it all.

Worried about my shoulders, or rather lack of them. Going to start training them twice a week until comp to see if I can prompt some sort of growth. :S

Went to take photos today at my friend's place but her batteries had died! how inconvenient! Managed to get measurements though! So I'll have a method of measuring my progress. Weigh-in again tomorrow - it's a bit nerve-wracking.

Thanks to all those you regularly read my journal & give words of encouragement! It really helps to know that I'm not alone in this journey.

[gymgoer]

I read your journal regularly & its given me inspiration towards my goals. Its awesome seeing your progress towards your comp, its really motivational. The kangoroo sounds nice, I think thats what my diet needs. You'll make us kiwi's proud, when you get on that stage with all the ausie's & win. You'll do it!

[poos_n_wees]

It was the sugarfree V that gave me the extra energy - it felt so great!

I love sugarfree V.

That is all.

[tallulahangie]

DAY 21

Mood - Pretty Goddamn Awesome!

Food

Meal 1 - 4 egg whites

Meal 2 - 1 can tuna & 80g cottage cheese

Meal 3 - Chicken breast & salad

Meal 4 - 1 apple

Meal 5 - Kangaroo, 1 cup brocolli,

Meal 6 - Protein Shake

TRAINING - Bi's & Tri's

What an awesome day. No reason at all but I felt amped all day - adrenaline I tell ya! I'm going to ride this wave until it crashes to shore.

Funny story. I'm fairly critcal of others and like to voice my opinion. This morning I was telling a colleague (overweight colleague) about this fat girl at the gym who was bitching & moaning & had the most sour expression (if looks could kill - her trainer would have been dead!). I said that I wanted to push the girl down the stairs & tell her to get a life or better still go home & eat chips coz that's all she's worth. This fatty boom-boom that sits across from me pipes up "Stop that conversation right there! I find it very offensive." Not giving a shit I kept chatting away & my colleague was agreeing with me (she's fairly overweight but enjoys exercise herself) & the fatty boom boom tells me again to be quiet because "it's really offending me & I just don't like it." WELL! I'm sorry you feral bitch but just the mere sight of your fat wobbly arse & your calves the size of tree-trunks is offensive to me... That's what I said to her in my head anyway. :pfft: Obviously I had hit a raw nerve with her! Ah well, she CHOOSES to be fat!

Speaking of fat, that's how I felt when I weighed in this morning. Only a 100g loss. Maybe an indicator that I'm losing fat & not valuable muscle? Who knows. It's still frustrating nonetheless! :S

A HUUUUGE THANKYOU TO THE HEARTFELT REPLY FROM GYMGOER! I cried when I read it! It made me feel so wonderful! What an uplifting & positive comment - thank you so much! And thanks to all those others who have written encouraging posts - it means so much to me, just to know that I'm not alone in this journey.

[tallulahangie]

DAY 22

Food

Meal 1 - 4 egg whites

Meal 2 - 1 can tuna & 80g cottage cheese

Meal 3 - Chicken Breast & Salad (plus Sugarfree Energy Drink)

Meal 4 - 1 apple

Meal 5 - Kangaroo, 1 cup brocolli & 1/2 cup carrots

Meal 6 - Protein Shake

TRAINING - Shoulders

Another good day. I felt the low-carb slump at about 12 but it wasn't too bad. I succumbed to temptation at lunch & bought a sugarfree energy drink which immediately perked me up - the energy lasted through to 5pm when I did my shoulder workout.

My shoulder workout was quite intense tonight. I went heavy & hard & threw in a few new exercises such as partial raises & overextended raises & bent-over raises. I'll blast shoulders again on Saturday.

At the gym this morning I was accosted by an older man. He said "You were on the scales". "Not today sir," I replied. "I reckon those scales are out. By about 2kg I would bet. It's all those people standing on them. Don't trust them." Fair enough. I've decided to by my own set of scales & from now on I will rely on those to get me through the next few weeks. It'll only be my fat arse affecting them!

[Kiwi]

As you clock down towards your comp many people go through ups and downs - it really messes with your head. Some days you feel you are making progress, feel good, look good and quite invincible but other days you can be really low, wondering why on earth you are doing this to yourself, feel insecure, all alone, nobody understands and that you don't look that great or can't see your progress.

Hang in there - pre-comp preparation is a test of the physical and mental and you are doing awesomely. Work out things you can do to help you through those periods - like going on to web sites like this one for support or whatever works for you. You have come this far, so hang in there a bit longer.....look to others for inspiration and remember your strength, focus and commitment is an inspiration to others. :nod:

[tallulahangie]

DAY 23

Food

Meal 1 - 4 egg whites, baked potato

Meal 2 - 1 can tuna, 80g cottage cheese

Meal 3 - Chicken breast & salad

Meal 4 - 1 apple

Meal 5 - Kangaroo, 1 cup brocolli, 1/2 cup carrots

Meal 6 - Protein Shake

TRAINING - Cardio & Abs

Felt the effects of a low carb day. I was quite flat. Just kept to myself at work & tried not to exhaust too much energy. We had another morning tea at work today (there was one yesterday but today's one was just our team). They set up morning tea at the desk behind me. :S It was a challenge not to look, let alone make myself feel bad for not being able to eat it. My colleagues commented on my willpower & determination though.

I was a little cranky today and snapped a few times at people (and myself!) but you just find a way to get through it.

Had to go to the supermarket to pick up supplies and spent another fortune! Dieting really places a strain on the budget. :S :twisted:

Funny story... My fave tuna was out of stock so I settled for second best but when I got to the frozen brocolli aisle & found that the Woolies brand brocolli ($1.99) was out of stock & the nearest equivalent - McCains was $3.42. I was not happy at all. As soon as the checkout boy opened his mouth I asked for the supervisor who comes over eventually. I say "Your Woolworths brand brocolli is out of stock, please find me 4 bags, if not, I want your McCains brand at the same price as your Woolworths brand." Lazy sod gave me the McCains brand at $1.99 per bag! Woolworths are actually pretty good over here. Still miss Pak 'N' Save & Foodtown though.

[poos_n_wees]

Lazy sod gave me the McCains brand at $1.99 per bag! Woolworths are actually pretty good over here. Still miss Pak 'N' Save & Foodtown though.

Good one! I would've just accepted it was sold out and bought the more expensive one