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No, I haven't gone to the dark side and incoporated the magic of Voodoo into my Superbody programmes!  But rather the magic oil and the devil stick refers to a different diet strategy I took with my clients this year. And ofcourse devil stick refers to Kirstine's removal of the mirena 'devil stick' back in June. And wow what a difference the removal has made to her comps later in the year.

As you can see from pics below, the change was dramatic.  Not only was it because the devil stick was removed but I made quite a change to Kirstine's diet as well.  Plus lots of hard work and mental toughness from Kirstine were big factors in how Kirstine looked in 4 months.		  
Kirstine and Lisa

The magic oil(s) refers to the MCT and coconut oil I incorporated in Kirstine's pre contest diet plan for her Nationals comp.  Her body had been used to the same diet so I thought I'd make some slight adjustments by adding MCT and coconut oil to her diet while cutting back a little bit on the carbs. 

Most people use MCT while cutting all complex carbs such as oats and kumera totally out of their diet in an effort to get their bodies into ketosis (so that body is using fat as sole souce of energy) but I don't think this is a good idea.  They usually end up cranky and end up carb binging. I think you should leave some carbs in your diet so your body still has the co factors to function properly. 

Beware though, it does take a couple of weeks to adjust to basically living on oil but once you get over that 'wanting some carbs' hurdle, the benefits of the oils are great and it decreases your overall carb cravings.

The oils worked like magic for Kirstine and a couple of clients that used it this year. Its definitely something I will keep in future diets for the more strongwilled and focused ones!  which are the only kind I train ofcourse!

Lisa, Personal Trainer
Go Figure
24 November 09

So lets find out from Kirstine's point of view how taking out the devil stick has improved her overall wellbeing
                       
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It's been about three months since I had the dreaded "devil stick" removed and I'm almost a completely different person!

 I've noticed quite a few changes already and as my body normalises, I can only imagine what's to come! Firstly, the brain fuzz has gotten heaps better and I'm finding I'm able to focus a lot better than before which is making me far more productive.

And despite some pretty hard times personally over the past few months, as well as some pretty hard dieting (which in the past has been a handy excuse for my sometimes snappy and intolerant tendencies) my moods have been pretty stable. I'm sure I wouldn't have coped as well in my pre-Mirena days!

And as for the body, well if you've seen the photos from my three recent shows you'll know I've undergone a huge transformation! Of course that's not all just attributed to the Mirena removal - I've worked damned hard, and combining those factors with Lisa's super skills in changing up my diet and training I was destined to make a big change!

My goal for Nationals was to come in looking significantly better than my previous show during the year and I feel like I did that so I was incredibly happy - and even happier with my placing!

So after Nationals I decided to compete at North Harbour and I came in leaner still and had an absolute blast, so there was only one thing to do... That's right - compete for a third time, this time in Taranaki at the INBA show. It was so much fun - a great way to end a long hard year of dieting and training, emotional highs and lows, hormonal ups and downs and working on a whole new me!

What now? Well now that I'm no longer competing as a Novice, I have a lot of work to do to get anywhere near Open class standard so I'm going to take some time to do just that! And as I attempt to grow and improve my physique, I also intend to find the balance between bodybuilding and life outside bodybuilding that I've mostly neglected this year... Watch this space!

Kirstine
24 Nov 09

 
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