I know the Pros, and everyone else there, wouldn't care if I was blobby. But I care!
Everyone there wouldn't know me from a bar of soap so they have no idea what I look like anyway. The Pros are pretty much concerned about themselves on the day so the last thing they're going to be doing is checking me out too much. But you never know, one of them might want to give me a hug (as you do!) and I wouldn't want him to be feeling the bulges of fat under my shirt ;)
So I'm having a meltdown moment and need to get myself in shape for Melbourne. The show is 6 weeks away so its plenty of time for me to drop a couple kgs and feel better about things. Training for Melbourne will give me some focus for my diet, cardio and training too.
I've finished my last Ferrero Rocher, last tablespoon of ice cream and stocked my freezer with plenty of chicken breast, so I'm all set to go. My diet is pretty good anyway, I'm a pretty clean eater but I am tweaking it a little this time round. I've had my clients on coconut oil and MCT oil for pre contest last year and it worked wonders, so I'm going to be adding that to my meals while dropping back a little on my carbs. I think you still need to have carbs to keep sane! I also rate almonds and macadamias highly in diets too so have stocked up on that.
My BIG issue is cardio. I hate it but I need to get myself into a routine to do it. Not unlike you, I always come up with excuses "its too hot", "too cold", "the seat's uncomfortable", " I've done 15mins, that's enough!" . At the moment, I'm finding I prefer to do it in the evenings, so 30mins after dinner is manageable for me. I'm quite active during the day anyway with walking my dog Trixie and running around with clients etc so it all adds up.
Training wise, I've been training 3 times a week with relatively heavy weights and low reps so will just bump that up to 12-15 reps. I'll probably still train 3 days as my training partner can only do 3 days and I'd rather be training with someone so I get the most of a training session. So plenty more time for cardio...yay!
Here goes!!!
Lisa
28 Jan 2010
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