Thread: Figure competition in 7 months?

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Welcome! Please start a training/diet log so we can watch your progress. Oh yea...pictures!

Jill, how tall are you?

Welcome to the forum.

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To answer the questions: I have attached a picture to this message. It was of me 8 years ago - when I didn't have to work too hard to get there.

I'm 5'5". I gained all my weight in the last 3.5 years since I met and settled down with my husband (happy flab).

I will start journaling my diet and exercise. I just started yesterday! I've set up my journal thread in... the journal forum. It's 7 months to Figure.

you were very built then, its called muscle memory. but at 5'5 180lbs thats going to take a little time to take off. but i give you credit for going for it. you can do it. no problem. were u natural in that picture as u have alot of mass.?

Of course it was all natural. I just did that for fun and didn't use any supplements. That's just the way I'm built - even now. It's just hidden.

gotcha, good genes.

Originally Posted by jambrose

Hi, my name is Jill. I am 31 years old and would like to enter a figure competition in Colorado next April. If figure competitions were around (or well known?) 8 years ago, I probably would have been ready to compete with a few weeks' preparation.

I've been training with weights since I was on the swim team in school 19 years ago. I was never good at cardio exercises, other than swimming until my early 20s when I trained to run about 7 miles every day on the treadmill. That and lifting were my workout when the photo on my profile was taken 8 years ago.

Now, I have to drop 50 pounds to get back to some decent shape. I'm sure I'm at least 25% body fat at almost 180 pounds. I still have decent musculature, so I don't need to focus on building too much mass, plus it's really easy for me to build muscle. Currently, my diet is atrocious, so I don't have any questions and I know what I need to do to start. I just decided to get serious about the diet and workout within the last few days.

So, I have about 7 full months. Is the next 4 months enough time to transform my body so I still have 12 weeks left to prepare for an April show? The key is: without overtraining and spending all my time working out at the gym and worrying about food.

welcome, it's always nice to see a Colorado girl here!

Okay, thanks, this helps. What did you weigh the last time you were very lean?

I think 135-140. When I was 125 I was a size 0, and it was too thin.