TXDeb

ahhhhh... my comp journal...

the plan... to accomplish "the art of shredding"

the comp... august 16-17 figure or September 20-something-or other BB...

the plan... work my ass off... Watch it go!!!!!

The current... 5'6"... 132... 13.45 according to 7 pt. caliper test or 16.9% via http://www.biofitness.com/bodyfat.html using tape measure.

The history... went from 142 to 125 for an online competition... shoulda went ahead and took over the stage fright while i was there... cuz for some reason... 132 seems soooooo fat to me!!!!! Started at 185 six (or more yrs ago) 155 june 2001... first introduction to bfl.... 132 today.

The end result... a six pack... something I have yet to see (in my eyes)... but hope to... SOON!!!!

7 lbs up from avatar pic.... hoping to shred it up before August comp and really rip a new one for sept!!!!

Deb

so....

dvlmn666

Hey now, you stole what I was gonna use for my cut I'm on now. lmao

nice to see a fellow Pantera fan, as well as a hot one as well.

Good luck your gonna get shredded, just look around there are people here with loads of advice.

hmmm now I need to think up a new title for my cutting diet. lol

"When I use the word intensity I mean the ability to continue past and through the pain barrier where your mind pleads to stop and in fact convinces your body that you have hit failure, but you push through. How far you push through that barrier is the level of intensity with which you train." -- Twin Peak

TXDeb

sorry to rob ya... but tough shit.. ya know.. snag it and make it real, ya know...

Hope to live up to the journal name... you may have seen my homepage.... the terribly neglected http://www.welcome.to/panteratx I'm almost ashamed to admit it... should be some disclaimer here about how I'd rather be a bar-fly than a gym rat... but I'll gladly take a lashing for slacking... in fact... sometimes i prefer it that way ;-)

oh... to be MORE experienced with smilies at this point would be UBER-COOL!!!!
Deb

dvlmn666

Black tooth grin? how's that be for a title roflmao.

actually I like that site, have you seen the Drowning Pool video and all the stuff with Dimebag on there. It's cool as fuq.

smilies, just click on the add smilies button under this box and click on the ones you want.

and i'm so jealous, i wanna meet the boys from pantera. And yes I do like phil's side projects. But that's just me.

"When I use the word intensity I mean the ability to continue past and through the pain barrier where your mind pleads to stop and in fact convinces your body that you have hit failure, but you push through. How far you push through that barrier is the level of intensity with which you train." -- Twin Peak

dvlmn666

now your in trouble, because I'm gonna be in here every day to make sure you make it real.

now get to work.

"When I use the word intensity I mean the ability to continue past and through the pain barrier where your mind pleads to stop and in fact convinces your body that you have hit failure, but you push through. How far you push through that barrier is the level of intensity with which you train." -- Twin Peak

naturaltan

welcome Deb! and a woman who'll take a lashing - and like it!

Good luck on obtaining the 6 pack!

just kick'in it in the ole Charger

lina

Hey Deb!

Good luck on your comp and glad you started a journal here!

You are talented with sewing machine! Wow some nice costume there! I'm sure you will be able to pull it off making the suits yourself!

Hey, do you go to L&S too?

TXDeb

dvlmn666... nope... havent seen the DP video... Ill have to check that out... How about "far beyond driven" for your next journal name? I debated on that one for a while and decided the art of shredding just fit better.

naturaltan... thanks for stopping in... I'll keep ya updated... think I got it all under wraps... should be smashingly ripped in no time (oh... better not run my mouth too much, eh?)

Lina, Thanks for the compliment on the costume... I played with that thing for months to get it right... even made it "adjustable" in the back... even on it's tightest setting its too big now LOL.... really not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing... it's destined for sale on ebay I beleive.

Dont go to L & S much... and if i do, I dont post... got a lashing from a BUNCH of folks over there that I wasnt to appreciative of.... seems one of their so-called "coaches" picked me off the bodybuilding.com site and ragged on me because my transformation wasnt "good" according to her... BLAH WTF kind of "coach" is that??? Turned me off to the site REAL QUICK!!! of course many others had to follow suit and continue the ragging... so basically... I think they ALL suck over there!

TXDeb

So... today's workout... NOTHING! LOL... nothing like starting a journal in slack mode.

Actually, I will be moving all weekend and yesterday was chest, back and shoulder day... couldnt bring myself to being THAT sore and having to haul boxes and furniture all weekend.... so, same for today... bis and tris... skipped in favor of the moving boxes-lifting-low intensity cardio session tonight, tomorrow and (hopefully not) Sunday. Been homeless and living out of a laundry basket at my boyfriend's house for the past month... I am soooooo ready to be back in my own place.

Currently I work out at home or at bally's ($7.58 a month...gotta love renewal dues only ) but am STILL seriously considering joining.... Metroflex Gym Been back and forth about it, and I just need to go down there and do some talking with the guys there... definately think it would be a MAJOR plus for me during my competition prep... the motivation would really be kick ass... seeing all those truly buff ppl walking around... LOTS of local competitors work out there AND maybe I can sweet talk Ronnie Coleman into being my spotter the downfall to the place... they are not open during my work-out hours... I LIVE for my 6 am workouts and they dont open till 8:30 am... and I seriously HATE evening workouts.... could I adapt? maybe... thats the biggest prob I have with the place... but tossing myself in there with the big guys (and girls) might help with the "politics" of the sport... ya know.... thats seriously the only reason I'm considering it... but at the same time dont want to waste my hard earned cash on monthly dues to that gym just to wake up and hit the workout at bally's.... and of course bally's has NO trainers who are experienced in competing or prepping anybody for competition... so what's a girl to do????

So... more about me... Im 32, two kiddies 12 and 14... youngest lives with dad, oldest lives with me... spend most of my weekend time in the wind on my 650 Suzuki Savage, my first bike.... looking to rid myself of the rice burner and make THIS BIKE my own... runs decent... needs work... a multi-year pan head, fully rebuilt engine... wont do anything at the moment cuz it has no generator... theres a $300.00 part for ya... has a crazy contraption for a clutch that simply I cannot stand... so I'd like to see that changed before I hit the road on it, but that likely will not happen... ill just have to live with it. It's been sittin in the bf's garage for 5 months with various tweaks being done to it... gas leaks, oil leaks... most of it all tweaked out and ready to go then the generator problem... so I still ride my little suzuki around town and dream of the day i'll be hittin the streets on my panhead.

I'm a legal assistant working for my Biker Lawyer boyfriend of 3 years and (probably) spend too much time slacking at work... like now... so theres a bunch of stuff to chew on till next week when I get my ass in gear and actually do something!

Oh... almost forgot... no journal would be complete without a "before" pic... It's all about the six pack for me... so here's the abs as of today.



ok... back to work now

Stacey

Hey Deb! Welcome to the site!!!!
GLAD your hear, and Good Luck getting the 6-PACK!!

I Believe in the Impossible!!!

naturaltan

ummmm ... speechless.

just kick'in it in the ole Charger

butterfly

Cool, another Texan

FitGirl lives in Dallas, too. Stacey and I live in Houston, and we have a couple more regulars that live in San Antonio!

Welcome and good luck shredding!!!

~Ann
We must teach our children to dream with their eyes open.
-Harry Edwards

TXDeb

Thanks for the welcome! I think I'm gonna like it here.

Gorgeous wedding gown by the way... simply gorgeous!

TXDeb

Don't ya just love texas! I grew up in Houston... Pasadena area.

lina

Oh, I guess I may have just seen your pic in the Transformation section.

Your job and bf sure sound interesting! I've never seen a biker lawyer before.... I learnt something new today.

Don't you like this platform much better than the BFLW? I hate posting messages there. But I like having more gals around...

Stacey

HEY DEB~ Thanks girl.. I loved that dress!!!!!!

YES I LOVE TEXAS!!!!! ITS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cool.. You grew up in Pasadena.. I grew up & still live in Cypress.. just outside of Houston!!!

I Believe in the Impossible!!!

butterfly

What a small world! My hubby, fade99, was born and grew up in Pasadena! He went to Clear Creek HS though.

We live in the Clear Lake Area... I adore Texas!

Why did you move away

~Ann
We must teach our children to dream with their eyes open.
-Harry Edwards

sara

welcome

www.metzgerbodies.net
www.myspace.com/smbdybldr

TXDeb

LOL... me... in their transformation section... nope... you likely saw a link to my photos... or saw a pic on bflw.

I'm not sure what I like better... I've been on various msn boards for a couple of years now... its more familiar to me I guess. Been on mostly womens boards myself... good to see some testerone running rampant every now and then!

TXDeb

My parents moved me away actually... then I went through my "gypsy" stage and lived everywhere BUT texas.... 7 states in 6 years.... missed texas so I came back about 5 years ago... wouldnt dare leave again unless it was on vacation.

TXDeb

Welp... got all my moving done by Saturday around 3 pm... unpacked most everything on sunday.... so now im all settled in and ready to kick some butt in the body fat department.

Biggest bummer, at the moment, is that my home gym... which nicely fits through all the doors but the hall door and down to the extra bedroom is sitting very cramped up in my kitchen!!! so tonights workout should be a blast in the kitchen. Then, I must take the freakin thing apart to get it down the hall... which is a major bummer considering the darn thing has been moved MULTIPLE times, including up and down stairs... without ever having to tear it down.

Got a friend coming by tonight... said she would help me unpack, but I think i'm gonna give her a good workout instead.... we used to be workout buddies and did BFL together... she has been slacking since and gained a few lbs back and everytime she calls she goes on and on about she needs to get back in gear.

Went grocery shopping yesterday and got all my foods for the week ready to go... i'm obsessive about food... cook MASS quantities of it on the weekends so that I can eat (homemade, of course) "TV Dinners" all week.

Working with Beverly INternational on my food for the next 15 weeks... anybody got any input about beverly for me? I used them before for the last 6 weeks of an online competition and doubled my lbs lost from the first 6 weeks and had GREAT progress in the body fat department... so I'm hoping they will do me right again.

So... foods are a no brainer for me... menu doesnt change much and sunday's cooking spree has me set with everything ready to grab and go or nuke and eat.

Mondays and Thursdays are "carb-up" days.

Workout tonight

1. Tearing down and moving the weight bench;
2. Chest, back and shoulders.

Not necessarilty in that order LOL.

~You laugh because I'm different... I laugh because you are all the same~

lina

LOL about working out in your kitchen!

Sounds like you are familiar already with Beverly and that your fat loss with them was successful. What is it that you wanted to know?

Have a good workout!

TXDeb

Lina... yeah, I have used them before... 6 wks... and was successful... just encouraging input from anybody else who might have used them... or encouraging input of any way shape or form on food is good too... I like to overload myself with information and usually keep a fairly accurate hand logged journal and can easily pinpoint what has worked best for me (in the past) but certainly am not so closed minded that I'd discount some advice i've never tried...

I usually log into fitday, but since this plan pretty much stays the same with minor substitutuions... i'll try to forego the logging so I can free up more work time here at the office

Need to log the food plan anyways, so this is it:

M1 -
4 oz turkey breast
3 egg whites, 1 yolk
1/2 grapefruit or 1/2 c. omelet veggies

M2 -
shake with strawberries or peaches
or
6 oz tuna and tomato

M3 -
6 oz chicken breast
2 cups salad (lettuce, tomato, carrot, cukes, etc. etc.)
vinegar and flax oil dressing

M4 -
same as M2

M5 - 6 oz lean meat (chicken, fish, sirloin, lean beef, etc.)
1 cup veggies

MONDAY AND THURSDAY sub M5 for the following:
1 c. oatmeal or 6 tbs cream of rice (before cooking) or 1 c. cooked brown rice
6 oz sweet potato
4 oz banana
1 c. veggies
1 tbs butter

there's a list of acceptable substitution foods... mainly lean protein cuts and fibrous veggies.... Ive been hearing alot on other boards about this type of plan fitting in along the lines of NHE... but I havent done enough reading on that to say so myself, but thats the impression ive been given by many others. I should get the book and read it.

So thats the meal plan for the next four weeks then ill let them re-assess and repost at that time.

workout wise... ive started on the workout Miss M (bflw lady) turned me onto in her journal.... the 13 week fat burning workout at abcbodybuilding... though im loving the static strip sets and posing thats incorporated in it... im finding myself plenty sore too, such that day two... bis and tris... are compromised from residuals from chest and back the day before... so im not too keen on the day/split layout... something is amiss to me, so i might change that up.... today is chest/back... so we'll see if tomorrows bis and tris are as bad as they were last week.... of course, i havent been lifting hard and heavy and *regular* for over a month now, so maybe it's just that "newbie soreness" or something... by next week ill know if i'm gonna restructure the days or not.

Which... speaking of.... 8 mins till the 5 o'clock whistle blows.... better clean up and get ready to bail and do that workout I'm talking about!

~You laugh because I'm different... I laugh because you are all the same~

TXDeb

Well, felt tired and exhausted last night... took a two hour nap when I got home and literally had to force myself into the gym to do my workout.... much better this week than last... so i think i'll keep it according to plan and ride it out.

Bis and tris last night, and added in some abs (in the hopes of getting that six pack here a little quicker) the workout split im doing only has one day of abs... BLAH... how do ya get ripped abs on that I ask?

Today was cardio.... 20 mins HIIT on the elliptical at bally's and back to the house to get ready for work.

Putting a / on my calendar for days eating on plan and a \ for days worked out according to plan... main goal is to " X " out every day from here on till contest day.

Tonight I plan on doing something with the clothes, boxes and bags of shoes that i keep tripping over in my bedroom... also need to get my bathroom (a.k.a. iguana room) situated so I can get poor flash out of the cage in the yard before the bad weather and hail hits any day now... its actually scattered all over the metroplex, hit denton last night pretty hard (about 45 mins or so away) but not one single drop of rain at my house! At any rate... the cage is ticking her off after being in it for more than a month and she is making her anger well known to me every day when I feed her.... must make the iggy happy again!

On an unrelated note... all that work I put into taking apart and moving the home gym into the spare room and my mother calls from florida (this started about 2 months ago) about moving here to texas and living with me... so enjoy the home gym while I have it in an empty room cuz anywhere in the next month I'll be tearing it down and moving it into a more crowded room.... probably my bedroom which will surely SUCK! could put it in the garage... but did you ever try to do *anything* in a garage in the summer in texas???? you damn sure dont want to do anything that would otherwise break a sweat in the air conditiong... so im up in the air about what to do with it... but for now, i will enjoy it where it is and worry about the rest later.

Well, work awaits and I'd better get to it.

Until later~

TXDeb

"Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go"

~You laugh because I'm different... I laugh because you are all the same~