jstar

Welcome to my new journal

Stats: 4/18/04
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 139
Tanita %: 30%
Waist (narrowest part): 27.5"
Waist (sucked in 28.75" (at navel)
Waist (Relaxed): 29.75"
Hips: 38.8"
Thigh: 22.5"
Calves: 13.75"
Biceps: 10.5"
Pics - tomorrow

I don't know my real bodyfat % and I don't care anymore. It is just a number. My goal is to reduce my waist, hip and thigh measurements by losing fat while maintaining muscle. It's weird I could swear my arms were getting more muscular and my strength keeps going up on all my bi and tri exercises...yet I lost 1/2 an inch! I am kinda thinking it was fat loss because my arms seem more defined then a month or 2 ago. Why can't that fat come off my butt instead?


THE PLAN:

Training & Cardio:
http://www.bodymusclejournal.com/vol05/fitfigures.html

Diet:
I am not following the diet in the above link; just the workout. Instead I will be eating a more balanced diet with more variety. Basically I will just eat clean, no cheating, and adjust the calories and macronutrient levels so that I am losing fat at a steady pace of 1-2 lbs per week. I will track my diet everyday and adjust it to meet this goal. (FYI I am not doing a low carb plan or anything extreme).

PROGRESS REPORTS:
I will take measurements every Sunday morning and post them to compare to the previous week. I will also take before and after photos (in my competition suit) and possibly some in between.

COMPETING:
My next planned show is August 14th in New York City for Ms Bikini America (Figure) for the Fitness America organization.

I am cutting now because I want to find a show before that to compete in. I know that for the FAP I have enough muscle; and I am pretty close to the level of muscle I want to compete in other natural figure organizations. After my cut I will be better able to see what bodyparts need work and prioritize my workouts around that.

Off I go!!!!!

greekblondechic

Best of luck to you sweetie!!!!!

atherjen

BEst of luck StaryStar!!! Everything looks super to me!!

" To dream anything you want to dream: That is the beauty of the human mind. To do anything you want to do: That is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself to test your limits: that is the courage to succeed."

NPC Southern Classic, June 3rd
NPC Cajun Classic, June 10th
NPC Mississippi State July 22nd

jstar

Thanks Greekie!

Meals:

M1
1 low carb tortilla
2 slices ff cheese
4 oz turkey
mustard

JLB001

OMG...I love the name of your journal! Good luck Chickie!

"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on."

Monolith

Good luck, jstar.

Hey, i noticed you're in MA, too... what part? I'm around Springfield, in western mass.

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jstar

Thanks Mono!

I am on the south shore, south of Boston!

jstar

Thanks everyone for your support!

I just took pics in my suit and will post them tomorrow. Other than my butt I don't look tooo tooo bad, I dunno. I tried to get my money back for the contest but its too late and I feel really bad not going to dress rehearsal today and throwing in the towel. In all honesty since I cannot get my $ back and I am signed up and everyone expects me to be there I am re-thinking the whole thing...maybe I should go?! True, I am not bringing my A game but so what. There are other girls I know who are also not where they want to be body-wise and they are brave enough to do it. It is only the 1st show of the season and I can blow them away next time right? Sorry for being such a drama queen usually I am not like this. One of my friends who decided last minute (like me) to compete is up in weight from last yr and not happy about it but she is going. I really admire her for that plus she knows she will get leaner and better the next show she does. Also another girl I met last year at Fit Camp says shes up 10 lbs (but hell she looks great) she has a body similar to mine...lean in most places except the and she is going....why am I such a baby? Who cares if I place last again, I need the stage experience and I already spent the money. FAP is notorious for favoring a "softer" look so I am not so out of place from the rest. Now if I was doing NPC it would be a different story.

I am going to take my camera and get a CD burned tonight or tomorrow and post these pics so you guys can tell me if I am crazy or not!

Jenny

I love the name of this journal

Best of luck to you

sara

Good luck girl..you will do great!

Fitgirl70

I think you should definitely do is jstar! If the other girls, who don't look like they want to can do it.......SO CAN YOU

You never know -- you may do better than you think you will.

I'm pulling for ya babe.......now quit being "sucha baby", like you said -- and get your in gear!!!

All the glory to God! We have a baby on the way.

Paynne

Boston Been a loooong time since I've been there. Definitely a cool city.

Jill

Good luck hunny bunny. I totally understand a lot you talked about. The cycle just continues-thats the shitty thing is that its a cycle that we need to break free from.

jstar

Thanks Jenny, Sara, Paynne, FitGirl & Jill!

FitGirl: Thanks for the ass-whooping girl, just what I needed. I don't care how I place, I am just siked to go and be doing the show.

Paynne...where are you from? Oh, Boston, definitely an interesting place. I like being close enough to go but still far away enough to avoid all the traffic and business of the city

Hey Jill!
I totally agree...we do need to break free from what's "eating us." I think my main issue that I have been trying to deal with is using food to comfort me and avoid feelings I don't want to deal with. The more I read about it and understand it the better I am able to deal. My goal isn't to eliminate bingeing from my life but to make it a very rare occurence. There is a time to cheat and treat and a time to buckle down and work hard and as long as you are in control of both of those times you will win and you will beat this! Don't beat yourself up...look at all you have in this life and be happy...you are a beautiful strong intelligent chica and you will succeed no matter what..just believe in yourself more. (This is what I told myself today about competing

greekblondechic

U r not a baby! Stop criticizing yourself for having emotions just like any other human being! I mean damnit you're a WOMAN for Christ's sake, you're supposed to be emotional!!!!!

I do agree the show can be good practice, plus you will get a positive boost and feel good about working up the guts to do it, as opposed to regretting not doing it later on. PLUS, after the show you can always grill the judges and contestants for ADVICE/tips!

Sending love your way!

BTW I want you to distinguish between binging and controlled cheating. You said you dont wanna totally eliminate binging, but what you mentionned as your goal is controlled cheating. There's a big difference sweetie, and I just point this out because how you label something has TONS to do with how you view it. Example: binging -> bad feelings (in a cycle)
controlled cheating -> feelings cheat was necessary, deserved, and satisfying, plus the ability to jump back on track the very next day!
Sorry for nitpickin darlin' but I am a communication major! Trust me!

BTW are you reading anything besides Dr Phil? SHARE!!!

jstar

OMG thank you for pointing that out Greekie. You are exactly right there is a huge difference! Bingeing isn't controlled at all and it means TONS of food in a hort timeframe. My goal IS controlled cheating.

Yes, I do need to get feedback from the judges...last time I was tooo scared to!

There is one more posing session tomorrow and I am going.

BTW I bought the memory card for my camera...tomorrow at work I am gonna take a CD-R disk to burn my photos. (shhhhh)

jstar

4/18

M1
2 low carb tortillas
2 ff cheese
4 oz turkey
mustard
340 29C 49P 6F

M2
4 oz cooked ground turkey 99% FF
110 0C 25P 1F

M3
6 Healthy Choice Sausage Patties
1 TBL PB
235 8C 18P 14F

M4
4 oz turkey
6 almonds
salad
210 6C 26P 8F

M5
1 oz almonds
170 4C 5P 15F

1065 47C 123P 44F

Workout:
Ball crunches 3x20
reverse crunches 3x20
oblique crunches 3x20
One Arm DB Rows 4x12
Pulldowns 3x12
Shrugs 3x15
Hypers 3x15
Incline DB Curls 3x12
Concentration Curls 3x12
Calf Raises 4x15
Calf Presses 4x15

7 min tread + 23 elliptical

jstar

Change of Plans:

Since I am competing this Saturday, I am going to start the new diet & workout in the first post of this journal next Sunday.

Here is the plan for the rest of this week:

Mon, Tues, Wed....DEPLETION

THE DIET:
no carbs
no/very low sodium
tons of water
Basically all I am eating is 99% fat free ground turkey and chicken. Trying to avoid nuts and PB and not a ton of veggies either. Anything that can potentially bloat me more is bad news!

THE WORKOUT:
Total body, circuit training. Trying to sqeeze out every last ounce of glycogen. Following weights, 30-60 minutes of cardio.

Thurs, Fri, Sat....CARB LOAD
no/very low sodium
water tapers off some
I will be sticking to gr turkey, chicken and sweet potatoes...keeping it really simple. I may have oats but we'll see how I look and if that would bloat me.
no training these days

Here are the other things I have to do this week:

Mon - Cook; workout, shower, shave, fake self tanner

Tues - Work; workout, shower, go to the last posing session, make any adjustments to my suit

Wed -Work; Final workout, shower, fake self tanner

Thurs - Work; Go to mist on tanning after work; Cook food for weekend; pack my stuff; gas up the car

Fri - Work til 2; drive to CT for the 6 pm competitor's meeting; meet up with my friend at the hotel; apply more self tanner

Sat - Wake up early; wash my hair; straighten it; do my makeup; put on coat of Dream Tan 2;

Stacey

Hey Jstar!! Good luck sweetie.. I think you should do this comp coming up!!!! You Can Do It!

Can't wait to see pictures!

I Believe in the Impossible!!!

Paynne

I'm from NJ but I went to a small school on Boyleston and Mass for a year. It was very close to the bridge to Cambridge. That was in the early....ummm....it was a long time ago I remember taking the green line into the city to hang out.

Jill

So you are competiting? Good stuff!

atherjen

you did decide to compete this weekend afterall? Best of luck girlie!! Were r00ting for you!!!

" To dream anything you want to dream: That is the beauty of the human mind. To do anything you want to do: That is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself to test your limits: that is the courage to succeed."

NPC Southern Classic, June 3rd
NPC Cajun Classic, June 10th
NPC Mississippi State July 22nd

Fitgirl70

Oh my gosh girly....I'm so happy you decided to do the show!!! I'm rooting for you too, can't wait until you come back w/ pics and results!!

All the glory to God! We have a baby on the way.

greekblondechic

I'm so excited for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In my best black woman voice "YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!"

AHHHH!!!! PICS FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!! About time! Everybody makes promises on pics and only me and Jodie have a ton of them.

greekblondechic

OH YEAH and read this

http://www.bodybuilding-fitness.net/...ent/view/20/2/

jstar

Hey Stacey, Paynne, Jill , Jen, Fit and Greek

Wow I having my own lil cheering section in here

I love you guys:

Yes I am competing! What the heck I don't want to miss out on all the fun times plus I need more stage experience. It is going to be soooooo much fun I can't hardly wait.

One more day of depletion and it's carbie time!!!

Oh, thanks for reminding me about the pics. I got my memory card, I just *swiped* a CD (shhh) and I will go to Wallymart tonight to DL the pics. Let's hope I can figure it out this time :duh:

Paynne...OMG there are so many schools in Boston...what type of school was it? I went to Northeastern on the green line too but I always took the Orange Line because it was quicker

Greekie - Nice article...it sounds EXACTLY like Dr Phil (is it?) He has a chapter on this in his book...that was the most relevant part for me. Also, I have come to the conclusion recently that I always try to plan everything out to a tee, following a specific diet regimen...and it has never worked! But yet when I eat what I want with the idea in my mind that I will "eat clean" I am less focused on food and more likely to make better choices. I wonder if you are the same way?

atherjen

cant wait for pics!!!
Saturday is coming soon!! Im glad to hear that your soo excited about it!!!

" To dream anything you want to dream: That is the beauty of the human mind. To do anything you want to do: That is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself to test your limits: that is the courage to succeed."

NPC Southern Classic, June 3rd
NPC Cajun Classic, June 10th
NPC Mississippi State July 22nd

Stacey

Hey girl-- are you getting nervous????

I Believe in the Impossible!!!

ltennis299

HI Jstar.. i've been follwing along too! Good Luck! I can't wait to see your pics !! You will do great.. although you have got courage to get up there and do that.. now that i think about it.. i'd be a lil scared.. and normally i'm not shy at all!! you go girl!!!

greekblondechic

Jstar, I find if I do my best to eat clean, and allow myself stuff like the occassional protein bar, or like today's meal 2 a small bag of trail mix (only early in the day tho for the trail mix) that it's a lot easier to deal with and a lot less stressful. I feel more like a normal person this way.