"She's a real Goal-Getter, that one..."

[ncgirl21]

Morning GG I never knew you were doing the BFL challenge! You go girl What pictures are you submitting as your before pictures?

Oh, BTW- I LOVE broccoli. Try putting a little low carb terriyaki sauce in it when your cooking it in the pan. It's soooo yummy!!

 

[Velvet]

Yesterday, I was all telling Jill, "eh, it's only 12 more days of broccoli for breakfast... totally worth it!" I was all "rah-rah" abou it.

This morning, my tune is starting to change. This does indeed suck. It sucks so bad I can't even find the right word to describe the level of suckage.

I want to stick with it just to see what happens. I mean I'm not starving. I'm just not happy. I don't like broccoli that much, but it's convenient and nutritious enough when i only have a little time in the morning to get my breakfast ready. Unless I get up before the crack of ass, I don't have time to be water-stir-frying veggies with nice sauces and seasonings like I do at night. And I just don't FEEL like it anyway. Not in the morning.

And yeah, I'm whining and so what. Whine whine whine. I want my oatmeal. And I know I can have it any time I want, but I'm trying to be all disciplined and shit. I'm not going to crack on the last leg of this challenge if I intend on giving this my best shot at winning.

As far as achieving something with my body, I already won. I don't need a contest to prove that. However, NOW it's about the money. I have a good chance at winning $25K (or god, if I'm that lucky, the $100K grand champion prize, but I am not expecting that). What's a handful of days of food I wouldn't particularly call "tasty" for the chance at winning a good chunk of change?

For crying out loud... People subject themselves to eating live critters on Fear Factor and still go home empty-handed. So you see? It could be worse. I'm just subjecting myself to nauseating amounts of broccoli at times when things like syrup-drenched waffles, sugar-laden breakfast cereals or hot, "cinnamony" oatmeal are what I'd really like to be eating.

Eleven more days or death from a broccoli overdose. Whichever comes first.

Those BFL people might as well put my name on the check already. I'm not cracking. That prize is mine.

This self-pep-talk has been brought to you by SunTrust bank -- "eagerly awaiting a large deposit in the near future", and by Don Burrito Mexican Restaurant -- "eagerly awaiting my arrival for my celebratory meal".

OMG you crack me up I love reading your journal!

So, aren't you allowed to have oats for breaky? Last time, I looked at BFL, I thought it was all about 6 meals each consisting of a fist portion of lean protein and a fist portion of LGI, Complex carbs...has it changed?

Keep up the awesome job..you've already won GG, to me!
YOu look

 

[Sapphire]

Ivy you really are quite the comedian! I love reading your journal too!!!

AND I am a bit confused too, why can't you eat oatmeal?
Broccoli for BREAKFAST!!
You my dear, are a far more disciplined woman than myself. YOU my dear are a true champion!!

 

[GoalGetter]

Morning GG I never knew you were doing the BFL challenge! You go girl What pictures are you submitting as your before pictures?

Oh, BTW- I LOVE broccoli. Try putting a little low carb terriyaki sauce in it when your cooking it in the pan. It's soooo yummy!!

Hey NC! Good morning!

Yeah i finally fessed up about it a few days ago. These are my last two weeks and i'm going hard core on it.

Love and Broccoli just don't sound right in the same sentence. haha! I will try that tonight. i do have low-carb teri sauce at home. Thanks!

The pictures I'm submitting are inmy gallery... Back and Front.

I would have loved to submit the ones I took last year, but it's dishonest, since I'd already done a lot of improvement between those and the ones from July.

I am trying to find someone here to shoot my 12-week photos. I don't want to shoot them at the gym (as you can see from the red bikini photos which were shot there, the lighting SUCKS). I have a coworker who is a damn good photographer, but I feel awkward asking him to take pictures of me in a bikini, so I will most likely go to like JCPenney or Sears and just get a cheap set of studio shots done. Not sure yet.

 

[GoalGetter]

OMG you crack me up I love reading your journal!

So, aren't you allowed to have oats for breaky? Last time, I looked at BFL, I thought it was all about 6 meals each consisting of a fist portion of lean protein and a fist portion of LGI, Complex carbs...has it changed?

Keep up the awesome job..you've already won GG, to me!
YOu look

Yes, the BFL is supposed to be like that. However, I'm modifying it, with the help of my trainer, which is allowed according to the book. A lot of the people who have won the contest have modified the workouts and diet, some of them with the help of a trainer, like me, to a more pre-bb contest type thing. He even wants me to dehydrate a bit right before my 12-week photos.

Regardless, to me, I think besides the way I look in those final photos, I'll have a better chance with the written portion of the entry. I have been working on my answers for like a week now.

All whining and rah-rah aside, I'm talking to him about this today, because I'm worried about losing LBM. Something's gotta give, either SOME comp carbs or less cardio. But I'm afraid that if I do this for two weeks, I'll waste away. It doesn't feel right. I'm not starving, I'm not dizzy, I'm perfectly fine, but it just doesn't sit well with me, my deep aversion to broccoli nothwithstanding. haha!

 

[GoalGetter]

...
Keep up the awesome job..you've already won GG, to me!
YOu look

Oh and thank you!

 

[GoalGetter]

Ivy you really are quite the comedian! I love reading your journal too!!!

AND I am a bit confused too, why can't you eat oatmeal?
Broccoli for BREAKFAST!!
You my dear, are a far more disciplined woman than myself. YOU my dear are a true champion!!

hahahahaah! Thanks Cyndi! I just amuse myself, and if anyone else laughs along, well that's awesome. hahaha!

The oatmeal situation -- see my response to Vel above.

And as for the discipline -- I had NO IDEA I had this much willpower. The last few months have really opened my eyes. I am as stunned as you are my dear!

 

[Jill]

Why not add a 1/4C dry oats to breakfast??? I know a lot of people who compete and pretty close until comp date they keep that 1 complex carb in. Just a suggestion to make you a teeny weeny bit happier!

 

[Velvet]

I know.

Just a few more days... 12 days.

In the grand scheme of things, what are twelve days of broccoli with my breakfast? They're worth it. I'm almost there.

Right? Right????

RIGHT!​

 

[MaxMirkin]

Yesterday, I was all telling Jill, "eh, it's only 12 more days of broccoli for breakfast... totally worth it!" I was all "rah-rah" abou it.

This morning, my tune is starting to change. This does indeed suck. It sucks so bad I can't even find the right word to describe the level of suckage.

I want to stick with it just to see what happens. I mean I'm not starving. I'm just not happy. I don't like broccoli that much, but it's convenient and nutritious enough when i only have a little time in the morning to get my breakfast ready. Unless I get up before the crack of ass, I don't have time to be water-stir-frying veggies with nice sauces and seasonings like I do at night. And I just don't FEEL like it anyway. Not in the morning.

And yeah, I'm whining and so what. Whine whine whine. I want my oatmeal. And I know I can have it any time I want, but I'm trying to be all disciplined and shit. I'm not going to crack on the last leg of this challenge if I intend on giving this my best shot at winning.

As far as achieving something with my body, I already won. I don't need a contest to prove that. However, NOW it's about the money. I have a good chance at winning $25K (or god, if I'm that lucky, the $100K grand champion prize, but I am not expecting that). What's a handful of days of food I wouldn't particularly call "tasty" for the chance at winning a good chunk of change?

For crying out loud... People subject themselves to eating live critters on Fear Factor and still go home empty-handed. So you see? It could be worse. I'm just subjecting myself to nauseating amounts of broccoli at times when things like syrup-drenched waffles, sugar-laden breakfast cereals or hot, "cinnamony" oatmeal are what I'd really like to be eating.

Eleven more days or death from a broccoli overdose. Whichever comes first.

Those BFL people might as well put my name on the check already. I'm not cracking. That prize is mine.

This self-pep-talk has been brought to you by SunTrust bank -- "eagerly awaiting a large deposit in the near future", and by Don Burrito Mexican Restaurant -- "eagerly awaiting my arrival for my celebratory meal".

If this whole "fitness" thing don't work out for you, in the long run, you can always go into stand up.

 

[GoalGetter]

Why not add a 1/4C dry oats to breakfast??? I know a lot of people who compete and pretty close until comp date they keep that 1 complex carb in. Just a suggestion to make you a teeny weeny bit happier!

I'm seriously considering it

I'm miserable.

 

[GoalGetter]

If this whole "fitness" thing don't work out for you, in the long run, you can always go into stand up.

If i can even STAND UP after these two weeks are through. hahahahaha!

 

[naturaltan]

morning Miss Ivy

 

[GoalGetter]

morning Miss Ivy

Well hello there, Eye-Cand-- er... NT.

 

[naturaltan]

how are things with yourself?

 

[GoalGetter]

how are things with yourself?

Hunky dory here in the land of the broccoli florets. hahaha!

Actually, as geeky as this will sound, I am currently in much higher spirits (as of five minutes ago). I just found out that one of my all-time favorite cartoons, Home Movies, will be out on DVD next month.

And you?

 

[naturaltan]

after being called eye candy ... who's day couldn't be finer

thanks ... I think I could get fired and it really wouldn't bother me ... a guy really got to enjoy any little compliement he gets.

 

[Jeanie]

Not to be gross Ivy, but doesn't all of that brocoli give, well, gas?

I am so impressed with your progress. You are so disciplined

 

[GoalGetter]

Not to be gross Ivy, but doesn't all of that brocoli give, well, gas?

I am so impressed with your progress. You are so disciplined

HAHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! Not gross at all. Girls fart, guys! True story!

Surprisingly, the answer is no. I actually got more gas from the protein shakes I was drinking before, than from broccoli.

And as for you being impressed... Thanks. I'm impressed too, sistah! I had no idea. Let's hope I don't crash land before the 19th Hahaha!

 

[MaxMirkin]

HAHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! Not gross at all. Girls fart, guys! True story!

Not if they know what's good for 'em.

 

[GoalGetter]

Not if they know what's good for 'em.

ooh. promise?

 

[MaxMirkin]

ooh. promise?

Fart and we shall see.

 

[GoalGetter]

Fart and we shall see.

Haha! Do the words "dutch oven" mean anything to you?

 

[MaxMirkin]

Haha! Do the words "dutch oven" mean anything to you?

Might be worth it.

 

[GoalGetter]

Might be worth it.

It's all fun and games until someone gets gassed.

 

[MaxMirkin]

It's all fun and games until someone gets gassed.

Can't scare me off that easily.
(Worst comes to worst, I'll just wear a mask. )

 

[GoalGetter]

Can't scare me off that easily.
(Worst comes to worst, I'll just wear a mask. )

Sounds like a kinky subculture to me. hahaha!

 

[fantasma62]

Sounds like a kinky subculture to me. hahaha!

You know? It does sound like a kinky subculture....Maxturbator may be part of that weird fart smelling cult....

 

[MaxMirkin]

You know? It does sound like a kinky subculture....Maxturbator may be part of that weird fart smelling cult....

It's a heady aroma, but once you get hooked there's no going back.

 

[GoalGetter]

You know? It does sound like a kinky subculture....Maxturbator may be part of that weird fart smelling cult....

Oh I meant the gas-mask-wearing cult, but hey... maybe you're on to something. hahahaha!