I cheated!!!

But, the first thing I did when I walked into the gym for my workout with Julie was tell her about it. Although she did not berate me or bring me to tears like I know she has done others, I cannot do it again!!! It is not going to help my butt in any way and that is where most of my fat is. Thankfully it is not in my tummy too. She was very happy with that. I just need to work on keeping my abs pulled in.

Today she took my measurements for my suit. We have been looking at suits for a while and I think we finally narrowed it down to the cut, design and fabric. Woohoo!!! I just hope all these measurements are accurate and it actually fits when I get it.

Right now I weight 128.5 pounds. When I started dieting in January, I weighed 135. I am at about 18% body fat right now and she wants to get it down below 10% by the contest. Yikes! She is guessing that I will be around 120 pounds for the contest. I can't even imagine weighing 120 again. The last time I weighed anything close to that was when I was in high school. Oh, and when I got pregnant with Summer I got down to about 122 I think. Anyways, I still have quite a ways to go before I am ready to get up on a stage and compete.

She upped my cardio to 1 1/2 hours a day. My diet is still the same. I just need to make sure to stick to it. It is getting easier, but obviously I had a moment of weakness last night. I was not thinking about the goal. I was thinking about how awesome an ooey, gooey hot chocolate chip cookie tastes. So I ate it. Hey, everyone else was doing it! LOL

I must remember to always focus on the goal. And that is to win! I am going to aim high and hope I will not be disappointed.

Here is a little cheer I am doing today to keep me focused:

GO ME! GO ME! GO ME!

Just a little taste

This weekend went by quickly. I did NOT consume one drop of alcohol and I went to a party. With karaoke. Needless to say, I did not sing. My aunt kept asking me to get up there, but I just couldn't do it. I was trying too hard not to focus on the yummy cake sitting as the focal point of the room. :( Luckily it was not a chocolate cake, so the temptation was not too bad. Every time someone caught me looking at it or fixing my daughter a plate, they were all "You're not going to eat that for you." It seems like my mom has been bragging on me. :) My whole family now wants to come to this competition. No pressure though.

Anyway, I ate almost a whole Tyson package of Italian grilled chicken while everyone else ate hot dogs, chili, chips and cake, and some really yummy looking lemon cookies. I also ate 3 hard-boiled eggs whites. I also drank two bottles of water. Party on!!!

There were a lot of hot guys there which was a good distraction from the food. I'm pretty sure I kept looking around to see if there was one handsome face I had missed. :) Let's just say I am a big fan of cowboys and there was more than one man there in boots! And country music was the genre of the night. One guy, who was lucky he was wearing a cowboy hat, needed to PUT THE MICROPHONE DOWN already! Fun, fun.

Luckily I had the gym to go to. Not just once, but twice every day. I may have a day of "rest" this week when I only go to the gym one time. That is if I can figure out how to sit down and rest. LOL I just can't figure out how I stay so busy, but I guess I'm not one to sit around. I do have a pretty good chick flick calling my name. I have been neglecting my Netflix lately and maybe it is time to show it a little more attention. I have the Smurfs right now. I have only made it about half way through it, but maybe I can find some time to snuggle up on the couch with my little girl and watch it.



P.S. After a few hours at the party, I did have a little taste of the icing. It just kept calling my name.

Oatmeal and Eggs

This is the breakfast of champions. It must be! It sure is was hard to give up my yogurt and cereal, but I have made the switch. I used to look at my husband in disgust as he ate plain oatmeal and here I am eating plain oatmeal. I wonder if after my "time is up" I will ever eat it this way again. I must say that I do look forward to it though. It is warm and filling which is better than nothing. The thing is, I only get to eat it on days when I work out with weights. This actually makes me sad because if I didn't get to eat it, I would just get to eat eggs. I guess I will be even more motivated to hit the gym now because it means I get to eat more.

I got my new diet on Saturday night while I was playing poker with some friends. I was NOT a happy camper. The next day was a friend's birthday party at which I was gonna have my cheat meal of the week. Well, according to my new diet, I am not allowed any more cheat meals. BUMMER!!!! I look forward to my pasta meal (usually) every week. And I was especially looking forward to eating my friend's home made lasagna and red velvet cake. I will just leave it at that and say that I started my diet yesterday. ;)

I am supposed to eat six meals and they are pretty set except for the types of meats and veggies I can consume. I hope I can stick with it for 18 weeks.

Did I mention no alcohol either?

I'll just have to keep telling myself, "I can do it. I can do it. I can do it. I can do it." Until I actually believe it. I hope that day comes sooner than later because right now all I can think of is would it be okay to have a bottle of champagne on Valentine's Day? Probably not. No chocolates either. I won't even get to eat oatmeal that day....unless I hit the gym in Gatlinburg which is where I will be for the weekend. Now there is something to look forward too!