TRAINER IT IS

So after looking online for several hours as well as glancing through some magazines, I am leaning towards getting a trainer through Cathy Savage fitness. It will take the stress load off me considerably and well they are geared to get you to where you need to be. I am hoping that this will make a difference in where I need to be. Her summer program had killer workouts that looked awesome, so I am hoping that the same will come into play if I do end up joining. I just sent in my info & pics, so we will see what happens after that. I have a long way to go and it's been and up and down hill battle. The important thing is that I am still traveling and the car has not broke down, lol. Going to be interesting what the next year brings. I have changed my initial goal from June/July to October dates. I feel as though it will give me more time to get to where I need to be and less stress to get there. If I am ready timewise before then...I will look at prepping for a show. I want to look the best I can for a show though and have tons of stuff that I need to take care of first this year. There is an OCB comp in October that I can do as well as several NPC shows & so forth. Will be a very interesting year prep wise and I WILL BE where I need to be in that time frame.

Trainer or No Trainer

So my motivation to look at competing again has me questioning about whether I should get an online trainer again and what a good goal time wise would be for looking at a competition. I was thinking about going to try Cathy Savage fitness but not a 100% sure about it. It is only 45 a month with a $99 dollar sign on fee but my last two times I hired a trainer have been no good for me. Not on their part but mine instead. I started looking through a 100 articles online for different things and am starting to wonder if I should go that route to save on money costs. Btwn the gym membership and hiring an online trainer, that's money in the bank that could be going towards other things that I really need to put into perspective. My track record with completing things also has not been good and maybe I should look at hiring the online trainer thing as more of a reward in the end...Once I have met my goal and look at working towards another competition. So maybe I will hold off on NPC competitions until May but enter the OCB near my home since I have been able to see one of their shows & have an idea of what to expect. A lot to think about. In the meantime, it's time to continue looking at training plans to set up for myself during the next 7 months & GO EAT SOME TURKEY & STUFFING. IT IS THANKSGIVING AFTERALL :)....

Sore Bum Bum

So yesterday was Full Body Workout...Were doing Power 90 and we decided to go straight through to the second Cd after one wk, lol. Yeah it worked us. We did our run/walk afterwards or more like walk/run, lol. Today we did Tae-bo, start it up and let me just say my glutes & legs are killing me...It's been kind of interesting for me because my workout partner is truly a beginner & has helped me stay more motivated but helping to teach her things especially with form & so forth. Pushing her helps me to push myself, which is exactly where I need to be right now. I have been doing well with diet and today hit 163.0. I initally started this week at 165.2, last week at 165.8, but eventually ended up cheating at work, bad girl. So far, so good though and it will continue on to be a good week. I can feel that motivation factor kicking in and slowly developing a routine that is working for me. Having a workout partner is helping a 110%, keeping strict with my workouts and diet. And well the boyfriend factor, he will allow no slacking at any point, lol. If I do, I'll be more then a 100 bucks in the hole. But man, he went on a rant last week when I cheated, he's all the personal trainer I need, lol. So this second week is looking good so far, more to come :) ...

How Long Has It Been

Wow....How Long Has It Been. Seems like forever. I totally let myself get offtrack and slip away from my dream goal. So here I am trying to restart my dream goal again and undo the damage that I have done with weight gain over the last couple of months or more. A lot has happened including many excuses. A relationship has bloomed, a new position as a nurse...that has brought me back to my routine on nights (who knew I would miss my nightshift, lol), and the weight gain has started again. With dreadful routines of eating crap, being lazy, and drinking comes the dreadful weight gain...especially in that midsection. An opportunity at work blossomed for me though and has put my vision and goal back into play. A co-worker whom I worked with and used to work with at a previous place of employment came up to me and was mentioning a previous co-worker and said...I heard you were getting into wrestling or boxing or something of the sorts. I looked at her completely puzzled. What in the world, she was talking about...I had no idea. I started to think she was joking at some point. I hadn't had any patients that had been combative with me, which was my initial thought...maybe she was joking around. Finally it dawned on me, she was talking about figure competitions. How she went from that to wrestling & kickboxing, I don't have the slightest idea. A sense of embarressment swept over me though. I had gone completely offtrack with everything. Some conversation about how I so needed to start dieting & working out came into play. She mentioned the same and we were both completely honest & really wanting to start something together. Another co-worker mentioned some interest and it kind of went into play from there. A week went by and we had not worked together but I knew I would be on her tail when I saw her next (what happens when you lose people's phone #'s, lol). Anyhoo, we are working on our second week of working out and has been completely successfull. I have revamped my desire to compete and have a date set in mind looking at June/July timeframe. There are two competitions that I have in mind, but the exact date has not been posted yet. That gives me 7 months to get my tail into the groove. Money restrictions are going to be forcing me to do this on my own, but well my boyfriend makes me want to knock him out sometimes because he gets on my case...and it's not even close to competition time yet, lol. So I know he will be 100% supportive. He gets on me because that is what I have asked of him to do. At this point, we have a weekly bet that I am to stay on track. I can have my cheat day weekly, everything else must stay on point. Workouts, diet, etc. Eventually it will creep down to cheat meals and adjust from that point. So lots of looking up info will be coming into play now. Hopefully my Diva's will accept me back at some point, I'm afraid to even mention anything, and well I just kind of didn't say anything at all because of guilt & embarressment. I will have to get over it though. So I am now on my second week & trying to figure out my game plan for the next 7 months. I will be rotating my workout routines around. Starting at the end of February, I will be heading to the gym more, but concentrating on working out at my friends until then to develop a routine. The gym is literally less then 5 min away from her, so I can head there afterwards if need be. I already have my 8wk routine which I will repeat x2 prior to comp, so that is planned. Just figuring out my next 12wk plan to try and build some muscle at this point. Time to go through my mags & bb.com. Can't wait to see the changes that come...:)