Hello Bloggers & Readers!
Well... this is my first ever blog, so please correct me if what ever I am doing is completely incorrect but here goes!
I wanted to start up this blog to express my fitness journey, not only fitness but my journey as a person. I would like to share my ups and of course my downs and I am also keen to help others with their own journeys.
So writing everything down will help me and I can only hope that sharing will also help others along the way!! I will be sharing my nutrition tips, exercise tips, my moods and how I deal with life stuff! And also I will like to keep you posted with everything that is involved with competing.
Where I am at right now...
OK... I am currently 5 days out from the British Championships! After a successful placing at the Kent Klassics, I came second and was invited to take part in the British. This left me with approximately 4 weeks to prepare and change what ever I needed to change for the finals.
If I am honest I was slightly disheartened with the second place. Yes! it is amazing. But I thought I had it... 3 weeks later I see a video of the 'pose of' or 'comparisons' (where you pose amongst the other competitors so the judges can determine who is the winner). After this I can now happily say that the winner was certainly the winner.
This makes me feel relieved as I started to believe that it was all politics! I felt very let down with the system. I really believe I failed with my posing. I certainly brought the best physique but the winner had the moves!! I thought I had my posing down to the T after all the practice but I rushed and made some silly annoying mistakes. So I now know what I need to do and I need to relax on that stage!!
The next stages...
5 days out. My peak week for the above show was organised for me with a nutritionist. However, we both did not know how my body would react. So we played it safe.
I cut carbs for 3 days then 2 days before the show I loaded up with carbs but I now believe I did not consume enough carbs. Then on the day, again we played it safe and we decided not to carb up on any fast sugars etc just some oats an hour before stage. I also dehydrated myself a fair bit leading up to show day, I also played with sodium and natural diuretics. Looking at the pictures (others have agreed) I believe I look maybe too depleted and my muscles were not full. The day after the show following 2 cheat meals, including cheesecake and doughnuts I had a photo shoot. I looked amazing!! my muscles were so full and I felt tight... I have competed once before but honestly did not take much notice as to how I felt and looked!! I was just amazed that I had done it! I now take it much more seriously...
So what do I do this week?? I do not know!! haha. I have a plan. I started my carb depletion today but instead of completely cutting carbs I am having 1 50g carb meal per day after my glycotic depletion training for 3 days. 2 days before the show (Thurs & Fri) I will be consuming 200-250 grams of carbs all complex carbs (oats, sweet potato & brown rice). Then on show day I will be eating complex carbs through out the day. 2 hours before I will go for 50g carbs, 30g fats, then 15mins before pumping up I will consume simple carbs (maybe jam or marshmallows) I still need to figure that out! Hoping that the simple carbs will rush to my depleted muscles filling me out just in time for me to show off on stage!
Anyway....
Apart from all of this I have been prepping/dieting now since the 27th April. I can honestly tell you that this is the only time I can feel a battle coming on! I will not be bulking again post show (mentally this is no good for me).
However, I will be reverse dieting to bring my carbs up and I plan to maintain a healthy but lean physique... this is scary!! I know what I need to do post comp... I also think it would be easy for me guide some one else post show. but.... because the journey is so long and intense you just want to feel like you have a routine already!! Need to find the medium for yourself and where you are happy with your diet and exercise routine. The thing that makes me nervous is - if I do not have a goal where I HAVE to stick to my plan then... will I be able to manage this without a goal or plan? This is pretty difficult to explain so I plan to continue this within my next blog(s).
First 1 was long.... I had to get you up-to-date!! I hope you have enjoyed reading as much as I have enjoyed writing!!
Well thats my update for you... I feel very calm and I am not ahead of myself this time. This literally is me against me now and the amount I am learning about myself is amazing.
