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So you're not doing H of E then. That's right go and leave me on my own then *walks off in a huff whilst throwing head back*

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HI Flick - thanks for your reply on Zara's journal - just found your journal!! Not had a chance to read it yet but i'll do it during tomorrow's morning cardio session - i can balance the laptop on the stairmaster and the time just flies.....

I'm aiming for the BNBF Central on 29th July - so i'll see you backstage!! Just tried to look at your progress pics and there wasn't anything there? Will have another try tomo.

You asked if i'm still doing bodyfitness? Well, having started out in UKFBB bodyfitness without really knowing too much about the various federations i now understand a lot more and as i've always been natural the BNBF or NPA seems the better route for me - and St Albans is just around the corner - 16 weeks out am i'm very excited!

Wow Annie look forward to seeing you at the Central then!! How long have you been training for? I think if you are a Natural, then those comps are obviously the best route to go down so you're not at a disadvantage. Are you doing Figure or Physique? My pics are on page 14 of my journal, more to come soon

Kitty - here's the deal, if I don't compete in H of E, I promise to come and watch, I'll be cheering you on like a banshee possessed. Besides I'm gonna need something to do with my weekends bearing in mind I'll be tearing my hair out then trying not to eat!

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Am doing figure i hope, altho i know that sometimes the judges can move you to another category. I don't think i'm muscular enough for physique, plus i;m tall (5'9") and athletic so my shape lends itself more to figure i think.

I put on some weight over the winter (10kg) to try and gain some muscle and it seems to have worked. I started dieting 5 weeks ago and am feeling good. Its my aim to diet slowly which is what i did last year. I qualifed for the EFBB Brits in May and held my condition (gained about 2kg) through the summer then just tightened up diet and increased cardio in last 6-8 weeks.

My first show was EFBB Nov 05 - came 3rd, didn't qualify for Brits. Tried again EFBB May 06 London and SE, 2nd, qualified for Brits in October 06 - didn't place

Am a little on the old side at 42, but I really want to keep going for now!!! I actually enjoy the dieting once results start to show, but it is stressful as the show gets nearer!! I now work as a PT at the gym which sponsors me and they are very very good to me and extremely supportive.

When did u start dieting? how much cardio u doing? I see u mentioned 20 mins in Zara's journal. I'm doing 45 mins stairmaster first thing, then usually a second bout of 30 mins either after weights or some time later in the day.

Good for you showing us young'uns how to do it I say!!!

Did you go to the UKBFF show this year? It was a few weeks back...

As you will see from my journal, I do 20mins cardio on training days currently, nothing when I'm not training and no morning cardio. Obviously this will be stepped up at some point, but 15/16 weeks out (depending which show I do), I'd be mad to really crank it up at this stage because that's only gonna be more and more that I'll need to crank it up as the show gets nearer. I trust my advisor implicitly and we see each other once a month to check progres... Since January I've lost 9lbs in total, but literally 6lbs of this has been over the past 6 weeks since I started my proper plan.

So were you doing BodyFitness in EFBB then?

The tallness must be an advantage! Are you going to start a journal here? If you ever need to chat you know where I am, although I may be picking your brains more than the other way around!

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Hiya

Yeah bodyfitness in EFBB - some of the girls are very muscular - particularly at the finals.

Height can be an advantage, but when i diet down i have a tendancy to look a little scrawny and would like to be lean but fuller (if that makes sense). The smaller girls can carry a lot of muscle and still have tiny hips

Didn't go to the EFBB South Coast a few weeks ago but i'll be at the NABBA SE in Hayes next saturday eve - and i'll hopefully be at the EFBB London and SE in May which is also at Hayes. U going to either?

I know i'm doing a lot of cardio at the moment but i feel that the cardio (low level fat burning on stairmaster) is helping me lose fat (less wobbly bits) whilst maintaining a fuller look - at least that's how i am feeling at the moment! It's a bit of a guessing game sometimes, and i have the time for the cardio and don't mind doing it.

U going to Monster on sunday? I'll be there - it's where i work

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Kitty - here's the deal, if I don't compete in H of E, I promise to come and watch, I'll be cheering you on like a banshee possessed. Besides I'm gonna need something to do with my weekends bearing in mind I'll be tearing my hair out then trying not to eat!

Go on then, you twisted my arm

Annie, you're not old, I'm 41

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There you go Kitty!! Motivation!

Annie, I was going to Monster gym on Sunday but it's too far to make the trip without a car so I won't be unfortunately...

Not sure about NABBA SE, my friend is competing in the Men's Category there U80kg but not sure again if I can head over...

When's the EFBB London? May well head to that...

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THURSDAY

07.15 L-Glutamine
07.30 40g oats, banana, scoop pro-peptide
10.30 100g Turkey, 40g rice, garlic, onion, tsp oil
13.30 same as above
16.30 100g chicken, 40g rice, garlic, onion, tsp oil
WORKOUT
19.30 scoop pro-peptide, scoop maltodextrin
20.30 150g Turkey, 50g salad, mushrooms, tsp oil

LEG EXTENSIONS
3 plates 15 reps, 2 sets (warm-up)
4 plates 15 reps
6 plates 15 reps
7 plates 12 reps
8 plates 13 reps

SQUATS
20kgs 15 reps (warm up)
40kgs 15 reps
50kgs 15 reps
60kgs 12 reps
65kgs 12 reps

LEG PRESS
60kgs 20 reps
60kgs 15 reps (sharp pain down right leg)
60kgs 20 reps, 2 sets
Don't know what the pain was, it was like pins and needles and I could feel everything in my leg, all the muscle movement -not nice. It faded after a while...

HAMSTRING CURLS
4 plates 15 reps
5 plates 15 reps
6 plates 12 reps
7 reps 8 reps (approx 35kgs)

Another good day for me!

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A very good day indeed!
Liking those weights too...not sure about the pins & needles though, sounds as bad as my dodgy elbow the other day! If it persists get it checked out.

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Morning! Ah that's a shame about sunday - the station is very very close???

EFBB London and SE is in May - towards the end I think (i'll check). Its in Hayes too.

Thursday looks good - keep it up - are you still having any cheats/treats this close to comp?

2 weeks out from my show i started buying goodies which i kept in a BIG tub at home - never tempted to ruin my diet, just loved buying the stuff and looking forward to eating it - and i got really really fussy about what to have - spent ages in the sweetie aisle making my choices!

Hey Annie,
my comps are so close together there's not point in stocking up on goodies! Besides I really like my new trimmer figure and want to keep it!

As for cheats, I can safely say hand on heart that the only slip-up I've had since I started with my trainer and that was last week. I had 3 cookies in two days and 3 chocolate mints... I'm not allowed cheats, probably for the best! I've forgotten what treats taste like now!

I know a guy at my gym is doing the Gravesend comp in August, don't know of any others, waiting for my new edition of The Beef!

PASSED MY THEORY TEST YAY!

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FRIDAY:

DAY OFF

06.30 L-Glutamine
06.45 scoop pro-peptide, 40g oats, banana
09.45 100g Turkey, 40g rice, mushrooms, garlic, tsp oil
13.00 150g sweet potato, 139g tuna, mushrooms, tsp oil
15.30 scoop pro-peptide
19.30 2 rice cakes
20.00 1 pro-dessert
20.30 150g Turkey, mushrooms, salad, tsp oil

So meals weren't in the ideal places this afternoon but I didn't go for too long without protein IMO

Seeing Karen tomorrow for progress check and Chest workout. Also weigh-in day

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Well done on the theory test!

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SATURDAY

Went to see Karen today for progress check. Firstly weight: 8st 13lbs That's 2lbs loss!

BF 12.7%

She was very positive. My upper body is coming on well, the evening show bikini I bought will have to be adjusted as the top is already too big but the bottoms are fitting better. I think my posing's coming along as she didn't correct me as much. Tricep's are coming through and biceps looking bigger. Legs needing a LOT of work still but they're taking shape. She was really positive which has done wonders for my motivation.
Routine staying the same but cardio being upped to 30mins post-workout but I'm still getting my full days off.

08.30 L-Glutmaine
08.45 40g oats, banana, scoop pro-peptide
12.45 150g sweet potato, 130g tuna, mushrooms tsp oil
14.30 100g Turkey, 40g rice, mushrooms, tsp oil
WORKOUT
18.45 scoop pro-peptide, scoop maltodextrin
20.00 130g chicken
21.00 3 rice cakes
21.45 100g chicken, mushrooms, salad, tsp oil

Workout was with Karen, no idea on weights but we focused on getting technique right with slightly lower weights
BENCH PRESS
20kgs 15 reps 2 sets (warm up)
30kgs 12 reps
35kgs 8 reps
35kgs 8 reps

INCLINE DB BENCH
7kgs 15 reps
10kgs 12 reps
12.5kgs 12 reps 2 sets (I think)

INCLINE FLYES
7kgs 12 reps
5kgs 12 reps, 2 sets

INCLINE DB CURL
6kgs 12 reps
6kgs 10 reps
6kgs 8 reps

CONCENTRATION CURL
2 plates 10 reps (technique terrible)
1 plate 10 reps (technique terrible)
2 plates 6 reps (gave up!)

BAR CURL
5 plates 15 reps

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Just read through your whole journal and I have to say a big well done on the real 'progress' you've made. The changes in your diet and training seem to be really paying off. I like how your journal starts, and develops into how well you're doing now. You seem to be in the right place mentally now, and can definately see big progress on your lower area from your competition. Well done and keep up the journal and help motivate others to make the changes that you have.

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Just went out to buy some foundation to wear on stage, I love getting my bits n pieces together... Will have my bikini for pre-judging by the end of the week if I get my butt in gear and send my cheque!

sooooooo organised!

I dnt have a routine (tho i have KIND OF started one), i have an andreas cahling bikini but have ordered 2 from chrissie and neither are here yet, i havent even THOUGHT about make up???? (i dnt wear foundation anyway.... jst that maybelline bronzer mousse stuff) and I havent got any shoes yet....... guess i should go shopping for some this week.

Oh - and first show is a week on saturday

Hi Flick

Wow - no treats - well done u! I was still having a full treat day at weekend, but last 2 weekends it has turned into a bit of a treat weekend so i'm now going to drop back to 2 treat meals (fri and sat nights). Feel frustrated with myself for eating too much yesterday....

Still, monday morning and i'm on the stairmaster -

I need to order my bikini this week. Like Zara says - ur very organised!! Can i just ask - why foundation? Don't u put tan on your face? I just treated my face to pro tan same as my body!!

Annie (Edit - well done on the theory test!!!)

I use my body tan on my face but it goes blotchy and horrible and uneven. Unless you have a very good skincare routine it just looks like you've put cement on your face... The maybelline foundation just covers it evenly.
I never wear any make-up but needs must!

Have got:
Evening show bikini
Shoes
Just paid for pre-judging bikini which I'm sure will fit my the time of the comp
Make up (getting there)

I'm only allowed treats as and when a certain person says so...

I'm organized because in November I wasn't and my costume looked awful, I looked awful, didn't tan up enough, wasn't lean enough, didn't have high enough shoes, forgot my routine with nerves as I'd only learnt it a month before and in general was v.disorganized! Never again... If you're gonna do it, do it in style I say.

Finally found out that it's expected I'll come in at around 50kg (maybe a little more) by competition time, that's some hard work to be done!

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Looking like it's coming together Flick, well done for keeping up the intensity even though you must really be feeling the lower carbs now.

looking pretty organised I'm sure you will storm it on the day

SUNDAY

LAT PULL DOWNS
4 plates 15 reps (warm up)
5 plates 12 reps
6 plates 10 reps, 2 sets
7 plates 10 reps

T-BAR ROW
15kgs 15 reps
20kgs 12 reps
22.5kgs 12 reps
25kgs 15 reps

SEATED ROW
6 plates, 12 reps 3 sets

SUPINE LAT PULL DOWN
4 plates 15 reps
5 plates 12 reps
6 plates 12 reps

PLANK WITH A TWIST
15 reps, 3 sets

AB PUSHDOWN for LOWER ABS
35kgs 12 reps
40kgs 12 reps 2 sets

CARDIO
STEPPER seperate movement Level 5, 12 mins 158cals used
CROSS-TRAINER Interval Training, Level 2 15 mins 126 cals used

09.00 L-Glutamine
09.15 40g oats, banana, pro-dessert (ran out of pro-peptide)
WORKOUT
11.45 pro-recover (bleurgh)
12.45 150g sweet potato, 130g tuna, mushroom, tsp oil
16.00 same as above
18.15 100g chicken, 40g rice, peppers, tsp oil
20.15 150g chicken, salad, peppers, tsp oil

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MONDAY

Day off

07.15 L-Glutamine
07.30 40g oats, pro-dessert, banana
10.30 100g chicken, 40g rice, tsp oil
13.45 same as above
16.30 4 rice cakes, scoop pro-peptide
19.30 130g salmon, 50g broccolli

A good day's eating, I was tempted by Fererro Rocher but managed to resist!

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NO...those Fererro Rocher would really spoil you!
Diet and training looking great and im sure you are too

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Well done on the progress and passing your theory. Looks like things are taking great shape for you now and you seem in a much better frame of mind now. Well done

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Im feeling very chilled out this week. Getting on nicely with things without stressing or thiking about food every hour of the day.

Got asked to do NABBA SouthEast at the weekend Toned Figure but said no (although I was v.tempted indeed) as I'm not ready... Although I'm definitely more ready than I was last November!

Got Shoulders tonight, gonna focus again on more reps at slightly lower weight and slower reps rather than trying to squeeze up all I can because it's just not working for me and frustrates me...

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Hey good luck flick and keep at it, curious as to why pic 3 is titled yuk??

best of luck with the dieting, I'm sure the longer you stay at it the more it will develop into a habit

and the longer you practice that habit the more ingrained it will become as a natural way of eating that you don't even have to think about.

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Got asked to do NABBA SouthEast at the weekend Toned Figure but said no (although I was v.tempted indeed) as I'm not ready... Although I'm definitely more ready than I was last November!

Have you decided on another show?

Stop thinking about food and remember "nothing tastes as good as being lean feels"!!!!!

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I am indeed, I pondered doing the NABBA SouthEast before I went to see a trainer who said I wouldn't be ready (and how right she is...)

So instead I have the following dates lined up:
BNBF Central 29th July
BNBF Southern 18th August (if the Central goes really wrong)
NPA South East 8th September

Pondering the NPA HOE in August but really not sure, think I may see how all else goes first...

It's easier said than done to stop thinking about food, unless I'm drinking at least 4l of water a day I'm starving by bedtime!
Luckily ive got all you lovelies on here to keep me motivated

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TUESDAY

07.00 L-Glutamine
07.20 40g oats, banana, scoop pro-peptide
10.20 100g Chicken, 40g rice, peppers, mushrooms, tsp oil
13.40 same as above
16.20 same as above
WORKOUT
19.30 scoop pro-peptide, scoop maltodextrin
20.15 130g salmon, 75g brocolli

DB SHOULDER PRESS
5kgs 15 reps each hand (warm up)
7kgs 12 reps
8kgs 12 reps
9kgs 12 reps
10kgs 10 reps

SIDE LAT RAISES
6kgs 12 reps, 4 sets

REAR DELT RAISES
6kgs 12 reps, 2 sets

BB PRESS
20kgs 12 reps
20kgs 8 reps

ROPE PULL DOWN
20kgs 12 reps
25kgs 10 reps
20kgs 8 reps

WEIGHTED DIPS BETWEEN TWO BENCHES
5kgs 12 reps, 3 sets

CARDIO
STAIRCLIMBER 4 plates, level 4/5 12 mins
TREADMILL
Incline 5 5km/hr 3 mins
Flat 7.2km/hr 5 mins
Incline 5 5km/hr 3 mins
Flat 7.2km/hr 5 mins

Phew! I still never manage 30 mins exercise! I seem stuck on 28mins! I'm soooo stubborn!
Going to watch NABBA SE on Saturday, will be great to watch Tina Moore

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Had to have an inpromptu day off as couldn't fit gym in around funnily-scheduled driving lesson...
Going to do a cardio session tomorrow on my so-called day-off instead rather than do 3 days weights on the trot and bugger up my routine.

07.00 L-Glutamine
07.15 40g oats, scoop pro-peptide, banana
10.15 100g Turkey, 40g rice, mushrooms, tsp oil
13.30 same as above
16.30 scoop pro-peptide, 4 rice cakes
20.00 150g chicken, 50g salad YUM!

Likewise to Kitty's stories, I reached for a single sweet y.day at work, but by the time I'd examined it, thought it wouldn't taste nearly as good as I wanted it to and had my workmates ask me if they should be taking it off me, I promptly put it back in the packet! I've been really hungry this week, think it must be my fave time of the month due again...
Was nice as I had dinner with friends, chatted and generally caught up. Tonight is Legs and I'm gonna hammer those Lunges!

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Flick, you have will made of iron!

Seriously, love the way you carry on regardless - and can totally relate to analysing the treats and then realising they're not worth it half the time!

Do you have any more recent pics - you feeling happy with current progress?

I'm just kinda going with the motions at the moment, but don't feel like I'm enjoying my workouts or eating. Feel like I'm not making any progress since my last set of pics hence why I'd stalled taking anymore. Maybe I'm just not noticing... Either way I'm scheduled to take some more this weekend so that I will!

I just go on... and on... and on...

14 weeks to go

NOT A GOOD DAY FOR ME I'M BEING A RIGHT HUFFY COW. And my beloved zlaty is nowhere to be seen to give me a kick up my derrière! I did try one of those sweeties today.... And I'm really sorry to say but it was yummy! I won't have another though, honestly, I'm done with my bad streak for today, I'm just hungry all the time at the moment!

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I'm temprorily out of my strop after my workout:

LEG PRESS
30kgs 20 reps, 2 sets (warm up)
40kgs 20 reps
60kgs 15 reps
70kgs 15 reps
72.gkgs 12 reps
Got that pain back in my right leg, it's like a tightening of the muscle and I can feel every little movement, put me right off doing Lunges so I did step ups instead

STEP-UP'S ONTO A BENCH
7kgs each hand 15 reps each leg, 4 sets

STIFF LEG DEADLIFTS
30kgs 15 reps
32.5kgs 12 reps
35kgs 12 reps
37.5kgs 12 reps

LEG EXTENSIONS
4 plates 15 reps
5 plates 12 reps
6 plates 12 reps
Drop set 8 reps, 6 reps, 5 reps, 4 reps, 3 reps

06.45 L-Glutamine
07.00 40g oats, banana, scoop pro-peptide
10.50 100g Turkey, 40g rice, peppers, mushrooms tsp oil
12.00 Toffee (yum!)
13.50 same as 10.50 meal
16.30 same as 10.50 meal
WORKOUT
19.20 scoop pro-peptide, scoop maltodextrin
20.00 150g chicken, peppers, tumeric, mushrooms, tsp oil

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12.00 Toffee (yum!)
13.50 same as above
16.30 same as above

3 toffees eh? (heehee)


I'll look out for you on saturday - make sure there's no toffees in sight too......

lol@Annie

no not 3 toffees 1, once and the same meal repeated twice!!

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Huh, what's with the toffee's?

Were those second As Above meals, the same as your 10:50 meal?

Either way hope you enjoyed

I had one toffee then the two later meals were the same as the 10.50 meal.
Thanks Annie for distracting everyone!

Don't worry I'm still on it, I'm just hungry all the time at the moment! Doing some extra cardio tonight as I missed a mid-week session

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Ah well that's nothing then! To be honest I read it the same as Annie but was confused as it's not like you to have 3 meals consisting of "a toffee" and think that it's ok!

The world is back as it should be, Flick had but one toffee! Don't scare us like that

lol

I was tempted to have two but the excitement of living life in teh fast lane was all too much. I'm off to have a cup of tea instead and plan my cardio assault tonight

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Nutcase! Lmao

Nice one bird, go enjoy your tea!