8 Weeks Out!

Wow, 8 weeks.

I am currently addicted to flavored teas, Pinterest, and DIY home decorating projects.  All taking place of my nightly binging that I used to do.

I am feeling motivated and excited.  I am full of energy in the mornings and hungry and tired by mid-afternoon.  Coffee picks me up about mid-evening and then I am ready for bed at night.  I am still in love with my breakfast and I miss it all evening.  Isn't it beautiful?  :)

Lunch is usually pretty decent as well...for now.  At this point I can still use 1 tbsp of lite balsamic vinaigrette.  Yay!

I also enjoy 1/4 cup of almonds and milled flax seed for my healthy fats (along with vinegrette or olive oil).

Dinner stinks.  I'm so sick of chicken, fish, and green veggies.  I'm still eating a piece of fruit with my second meal (right before lunch) and that's a fun time as well.  Needless to say the earlier in the day the better I am feeling.  That's why it has been important for me to try and work out earlier rather than later.

Unfortunately, my carbohydrates are being reduced more and more and pushed back earlier and earlier.  This is why I am so in love with my oatmeal (which by the way will never leave until pretty much the last couple of days).  

I was always one of those people who could not have a bag of chips around the house or I'd binge out on it.  Well, now I have found that is how I am with rice cakes, peanut butter, granola, and honey during contest prep. I cut granola out a couple weeks ago because I knew I couldn't handle having it around.  Now rice cakes are gone and the natural peanut butter is up on a high shelf that I can't reach.  Hopefully I won't be too tempted to dig into it once I restock on PB2 - an AMAZING product that you can find here:

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 One thing I am very worried about is posing.  I am so unsure of my posing and other than watching videos and reading articles online, I'm not sure where to go for help.  I believe I am making progress, but I won't really be able to tell until I lean out a little more to see all of the muscle.  

I'm excited to be taking a little "Fit Trip" on the weekend of March 2nd-4th with some friends and coworkers.  We are hitting up the Arnold Sports Festival to catch the International Figure Prejudging, the Strong Man competition, some Crossfit demos, and to meet some of the women who have been inspiring me through this.  After that we are going to the Midwest Fit Fest conference for two days of working out and learning about our field.  So excited!  There will be plenty of photos once that weekend comes. 

God bless!