End of the Week.....

Yall ever drag through the week and Friday you suddenly wake the hell up?? lol...I feel that way today...all of sudden its a great day lol but the other 4 I have been grumpy pants....

Hit heavy weights this am...and it felt good...back, shoulders and abs....

I been having issues with my birth control patch....started messing with my moods and I am bloated and holding water...it sucks...I stopped immediately..never had this issue before but its not worth it...I havent even weighed myself cuz I know I am carrying water! but I am going to let my body readjust back to whatever NORMAL is...but right now I am having a "period" for the 2nd time this month...RAWRRRR

I will go to the doc for lower dose but I prolly wont get see for at least 2-3 weeks at the clinic cuz of how long the waiting is...no rush just need to eliminate things that make my progress go the opposite direction lol....

Anyway diet on point and I have a new found love for spinach...been making these killer salads with ground turkey, onions, green pepper a bit of soy sauce and balsalmic vinegar oh and cucumbers.... I get excited about spinach these days lol....cant help it ...

On another note having to budget myself, these supplements are costing me some dough on top of food, i spent 60 bucks on food that may last me 2-3 days! lol....so looks like no SHOE SHOPPING  for a bit...which is fine because all i wear is my combat boots, running shoes or merrells... shame aint it...oh well least i know what I am wearing these days no question.....


anyway off to start my day, got a final for my class coming and then on to the next class...

Freakin Busy

Hey yall

so trying to catch up my blog man....its almost to the bottom so many wonderful ladies and journals in here I cant read them all or update my own! But I am trying....anyway things are busy...been playing superwoman here but so far so good....

My workouts changed to alternate from light weight high reps and heavy weight low reps...I just did legs today for the 1st time this week and it felt good..pushed to the point of vomiting with almost successful....lots of lovely walking lunges, front squats and leg extensions....there is definitely some soreness in the building tommorow...lol

I feel small, real small and i been eating lots of greens (spinach)in my meals....so I know there is definitely some change coming. This weekend one of my friends is a professional photographer thats her job and she offered to take photos..very excited...so that way we can measure progress versus the camera phone and not asking my husband to take photos as he acts all annoyed lol...

I am taking a macroeconomics class which is kicking my butt literally, so glad its over because of the training and its online I been slacking but after the exam next week I am backing off.....I cant juggle everything... gotta know my limits....

Also been volunteering my time to this place on base called the "wired bean" its a place for younger miltary folks to come and we as "seasoned" military people volunteer and cook and kind of mentor i guess so me and hubby been doing it and its pretty awesome... I like seeing the young folks..whats interesting is alot of them say they want to go out in the civilian world and make more money without a degree nothing....uhh okkk lol... I dunno just seems they may be a bit misguided and right now is not the time to be making those moves...especially with sequestration. I am glad this year military isnt at risk , i know last year we almost were which was really frustrating because we take a bullet and yet we wont get paid...sheeeettt lol..but alot of our non military follks who work with us may be at risk and get furloughed so it kind of shifts the work to us...i hope that doesnt happen and for the sake of their own households...

Anywho we have a really good group of girls with Zoa this year, feels like my extended family....first show for most, shit im not a pro im an amateur its only my 2nd time..but im more excited for just being around them at the show it was really fun....

I also bought more socks...freakin hooked! lol... and after 3 months of waiting I finally got my isolator bag...man its a life saver....shit sucked tho to wait, they had preorders back since november and it took a week to get here once my order was filled??? lol wtf...

 

anyway thats my day, hope to journal more often I will do my best but man life gets busy and you forget... i need to vent sometimes and my hubby is always around lol..

About to do cardio before eating my last meal... talk to yall soon

14 weeks....

Hey yall,


 I am up early this morning...YES on a saturday and HIGH DAY YAY...so I figured I would write while hubby is in bed...

Week has been busy and now I am going into my 14th week...my weight has been fighting to go down but my appearance is saying otherwise...so I am going to roll with it.. only so many battles you can fight and the less I put on that the more I can focus on other things and have that balance...

I did my legs yesterday and it felt good, I find my back starts to hurt so I need to wear my PINK weight belt...love that thing.. I watch WWE wrestling so sometimes I imagine it a championship belt..WEIRD lol..dont judge me but when I finish a workout Im like " weee are the champiionnns my frienndsss"

So anyway been moody a bit, only had sex once in 3 weeks...lol but i think its just days wearing on us...my hubby is trying to quit smoking and I am dieting so we just bear it. He finds golf to be his outlet so it gives me the day to myself ...

My workouts just changed to high reps low weight and alternate with HEAVY Shit...time to build on my little foundation ... I am excited but this year its all me lol so I gotta self motivate...I been buying alot of shirts lately...got my DLB FNF shirt yesterday

Made an IG collage with it....

 

My new favorite energy drank....pre workout/ just because I am tired lol...getting grape and chewables today...

 

egg white scramble with potatoes

 

My soxbox.com socks and my legworkout ...

 

ground turkey patties

Got posing practice today with my friend DJ, she was in the show with me..
Should be a good time..anyway thats my mini speel off to eat and start the day..

Finding Balance...

Wow, this blog has been empty for a bit..but there is a reasoning behind it…

It was to find my “Balance” or footing as one would call it…. I started this prep well I did the “warm up” at 24 weeks around Christmas time lol…took a vacation had a blast! Gained some “vacation weight” lol very worth it and lost the weight and here we are…. then at the beginning of this month is the 16 week count which is flying because it is getting ready to go into the end of the 14^th week… for the longest I been hearing the word “Balance” when people ask about what it takes to be successful, in all aspects not just competition….how can you be happy when you have other shit weighing down on from other directions? how can I focus when my household is not in “check” and how can I keep bring home the “bacon” (I wish) when I am not performing at work… and I woke up this morning feeling like I had found my balance, yesterday I was able to do my cardio and feed my husband before bed time, while eating my meal 5 and later meal 6 in between our “tv time” and it just felt RIGHT.. I made his lunch for work and I woke up to make him breakfast, well hand him the muffins and make his coffee and it was like “AHHHHHHHH” relief…. I been hydrating like I should, sticking to the plan which was a bit hard to eliminate even the things that are good for me in moderation…but once I eliminated those along with “adjusting” my timelines to what was in line with important things in my life…. My faith, family, work, and contest prep …. Nothing else matters at this time. It is not to say that my friends don’t matter or anything else but that is the focus…. And you cant focus without having BALANCE period…when you have a happy medium then that 300 lb weight on your shoulders becomes lighter… and everyone can be happy lol…well for the most part .. I made adjustments to my training schedule, I go at lunch time since im always eating any dayum way….and cardio right after work then that leaves me to be able to cook dinner and have my qt with the hubby and puppy . In the morning I do cardio if permited but I do it at home so I can see hubby off before work….. BALANCE! Yes everybody wins ! lol… the weekends are ours and lately we have been doing volunteer work together so its been kind of cool…Sunday morning is for Zoa and posing stuff along with some training…I feel like the work will speak for itself… no goal is met without having balance and I am glad I learned versus giving it up but you don’t learn unless you make an attempt then assess the situation which I did ..i feel so much better .. and I just wanted to share that with you guys… because its amazing a difference it can make when you function better… your body tells on you when you are stressed out! So why put yourself through it….there are things we can’t control and then there are things that we can… I am learning with fitness it is a lifestyle change..it is a balance, it is one not all will agree with but it is one that YOU need to agree with because it is YOUR LIFE! .. Therefore balance includes making sure you are on track…and that is why I feel like that my hard work here is going to pay off in about 14 weeks from now…. A force to be reckoned with … I cant wait to see where I go from here….

A Letter to myself....

Dear Andrea,

                                As of this week you are about head into 16 weeks of mental, physical and emotional journey to your 2^nd Bodybuilding Competition. This is not unfamiliar ground; you have succeeded in this once by being fearless, overcome many obstacles and go against everything that is normal in your life to only get better. Now it is time to find that same courage and fearlessness to embark on the same journey again, but it is not the same journey, it is another journey of familiar ground that you decided to walk again, even run again. There will be exhaustion, blood, sweat, there will be times you want to cry or melt down but you need to remind yourself that you will accomplish this, you did ACCOMPLISH THIS better and what’s better is that you have hubby by your side to help you through those rough times where you want to quit or burn out. You know what else, you got a great coach that wouldn’t put you through anything you couldn’t bear.. put you at risk for any reason, trust in her, lean on her…she has been down this road and she wouldn’t steer you wrong…  Find that balance! When you find that balance, pushing to that last limit will seem like you want it more… and you will push yourself to do more… that is when it counts.. you will crave more food than ever before but it is not worth sabotaging, and if you decide to , confess your sin and move on..But the greatest strength is WILL POWER.. no one can do this for you, is going to do it for you but you!  Now you must dig deeper, develop mental toughness and push through… this is what you were born to do….its what feels right, its what makes you happy and there is nothing greater than that..

 

Drea

Its go time...but i dont wanna lol...

Hey yall,

yesterday was a great day, got a nice tan in sun doing circuits in my front yard..

 

 

been bored with cardio for a bit so now i have something that i like doing that doesnt really require me to leave the house and I live next to a big hill..where cars chase me up and down it since there is no sidewalk LOL

 

 

Here is what I did

1 sprint up the hill 30 secs
front lat raises -resistance bands
burpees- on the mat
oblique twists- with the exercises ball
shoulder press- dumbells

1st cycle 3x

1 sprint up the hill 25 secs
bicep curls- resistance bands
flutter kicks- mat
ab crunches- exercises ball
jabs/hook punches -dumbells

cycle 3 x

1 sprint up the hill 25 secs

tricep kickback-resistance bands
scissor kicks- mat
jumps squats with exercise ball
bear crawls to one side of the yard


cycle 2x

jump rope 30 seconds

wall pushups
ab crunches
suicide sprints/football runs
v ups- exercises ball

2x

anndd i am done lol


So diet changed, NO MORE CHEAT MEALS GAH very sad but coach say its go time so Ima do my thing but man its a sad day lol...anyway one high day, rest low days... trying to get mentally ready. I warned my husband not going to be pretty..but I dont think he "understands" what that really means... so I will let yall know what goes down lol... barley wanna do hanky panky I be tired but I will give him his day... got my workout clothes..beast mode shirts and some work or die shorts...they get here like molasses to APO so EVENTUALLY you will see me in them..

We (my husband) is excited for the super bowl and since we are overseas it shows Mon our time so we get the day off! YAY ... I plan on being sleep but we shall see when they won the nfc championship he was jumping and screaming like a banshee at 8am since it shows in the morning for us...lol..its all in fun whatever makes him happy being a die hard niners fan...


Anyway in other news doing my macroeconomics class which I am learning some good stuff but more excited for it to be over than for it to start...its online so I proscratinate a bit but so far so good for my grade.. teacher has some good materials... they had one assignment i found interesting is

if we thought it we be better instead of free transplants turn it into a buisness and charge folks.... alot of people said yea but IMO like any other buisness rich will prosper....but anyway thats microeconomics..

I also been experimenting with some breakfast blending and using the waffle iron not so success ful with apple pancakes it burnt to hell..one thing at a time I gues..but i did have protein pancakes yesterday and OMG they were amazing! lol..

 

 

oh forgot to add they had a military muscle page and i submitted photos and got featured! pretty freaking sweet..

look at me!

 

 

Know when its Time to recharge the batteries!

Week has been pretty long....glads its ended I need to rest! I will do some HITT ( High intensity Training) but thats it! I am staying home to do home work and that will be it...I havent really been sleeping, or just sitting down somewhere. I been in a 2 1/2 day class at work where I still
"squeezed" my workouts in and felt like just blinking would make me fall asleep! Thats a shame huh! lol.... I also start thinking negative and being hard on myself for not trying the workouts harder or making myself sore ...i did one chest workout in the evening and just was not feeling it like I did it but I didnt like "kill" it...sometimes you have one of those days where you are physically there but you just go through the motions....

Although this morning my legs are saying "ouch!" so there is something to that..just a bit sore...did posing with Zoa and the girls competiting and or practicing to compete in the future. its fun seeing them and learning with them, refreshing my mind...I kind of jumped in last year and it all depends who you click with...but I find myself really having fun. We got to see Zoa demonstrate legs and exercises... so that was my night...

I am up this morning early to eat then back in bed for a bit....dog woke me up... Anyway got a back shot of progress....

I have never done this but when you work it hard and cant see the shit every day ..... sometimes its motivating!