I went to see SC this morning (Friday) to have bodyfat checked. I am one week away from my competition.
When you get to this point, you just cannot see yourself as you really look to others, and I don't have a trainer, or a nutritionist, or a coach, or anyone else to help me, only David who says everyday "You look great!".
When you get to this point, you just cannot see yourself as you really look to others, and I don't have a trainer, or a nutritionist, or a coach, or anyone else to help me, only David who says everyday "You look great!".
Thanks hon, but I need a little more detail....
SC last checked bodyfat on September 9, and I was at 6.9%, neither one of us was too happy about it.
I walked in, he was eating oatmeal on the couch in a different office, then he followed me into his office. "Kristy- you're walking around in bootie shorts!"...."No" I said, "they are underwear"... I was wearing my favorite Nike compression shorts, blue this time with a great orange waistband.
He checked the 9 sites, it gives you a really good average, in fact it comes within tenths to the hydrostatic testing when done correctly.
Here are the results:
Tricep 0
Bicep 0
Subscapular 3
Supralliac 0
Pectoral 0
Abdominal 2
Kidney 2
Quadricep 3
Calf 1
Lower Glute 9
Weight: 122 pounds Fat: 2.7% Lean Mass: 118.70 pounds
Where was I 16 days ago on September 9?
Weight: 123.6 pounds Fat 6.9% Lean Mass: 116.80 pounds
I am quite excited that I weigh 122, at my last competition in July I was at 120, and bodyfat was at 3.93%. This means I have added lean body mass!
So what did I do do drop all of this fat so quickly? I started carb cycling and adding more cardio. My carb cycling consists of eliminating starches at dinner for three nights, then adding them back in the fourth (3 ounces).
I then increased cardio from 30 minutes to 50 minutes every night.
I have continued lifting and lifting as heavy as always, I don't reduce calories much from my typical diet, the most drastic change is a reduction of starches by 1 ounce at every meal for a couple weeks at a time. My biggest change is in the macro-nutrients ratios, so I usually don't have the fatigue that many people do from lack of calories.
What does this all mean now? It means I need to now start on my one week pre competition changes, adding more carbs back in to fill out, and a little more fat so I don't start looking stringy.
I will also start circuit training now, and moving away from my usual heavy lifting, I want to keep all the muscles full and round looking.
I will lose more weight, you cannot just halt it instantly. I will still do cardio, but cut it way down.
I need to tighten up more, I feel like my skin is not tight enough, of course, being 49 might have a little to do with it! Once the creatine continues to leave my body, and I dehydrate closer to show time, I should look tight enough, or at least as tight as I will ever get!
Oh, this also meant for dinner I had this:
4 ounces Filet Mignon, 3 ounces red potato, mushrooms and green beans...all covered with pepper and lemon (about all I can use right now). It was wonderful, only missing a glass of red wine!
Kristy you look FABULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!! And look at that perfect model pose! See that's the one I'm having trouble with, I can't keep my lat extended on my left side :(
ReplyDeleteDeirdre, thank you that means a lot to me to hear that! Yuo know how hard we work and can never tell what we really look like. It's those new amino acids, i swear its the only thing I have done differently this time around and I gained lean body mass! Let's hope I can hold this pose Saturday!
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