19 Weeks Out

This week marks the end of my fifth month of training with Team Bombshell.  I have 19 weeks left to get ready for my first competition!  

This month wasn't as hard as I expected once I made sleep my priority.  The first week of morning cardio and evening training was brutal because I was only getting about 5 hours of sleep per night.  I was an emotional wreck by the end of the week.  The 2nd week I made a major adjustments to be in bed by 9:30 every night, and on Tuesday and Thursday in bed by 8:30.  This gave me the rest I needed to power though my hour of morning cardio and my hour to hour and a half of evening weight sessions.

The food this past month was the best yet; I actually wish I could be on same food for another month.  Even though I think I am pretty disciplined about eating when I need to and not just when I have a psychological craving, this past week really made me realize how much wanting to have the taste of something drives me.  My son and I went shopping last Saturday and I swear everywhere we turned there was candies and sweets.  At the mall; we went into Gertrude Hawk and I had to turn down sample chocolates; they smelled so good.  Then of course at Autie Anne's they were giving out free pretzel samples.  Oh, how I love soft pretzels.  I bypassed them too and stuck to my plan.  I was thankful that I carried my food/water with me for the day.  I had what I needed when I needed it.  Fuel the body!!

This week is Thanksgiving.  Since I am still 19 weeks out I will enjoy a nice 'treat meal' with my family, but I am still going to keep it very balanced.  I plan to enjoy a giant plate of greens, with some white meat turkey, and maybe one kind of starch.  I know that reaching my goals is up to me and up to me alone.  I am responsible for the decisions I make.  

I am happy with how my body is progressing, but it's still odd to me how certain areas of my body seem so lean when other parts seem to be really holding onto stored fat.  I can see amazing definition in my chest, back, and mid section while my triceps, area above my butt, and quads seem to be very resistant to change. I know I have plenty of time and I will get there.  It's funny because whenever I begin a strict diet, there’s some irrational part of me that always feels like after 5 days of strict training, I should already look like the cover girl on a fitness magazine.  If that was all the time it took, then everyone would look like that!