Fit Lizzio Fitness

Hey guys! Sorry for the lack of posting…my internet wasn’t working and it just started again. But unfortunately I am leaving!! So I will do a full post later tonight or tomorrow morning!!

 

Thanks for all the suggestions by the way!!!!!

I couldn’t think of a title, so that will do haha.

 
 

Ahhh so last night was awesome!! There were eight of us and everyone was really nice. We weighed in, took measurements, and took before photos. Then we talked about the show and what division everyone is doing. The show that we are all going to do is Fitness America August 22nd. This is only one month after the NPC show that i was originally planning on doing, so I think I will make the switch. It will be awesome to work on posing with these girls. Tiffani and Elana(the leaders) have so much experience with figure and fitness competitions so it is really cool to hear what they have to say!! I will be competing in the bikini and fitness model division. At this point, I just don’t have enough muscle packed on to do figure and would probably just not do well at all. That is fine with me, because I have my whole life ahead of me. I also ordered my shoes last night!!

 
 

Now here is where you all come in!!! For the fitness model division, I have to pick a theme! One of the girls is doing “kickboxer” so I can’t do a boxer 🙁 but I need some ideas on what I should do!!! It should be something athletic that I can put a cute skimpy outfit together with. (It’s kind of like a slutty halloween costume haha) So if you guys could help me out with some ideas i woudl REALLY appreciate it!!!

 

Anyways I was supposed to train with Dae this morning because he wasn’t able to yesterday, but he couldn’t do it this morning, so I am going back at 11:15 to train with him. I still boxed and did my cardio though, so that is out of the way!! Boxing was so much fun today! I was hitting HARD and I lovedddddddd it. Boxing is so addicting its like a drug! Shoulders is on the strength bill for today! Woo!!

 
 

Here is today’s food so far….

 

So I am about to leave for my first meet-up with the group I will be competing with. We are going to get all suited up, take pictures, take measurements, and then Tiffani is going to tell us what division she thinks we should compete in. My guess is that I will be doing bikini and not figure. We will see! I am excited. I think that the competition that the rest of the girls are doing is August 22^nd, so I may switch and do that one since it is only 1 month after the one I originally planned on doing. It is Fitness America pageant, so from what I hear the figure division Is less muscular than NPC. I will have to see what she says.

 

I am excited and nervous because I don’t know what the rest of the girls look like!!(There are 6 or 7 of us total I think) I am hoping that I won’t be toooo intimidated by all of the beautiful bodies surrounding me and that hopefully I can “hang” I am feeling semi-lean today, but who knows how I will look against the other girls. It almost feels like im competing tonight hahaha.

 

Here’s Monday for ya!

 

 

I’ll do a substantial post later but here is today so far….

 

Today was a good day. I woke up early and hiked camelback again. Afterwards I raced home, put on my rollerblades(I know im such a nerd haha) and headed down to the field. Today was our softball championships. Last year we won the championship, but unfortunately this year we took 2^nd place. It was HOT out there by the second game. It was 10:30 am and already about 95 degrees. By the time we finished, I still had to rollerblade home….it was about 100 degrees by then. The “breeze” I was getting as I rollerbladed was HOT air. Not enjoyable, but I trekked on ha. I had to jump in the shower and clean up really quick before my dad picked me up to go to lunch with my sister, brother and our cousin that we have not seen in YEARS. We used to hang out with her when we were younger but lost touch. We went to True Food Kitchen, which is an all organic healthy restaurant developed by Fox Restaurant Concepts. The whole menu is pre-approved by Dr. Andrew Weil. It was really good. I was actually able to eat at a restaurant!! Haha. I ordered the Tuna Sashimi Salad which came with avocado, edamame, sesame seeds, grape tomatoes and cucumbers. I ordered it without dressing and without edamame. It was good, but very light and didn’t keep me full for long. We walked around the Biltmore for a little bit afterwards and then headed home. I have just been hanging out at home since then. I was supposed to go to a graduation party tonight, but I am just not up for it. It has been a longggg day and I just want to relax on the couch!

 

OH! Before I forget! I tried my raw oats this morning(soaked overnight) They were good. It tasted like my normal oatmeal, but really cold haha. I am going to have it again tomorrow as well. All my veggies were raw today as well. I am not willing to give up my egg whites, though and I bought some turkey breasts tonight that I plan on cooking up tomorrow. I need my protein and I don’t feel the need to cut out egg whites and chicken/turkey.

Hope everyone else had a great weekend! Congratulations to all the girls who competed this weekend! You all looked fantastic and I am proud of you all!

 

I took a few progress pics even though I have a full belly haha i was bored. But I’m liking how my back is coming in. Except that the left side of my body is so much more defined. Biceps, triceps, back YOU NAME IT. Very annoying. But oh well.

So I have spent the rest of my day being lazy and eating too much. I have been contemplating something lately after reading through a few different blogs. It’s the idea of eating “raw.” Now, I don’t think that at this stage I would go completely raw because of the fact that I am competing in about 9 weeks(SO CRAZY!!!) However, I am going to attempt to go as raw as possible and see how I like it. This means instead of cooking my oats, I am going to soak them. Raw vegetables instead of cooked, and I am going to try to make smoothies(egg whites and fruit) as a means of getting my egg whites in without actually cooking them. The egg whites I buy are still pasteurized or something(I think, otherwise I’m not sure that it would say on the carton that you can drink them raw. It doesn’t say anything on the ingredient list other than “100% egg whites” so I will check out the website now and let you guys know.) Anyways, I am going to try this and see if I feel any different. I do not know much about eating raw but what I have read has enticed me, and as you guys know, I am my own guinea pig. The only way I will know for sure is if I try it myself. I will probably still have a cooked meal in the evening(chicken or egg white omelette) because I really have to make sure I am getting my protein in. I need to grow as much as possible before I begin my lean-down on June 1^st. I will be cutting out my greek yogurt(L) but may have to keep my cooked asparagus in there because I LOVE it and I don’t know that you can eat asparagus raw?? If you can then let me know and I’ll do it!!

 

Any advice from any of you raw foodies out there would be GREATLY appreciated. Looking for ways to get RAW protein, so throw me some ideas!! Thank you much!!

I leave you with this picture tonight because it is what I would rather be doing right now!!(even though my neck Is still killing me!!)

I did well with my intuitive eating. I only ate when I was truly hungry and it was a very satisfying day. My neck is still hurting, so no more cardio for the day. I am staying in tonight and me and some friends are getting up early to hike Camelback mountain!! Have a great Friday night!

 

 

So this morning, I decided that I would rollerblade to the gym. It is about 5.5 miles from my apartment so a perfect distance. It was nice out when I left at about 6:30 and I enjoyed myself. My only gripes are that the sidewalk I was on happen to be the same one that the landscapers were on and there were quite a few patches that I literally had to walk through leaves because they had blown them on the sidewalk. Then the sidewalk was closed at one of the intersections so I got to play a little bit of Frogger. Good times haha. I got to the gym and I had some extra time before I was going to train with Dae so I hopped on the treadmill and ran for 20 minutes(8 min. at 6.0mph; 11 min. at 6.5 mph and 1 min. at 7.0 mph) It was a good little run and then I made my way over to the weight room. Bi’s and Tri’s today. I got through about 75% of my workout and then I realized that my neck was REALLY hurting bad(from the whiplash at the lake the other day ha) so Dae massaged it a little bit and stretched it a little bit and then told me to go home and sit in the Jacuzzi. So no cardio for me, other than rollerblading back home. I feel good about it though, but I wish my neck wasn’t hurting! I sat in the Jacuzzi for 15 minutes and it helped. I did some more stretches and I’m going to continue to stretch it throughout the day. I might take some ibuprofen if its still bothering me before work. Anywaysssss

I decided that today is going to be about intuitive eating. Although I had a ginormous breakfast(didn’t even make me that full haha im telling you im a tank!) I just want to take today to REALLY focus on eating when I am hungry, not stuffing myself, and doing what my body says. I try to do that everyday but sometimes im like hmmm I want more strawberries..or I want another apple…even when im not hungry. Although I will never beat myself up over having extra fruit or vegetables, I know that I need to be more intuitive because once I start my leandown diet…there won’t be any extra ANYTHINGS…might as well start my habit now right? Well I told myself that its JUST for today that I am doing this, so we’ll see how it goes.

 

That being said, I am losing weight lately. Before you start congratulating me, I am not sure if this is a good or bad thing. I eat plenty as you all have been able to see over the last few days with my charts, but I am scared that I could be losing muscle?? My strength is there…im stronger than I have ever been. The last time I could do 3 chinups I weighed 139 lbs……today I did 3 chinups…and I weighed myself….128. That is pretty low for me(that was my weight last year at this time, however I wasn’t nearly as strong or toned). I feel like my muscles look strong though and I have lost body fat percentage, so if its fat that im losing then hooray!! If its muscle…then F*&&…..I am getting enough protein though, so I am doing what I can. I think im just being paranoid.

 

Anyways this post is way too long….here’s food for now…about to go eat my post workout food: turkey and veggies!

 

Are you guys enjoying seeing the chart? It is a nice way for me to recap my day. Although I track my food in Sparkpeople, this tracks everything for me.

 

I also have some news!! A girl at my gym, Tiffani Bachus(she has won multiple fitness competitions and was even in Oxygen magazine a couple months ago!!!) put together a group of girls that are going to compete in fitness, figure and bikini competitions in August. Although I am going to compete in July, she invited me to join the workshops every Monday evening. We will go over posing, diet, workouts, etc. It is 4 weeks long and only $95! I am so excited. It will also be nice to meet some new girls that are competing!! I am really excited. She asked that I bring a food journal, and now I have the perfect template for just that J

Does anyone know if the Office season finale is tonight or next week?! I finally don’t have class on Thursday nights anymore so I can actually watch it!! I am going to go for my walk now even though it is hot as hell outside…oh well!

Here is Thursday in a nutshell: (so wish I had a picture of a nutshell that I could put this into because that is what I pictured when I said that)