Glittery Floors = Sparkly Feet

It's hot as balls in this state. And I say that not knowing how hot, exactly, that balls tend to get. Logically, it's probably hotter than balls because if anyone's balls were over 100 they probably would choose to cut them off. Or never take them off ice. Either way.. lose-lose.. Sucks to be a guy.

I came back to CH this weekend to a new roommate and dog! A girl in my program the year ahead of me is staying at my apartment for the month while she's in between leases, and my apartment is full of stuff! But it's been fun, nice to have someone to come home to and hang with.

Today, I had my final heavy lifting workout with Shoulders and Biceps. It was great! My shoulder is hurting a little still, feels kind of like a pinched nerve near my shoulder blade every time I bring my arm down, really my elbow below my shoulder, but I had some girl working lift the weight up for me --which was a sight in itself -- and I increased weight on shoulder press from 40 to 55! Pretty stoked about that.

So my workout was:
Seated DB Shoulder Press
SS Upright Rows and Reverse Flyes
Lateral Cable Raises
Bicep Pulldowns
Barbell Curls
Alternating DB Curls

I also want to mention that at Ram's on the lateral raises I'm lifting 7.5# and at SRC I'm lifting 22.5#.. and for the Bicep Pulldowns I go from 62.5# (which is so hard) at Rams to 130# at SRC... something's not right. Oh well, though, heavy lifting is heavy lifting despite what the plate says!

So, my suit is in! I tried it on and it fits perfectly! I love it.. except for all of the glitter that spills onto my floor and gets all over everything.

So tomorrow I will take my progress pictures and start the cutting/leaning phase of my competition prep. I wish I took the pictures before my cheat meal, but regardless I have the same amount to lose, and I will get there. I have no idea what July has in store for me, but luckily it's a fresh month - fresh resolution (I'll explain tomorrow) - and I'm ready to tackle it head on!

Oh.. and it's also my half birthday :) Fam, did you each send me a cake?

Week's end - Recap

Did you think I was missing? It's been a grip since I've blogged, life has been busy! Thursday night, after my leg workout, I got a massage, and it was PHENOMENAL. It was a birthday present from my wonderful sister, and since I used it almost 6 months later, it's like celebrating my birthday all over again! My masseuse is the best. Since I went to massage school, I have a table, so she comes to my house and gives me a massage at night, so I can just lay there afterwards and go straight to bed. Definitely the way to go, people, much more relaxing then having to get dressed, get in your car, and drive home.

Yesterday and today I've had two really good workouts. Well today was rough getting less than 5 hours of sleep. You could tell I was dragging, which was frustrating, and I just wanted to get to the end of the workout. But I've continually been increasing weight which is awesome. Even today at good 'ol Ram's head I increased, so I was pretty pleased with that. I worked last night though and didn't get home until 3:30am this morning. And then I woke up on my own at 6:23am. I almost got up before realizing I hadn't even been asleep for 3 hours, so I let myself "sleep in". Luckily CJ woke me up at 8:30 so I could get my day started. We got our workout in, I returned that ridiculous Victoria Secret's swimsuit, and finished my take home final for school all before noon. Very productive morning.

I've finally picked out a competition suit and am in the process of sizing and ordering that, I'm very excited to get it. Thank you all for your input :) I'm grateful for these next two days of rest. I have a lot I need to do to get ready for the move to Greensboro. I'm planning on coming back most weekends, but I need to be really good about planning so that I make sure I have all of my gym gear, supplements, food scale, blender, etc, that I'm not sure will be there for me. We are going to look at 2 gyms on Monday after we get there, and once that is lined up I'll be good to go. Once I finalize my packing list, I'll let you know what all I am bringing to give you an idea of how much prep I have to do. Thursday I spent about 3 hours reworking my food schedule so that my macros would be more evenly spread throughout the day, and this weekend Meredith will be giving me changes to that, so I'll get to do it all over! Luckily, planning and organizing makes me very happy.

Okay, I need to be a little soft for a minute:

Thank you all for your support and motivation and encouragement. For asking questions and not being (at least outwardly) judgmental of my goal and my adventure getting there. I had a hard time this weekend, because I know there are some people close to me that don't support this and don't think I should do it and have their concerns and they were brought up in conversation. I guess I always knew they didn't support it, which was why I didn't tell them I was doing it, but hearing them question it was really hard for me. And I really appreciate all of you who are reading this and interested in either what I'm doing or how it's going. And I appreciate the comments, texts, and questions you all give me, because it let's me know that I'm not in this alone, because I don't think I could do it if I was. So thank you.

Well, I got to keep going on this productive streak I have. Shopping in Mebane tomorrow, so I have a lot to get done this afternoon. And I'm working tonight at Bada if any of you want to come hang out! Have a great weekend!

Get Out of the Way, Old Man

It's 7:30. I just finished eating dinner and cooking 5 pounds of chicken for the next.. eh, hopefully more than 5 days. And I could go to sleep. Yes, 7:30 on a Saturday night and the only thing I'm craving is my bed. And a shower. Today's workout was great, but my gosh does my bod hurt in every way possible. Luckily, it was shoulders and bis today and they weren't too bad, well they weren't at 10 am.

Shoulder Press
Upright Row ss Rear Flyes
Lateral Cable Raises
Bicep Pulldowns
Barbell Curls
Alternating Incline Curls

Pretty great workout. Except for the damn cables. The SRC is closed on the weekend, why? I have no idea. But it is, so I workout at Rams, and I don't know who weighed the weights on the cable machines, but they were on crack. Every machine with cables is off. WAY off. How is it that I can do 10 reps of biceps pulldowns at 85-90# at the SRC and barely get 45# at Rams? And I can curl a 60# Barbell, but I can't curl 25# with an EZ bar attached to their cable machine? Get real. It doesn't even add up if they were in kgs. It's just stupid, which is another reason I hate Rams. Even if Ram's was right, and everything else in the world was wrong, well Ram's makes me feel weak, and that's one thing I will not accept. So I complain about it. Every week. Whatever.

I tried to massage my quads today. It resulted in my crying for my mom (literally.. I said I want my mom!) at every knot and tight spot I came across. I don't know why whenever something is wrong I cry for my mom. Don't get me wrong, she's great. But she's not the most sympathetic. If somethings wrong she'll be all My poor baby! for about 5 minutes, and then is like Okay, Susie, get over it. It's really not that big of a deal. Thank you, mother. Must be where I get my sympathy. Hah.

I did play my last game tonight though. It was great, despite the loss. My ankle felt like a million bucks, my legs got loosened up, and I knocked a few old guys to the ground. Chased a guy about 80 yards, and plowed him over. He congratulated me for it. My kinda man. I don't care how many years these guys have on me (some I'm guessing about 35-40) they. can. RUN. You would think a 24 year old would have no problem beating them to every ball. Think again. After chasing that guy down, I kind of just stood there and was like, Well I'm done. It's fun though. AND! I successfully turned down pizza and beer afterwards. Not just any pizza and beer. FREE PIZZA AND BEER And if you know ANYTHING about me, you'll know I am a whore for free anything. I am frugal as can be, and expect you to pay me that quarter back you borrowed. I never forgot. But anyway, the point was that I turned it down. I walked away. I was tempted, oh you better believe I wanted that, but I am SO PROUD of myself for saying NO. It's not worth it, and my stomach would probably hate me for it all night. So yes, I'm 24, push down old men for fun, turn down free food and booze, and want to go to bed at 7:30. Who's surprised I'm single?

So, I have successfully completed my first week of training for this competition. Before starting, I saw the workouts and thought Only 5 days a week? Seriously? I don't know the last time I worked out only 5 days a week! I even tried to ask Mere if I could make it a 6 day split, taking only 1 day rest. But now that day 5 is over, I'm happy she said no. I am so excited for my rest days. Maybe I'll go walk on an incline tomorrow, but maybe I'll just lay in bed and color in a coloring book. Who knows. For once, I'm going to let myself relax. And do the homework I didn't do today. Shocker. Well friends, it's about that time. DSB. Dishes. Shower. Bed. Take that Pauly D.