Getting OFF the cakes and pies wagon!

Yes, i have had my fill of these since Christmas. These items are quite tasty "at the moment of the act", but i'm sure not doing my body a favor. Christmas was great, love the family gatherings and FOOD. I got some new workout stuff that i will be styling out. I'm a Nike girl so i got some new goods. It will be some great motivation to get slimmer and really look nice in the yoga pants :D Since my lax days of eating, i have not been very energetic out of the gym, but i have had some killer workouts at the gym after taking my supps of course. Heck, i even managed to hit some new PRs :D Haven't missed a day training despite the craziness and in laws in town.

Yesterday i was doing pretty good with eating clean again up until we decided to go watch the UFC fight at Hooters with my sis and her husband. I couldn't pass up the wings and then i got some drinks in addition to that. I had 3 Corona Lights, i was feeling great though since i don't usually drink. It was a great fight by the way :) I'm getting into it. Then today, well i am out of chicken and just everything, even eggs so i didn't have too many options today. It didn't go very well and was just feeling down today so i didn't really care too much. Tomorrow is back on the plan though, i can't keep on like this. New Years Day is one more that i will have to deal with and know i will be having a few drinks then. Now i just feel BLOATED (freaking PMS to top it off!) and may have gained a few pounds that i WILL lose SOON. I will really tighten up after the New Years and get back to a leaner me while adding mass. I am going to go back to writing weekly specific goals like i used to when i was really on a roll on the weight loss wagon. I think it really helped me a great deal. My mind works better with specifics and details instead of vague/broad goals. 26 weeks out to the NGA show that i plan on doing on June 27th!! Even less to finish building and then begin the cutting. EEKK!!! FOCUS SANDRA, FOCUS!!

Christmas is ALMOST here!

I'm excited about this time of the year :) My kids are super excited and so am I. I like the family gatherings, but i really don't like being surrounded by all that food!! Especially DRESSING and DESSERTS. I am going to splurge a bit and enjoy it with my family.

My workouts have been ON POINT and feeling sore almost all the time. Eating hasn't been 100%, but it hasn't been horrible. The weekends out shopping is where it has got me like this weekend. I ended up doing extra cardio today along with my chest/back workout. Also meeting more fitness minded folks at the gym helps to stay motivated and push a little harder. So this week i'm going to switch around the workouts so i can still get ALL of them in since i know i won't be going into the gym on Thursday and don't know what we are doing exactly on Christmas Eve. I get quite bitchy if i miss a workout. Somethings i need to work on:

1. Stop taking BITES of stuff!! Haven't done this yet today.
2. Get enough REST.
3. Limit extra exercises to prevent overtraining.
4. Do my best during the holidays, but not use it as an excuse to cheat!! VERY IMPORTANT ONE HERE!
   

As far as home life, not much going on. Well, i'm still in the process of teaching my oldest daughter how to drive. EESSH, i pray for patience on this one cause she scares me sometimes and drives like granny clampits, wish is fine in a way, but she needs to really find that middle ground. She REALLY wants to get it right, but needs to pay a little more attention on simple stuff. I met her boyfriends mom this weekend too and her boyfriend (which is really respectful and nice) joined us to do a little Christmas shopping while my husband stayed home. He made it clear to me before i left to not leave them alone not even a second no matter what. TYPICAL dad right?? LOL. I trust my daughter to an extent and she is really not like that, but i do have my limits. All in all, the weekend went great with him. So weird though to see my daughter with a BOYFRIEND like that. Her first "serious" one. Her little sisters were just finding things to embarass her by, kids! Oh crap, i just rambled on! Just wanted to keep it more interesting :D

EFFEN COOKIES!!

Today was pretty crummy for me. Started this morning hitting my dang head on my car and it was pretty much from there. I got to go to my daughters Christmas party, but i had to park a bit far because their parking lot is not that big. Old school literally. Got to the party and they had some veggies with dressing and of course all kinds of cookies and cupcakes. I did have a few bites of the cookies and some of the carrots with dressing. Bites of the cookie is better than having the whole thing i thought. Then i got out of there. I had a hair appointment at 1 to get my highlights touched up. Well here we go again, something messed up with my bank so i had to straighten that out while at the salon. WTF?? Black cloud trying to stay over my head..lol. Later i got home and my neighbor drops off some cookies with my daughter (i was upstairs) and a Christmas card. OH MAN, what is up with the cookies today?? LOL. Well, it was sweet of her to think about us and do something like that. I did try some of them though, there were those kisses cookies in there and some other kinds. Like the freaking devil!

I felt kind of down today and said EFF IT. My husband and I usually go out for dinner at Texas Roadhouse, well i wanted some dayum ribs and i got them (those things just fall off the bone! DELISH!). I didn't have any of the bread though or any other carbs. Had plain veggies and a Caesar salad with no croutons. So yeah, that was my day pretty much. Tomorrow is the shoulders workout and will get in my cardio like i always do. Got to move on and not dwell on the mess ups. Its Christmas for crying out loud!

Going to start a CUT style diet soon...

Some of you know that i have joined Team Scivation for my training and bulking. Well, i'm getting near the 140s and i just can't do it anymore! I am supposed to be gaining weight on the lean mass diet they have me on, well the person i get in touch with is Derek and i expressed my concerns with me to see if he could put me on a different style diet so i could not gain anymore weight, but still gain lean mass somehow. He recommended i start the CHA diet. Its a low carber and i'm allowed a cheat meal once a week. Now i have read how others have gotten some pretty amazing results on this plan so i'm going to give it a show. Its going to be different, i don't get all those carbs i currently get and my cals are going from 2500 to 1600, but i don't count calories, just pretty much use the exchange system and get in all my servings. High fat, high protein diet. I have to go get a few things from the store before i get started. I'm going to be ready. I also let Derek know of my plans to compete in June and he said if i stick with him, we would be following a similar diet for the comp. Yes, they also do comp diets :D Not 100% convinced i will be doing the comp prep with them though, i was thinking about someone like Layne Norton, i have been speaking with his wife and others he trains to get a little more insight and to see if he is a fit for me. I have time to shop around though. Going to update my stats tomorrow and take new progress pics, not expecting big changes. I have gained 2.5 pounds on the lean mass diet which i have been on 5 weeks now. I don't think all that is muscle. I wasn't able to take my BF readings when i first started, but Derek mentioned how i did look leaner than when i started so that is a PLUS.

Today was shoulders/core workout and it went pretty good. Feeling a little depressed this evening and all i want to do is sleep for some reason. Must be the holiday blues. Thanks for reading my ramblings! Sorry i haven't updated my blog in awhile!