Breakfast of Champions!

Ok, so on some of the other blogs I follow there have been some posts on the food they're currently eating so I decided to do one myself;-) I picked breakfast because, well, it was just convenient for me. I have been having an egg white protein shake lately instead of cooked eggs just for something different. Egg Whites Int'l has pretty good egg whites (for cooking too if you want). They're heat pasteurized so you can safely eat them raw. They don't taste like raw eggs (not that I eat raw eggs), it really doesn't have a taste. They stay good for up to 4 months so we invested in two 1gallon jugs. I mix 1/2 cup egg whites with 1/2 scoop Optimum Nutrition protein powder and shake it up! I cut my fats out of this meal, but I would usually put a tablespoon of pb in my oatmeal. It's so yummy! Today I just had oats with cinnamon and stevia. If you look closely you can kind of see the stevia packet leaning on the egg whites container. My body does not like Splenda so I use stevia for all of my artificial sweetening needs. That's 1/2 grapefruit sitting up front. As you can also see, I like my Tupperware. It's convenient, portable, and light. It's so much easier weighing my food in a Tupperware container than a regular bowl or plate and it doesn't get scorching hot in the microwave. Ziploc bags are another fave, but I ate breakfast at home so there was no need to break'em out. I do keep my supplements in a Ziploc bag (not shown in the pic). Pill cases just aren't big enough to carry all my pills in. Anywho, rounding out my breakfast this morning was espresso. I usually brew up some Starbucks, but I need to clean out my coffee pot. Not the pot, but the insides of the machine. It's all yucky in there and I ain't using it until the gunk is gone! Espresso is a nice change though. Talk about perking up in the morning! So that was my breakfast today. I'm not too creative with my food yet, as I get closer to the contest and I'm starving is when my interesting dishes show up!

I'm off to the dentist! I actually like going, my dentist is pretty cool. I'm shooting for his commercial tomorrow afternoon! They didn't really give me any instructions/directions for it. Just to not wear white or red. So I'm gonna hit them up at the office when I get there to see what they want me to talk about! hehe! I'll have to find out when it's going to be aired. Or maybe I can post it here so you can all check it out!

Happy Monday!!

Ok, so it's been a week since I've posted and I still haven't put up any progress pics yet. We did get a new camera, I've just been slacking on getting around to taking the pics. I'll trying shooting for today.....maybe;-) I feel like I've gotten leaner, at least leaner than before, but my weight hasn't gone down a whole lot. I'm down roughly still one pound. I am almost done with the second week of dieting. I guess I was just hoping to be down a few pounds by now. You know how it is, usually the first couple weeks you drop a little faster (water weight....whatever). My carbs have been higher so that probably explains some of it.

I think it's funny when people say I can have a "little" cheat. Isn't a cheat a cheat? I even had a competitor tell me that before! I don't think I need to tell you how they placed? I haven't really been tempted to cheat. Right now I'm getting enough food and I'm not really too hungry. When we start taking away my food and I'm starving is probably when I think about food the most. But even then I don't really think about cheating. You put too much time, effort, and work into the whole process cheating isn't even a thought. I guess not everybody looks at it that way. Good thing most of us do! :-)

I got up earlier than I normally do today so I'm pretty happy that I can get some extra things done today! Hopefully I don't crash mid-day for a nap! Nothing a red bull can't fix (sugar free of course)! I still have to go to gym to lift, I HAVE to get my nails done. A couple broke and they're catching on everything in the house! I'll probably leave the house with enough fuzzy's on them to spool my own thread! Have to pick up some more chicken (yum chicken!) and grapefruit, and cook said chicken. Maybe I'll actually take those progress pics and post'em (don't get too excited). And I really want to try to start putting the extra stones on my suit. I'm sure I'll do some other odds and ends too, but I don't want to strain myself, hehe!

Have a great day!

Me~

I think I am finally recovered from the weekend! We left a little later than we planned (big surprise). But we still got down the expo with plenty of time to check things out. It was so frickin' busy on Saturday! You could barely walk down an isle! It took us about ten minutes to move 4 feet! I couldn't take it so we didn't stay a long time. I did make it for the Siouxcountry.com group photo this year:D Last year I missed both the Sat. pics. I got to meet some really great people, and I think they're going to post it up on the weekly banner. So you'll have to stop by the site and check it out (www.siouxcountry.com)! Saturday night we went to Jason Dhir's party. Every year just gets better! It was crazy! I really like people watching at party's like that. There is a huge array of people who come, and the dress code is pretty much anything goes. Sunday we went back to the expo to buy some product. It was much better on Sunday! There were a lot of pro's at the booth's and better deals on things. I think next year (if I'm not competing in it), we'll just go down Saturday night go to dinner, then out and just go to the expo on Sunday. It's a year away, so I'm not worried about it yet.

I want to say thanks for taking some great pics to Bill Scanlon (Bodybuilding & Fitness Services), Cal Isselhardt (CSI Photo http://www.myspace.com/csiphoto), and Jeff at Nightwing Photo (www.nightwingphoto.com). They all got some great shots of this whole past weekend, and it was really nice talking with all of them!

I'm bummed that I didn't run into any of my MI peeps that were also headed down.......but I see you people all the time so it's okay! XOXO! I know they had a great time too!

Bye!

T.G.I.F.!

This is going to be a super quick post. Got lot's of stuff to do before we leave tomorrow! I didn't post any progress pics because my camera is a piece of crap. We just bought a new one yesterday, so I'm really going to try to get the pics up soon. I'm so happy because we have a house sitter coming while we're gone! Yay! I know I'm a dork, but I always get weird about leaving my house all alone. I think I watch too many true crime shows! (I love them though!) But now I have to make sure everything is cleaned up for them to stay. I like to leave the house clean when I leave anyway (it's always nice coming home to a clean house), but I want it to be house guest ready.

I have most of my things ready, just have to pack'em. I think I want to go get a new pair of jeans today though. I just feel I need them:) I've been magic tanning, and got my business cards ready to hand out! Getting those cards was such a pain in the butt! I'll have to post later about that, there is just no time! Well, gotta get going on the rest of the day here. Oh, forgot, we're going to see a house today. I'm not really too excited anymore. Isn't that sad? I'm just tired of getting my hopes up, then getting let down. Boo! I'll be back to let ya'll know how it goes!

If you're gonna be at the Expo this weekend, stop and say hi if you see me!

Bye!

Me

XOXO

16 Weeks Out!

So I'm just under 16 weeks out and my diet started today. It really hasn't been bad. It never is in the beginning. I think the first 2 weeks are probably the toughest though (for me anyway). I think it's the whole transitioning to pre-contest from being able to eat whatever I wanted whenever I wanted. But after those 2 weeks have past, I'm usually a bit better. At least the amount of food I get to eat is still pretty filling. Towards the end when you are starving and you start thinking the funkiest stuff tastes good "if you make it this way"......that part stinks. I'm actually glad that the diet has started. I was getting to 'fluffy' in my opinion and needed it to start! I will try to post some pics tomorrow. My camera has been on the fritz so I can't promise anything, but I'll try. I'm still debating if I want to post my weight. Right now I'm thinking not, but we'll see.

In other news.....the Arnold is this weekend finally!!! Even though we're only staying over one night, it's still a blast! I can't believe I have not started picking out my clothes yet! I don't always pack too early, but by now I usually have an idea of what I'm going to take. I heard Macy's is having a pretty good sale so I might go check it out and see if I need something new:) We have quite a few friends going down this year so it's gonna be a lot of fun! I'm not sure who's all going to Jason Dhir's party with us, but if they don't come it's gonna be their loss! hehe!

Other than that stuff going on, I am also getting ready for my close up! My dentist is filming a commercial and he wants me to be in it! I called the production studio a few weeks ago and they said they want to film in March and will call me closer to the date with all the info. And I was just asked to come and join Jermichael Pratt and Dan McCaw on their on-line radio show Jay's Infinity Fitness Hour on www.svmixradio.com! So you will have to tune in next Sunday (03/14) and check it out!

Well, I'm off to bed.

Nighty night y'all!