As for your cravings & moodiness, here's the last article by Lyle that goes on about the effect of lower carb intake on mood.. explains why I am supplementing with both tryptophan (at night to sleep) when I go lower in carbs and tyrosine (in the morning) to be alert) : http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/nut...html#more-2209
How often do I need to repeat you're my hero for dietary compliance?
NOT for sleep compliance! There's room for improvement here
Thanks for the article and the reminder to get more sleep. Stingo (Tom) got a job so I'll be less distratcted with chatting with him at night now and will get more sleep. LOL! I so love blaming other people. What I really don't get is WHY I can't have carbs.
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Hey Karla....just catching up.
Glad to hear you "look like shit"
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"Smart Girl" *snort* He has no idea who he's messing with...
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Smart Boy. Prolly heard what Karla did to the bros who gave her shit.
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ROFL....
Interesting conversations with Alan last night. Turns out that he did not really comprehend who Noel was or what his role was in this picture. I think he is a bit nervous of me being in that environment now. I am telling you that Noel and his gym is as BRO as it gets. BUT Noel is also an IFBB judge and he knows the bbing compeition game very, very well. That is why I have him as my posing coach and show advisor. He disagrees with my diet and does give me shit about that. Alan is worried that this might cause confidence and stess issues in me (might?) and suggested that he talk to Noel! I am dying laughing at the very thought. Alan could better talk to a rock and explain protocols than a bro who is succesful with many IFBB Pro clients. Noel has made it clear to me many times that he doesn't have time for these "science" guys and thinks I would be best to steer clear from them. I thought I had a pretty cool team set up for me but there may be some conflicts here that I will have to manage. sigh.....
Next week is a week long classical guitar event. It is sort of like the JP Fitness Summit in that many people who are mostly internet friends meet up and share in their passion. Difference is that this is a much more serious event and learning the classical guitar is the focus. Partying hardly happens at all as we are all tasked to perform and have a lot of homework. In addition to being a performer, I will also be a presenter and I am working on my slides and dry runs for that this week.
My rental house is nearly complete. Kitchen floor is in and only thing left to do is sand and poly wood floors. I will go over there tomorrow and do all that as well as any last minute items.
I have 5 very important presentations here at work this week before I go on vacation (classical guitar week). I did my first one this morning and ROCKED IT! Got nothing but compliments from this same crowd that had our asses last year. They were mega impressed with how tight we were. This is a good sign for the next presentations as we communicate out upcoming intentions for delivering the program.
Diet is going well. Still hitting cals and macros pretty right on. I am freaking dying at least part of every day. Today was doughnut day at work and I literally wanted to put my hands on the people who were all chewing on doughnuts everywhere. I have strength in the gym some but no endurance really. I have definately lost some of my mojo so am a bit depressed about that. Scale is staying the same and so are measurements so all indications are that I am fucking everything up.
Alan wants pics on the 1st and I don't want to take them. I don't know why. I just feel like, what if I am fucking everything up? At least now I can pretend that I am not.....
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Just keep telling yourself that you look like shit (cause your neighbor said so) and all will be well.
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Looks like you've got a lot on your plate (as usual). If I were you, I'd go to bed early if you can manage, and sleep it off.
As for Noel, after past weekend's experience I'm utterly convinced most (non-natty) bodybuilders just go for the 'traditional' way and don't want to hear about any other ways...
Just keep telling yourself that you look like shit (cause your neighbor said so) and all will be well.
It is those little things that keep me going. That and like this morning, I got lost in the mirror and staring at my abs. Having abs is such a beautiful thing.....
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Looks like you've got a lot on your plate (as usual). If I were you, I'd go to bed early if you can manage, and sleep it off.
As for Noel, after past weekend's experience I'm utterly convinced most (non-natty) bodybuilders just go for the 'traditional' way and don't want to hear about any other ways...
That is EXACTLY how Noel rolls. He doesn't want to hear shit from anybody. He gives me an almost endless amount of shit for chosing the route I am. He thinks that I am going to fail. I mean there is no way that anyone on 120g of carbs a day who also eats almonds could possibly come in conditioned! I tried working with Noel but his bro-science doesn't work for me. He could not answer my questions or articulate to me what I was supposed to be doing. So I fired him from all things nutritional. We just don't jive. When Alan gave me a training plan I also dropped Noel as a trainer and did just Alan's plan. At first Noel was suspicious but after reviewing the plan he said it was solid. Nutrion though he thinks is all off. That is the conflict that I have and now you understand why the compliment from Noel was so significant. I just have to manage these two personalities and use each person for their strengths. There isn't anybody better in town to teach me posing, help me with suit selection or take me to the show but I do have a plan B if Alan is too uncomfortable with this setup.
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LOL @ Greg... I guess I should feel flattered but it ain't working that way when I have so much other stuff to worry about. Good news is I think I have it all worked out now. At the bottom of it all Alan just wanted to make doubly sure that I understood I am not to take AS while I am working with him. In fact I am sworn now to not even take an asprin without disclosing it. Once we agreed 100% on that and talked through realistic expectations for me, he was fine with the plan. I would be offended at this assumption on his part but I am actually used to it by now. Whenever anyone learns where I hang out and workout sometimes that is the first thing they assume or warn me about. I certainly can understand where someone would think this. Noel's IFBB client list includes a lot of chemically enhanced genetic freaks so that is what he is known for. The truth is though that he handles naturals too and is actually very adament about making newbies train and compete for years before they can even ask about enhancements of the chemical kind. At least that is how he handled me. He has told me that realistically I will only ever compete at local show levels (set realistic goals for me) and actually advised that I never begin drug usage. That said, he was the one that actually inspired me to compete in the first place. He thinks I will do well and have fun at the local levels. So onward and upward hopefully with it all.
Besides that things going quite smoothly last two days. I did have a bit of grumpiness around the doughnut day thing yesterday but overall I had a bit more energy than I have been having. Today I feel even better and I just ate a bowl of oats so am actually sort of buzzing with happiness about everything.
I am getting a bit nervous now. July 12th marks 12 weeks out from the photoshoot. I am not quite sure what to expect but from reading so many other people's experience with this I am a bit terrified... That said I have every reason to believe I am in good hands and that I'll get through this okay...
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Besides that things going quite smoothly last two days. I did have a bit of grumpiness around the doughnut day thing yesterday but overall I had a bit more energy than I have been having. Today I feel even better and I just ate a bowl of oats so am actually sort of buzzing with happiness about everything.
This is too funny....but I can actually understand "buzzing" over a bowl of oats. I'm out of food at the office - so my snack is a small OhYea bar...maybe I'm just jealous of the oats
Kfisherx - You have the best avatar on the site. Best of luck, and loads of fun at your Classical Guitar camp/session/meet. There was a time when I played 3 hours a day, but after three little children I'm lucky to get 3 hours in a month.
This is too funny....but I can actually understand "buzzing" over a bowl of oats. I'm out of food at the office - so my snack is a small OhYea bar...maybe I'm just jealous of the oats
Yeah... You have to have experienced a nice low carb diet and then have a big bowl of oats to truely understand that comment. I was actually tingling from the rush. LOL!
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I can see it now! (Your Email to Alan) Two aspirin and a laxative with supper today.
Werd, right? But a very funny outcome of this is that I bought these probiacs when I had my bladder infection. I found some stuff that was chewable (blueberry flavor) I have been munching on these things like candy the past week. I keep them in my car and so while I am driving I eat this blueberry candy. No reason really 'cept it tastes yummy. I was not even really aware of what I was doing before swearing this oath to total dislosure. I just was munching away thinking that it is all good since it is technically medicine. LOL! Guess I should probably break that little habit or at least cut it back to the recommended dosage.
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Kfisherx - You have the best avatar on the site. Best of luck, and loads of fun at your Classical Guitar camp/session/meet. There was a time when I played 3 hours a day, but after three little children I'm lucky to get 3 hours in a month.
Thanks RE the Avatar. Paulene came up with the idea so I implemented it. It is soooo funny. I am looking forward to the event though I have to dance around the whole eating in the cafe thing, working out and balance my different lives throughout this next week. I have already had to beg out of staying full time in the dorms due to my proximaty to my diet. (originally it was my intent to have already done my photoshoot, but we blew that so here I am....) It will be an interesting week to say the least.
On the UP side, I finished the rental property last night and am scheduled to turn over the keys on Friday. I will again become a more passive landlord at that time. Whew... I don't know why I like real-esate better than stocks but for some strange reason I do.
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Maybe you just need some new protein ideas. How about cans of crab meat, shrimp, smoked salmon, ff ricotta cheese, beef jerky... those are easy and a little off the beaten path.
Maybe you just need some new protein ideas. How about cans of crab meat, shrimp, smoked salmon, ff ricotta cheese, beef jerky... those are easy and a little off the beaten path.
Well see now at least ONE person has empathy! LOL! I got over the protein up day okay AND managed to get it all in and stay on target. Some days I just wanna have more carbs you know... I confessed my blueberry Acidophilus addiction to Alan and was told it is okay but keep the macros on target. I also confessed a laxitive as Greg predicted. ROTFLMAO! This whole disclosure thing is a crack up but if it keeps the peace I am all over it. HA HA HA
I did a workout at 24 Hour day before last and as I am standing in the squat rack one of the trainers looks at me and says, "Hey Karla." "I got a project for you." I asked her what she meant and she pointed to this person in the far corner of the gym. She said, "Teach that girl how to eat". The girl in question stood up from the machine she was on and my mouth dropped. I had never seen anyone as thin before in this country. I had seen people who were dying of starvation in India but never in the US. This woman was dying of starvation. You could actually see her molars through her cheeks and when she was on the low row machine, you could count her vertabrae even through her t-shirt. It was the most amazing thing I had ever seen human being wise in this country. I have never seen her before in the gym but if she is a newbie regular I will find out more about her as time goes on. The trainer (btw) estimated her weight to be 75lbs or so. I think she was about 5'1" or perhaps 5'2" tall. I could not even venture a guess...
Yesterday our team of 6 had an all day staff meeting at the local brew pub. LOL! Paid for by Intel of course. We ate, drank and played frisbee golf. I had never played that before but I turned out to be a strong player. The other two girls on the team were pathetic but cute. LOL! They always tease me about being so "bulky" and muscled (in good fun) and yesterday I got to tease them about being too girlie. It would have been a perfect workday except I had a fire errupt on my one product and had 3 hours of intense and heated phone conversations throughout the day. After work was over (he he he) I took my neighbor out to see the movie UP. I wanted to see it in 3D because I had the chance to work (from a distance only) with this technology 5 years ago at a compnay called InFocus. I remember marveling at the animation that we came up with then. I was utterly and completely blown away by the technology. It was in hi-def and 3D. Holy cow! And from the trailers there are a bunch more coming out too. This is going to completely change the way we view multi media. I was more impressed by the live trailers though then the animation trailers. There is a movie coming out in 3D that is about stunts and crazy action shots that I can't wait to see. Not for the movie but for the technology. I was in total geek heaven seeing this technology unfold for the layman yesterday.
Oh yeah... The movie itself was awesome too. Just a nice, feel good kind of flick that had me laughing and on the edge of my seat. The only downside I really saw to the movie was that the main charcter kid was so freak'n obese. I am a big fan of Hollywood keeping things real and not putting only rail thin folks into flicks all the time, but let us not go the other way and normalize obesity or celebrate it either. I don't know... perhaps I am completely wrong but for some reason that sort of bugged me. I look around at all the young people around here and I worry for them. As a generation they are HUGE and many of them are young enough that it is completely the parents fault.
After the movie and another meal out, we went to the property and turned over the keys. Today I am again a passive landlord again which just feels good. Of course I look now at my own place and see days of work all stacked up.... Sigh... Sringtime is a bitch on the farm. Fortunately the 4th weekend will provide some days for me.
Alan and I have exchanged some emails and agreed I need to deload this week. I am starting to feel a bit achy and my bicepital tendon issue is not going away. That is good and bad. Good because I need it. Bad because the gym at the college where I will be staying for the classical guitar week is KICK ASS! Today I start hauling out of town guests from the airport to the dorms. On Sunday my teacher has a concert and on Monday we start the intensive work of preparing for our concert.
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I love frisbee golf--I played it with my kids and my parents a few months ago...well, Thanksgiving? It was fun, but I wasn't what you'd call a strong player, lol. Maybe I'm just too girly.
Enjoy your deload.. you can always venture in the gym and do 1 or 2 exercises at low wt? Watch people work out?
LOL'd over your fess ups in the email.
As for the girl, either a very sick girl or anorexia.. it's very hard to change habits if it is truly anorexia. It's a (mental) disease with a scary high mortality rate.
Day one of my week long Master Class. I did okay... Not great, but okay for someone with only 5 years of learning under her fingers. This is as bad as this piece will sound this week. By our performance on Sat I will have this many times improved.
I am resting now and actually recovering a lot from my exhaustion of earlier in the week. I am a little bit sad that I am on a deload/rest time as the facilities are really cool at this college. But with all my guitar buddies I think I will be entertained just fine. Tonight I packed clothing and a cooler and will be checked into my dorm room for the next 5 nights. I have planned it well so I don't fall too far off the bandwagon. It might be impossile with some of the meals out to be 100% compliant but I think I will be close enough for Gov work. See you guys in 5 days!
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You don't understand. This is Lewis and Clark College (a very expensive private college here in Oregon) The dorm rooms are private rooms in an apartment. There are 4 private rooms and two full baths, a kitchen and living area per apartment. There are 10 or so apartments in a big building and a big sitting room with gas fireplace and floor to ceiling glass. It is actually pretty darned cool.
Day 3 of the camp is behind us and I am playing fairly well. The teacher tasked me to perform a piece I am not entirely comfy with so the pressure is on me BIG TIME to bring it up. I am also a presenter at this event and tomorrow is my presentation so am working on that a bit tonight. Lots of good food, good conversation and great music.
Yesterday I had to sneak out of class to present my program (for Intel) to all the big shots in my division. The presentation was well received and our program was approved for execution.
Good things all around.
I did sneak into the gym today and do a deload workout. This gym has 4 olympic stages and squat racks. They have the really thing 45 lb plates too. (the ones that look like tires) So I pulled off some deads with them on the stage. It was so cool. I then did ONE lap around the awesome track (Alan said I wasn't to run for hours but he never really said anything about ONE lap) LOL!
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Well that's good! Sounds posh actually. My lil bro's dorm room at a private college sounds like that. DH and I went to visit him when he first moved in and we were quite jealous.
I tried working with Noel but his bro-science doesn't work for me. He could not answer my questions or articulate to me what I was supposed to be doing. So I fired him from all things nutritional. We just don't jive. When Alan gave me a training plan I also dropped Noel as a trainer and did just Alan's plan. At first Noel was suspicious but after reviewing the plan he said it was solid. Nutrion though he thinks is all off. That is the conflict that I have and now you understand why the compliment from Noel was so significant. I just have to manage these two personalities and use each person for their strengths. There isn't anybody better in town to teach me posing, help me with suit selection or take me to the show but I do have a plan B if Alan is too uncomfortable with this setup.
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