Food Prep!!!!!!!!!!

Sunday....ahh the day of food prep for the week. Today was a typical Sunday for me which means grocery shopping and prepping my meals for the week! I currently work with a coach who does my diet for me so all I have to do is follow it ;) Very simple :) Now many of you are probably thinking, "God how can you eat the same thing day after day...." Well honestly I am a person of structure, I don't get bored with the meals, I like to know what I'm eating every day. Yesterday is yesterday, why should it matter what I ate YESTERDAY? Today is a new day it doesn't matter what I did yesterday..what matters is TODAY! Anyways to answer the questions, i don't HAVE to eat the same foods everyday, I choose to....However I do like to switch it up sometimes, especially on the weekends. I use a food calculator that my coach has given me to make sure the foods match up calorie wise and macro wise. So yes I CAN eat different foods, but I need to stay within the plan that I'm given. I usually make my meals 3 and 4 for the week all on Sunday. Now my breakfast (Meal 1) I usually will either make the night before, the morning of, or sometimes I will make on Sundays. It just depends on the mood i'm in;) My post workout meal also varies. Supper which is meal 5 and before bed meal which is meal 6 I usually don't prep in advance b/c I'm home.  Once again I use alot of seasonings, salsa's, spices, ect. so things DON"T get boring! Planning for the week in one day does take some time to master, however, in the long run you will do nothing but succeed in doing so b/c everything is right there! No tempted trips to the vending machines, gas stations, ect. I carry a big enough cooler around so all my meals fit. Back to the original question, do I get bored eating the same things everyday? No, I know what I have to do to achieve the look I want to achieve and that takes one meal at a time and being compliant with what I'm suppose to do. You can't look back on yesterday, just b/c you do the same thing tomorrow doesn't mean you should get bored with it, it means you are going to take tomorrow and do what you need to do to get one step closer to your goal...and with that I say good night and here's to chicken breast and sweet potatoes! ;))))
9 weeks baby!

9 weeks out! First set of progression pics!

Ok so right now 9 weeks out here are current stats:
Weight: 102.2
Waist: 32
Buttox/hips: 34
Naval: 27.5
Chest: 31
Yup ....gunna display myself to all of you so here goes!
Below are first pics taken, I will usually take pics every couple weeks to see progression. Right now I have a LONG way to go before I'm stage ready. Carrying some extra junk in the hips,butt, and thighs;) However I know the process and it will come off with patience and consistency. I've spent alot of the off season developing some muscle and feel I definitely did. However with building muscle comes fat gain so now time to shed! Women lose fat from top down, so my neck will start to get skinny lol, then the chest will go away (not that I had any before but it will REALLY go away;) Right now my abs are slightly poking through, quad development is starting to come in.  I have 9 weeks to make alot of improvements but I'm not worried;) I'm very focused right now and with consistency and compliance things will fall into place;) Also  my posing still sucks so getting some help next week from a coach to work on things. As far as diet goes, i'm sure my coach will start to change things up a bit if my progress stalls, but as of now going fairly well. I still remain strong with my lifting but focus is fat loss at this point not strength. I'm currently lifting 4 days per week with 2 upperbody days and 2 lower body days. Currently do 2 days of cardio and 2 days of barbell complexes(usually on leg days) If you don't know what barbell complexes are look them up, they SUCK! Want to puke usually about every time I do them! lol short workouts but KILLER! Like I said right now I have a LONG way to go before I an where I need to be, but have no doubt I will kill it in the next 9 weeks! Don't forget to "Like" the Luv2Lift page on facebook if you haven't already for updates! Pics will be taken every few weeks like I said before, that is my biggest measure of progression. The scale can't always tell you progression and neither can measurements so I use pictures quite often. Well I'm off to start the weekend and remember... NO EXCUSES JUST WORK! 
Abby :))))))



I'm BAAACCCKK!!!

Hey Everyone!
I cannot believe that it has been almost a year since I embarked on a journey of competing in my first figure competition! Well get ready because I plan on showing you more than ever this year and have high hopes and goals for myself! Right now I am 10 weeks out from my first hopeful competition of the year which is the NPC Natural Ohio Open in Cleveland (Lakewood,OH). I have spent the last 8 months or so trying to put on some muscle and now it's time to shed some fat to see what I developed! I hope to bring a better physique to the stage and learned so much from my first competition that I will carry over to this year. I am definately going to spend alot more time with posing since I felt that it was one of my biggest downfalls last year. My first year competing i felt like i isolated myself from others but this year i am coming with a whole different attitude, im enjoying the process and dealing with one day at a time. I will post progress pics every couple of weeks for everyone to see how my body changes week to week. Get ready for an inside look at the next 10 weeks of workouts/dieting and I invite you into my life as a competitor and see exactly what it takes to do what I do. My goal with this is to bring a name to this sport and inform. I want to inspire others to follow their goals and realize anything is possible with hard work! Doing this helps me be consistent and gives me motivation. Even though I may be criticized by others for this lifestyle, there.
is NOTHING like the feeling of accomplishment knowing you worked your ass off to do something that many only talk about! Get ready for an insane ride!
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