Christina's Fitness Journey to the Stage 2010!

Couple of new pics

2010-05-09T14:55:00.003+09:30

Hi Guys,

Well I think it's 18 weeks out starting tomorrow or today, lol.

Attached is a pic of triceps and abs 19weeks out.

Shoulders - and a great day of eating

2010-05-04T13:31:00.003+09:30

Wow, so today I woke with new enthusiasm and started off the day with my eggy oats with a sprinkle of cinnamon, nom nom.

Today I trained shoulders and will be capping that off with some cardio early this evening :)

The food is all ready and I have downed the first lot of beans, rice and fish. Chicken for the rest of the day with more beans.

Today I feel focused and my food the best its ever been :)

Tomorrow is another day and I'm going to approach it head first and stay focused.

It's 20 weeks and it's time to shed those excess kilos :) I am so excited to wear the Bikini Jo is creating for me as well :)

Must practice practice posing as well. Soo much to do. I have even begun prepping a comp kit hahaha. I like to be organised and ready (ah the control freak in me) lol

Chat soon

Boooo!!!!!

2010-05-03T15:09:00.002+09:30

Hey everyone,

Ok so I am pretty flat out of late, but have to start blogging again.
Lately just been trying to get food on track and its happening now. 20 Weeks to go and must have my shit together to bring a great package to the stage.

Cardio has been added in again, gota lean up, lol. Can't wait. So I have attached a new pic, this was taken after I had woken up. Must get a pic after training one of these days.

Once again, this pic is embarrassing, but I figure hell I will be on stage in virtually a few pieces of string in a few months so what the heck :)

I stil have the imbalance in the shoulders which I am working on, for comp wil have to raise one shoulder up a bit.

Talk to you soon. Must head of soon for cardio.

DOMS and getting on track

2010-03-29T09:59:00.002+09:30

Well as I said it has been a few turbulent weeks and my food has been down right shit house. Last few days I am getting there, today is better than the last. Started off the morning well with egg whites, some carbs and some more protein. By far the best morning for food I have had in a long time.

I had training on Legs on Friday and I am still sore today, lol. Off for another beating soon :)

I am so excited to be flying down to Brisbane in under 2 weeks to watch and help out Tara at the IFBB Caloundra. Sooo excited.

Other than that, have to get back to being hungry for this dream of mine.

Talk to you all soon. xxx. Will get some progress pics up in a few weeks.

Me

2010-03-23T14:48:00.003+09:30

I'm BACK!!!!

2010-03-23T14:41:00.001+09:30

Well after a turbulent month, I am back in blog land. Oh where do I start.....

Well I am no longer in the Army, I am working full time at the gym which I loveeeee so much, I moved into a bachelorette pad - yes my own pad with a pool and I am now single.

That's the short of it really. Anyway in a few days I will have new pics for you ladies :)

Thanks to Tara for sticking by me the last month, days of silence she had to endure, poor thing :(

Oh and I have the NET (just got one of those pre paid thingys from Telstra) , I feel back in touch now , ahhhh.

Talk soon

I have a smash session this arvo, will report back soon.

Mwah

Christina

Smash session courtesy of Vania Smith

2010-02-07T16:17:00.002+09:30

Hi guys,

So today I had Vania Smith (a Figure Competitor) train me on Back and some biceps at the end of the session. She absolutely wrecked me, but I am happy that she did. There is nothing better than having someone else push you to ur limits.

Did soooo many exercises today, and worked my traps very hard as well :)

I could barely feel my forearms as I left the gym and the veins in my hands were bulging ha ha what the???

Well driving home was quite difficult, I was watching my hands on the steering wheel and they were shaking (I think a definite sign of a good workout.

Well I must cook lots of chicken today to be ready for this week, need some more consistency in that department.

Other than that stay tuned for more pics in the next few weeks - I'm getting brave ladies.

Also a big shout out to Tara - I can't thank you enough for having you help me with my prep and this journey which has been amazing so far.

You are always THERE for me and I can't say how much I appreciate YOU (HUGS)

Christina

7 Months Out

2010-02-06T21:28:00.002+09:30

Hi Everyone,

Wow what a week..... hectic to say the least. Did a new PB at the gym earlier in the week, 55 kilo bench press for 3 reps.

Ate ok during the week, could have been alot better. I have indeed learnt that preparation is everything so I endevour to prep my food for the week ahead tomorrow as I need to have more consistency.

I have taken a new picture of my side chest and yes I realise my shirt is see through :) so please excuse the erm flasher side in me :)

Weight has finally started to drop again, hit 66.3 this week.

Anyhoo tomorrow I have a hard back session lined up so I will report further on that once I am able to move :)

Comparison splice by Tara

2010-01-31T19:52:00.002+09:30

Ok,

So I said I would wait a few months until I would post a before photo. Well stuff it, since Tara did such a wonderful job of splicing my photo, I would post one for you to see the difference since October 09 in my legs.

Here goes it guys :)

Thanks Tara, ur awesome at this splice stuff.

2010-01-30T20:07:00.002+09:30

Hey everyone,

Day by day I am getting braver and braver when it comes to posting progress pics. I am still too scared to post my before photos but I will in a few months I think. I have come a long way since October 09 and still have a way to go, but I will get there.

Attached is side chest picture taken tonight. Oh yeah, I have like no boobs, ha ha ha.

Let me know what you think.

Christina

PB's and a few pictures

2010-01-30T16:49:00.003+09:30

Hi Everyone,

Once again it has been a very busy week. Did a few PB's at the gym on Friday, managed to use the 20kilo Dumb Bells for 5 reps on the lying down chest press. Went for 6 and the left arm just failed on me, lol.

Also did 50kg on the Bench Press for 4 Reps. So might try out my max bench this week.

Apart from that I have just been training, eating , working, sleeping and trying to be a good girl when it comes to eating. I had a 6 inch sub last night which was naughty and a multi grain sandwich today but hey we all have those days, so I'm not gonna beat myself up about it, just gonna get back on track for the rest of the day :)

I have attached a few pics (this is always a hard thing for me to do) Finally starting to see progress in the legs, they have lost ALOT of the flab, just working on building some muscle up now.

Phew what a Week!!!

2010-01-26T15:44:00.003+09:30

Well last week the 19th of Jan saw me go back to work. Well actually 2 jobs, lol

So Army from 0700 - 1600 hrs each day Monday - Friday , and straight after that I would rush to the bathroom, have a quick shower, throw some mascara on and head to Fernwood Gym to work from 5pm til 8pm each day, and I worked on the Sat from 0745am til 1pm. All my weight training for the week was done at lunch time and cardio in the morning. All's it takes is a lil juggling and hey you can do it.

I have found working out at 12.30pm pretty darn good, I have had much more energy to go harder.

I eat throughout the day constantly at my desk anyway, so getting my meals in hasn't been a problem.

Apart from that I had a training session yesterday with the beautiful Vania Smith, she trained me on legs, and boy she trained me hard. It was great having someone there to push me hard. I did leg press yesterday which I don't do alot of and I leg pressed 240kilos for 8 reps. I was sweating after the session profusely and throughout of course and I staggered out the door ready to vomit, worst feeling ever, lol.

Today I have had a relaxing Australia Day, went and saw the movie Avatar for the 2nd time today.

Well have a great day everyone

Christina xxx

How I got here and my beloved trophy cabinet

2010-01-15T19:02:00.003+09:30

So as some of you know, I have a background in Weightlifting. I competed as State and National level as a Olympic Weightlifter. For me, it was my passion. The adrenaline I would get being on the platform in front of a crowd was tremendous. There was nothing quite like it. There was always so much support, willing you to lift those weights up high in the air.

In 2004, I suffered a back injury, which pretty much saw me side lined. This was a big blow for me. I was the Number 1 ranked lifter for my weight and age category. I concentrated on my school studies and then joined the army at the end of 2005.

I still followed the results and friends who competed, but it upset me greatly that I couldn't be apart of it.

I continued to do general weight training, avoiding heavy back squats - from memory that was around 120-130 kilos back squats.

I missed competition and I was always interested in bodybuilding and figure competing. Being back on that stage would be a dream.

For me, I still have the medals and trophies. They are in my beloved cabinet. This cabinet is one of the most important things to me (some people may disagree, but this is my opinion, these medals and trophies hold precious memories for me). I miss being Number 1, I really do.

Attached are some pics of my medals for weightlifting and plaques etc.

I hope to make it in this new passion of mine and maybe one day I'll have another cabinet full of trophies and medals - but - THIS TIME it will be for Figure Comps.

Weaning myself off Atkins Protein Bars

2010-01-15T14:10:00.003+09:30

So everyone has an addiction..... lol, well mine has been the Atkins protein bars, the chocolate decadence one, the orange choc one, the endulge atkins bars etc etc. They are also quite expensive (why have I been buying them)?

Well I have been having around 1 or 2 a day as a means to boost my calories :(

So I must wean myself off this processed food and replace with meat and green vegetables.

They taste so damn good as well :(

Anyway not much to report at the moment, just been training steadily and once again did my 45 mins of cardio this morning. This evening I will be working the legs - oww , always hurts, ha ha.

Anyway hope everyone is having a great week.

Christina

Cardio , Chest and Shoulders and DOMS rears it's ugly head :)

2010-01-12T20:27:00.002+09:30

Hi everyone,

So this morning I went to the gym nice and early and did my 45 mins of cardio on the bike. I then had around 2 hours of induction training for my new role as a member motivator at my gym. I will be working on Saturdays starting in a week's time :) Can't wait to start. Then went to the chiro, to get my back cracked and just about everything else cracked :)

So on the way home, I stopped to get some petrol and I forgot to take some snacks with me :( oh oh - who was a weakling and purchased a 20g Caramello Koala :( ME!!!!!!
So that kinda threw my carbs out for the day. I am admitting it though, and I know that is the best thing.

This afternoon went back to the gym and trained chest and shoulders - oh how I love training chest and shoulders, I think I could do push-ups to the sun comes home, def one of my fave exercises.

Trained really hard on chest and my chest was actually starting to hurt. :)

Other than that the DOMS from yesterday's leg session started to kick in this afternoon - Owwwww - it hurt ALOT walking up the stairs to the gym, haha.

Anyway not much else to report, apart from the caramello koala incident, it has been a pretty good day for food.

Legs Day and other tid bits

2010-01-11T20:01:00.002+09:30

So went to the gym this morning and sat on the bike for 45 minutes. I then went to the post office and faxed off my nutrition assignment for my Cert 4 - yay

This afternoon hit the gyms for my legs session - boy I was sweating alot and the place is air con. Bumped up the weights today, see how the legs are tomorrow, if they are not hurting, I'll know that I didn't lift heavy enough.

Now as I was sitting on the bike this morning there was a pump class due in half hour, most of the class was there half an hour early, no instructor in sight at all. The ladies set up their weights and then proceeded to sit on their steps for half an hour - WHAT THE

There were about 15 free cardio machines in the gym ?????? Now is it just me, but when I used to go to classes, if I showed up early I would sit on a cardio machine until the class started - NOT SIT ON MY ARSE FOR HALF AN HOUR AND JUST WAIT FOR IT TO START

Ok my rant is over, but I see this time and time again. What a waste.

Christina

Getting crafty in the Kitchen

2010-01-10T19:59:00.001+09:30

Ok - I am so proud of myself

I'm not much of a culinary master when it comes to the Kitchen :), so tonight the thought of boring ol chicken with no flavour was'nt gonna cut the mustard.

I came up with an idea - chicken thrown in the saucepan, cook for a few minutes, constantly stirring and tossing it, the last few minutes add some garlic and then a slice of bega tasty cheese. Toss it around a few more times and hey presto - I created something with flavour :)

Messing around taking pictures

2010-01-10T17:53:00.004+09:30

So I was practicing poses in my room in front of the mirror and I got the other half to take a picture, so here it is , lol

I am getting there slowly :)

In other news - I think I have finally got my lats to switch on - YES!!!!

Weekend of Cardio

2010-01-10T12:13:00.004+09:30

Well started off Sat with 1 hour of cardio - steady state, which was good because my legs were burning something fierce from my leg session on Friday.

Today another 1 hour of cardio - steady state again, mostly on the bike today and mixed it up with some walking on incline on the treddy.

Apart from that looking forward to the week ahead, although it is my last week of leave :(.

Looking forward to a week of heavy training, eating clean and staying mean , ha ha:)

Christina

I hope I will be able to walk in the morning

2010-01-08T19:52:00.002+09:30

Started my day with 45 mins of steady state cardio. Then I had to go to the orthodontist, and I thought I was just getting my braces tightened, LIES.

My back teeth don't have brackets on them, so he put some on them and then replaced my wires, and I am in pain, It has royally screwed up my consumption of food, so just been eating soft foods such as eggs and chicken etc.

So I am under calories today, and I am in pain WAAAAAA. Ok the sook is over as my legs will be more painful in the morning. Sets of 50 on legs - enough said I think :)

Well I hope everyone is having a wonderful day and have a great weekend guys , I'll be doing cardio lol.

Inspiration in BLOG LAND and training

2010-01-07T21:22:00.002+09:30

Wow, I am so full right now, but no bloated, lol.

I love this blog land that we have, the support from all the girls out there is amazing and it truly means the world to me. No one here is negative , they are there offering truly amazing advice. Tara also gets a special mention - having her to help me has been truly amazing, her wealth of knowledge, her confidence in me and all round she is such a down to earth person, no diva there people.

I hope to meet some of you lovely ladies at the comps this year, so far I am flying down to the IFBB Show in Caloundra in April, hopefully the IFBB in Melbourne in March to watch and of course the INBA in September. I'll have to check the contest calendar for others.

So this afternoon I trained back and delts. Had a really great session. I am so sore all over from my training this week, I have really been pushing myself.

Well time for me to hit the hay soon. Another big day in training and eating, off to see the chiro and get my braces tightened tomorrow :) FUN

Christina
xx

Ketogenic and Cardio

2010-01-07T14:56:00.002+09:30

Currently I am on a ketogenic diet, and for me it seems to work really well. I don't get that horrible bloated feeling when I eat carbs and I can eat cheese and still have plenty of protein in my diet.

Daily I try and keep my carbs below 20grams, which as you know is not a lot. Yesterday I managed to be around 15 grams of carbs.

Whenever I do cardio it is low intensity, keeping my heart rate between 120-130bpm.
This is to preserve muscle mass.

Anyway just thought I would let you know how I eat currently at 9 months out.
I have dropped weight after being steady at 67.5 for a month. I am now at 67kg which I am very happy with and have lost another 9 cm since last month. Hoping to be around 63kg by May which will mean I don't have to do anything crazily drastic prior to comp time.

I am looking forward to getting a beautiful bikini made by the wonderful Jo Rogers, her range is absolutely exquisite.

This afternoon it is back and rear delts day, whoop whoop. I love training this area as well :)

Well until then ciao ladies :)

Christina

Biceps and Triceps and cardio

2010-01-06T19:55:00.004+09:30

This morning I started off with cardio. I had cardio on a bike which always hurts the hell out of my legs, but that is the area I want to target big time. I did a total of 45 minutes on the bike.

This afternoon hit the gym for Biceps and Tri's.
Session was as follows -
Straight Barbell Curls: 12.5kg x 12, 15kg x 12, 17.5kg x 10, 20kg x 8
Hammer Curl - 9kg x 12, 10kg x 12, 12.5kg x 8
Bench Dips - 3 sets of 12
Overhead Tricep extensions with dumbbell - 6kg x 12, 7kg x 10, 7kg x 10
Concentration Curls - 6kg x 10, 7kg x 8, 7kg x 8
Close Grip Bench on Smith Machine - 25kg x 12, 35kg x 12, 40kg x 8
Tricep Pull Downs - 10kg x 12, 15kg x 10, 15kg 10

At the end I did some tricep push-ups just to make it burn a bit more.

Anyway I have just had lamb cutlets and grilled chicken breast for dinner and I am soooo full. Got my calories up today which was good - hit 1712 calories. Below is my food values for today, to give you an idea where I am at with food.

Calories - 1712
Fat - 88.7g
Sat Fat - 47g
Protein - 209.4g
Carbohydrate - 14.6g
Sodium - 1209mg

Piccies

2010-01-06T13:15:00.010+09:30

Some pictures finally

2010-01-06T13:06:00.002+09:30

So here are some pics from my very first posing session with Tara.
I finally plucked up the courage to put em on here, besides I'm going to be wearing next to nothing on stage in 9 months.

Attached is abs and thigh and rear double bicep, chest and relaxed pose. So I am busily practicing all my poses. Excuse the pasty skin, lol, I don't get much sun.

Currently working on building some decent muscle.

Talk this afternoon after my session.

Food, more food and training

2010-01-05T18:25:00.003+09:30

Hey everyone,

So just got back from the gym. Trained legs today, they are still sore from Sat, but what the hell push through I say, gotta work these legs (my one area I hate and the inner thigh jiggles, grrr, hope they eventually come down) :(

So to the gym -
Warmed up with 5 minutes on the treadmill on 4.5 incline.
Started off with wide stance back squats - 35kg x 20, 45kg x 15, 45kg x 15
Romanian Deadlifts - 3 sets of 15 on 35 kilos
Lunge with one leg on bench - 3 sets of 12 each leg with 8 kilo dumb bells in hand
Reverse Lunges - 3 sets of 12 each leg with 6 kilo dumb bell in each hand
Leg Curl Seated - 25kg x 12, 35kg x 10, 40kg x 10

Those lunges off the bench really hurt, but I know its gonna help these stubborn thighs EVENTUALLY.

Straight after my session had my protein shake which is SLM Fat Metabolising 40grams with water (I have tasted ALOT of protein shakes and this is by far the yummiest)

About to have some lamb steaks for dinner with some broccoli.

On the food topic. With regards to cooking chicken and flavouring it - anyone have any advice as to what YOU put on ur chicken and how you cook it????

Cheers

Anyway gotta eat, I am hungry.

Christina xx

So pumped right now !!!

2010-01-04T18:58:00.002+09:30

Man I feel awesome, just finished my session at the gym. I was so into it, lifted heavier than I have before and just went for it. Got some compliments from one of the female trainers (told me my lats have built up and shoulders?, well that's the areas Tara has been making me work on so that my symmetry is good. So I am stoked with that.

So my session today is as follows :

Push-ups on toes with 2.5 kilo plate on back - 12 reps
Push-ups on toes with 5 kilo plate on back - 12 reps
Push-ups on toes with 5 kilo plate on back - 12 reps

Barbell Flat Bench Press (had to do it on smith machine today) 35kg x 12, 45kg x 9, 45kg x 10, 50kg x 5

DB Arnie Shoulder Press - 10kg x 12, 12.5kg x 10, 12.5kg x 10 (didn't have a spotter so couldn't go heavier

Lateral Raises - 6kg x 12, 7kg x 10, 8kg x 10, 7 kg x 10

Smith Machine Shoulder Press - 25kg x 12, 35kg x 8, 35kg x 8

Upright Barbell Delt Row - 20kg x 12, 25kg x 10, 25kg x 8, 27.5kg x 8

Felt so much stronger today in the gym. Had my yummy protein shake (SLM Musashi Fat Metabolising Shake mixed with 250mL water, so so yummy.

This morning I did my 45 mins low intensity cardio. Mixed it up between treadmill incline walking, cross trainer and bike.

Anyway hope everyone is training hard, its time for me to eat AGAIN :)

Christina

People who criticise....

2010-01-03T20:09:00.002+09:30

Hi everyone,

My legs and butt are still recovering from yesterday's session. Hit the gym this morning for some low intensity cardio on the cross trainer and treadmill for 45 mins followed by some posing practice.

Food has been better today, got my calories up today, not near where I am meant to be but closer. I am about 400 calories below where I should be, but on the bright side my macros are pretty much right.

So thought I would throw this one out there - I put on my FB page that I was excited about training hard tomorrow, and what is the first comment I get "You are very weird", and then "nut job", now the thing these people don't realise it that their negative comments actually spur me on to push myself harder and to eat cleaner and be BETTER.

I ask all you fitness girls out there have you had negative comments like this???

Well I am outta here to cruise the net further. Will blog tomorrow night after my weights session.

Have a great day.

Christina xx

2010-01-02T20:18:00.003+09:30

Hi everyone,

Well I'm a lil sore to say the least, ha ha. But that is good as I know I actually worked during my session. So from now gonna up the weights and walk away from my sessions fatigued.

Went for my 45 min walk this afternoon, about half way in it started to pour down with rain but it was rather refreshing. :)

Well until tomorrow goodnight :)

Christina

Walking lunges hurt :)

2010-01-02T12:26:00.002+09:30

So I slept in this morning because I could - gotta LOVE being on leave. Decided to do legs today as there were no gyms open up here yesterday.

Tara has recently done up a new program for me and started with legs today. Started off with barbell squats, did a set of 20 on 35 kilos, set of 15 on 45 kilos and set of 15 on 50 kilos. I then did plie squats with barbell, did 3 sets of 12, prob should have bumped up the weight here, did 22.5 kilos for these.

Next up walking lunges, a set of 40 with 10 kilo dumb bells each hand and I was feeling pretty crappy after that first set, my back side was hurting ALOT, haha, I then used 5 kilo dumb bells in each hand and did 2 more sets of 40 walking lunges.

I then did seated leg curls, first set was on 25 kilos, second set on 30 kilos and third set on 35 kilos, reps ranging from 12 to 8 for the last set.

I then did Butt Bridges on the Swiss Ball for 3 sets of 20 and by gosh this exercise bloody hurts, owwww.

Needless to say a few times during the walking lunges I was feeling pretty nauseous - WHAT THE??? ha ha

Other than that the day has been going well for food and I have not put on any weight over the Christmas / New Year period which I am happy with.

This arvo will be heading out for a 45 min walk to relax and ease the soreness I am feeling in my butt ha ha.

Talk soon

Christina

The first day of 2010

2010-01-01T09:59:00.003+09:30

Ah woke up absolutely refreshed after my flight back to Darwin yesterday. How did I spend New Years? - going to bed at 10pm - lol. I really needed the sleep.

Anyway I have just had my egg whites with cheese for brekky and it is my absolute fave to eat - yummy.

I have just been reading Tara's blog this morning and she has passed on the Beautiful Blogger Award to me.

I must now share seven things about myself and pass it on to seven other bloggers.

1. I joined the Australian Regular Army in 2005 when I was 17.
2. I was lactose intolerant as a baby
3. I was a tomboy when I was a child and had a penchant for wearing colourful vests and hair bands as anklets.
4. I am absolutely terrified of green tree frogs
5. The smell of the yolk of an egg makes me puke (yuck)
6. I am addicted to reality tv shows such as - Playboy Mansion, Keeping up with the Kardashians, My Super Sweet 16 etc etc.
7. I got braces put on in September last year.

Wow, that was kinda hard to think of 7 things without going into the overshare territory ha ha :)

Apart from that looking at having a good day for eating and will have to ring and check if the gym is open, not sure if it is since its New Years Day and all.

Talk soon (oh almost forgot I have to choose 7 other bloggers to share 7 things about themselves - ok here goes

- Bluegirl
- Krissa
- Hannah
- Laynie Kelly
- Shaboom
- Chelle

Christina

Killer Back Session with Tara (aka "massive shoulders")

2009-12-28T19:41:00.002+09:30

Well..... rolled outta bed this morning and damn my butt is sore from all the Noosa Hills Tara and I tackled yesterday. Great session.

Tara picked me up this morning and we hit the gym (what a maze). We started off with Assisted Pull-ups and damn they hurt - ALOT, I was thinking geez I am sore already and its only the first exercise :)

We then moved onto Lat Pull downs, followed my seated rows, upright rows, bent over rows, skull crushers and another exercise which I cant remember off the top of my head.

During this session I really learnt that I have not been pushing myself hard enough in my session back home in Darwin. I have been concentrating so much on getting the same amount of reps each set for the whole lot, rather than going to failure. So when I get home I will be really upping the ante so to speak. Heavier weights are on the cards.

After this Tara helped me with posing and we practiced in our "stripper heels as I like to call em". Tara helped me with all the compulsory poses and symmetry poses. Wow - it may look easy , but hell it aint and I was sweating ALOT and my muscles were burning.

I learnt alot today and I am grateful for having Tara as my Trainer.

Tara also took my skinfolds - was the first time I had them done. Overall I think I was around 84mils.

Well I am recovering at the moment lying down and looking forward to my last session with Tara in the morning before I head back to my folks place and I fly back to Darwin on Thursday, I can honestly say I love Noosa and I will miss it, even though I have only been down here for 2 days, lol.

Ciao

Christina

Noosa has VERY VERY steep hills

2009-12-27T17:49:00.003+09:30

Hi everyone, well I finally have some access to a decent internet connection whilst I am on holidays. I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas.

I am in Noosa at the moment and I love it here, so much scenery and I am loving the weather even if it has been raining a lil.

I came down to Noosa so that I could meet my trainer Tara. I was very excited to finally meet her. Tara decided to take me for a cardio session today and we set off down the hill, I thought ah this aint so bad, until we turned 2 corners and in front of me was a massive steep hill, and then another and another and then 202 steps up a steep hill and another few hills (you get the picture), owwww owww, but oh so good, lol.

All in all it was a wonderful session and tomorrow I am looking forward to a weights session and posing practice with Tara.

I just had dinner and I think I possibly has the best grilled barramundi and scallops EVER - YUM, and that didn't really touch the sides so I then had some chicken and I think I am going to eat again soon. I was famished after the cardio.

Well I am really quite sleepy, its been a pretty big day driving, walking around Noosa and the hill session that really ended it for me (followed it up with a lovely swim in the pool, ahhh).

Talk soon
Christina xxxx

Last post for a few days while I am in transition - Flying to Brisbane

2009-12-20T14:45:00.001+09:30

Hi everyone.

Well the past week has been going well for food and training. On track with everything.

Weight is steady at 67.5 but still losing cms which is awesome. Since starting training with Tara I have lost 48cm in 9 weeks. I am very happy with my progress and feeling fitter by the day.

Well talk to you all soon and I hope everyone is training hard :)

So far so good....

2009-12-16T15:06:00.002+09:30

Hi everyone,

Well it's been almost a week since I have made a post - oops. Well I will start from Friday morning last week. On Thursday night I went to bed feeling a lil bit sick in the belly, I was hoping I was just full. Come 3 am Friday morning, I was throwing up everything from the day before I think - CAN U SAY YUCK?

Do you know what the only thing that was going through my head ???
I was thinking, oh shit, its depletion day and then carbing up from tonight till Sunday morning and how on earth am I gonna make it the gym to train in this condition. I felt horrible. Anyway after emptying everything in my poor belly, I limped back to bed and tried.. to go back to sleep. That wasn't happening at all I can assure you. In the morning I was still worse for wear and well next stop was the bathroom (I DONT THINK I NEED TO TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED FROM HERE). Laugh everyone, laugh :) my other half certainly was.

I grabbed my blackberry and fired off an apologetic email to Tara, saying I don't think I will be able to train today and pretty much what do I do from here, since it's meant to be carb food tonight as I am on Keto through the week.

By now I was back in bed, and sent the other half to the chemist to get me gastro-lite and some Imodium. I spent the WHOLE DAY in bed feeling sorry for myself. Come Sat I was as good as new. Went and did cardio and I was finally able to eat :)

So this week so far my program has been the following:

Monday - 45 mins cardio in the morning, legs in the evening
Tuesday - 45 mins cardio in the morning and triceps and biceps in the evening
Today its gonna be chest and shoulders :) YAY

Anyway I hope everyone has been having a great week and training hard :)

Remember - 'Don't let anyone ever DOUBT you' , the doubters are the ones who are jealous!!!!!

Happy training

Christina

Back & Shoulders and all things in between

2009-12-10T18:21:00.002+09:30

So another successful day at the gym. This morning I did low intensity cardio, keeping my heart rate between 120-130. Hit the cross trainer and stair master for a total of 45 mins.

This afternoon I trained shoulders and back. Trained back pretty damn hard. I am still sore from yesterday's session which was triceps and biceps. Ow those tri's hurt, but that is good

On another topic, I will be heading to Noosa this month to see my lovely and ever so helpful trainer Tara - YAY , so excited to meet you and start posing etc.

I was just on Facebook and I saw an awesome quote on Vicki's page (I LOVE IT)(SO TRUE)

“Obsessed is how the lazy describe the dedicated.”
– Russell Warren

Ok so I have skipped to many random topics again in the one post, but my head is moving a million miles an hour and I want to make sure I write everything down. :)

Anyway I am about to have some grilled lamb steak for dinner and will prob eat something else after that (gotta get those calories up)

Talk soon,

Christina xxx

Ow my Legs and Butt hurt :)

2009-12-08T18:41:00.002+09:30

Hi everyone,

Yesterday had an awesome session at the gym. Started with 3 sets of 20 squats. I then moved onto Romanian Deadlifts and completed another 3 sets of 12. Then it was step ups - I used a 15kilo plate (which was a jump from 10kilo). I then did lunges with barbell on shoulders and finished with a set of 50 on the leg press. After that I worked my abs. Well I rolled out of bed this morning, and thought "I'm only a little sore which is good", well I think I spoke too soon, I hit the gym for my morning cardio and all's I could think was geez my butt and hammies hurt, ha ha. The pain only continued to get worse throughout the day. I am happy I am sore, because I know I pushed myself.

This evening I worked on Shoulders and Chest, two of my fave bodyparts to work. I love doing push-ups, bench and shoulder presses, well I really love any exercise that works these muscles.

Other than that, I have had my 200grams of lamb for dinner (I am very full right now) and am relaxing on the couch.

Looking forward to low intensity cardio in the morning. Oh by the way, I have been offered a job starting in Jan at my Gym - Fernwood, so I am stoked about that, initially I will be a member motivator as well as possibly running my own boot-camp class. I have recently enrolled to do my Cert 4 in Fitness - waiting for my materials to arrive. I will be completing this via correspondence. I am looking forward to next year :) :)everything seems to be falling into place. Anyway talk soon

2009-12-06T13:53:00.000+09:30

Ah well it is Sunday and it is rest day, but it also back to Keto - YAY
Just having a relaxing day today and just been shopping - Went to Witchery and bought a top which was a Size Small - :) very very happy.

Loving being on leave at the moment, its so good just being able to train, sleep and eat. :)

Anyway my motivation is through the roof as changes are continually happening. This journey has started off tremendously and I look forward to the months ahead. Thanks again Tara for all of your support and your knowledge :)

2009-12-05T14:27:00.002+09:30

Well, yesterday had depletion training at the gym, doing 4 sets of 20 reps for each muscle group. I started with legs, that wasn't so bad but I was working up a sweat and the gym has air con :), I then hit chest - owww, and then tri's (ow again) and on and on went the pain and it hurt and hurt - but at least I know I did something. Under the instruction of Tara, I started hitting the carbs from dinner and have to keep that up until tomorrow when I can go back to Keto. To be honest - I miss KETO!!!!. I feel bloated and yuck, lol. Woke up this morn and surprisingly was feeling flat and light (even though I carb loaded at dinner), weird. So I am at 67.7, might be a drop in water there, not sure, because a couple days before I was at 68.3.

So I started today off with 1 hour of cardio, which was good, hopped between machines to mix it up. I am hoping the day goes fast so I can go back to Keto, I miss it (I am harping on eh), I feel weird eating what I call 'bad foods'. lol.

Well talk soon.

Christina

2009-12-02T18:51:00.002+09:30

Owwww, Im laxing on the couch and my triceps hurt, :) but it's a good pain. Started off with tricep push-ups and ouch, think I am sore from yesterday's session, lol. Had a great session at the gym, smashed triceps pretty hard and threw bi's in there for extra measure. Finished by working the abs.

Well only 2 days left at work for the year, so excited!!!! Can't wait to be sleeping, training and exercising and that's it, ah no work till the 19th Jan for me.

Today has been another good day for food, kept the carbs low and good fats and protein up. Still have dinner to go and it looks like its garlic prawns again and might have some fetta and natural peanut butter before bed. Other than that, I feel like I am in a good place, motivation is higher than ever, I am feeling fantastic and fitter as every day goes by.

Talk soon everyone. I will get a pic up soon, but if anyone has facebook, you can add me there under the email christina_2288@hotmail.com

See you soon
Christina xxxx

2009-12-01T21:04:00.000+09:30

Well food prep for tomorrow is all done. Think I'll hit the hay soon, gotta get my recovery sleep. Oooh on another note, I should have my posing shoes by the end of the week from Style on Stage, cant wait to start strutting around the house, might be noisy though as I have a wood floor :). Jo also has the most amazing posing suits on there as well, so glittery, ooh the glamour.

Anyway this one is hitting the hay. Night night to everyone and train hard :)

2009-12-01T18:45:00.000+09:30

Hi everyone, stoked to have you all on board. Anyway so today started out well, hit the gym for my morning cardio after my scrummy brekky of egg whites, cheese and bacon bits. Jumped on the True Strider for 45 mins and burnt 712 calories, good start to the day and woke me up. After a shower and change, started eating again :), everyone in the office is like " Christina are you eating again?", "do you ever stop eating?", well the answer really is no, and unless they understand what I am doing well......

After work, it was gym time again, yay. I love tuesday's, chest and shoulders, oh goody. Oh how I love push ups (seriously), comes with the job I guess. I feel quite proud pumping out sets of 15 on toes while others are on their knees. Ok I promise I am not gloating :) or am I?? LOL.

Wait another fave exercise - bench press. Yay. Ok, now here comes the rant for the day, there is this lady (pt at the gym) who has to butt her nose in where it is frankly not wanted (now I am also qualified Cert 3 in Fitness mind you, working on 4) and she tells me I should'nt be going all the way to my chest on Bench. HA HA HA, I'm sorry lady, but no half arsed effort for me. After being a National Champion weightlifter, I think I know how to bloody bench press. Besides I was doing sets of 10 on 40kg so she can shove it. I politely thanked her for her advice, but oh how I wanted to tell her to shove it. Ok so it's off my chest now guys, but she really annoyed me. Last time she was telling me I squat too deep (this lady is a serial offender). Habit from my ol lifting days. If you wanna check out an old pic of me in action check out - www.qwa.org
Search for profiles, and mine is there with a piccy for u to giggle at.

Anyway overall had a great sess this arvo, loved the jelly like arms on the steering wheel driving home. Bout to have some dinner - mmm prawns mmmmm.

Talk to you all soon, xx

p.s. I promise there is no inflated ego, ha ha, this lady just got on my nerves and you guys were the first to know :)

2009-11-30T19:10:00.000+09:30

Ok, so started the morning with 45m mins of cardio, mixed it up with cross trainer for 35 mins and then some incline walking on the treadmill for 10. So today I worked on getting my fats up and not the saturated kind, gotta check out the website Tara sent me. Went the gym and worked legs tonight, yipee. Definately felt like I worked tonight, finishing with a set of 50 reps on the leg press made me feel the burn. Anyway currently lurking around the house, deciding what to have for dinner and what to prep for tomorrow's food. Might have garlic prawns for dinner, yum. Anyway talk soon. Christina xxx

Just over one month in...

2009-11-29T19:26:00.000+09:30

Ok, so it's been just over a month, and the changes to my physique are definately there. I started at just over 73 kilos and I am now down to 68.8 kgs. I feel fitter and stronger. Am loving the program Tara has written up for me, especially legs day, woo hooo. Food is getting better, just trying to make sure I get all my ratios correct, thank goodness Tara is here to help :)

The hardest thing for me has been steering clear of bread. When I was younger I used to eat so much of it. It is by far my favourite food. grrrr. I am trying hard to keep away from it, but some days I am weak and will have some. It is a work in progress and I must admit, I am far stronger than I was a month ago.

Well I weighed myself this morning and I am at 68.8, I am very happy to be back under the 70 mark.

Well tomorrow is Monday and I have cardio first up - yay! Looking forward to eating clean and training hard. See you soon