Couple of new pics

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

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!!!!!

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

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

I'm BACK!!!!

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

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

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

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.

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

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!!!

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

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

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 :)

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

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

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

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

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

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.