Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Setting Comp Dates

I have been on clean calories (1700-1900 cal/day) the whole last week. I also had TOM. So the scale did NOT budge! I weigh 142 lbs right now so the calories I am ingesting are at where they should be for a slow cutting phase. I am still on dairy and am getting in enough good fats each day, and still getting about 200 grams of protein per day. I get my free MEAL (not a free DAY) tomorrow for lunch. I am, of course, eating Japanese, LOL! I am going to stay on my meal plan for another 7 days but if the scale does not drop by at least one pound then I will UP my calories to about 2100/day of clean food.

I don't tend to do anything but become a stick girl with NO muscle when I fall below 1700 cal per day. I seriously need to eat good food and eat it often or I practically shrink away to nothing. I don't like the waif look. I might have to give up my dairy or at least cut it in half for a couple weeks and see the results. As much as I analze my diet, and it starts to sound like I am complaining, I am really enjoying the experimenting. I did not like having a nutritionist tell me what to eat and when. I just kept shrinking into a long tall stick and they would not listen to me when I said I did NOT like it! But it was what they wanted for me so on they kept with their asparagus and fish.

I can hardly wait for my free meal! I have been planning this meal all week LOL! I am certainly getting that jaguar roll again and am also getting some grilled steak, a california roll, and some salad with ginger dressing. That should do me until next week LOL!

As for setting comp dates....sorry I digressed in the above diet musings....I am still aiming for my end of May comp. We are supposed to be moving this summer so I may have to postpone it till we get settled up North and then find fall comp dates for my new home area. I won't kick and holler about it cuz it just gives me more time to add some decent mass. I seriously have the HARDEST time putting on muscle. What gives? I wonder if my hormones are outta whack but I got checked about having such long, hard periods so often and they said my hormones were all normal. I don't believe it! I really have a hard time during TOM (I won't spell out the gory details) and I can't add muscle for anything. I wonder if I am truly normal with hormones or if my testosterone is low and estrogen is elevated or if the opposite is occuring??? Not sure but I suspect it highly. I also had my thyroid checked and of course...normal. I suspect these tests are all guesstimates since it all comes from military docs. When my daughter got really sick in kindergarten, I suspected mono and had her tested. They said nope, no mono so we will test her for everything under the sun from cancer to diabetes to worms. She had nothing. They did nothing for her although she was practically sleeping her life away! Finally, I treated her herbally and within a week she was fine. About 6 mos after the long 3 month sleeping ordeal, I get a call from her ped and he says we got her tests back in and she is positive for mono. WHAT???!!! I asked for the date on the test and he stumbled out the answer. It was the very first freaking test that was done when I first took her in and badgered them into doing! Idiots!!!! And when Jerome shattered his leg, they gave him practically no pain meds and left him in the hospital bed for 9 days before they did surgery...with almost no pain meds!!! And they left him untreated for thrush and a massive yeast infection from laying and sweating through massive pain on his back the whole time. I had to practically beat their brains into the wall with my perfected bitching before they did something and then were totaly embarrassed I was right. So after all this...no, I don't trust that my military healthcare profesisonals have my hormone levels tested correctly.

Anyway, comp dates are up in the air for now but I foresee everything falling into place as it should. I am not worried about postponing shows. I KNOW i will eventually get my mass I so desperatly work for. And I WILL look amazing!!!!

11 comments:

  1. Hey there, That sucks you are having a hard time gaining muscle...what is your diet and supplement plan? do you do cardio in the off season? If so I would really cut it out...it helps build so much better.

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  2. Hey Muscle Diva!!! Nope, no cardio in the off season. And when I start back (like lately) it is incline walking and recumbant bike. I only go for 20 minutes once a day for 5 days a week. Not much there until I do two 30 min cardios starting 3 mos out from comp. My supps are creatine and protein whey, CLA, fat burners and some vitamins. My diet is about 40-30-30 for protein, carbs, fats. And I am currently at 1700-1900 calories. And yes, loads of green veggies closer to comp time but for now I get more cmoplex carbs like oatmeal and sweet potatoes and sometimes rice and a whole grain wheat bread (I use this sparingly). Can you see any flaws I am making a mistake with for puttingon muscle? I have tried EVERYTHING!!!!

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  3. diet looks good, when are you eating your complex carbs? I never have any after my meal 3..after that it is only veggies for carbs
    I also have not had any thing besides oatmeal for meal 1 and rice for meal 2+3...this seemed to have worked for me this year...what proteins are you eating?

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  4. sorry that sounded like I only have carbs...I meant with my protein

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  5. I eat my complex carbs every meal but for 2 I add veggies and I can snack on green veggies (these don't count towards my carb count) in between. No carbs between meals either, have to be with protein to upload the protein. Also, my protein is eggs, chicken, tuna, cottage cheese (for now), and a little red meat now and then. I used to have venison and grassfed beef but we have none left so I am left with factory beef and it seriously makes me feel ill so I use it sparingly. I had the last of our venison the other day and wanted to cry knowing it was my LAST for a very looooong time...waaagh!!!!

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  6. Forgot to say THANKS so much for casting in and trying to help. I need all the help I can get!!!

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  7. Your diet is looking fine, the only thing I can suggest is drop the dairy..it did wonders for me not to mention it made my complection so much better.

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  8. Thta is what I thought...dropping dairy. I have one more week on this diet and then dairy will be gone if results don't start showing up.

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  9. I know as soon as I dropped all dairy I started losing. but every body is different...When is your comp again?

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  10. I have one planned for end of May but it is only about 90% likely because we are waiting on orders out of here. We don't know when they will move us, but most military moves are in early June so I can't be doing a comp and having the packers swirling through here and living in TLF for comp night with kids. Too much stress and then to have to pass housing inspection, too! So I am still aiming for the spring comp but will do fall ones if I don't get to do it. Clear as mud, right?

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  11. I totally understand, you have lots of time then if you are waiting till the fall..Time to build that muscle then till your ready to cut!

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