New Pix

Eventually, I have a few new pictures. I had another photo shoot in which Barry, the photographer, wanted to do a few experiments with the light. It then turned out that my back is rather well suited for this purpose and thus I came to get hold of some new shots. I am hoping to do another proper Bodybuilding shoot some time in April, but for now have a look at the 'artistic' stuff.

By: Barry 'Baz' Crabtree

By: Barry 'Baz' Crabtree

By: Barry 'Baz' Crabtree

By: Barry 'Baz' Crabtree

By: Barry 'Baz' Crabtree

By: Barry 'Baz' Crabtree

By: Barry 'Baz' Crabtree

More Pictures of the shoot:

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Awww.... Happy Bunny

Just to let you know that I had a fantastic workout this morning despite having been grumpy since a few days. Had skipped shoulders and arms this week due to migraine and still feeling under the weather the legs went down swimmingly today. Yuppie!

Additionally I am getting nicely lean now and am closer to 'My Legs' than I ever was. So yes! It's going well.

Have a photo shoot lined up for 25th March. Let's see how much leg I dare revealing by then.

Wishing you a lovely weekend
Ta ta

So disappointed!

Food things

Three and a half weeks without alcohol, sugar and white bread: I am feeling very smug. And I actually can be, I can see the fat peeling off. I definitely am back to the best phase that I had before Christmas.

So it actually only is starting now. And there is the first hicki: I am getting a bit bored with my food! Because I wanted to get back to my starting point quickly I stayed with the foods of which I know the calories and then tried to balance around 1800 cals. It worked perfectly fine, but it means:

• my own bread - which is nice as it has a lot of nuts and seeds, 
• mince meat loaf, 
• eggs, and 
• bananas, 
• topped up with the occasional voluptuous lettuce, the pasta version
• Well, and the infamous protein shakes

That's it!

It is a good diet, it has everything I need, but a bit boring so I have been browsing through my recipes and found the Weird Cheesecake, a brilliant protein bomb and simple to make. No idea why I forgot about it. So that is my new favourite for now.

Now I am looking forward to Saturday. The day of truth: 4 weeks in and measurements are to be taken.

Until then: Happy lifting!

Best workouts happen in the brain

What a wonderful mooorning... what a beautiful daaahahaay! This is me trying to sing...

I am a happy bunny because I eventually turned a corner. When I was in the gym I had a floating moment... which actually shouldn't happen there..., but this time I started thinking about my workout schedule and realised that I am still attached to other people instead of doing my thing. I had fixed my gym times but very much in accordance to constraints which were not mine.

I like to work out in the mornings but that is when I go to work, I do not like to work out in the evenings, but that is when my training partner goes. In this case partner is husband and we are not training together to focus on my goal but to do something together. Sorry hubby, for the next four and a half month we will have to find something else. Training wise I am out. If I need a spotter, I will find one.

And work: I am working flexible hours anyway. I can work out in the mornings and work in the afternoons and even the evenings.

During this gym session I decided that nothing is more important than my training and until the competition I will train in the mornings. If people want to join me: Fine! If not: Fine, too!

Be prepared for regular updates now. ASN, the guys organising the competition have started sending out newsletters with info about Protein intake, fat loss, and so on. Should you be interested, have a look at their website and sign up for the newsletters. I now will work my way through those and I will make myself a plan for those good 4 month.

Happy lifting!