leftover benders

I made it through the holidays relatively successfully. I stuck to my plan on Christmas. I ate normal food, combined with my protein shakes and really watched my portion sizes. And then the day after Christmas....sigh. I took a few things of leftovers from both of the places I went to and left them in my fridge. Well....I ate them all in about 20 minutes. It was AWESOME! Let me just brag for a second the quantity that I consumed. I had two really big pieces of this yummy egg bake, a ziplock baggie of turkey and a few pieces of ham, and then all hell broke loose when I ate- no joke- 3/4ths a circle of monkey bread. It was nuts. I just couldn't stop. It wasn't that I was hungry, it was just poor timing. I can't be left alone with all that food. What's a girl to do. So, almost immediately after eating it I felt really sick. My stomach was not happy with me. I thought drinking a lot of water would help. Wrong-o. That made it worse. So I went to yoga class, and felt super sick there. I know my mom is going to think I'm bulimic after reading this- and I swear I'm not- gross. But I did get sick after yoga. It didn't help though. I still felt like crap. I didn't really learn a lesson. I'd do it all again in a heart beat. But since then I've been pretty good. It was hard to stick to the diet without work to fill in the time gaps between meals. I'm actually glad winter break is over. Its easier to stick to the plan when I'm super busy. However, all the naps throughout the day were marvelous. Muscles grow when you're resting was my mantra.
New Years Eve: I did eat a normal dinner and had a few drinks. Nothing too excessive. just enough to have a good time.
Workouts: Things are going great in the gym. I'm noticing lots of gains strengthwise. I'm lifting more in almost every muscle group. My legs are getting ripped. I can leg press 670 pounds and that was my third set of 8. I have no idea what my max would be. But I feel like its safe to assume if a small car falls on you, I will be able to leg press it off. Unless, I already did my workout that morning. My shoulders have really nice definition. You can already see the seperation of the three muscle heads on top of my arms.  My biceps though....not much going on there. I'm not really much stronger doing a bicep curl now, than I was two months ago. I'm not sure why that muscle group is on strike, but it's frustrating.
Peter Pan: practices are starting up this month pretty hard core. It is going to be challenging to maintain my diet and workout schedule, but I'll figure it out. I'm the crocodile and Nana the dog. I'm super excited.
Random question from my mom this week: "are you using needles? You aren't doing steroids are you?" No mom. I'm all natural...except my tan. But I live in Alaska so you'll have to cut me some slack there. "did you get married?" ummm, no. wait I mean yeah sure- send cash gifts to my po box. :) I know its her job to worry. but these were too funny not to share. Don't worry Mom, I'm healthy and happy- and drug free. well, except the cocaine. Did you know there are no calories in cocaine? Juuust kidding!!! I'll get some pictures up later, and also some measurement changes. I've been doing that twice a month and the progress is pretty rad.
I can't wait to see an ab. I'm really close. I think for my birthday I'm going to have abs. well at least one. If all else fails I'll draw them on. That counts right?

schweat on my friends.
kimout.

two months in the making

it seems i've lost my boobs and butt. oh well, they were overrated. 

body fat and dresses

I just got an email from Darin with the results of my seven point fat test. AND it turns out, I'm only 17.58% fat. Holy moly. Down from 27.8% to 17.58% in seven weeks. I'm really good at loosing fat.


dresses: look how cute this is. Bought this with some Christmas money from Gma Priscilla and Gpa Dean. I thought, if anyone would want me to buy a dress, it would be her. It's a size medium. I love it.

sorry this post is quite random.

19.7%

19.7% body fat!!!


I'm pretty excited about that. Darin thinks I can do the show in Anchorage in March. I think I can too. 14 weeks to go. Crazy. I'm really good at following a program.

last week- this week

last week 191.4

                                                                     this week 185.6

fat test tomorrow. woot woot!

gymservations

I find it very hard not to be judgemental of others while at the gym. I also find my judgements very amusing, so I'll share.

1.) the elliptical is a stupid machine, by using it you're telling me, I want to run, but I don't actually want to exert the effort to run.
2.) when on said elliptical, put your hood on your sweatshirt down. you're not rocky, you're a douche.
3.) please don't walk behind me while i'm doing the straight leg deadlift, in fact, don't look at me. some lifts are just inappropriate to do in public.
4.) kettle ball plie squat- here everyone watch me tea bag this weight.
5.) if you need a belt to hold up your threadbare sweatpants, it's time for a new pair. that seam does not look stable.
6.) take off your fucking sunglasses, are you kidding me?
7.) this is not the jersey shore, there is no need to cut your sleeves off to the waist band.
8.) if I'm using the fan, I will not turn it off because you are cold. run faster.
9.) if you wear makeup to the gym and leave looking just as good as when you walked in- without hitting the locker room- I will probably hate you.
10.) please don't set up camp on the squatting racks, seriously you should be there for 15 minutes max. and that's a genrous max.
11.) drinking a cherry slushie every morning while lifting weights, seems counter productive. but I'm totally jealous.
12.) tai chi is in fact, not a cardio. You've been prancing around in there every morning for months and still look the same.
13.) zumba is the gyms latest rage that encourages women to dress ridiculously. It can however be a great workout, if you spend more time on the moves and less on your outfit.

and that's all for now.
i'm still dropping fast. went through a little plateau last week or two and this week the numbers have been moving. Down to 185.6. I'll post pictures later. My goal is to be at 181 by Jan. 1st. It's looking pretty doable... knock on wood. I still haven't had another fat test. I need to call Darin. I don't think he recognizes me at the gym anymore. That's a good sign right? 

Don't worry Mom, I'm looking into a multi-vitamin since you mentioned it, and I feel freaking fantastic!

kimout.

banana protein powder is no ones friend.

I've learned that not all protein powders are created equal. But mainly I've learned that no one should ever try banana flavored protein powder. It is pretty much terrible. I try to have it in the morning, doesn't it just seem breakfasty? But, I hate it every time. Vanilla is pretty boring. But its not bad. Anything chocolate has been good. Especially caramel chocolate. Dang. Mix in a half cup of fat free cottage cheese and it's almost like a malt. If you stretch your taste buds imagination. Cookies and cream is really good too. It's a challenge to get enough protein in every day. I'm shooting for 150g of protein and it's hard to do that while staying low cal and low carb, oh and low fat too. But progress is going the right way. My body is certainly changing. I've got pictures to prove it. And my stretchy exercise pants are all falling down. So I think it's safe to say I'm looking for new running pants soon. I also saw a girl at the gym with a wireless ipod thing. She had on headphones and it must be bluetoothing to her headphones. How bad ass is that? On a side note, she is totally ripped and might rip my throat out if I interrupted her workout to inquire about her headphone contraption. So I'll silently admire from a safe distance.

                                                                  this was me then 208.0

                                                                   that's me now. 191.4