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VeggieLifterChick
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The competition is on November 9, which is roughly 15 weeks from today. I had my first meeting with the personal trainer who is guiding me through this today. I found her through my school; she has placed in an NPC Junior National Fitness contest and she does a lot of consulting and routine choreographing for bodybuilding, figure, and fitness. She's charging me a flat $200 for all her advising for the whole precontest thing, which includes her mapping out some meal plans and exercise routines and teaching me how to pose, find a suit, etc.
She measured me at 24.5% bf using 9 points and checking each spot 3 times. She said (and I agree) that most of my fat is concentrated on my lower abs and lower back, that my upper body, legs, and butt are relatively lean. I am meeting with her tommorrow night when she will give me a 2-week diet plan and figure out exactly how I ought to be progressing (how much fat loss per 2 weeks/month/etc). She said that, eyeballing it, I would need to lose about 10-12 lbs of fat. She said the first 7 weeks are going to be focused on keeping my diet very clean and lifting hard. Cardio is to be 3-4x week for 45mins each time, I am to lift 4 days a week pretty intensely, and take 1 day off completely. The 8 weeks following that are going to be more focused on losing body fat although I will still be lifting intensely (just more supersets and circuit training). This is just a rough plan, she will adjust it based on my progress. She's also goin to lift with me atleast twice (back day and legs day) just to be sure that my intensity is where it ought to be and to check that my form is right.
I will post the meal plan tommorrow night when I find out the specifics. She told me that she works more in meal plans than in raw numbers, but that she expects it to be like 30g protein a meal, eating 4x a day about 3 hours apart. So like 120g protein/day, plenty of water, fats only from healthy stuff, no processed foods, bread, or pasta allowed. I don't know what she has in mind as far as carbs go. I prefer to keep it at 200g when trying to lean out. SHe said we'll do some carb cycling closer to the competition and go lower carb then too.
I am so excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She measured me at 24.5% bf using 9 points and checking each spot 3 times. She said (and I agree) that most of my fat is concentrated on my lower abs and lower back, that my upper body, legs, and butt are relatively lean. I am meeting with her tommorrow night when she will give me a 2-week diet plan and figure out exactly how I ought to be progressing (how much fat loss per 2 weeks/month/etc). She said that, eyeballing it, I would need to lose about 10-12 lbs of fat. She said the first 7 weeks are going to be focused on keeping my diet very clean and lifting hard. Cardio is to be 3-4x week for 45mins each time, I am to lift 4 days a week pretty intensely, and take 1 day off completely. The 8 weeks following that are going to be more focused on losing body fat although I will still be lifting intensely (just more supersets and circuit training). This is just a rough plan, she will adjust it based on my progress. She's also goin to lift with me atleast twice (back day and legs day) just to be sure that my intensity is where it ought to be and to check that my form is right.
I will post the meal plan tommorrow night when I find out the specifics. She told me that she works more in meal plans than in raw numbers, but that she expects it to be like 30g protein a meal, eating 4x a day about 3 hours apart. So like 120g protein/day, plenty of water, fats only from healthy stuff, no processed foods, bread, or pasta allowed. I don't know what she has in mind as far as carbs go. I prefer to keep it at 200g when trying to lean out. SHe said we'll do some carb cycling closer to the competition and go lower carb then too.
I am so excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
( I have always wanted to use the elephant...)
It will help to have someone pushing you when you are getting closer to the competition and your energy drops. At least you'll know you really pushed yourself hard enough to acheive your goals. 
