This post is for all my blog followers! I do a lot of live videos on Facebook and openly share workout and nutrition tips along with my own personal struggles. Here is a collection of some of my more recent posts. If you want to see more just like my page @Seemomlift
Full Body Workout:
My dip color review over coffee:
What to do when you are not motivate:
Quick product review: Sweet Sweat waist trimmer and cream
Killer Core Circuit:
Post competition struggles:
Sneak peek into my home gym:
For those of you that follow me on Facebook at See Mom Lift you know that I love to go live and just speak what is on my mind. Since it is Friday and I like to keep things real, here are some of my favorite videos for you to enjoy or share. The first is me enjoying my last glass of wine before giving it up this month. Spring break is just around the corner and I would like to reveal my abs for the beach. They went into hiding this winter after I indulged in a few too many bottles of wine.
My random thoughts of a glass of wine!
A few of my favorite things:
Some days I have my shit together and some days I just don’t!
What I think about people that cut others down for eating healthy!
So I have only 17 days until the first of my two fall competitions (but who’s counting). I was feeling a little frustrated with the lack of weight loss and getting discouraged but today I finally saw the results I was looking for. My weight is still only down about 6 lbs from where I started but my body is much leaner. Today I put my competition suit on and practiced my posing. Posing is something I will practice daily from now until my show and is more important than people would think. The judges are looking for the whole package and poor stage presentation will prevent you from placing in top 5. Although I practiced a lot last year my nerves took over my first show and my stage presence lacked confidence. I rocked my second show and felt like a whole new woman on that stage. This one is going to be even better. My new coach tweaked my front pose a little and I’m ready to present my best package yet.
Although things are coming together physically, don’t be fooled by the title of this post. I still lose my shit a few times a day and don’t handle any stress well. My tank is running on empty and my % body fat is dropping below a healthy level for me. Basically my hormones are a little wacky and I’m acting f*cking nuts. My kids just stay out of my way after 7pm when my energy drops and mood swings kick in. I finding it easier now that they are back in school and I can get my work done during the day. I’m typing this blog while sitting at my middle son’s football scrimmage.
My diet is the same as my last blog with lots of lean protein and greens. I’ve been satisfying my sweet tooth with decaf coffee and stevia after almost every meal. Cucumbers have been my saving grace. I eat a whole one seasoned with Mrs. Dash and garlic powder twice daily. This keeps me full and prevents over eating at meals. They also help a ton with regularity.
This is a typical meal on my lower carb days. If I do add carbs it is tyipcally sweet potato or a plain rice cake.
Although there is less than a 10 lb difference in the scale I am pleased with the changes I can see
Here are my strippers shoes that are required for show day. Now you can see why I practice daily.
To stay full I eat most of my food over a huge bed of spinach.
Just another day in the kitchen prepping my greens and egg whites
Okay, there are only 22 days (but who’s counting) until my competition and I am kind of losing my shit (well, only 3-6 times per day). My weight is not flipping moving! I HATE the scale and wish it would just go to hell. I like the changes I am seeing in my body but the scale is f*cking with my head. I am supposed to be losing 1.5-3lbs per week. This stopped happening about 4 weeks ago. My coach keeps cutting my carbs and I am cycling them. THIS SUCKS! I love, love, love carbs and lose my shit when I am not eating them. On top of cutting carbs even lower, we are cutting out most of the variety in my diet. I like to think of myself as a bit of a creative wizard in the kitchen when it comes to making healthy ass food that tastes like unhealthy food (protein cookies, muffins, cauliflower not so fried rice, etc.). Well, no more of that either. Same food meal after meal, over and over. So basically, if you see me just go the other way.
Why the hell am I doing this you are asking by now? Well, because I want to push myself to limits I have never gone. I want to be leaner, stronger and better than that girl that hit the stage back in April. I found the below quote that says change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end. It hit home for me and put things into perspective. I am officially stuck in the middle and a mess. I need to refocus my energy and thoughts to the end and why I am doing this. I have a lot more to gain than I have to lose.
So it’s official, I am six weeks out from my NPC Bikini competition. This prep hasn’t exactly been as easy as some of the other ones. I switched trainers and my diet is much more restrictive with less flexibility. I eat 5 to 6 meals per day depending on how early I wake up. For the first five weeks each meal consisted of 25 g of carbs, 25 g of protein and very low fat. Approved carbs are such things as oatmeal, sweet potatoes, plain rice cakes and brown rice. My protein sources are lean and I pretty much eat mostly chicken and egg whites. I eat green vegetables with almost every meal and my go to veggies are broccoli or spinach. When I’m craving chips or a snack I eat cut up bell peppers dipped in salsa. I eat an insane amount of raw veggies when we are at parties or potlucks just to keep me satisfied. This has caused an uncomfortable amount of bloating and gas. My kids don’t even want to be in the same room as me after I eat. Last night on our walk home I looked six months pregnant and it was all gas. I’ve tried beano, Gas ex, digestive enzymes and probiotics. I can either go hungry because I’m out of food or eat some more veggies and deal with my pregnant belly. Because I’m not supposed to snack between meals I have an abundant supply of chewing gum in my purse and drink an excessive amount of coffee. I need to replace every 8 ounces of coffee with an additional 8 ounces of water on top of the gallon I’m already drinking each day so I pee every 20 minutes. This makes traveling in a car with me difficult or even going to the grocery store. So not only am I bloated like I’m pregnant, I also pee constantly like a pregnant lady. I get hangry after about 7 PM and everyone in the house just stays away from me. I’m either yelling or farting.
This past week has been extremely difficult because I am now carb cycling and I’m having a hard time keeping track of how many meals I get carbs in, etc. My weight hasn’t really moved in two weeks and that is getting frustrating. I was consistently losing 2 pounds a week and this past two weeks I’ve lost only 1 pound. Competition prep is really a mental mindfuck. If you’re not strong mentally this is not the thing for you. Food becomes an obsession and skipping the workout is not an option.
Although everything I’m saying sounds kind of negative, the overall experience is pretty wonderful. You push yourself to extremes you never knew you could. I also feel amazing physically. I don’t have any junk in my body besides the bloating and I wake up with tons of energy. My skin is great, my nails are growing, my hair is growing and I just feel amazing. Looking in the mirror and seeing a six pack after having three kids and being 35 feels pretty damn good too. My boys all know what a glute is and complement me on how big mine are getting. This mamas got back!
So with all of that said, below are some of my progress photos and food pictures. I’m overall happy with the changes I’m seeing but would like to be a little bit leaner in the lower body. Cardio absolutely sucks and I swear while I do it every single time.
So I raise my glass of BCAAs and cheers to another 6 weeks!
Today I decided to use the marker board in kitchen to track my carbs each day. My weight loss plateau is pissing me off.
My low carb lunch consisted of cold grilled chicken topped with spicy guac and fresh green beans from my garden. (This meal gave me gas)
I am happy with the size decrease in my waist and thighs. My face looks a bit thinner also. I typically lose it from by cheeks first. Oh, and my boobs. They go bye, bye really quick.
My son kept snapping photos after I was done posing. This is me relaxed and real. No sucking in, twisting, etc.
I have to bring my own food everywhere I go so I always have a cooler packed and ready. This was two chicken salads I made for a day volunteering at my son’s senior class retreat.
I took my youngest out to breakfast for his 10th birthday. He ordered some fluffy pancakes and I asked for a western omelet with egg whites and no cheese. I also asked that the make it without butter and had a side of plain oatmeal as my carb.
My go to breakfast is egg white veggie scramble (because I cannot make omelets), plain rice cakes and some organic salsa.
I make my egg white scramble in bulk so it lasts a few days. One this day I switched things up by having steal cut oats instead of plain rice cakes. Yeah, I know, crazy!
OK, just finished my morning run and I had a lot on my mind. I love helping people and answering their questions but sometimes it gets frustrating when people are texting me the most basic things. I can give you advice but ultimately you need to take the steering wheel and drive. It’s your life and you’re responsible for your success. In this video I shared my favorite tool and I hope you start using it more often.
I hear from a lot of people that they’re not ready to start the challenge group or their diet because they have a vacation scheduled. Well that’s not really a very good excuse. I have gone on two vacations now while prepping for my bikini competitions and had a blast on both. The key is to plan and prepare ahead of time. I am not currently in competition prep but I do still try to maintain a healthy lifestyle and do not binge on vacation. You can’t outwork a bad diet and I don’t want to come back 10 pounds heavier. So in this video I share some tips that I am doing for my up coming memorial day trip to Cape Cod for my sister-in-law’s wedding.
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I love coffee! Did I mention that I absolutely love coffee? My day does not begin until my keurig is done brewing. During my work week I make daily trips to our local coffee shop with coworkers and enjoy every last sip. One thing I do notice when purchasing my brewed coffee, which I simply sweeten with stevia and a splash of half and half, is all the fancy dessert sounding drinks everyone around me is ordering (Birthday cake latte, pumpkin spice latte, caramel mocha latte, etc.) Before judging them and the size of their ass, I remind myself that they probably don’t realize that they are drinking well over 300 calories and approximately 50 grams of sugar. Yeah, that is why they are ordering those drinks, they simply don’t know any better. Well, you are in luck because my son Bryson and I made a quick video to actually show you what you are drinking. Enjoy!
Lately a lot of people have been commenting to me I don’t know how you find all that extra time.
In this video I give a brief summary of my strategies and techniques for staying fit and living a healthy life. Oh, and if you don’t like people that tell you how it is you’re probably not gonna love my video blog.
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