February 3rd 2008

Well, Wendy gave me the idea to start my own blog after reading hers. Its a great idea to share with others as well as let out my thoughts during the whole competition process.
So this is my first post and I am trying to build as much muscle as i possibly can before starting to cut.
My strength has been great and I have been making some good improvements since October. I know this also because my Mum was a bit shocked the other day in the gym and thought I was looking a bit masculine. I took that as a compliment.
She doesn't really get it but I have been teaching her to spot me in the gym and surprisingly, she picked it up really well. Better than some of the Idjiots I have asked for help in that past.
I am in the process of changing gyms AGAIN. Geelong just doesn't have good serious gyms. I will be rejoining Fitness Physique soon. I have my trainer in Melbourne that I see once a week and another membership in St Albans at a gym filled with guys, an older Serbian lady who has obviously been training for centuries and me. Its funny..
It has been hard to get my eating in order as I am either eating too much or restricting too much. I think I have cracked onto a good thing at the moment. I have started eating meals based on the low GI principles. This has helped me alot, I have less bloating and I have been able to add more variety into my diet that I wouldn't have normally done. This is great at the moment until I start dieting then it will basically be the same initially but gradually reducing the calories. Its been hard because I also have some food intolerances which I am still trying to sort out with my specialist. I have to do 3 days of hydrogen/methane breath tests where they test certain ingredients on you and determine exactly what intolerances you have. Should be interesting.
Everything else otherwise is going well. I love my cardio and to force myself to not do too much and rest my body. I was still doing 1 to 2 cardio sessions per day up until last week. I have cut that back to try and get more energy for my weight workouts.
I have been doing regular measurements and they are posted on www.Bodybuilding.com
At the moment my weight is 62.7kg. I am not bothering to do body fat % this time. Its too hard. The mirror will do and photos.
I am doing the workshop run by Jo Rogers and Donna Jones on feb 17th. Should be good. I will try and get to some of the ANB workshops too. It all helps to stay motivated.
I want to be bigger and better this year. Yeah