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Confessions of a Pro Fitness Competitor

Sep 9, 2019 | Featured, Fitness, Isagenix, Nutrition, Personal - development

I do fitness competitions because I have a hard time staying accountable to myself. 

Now that I’m FORTY 😱, I can compete with 40+ year olds, instead of the young gals who don’t have kids 😂

This process involves overhauling my lazy lifestyle. This sport certainly is not for those who are just “interested.”

I increase my cardio from zero x/week to 6x/week. 
I increase my weight training from 2x/ week to 5x/week.
I carb cycle. 🚲 
I meal prep. 👩🏻‍🍳
I eat at least 5 meals a day. 😲
I check in with my coach regularly. 
I drink a gallon of water 💧 a day. 
I fit in 3 hrs of posing 👠 a week. 
I have weekly therapeutic massages 💆 and chiropractic adjustments when the schedule allows.

Nutrition:

  • Complete Essentials with IsaG 
  • Eshot 💫
  • Ionix 🚀 
  • Shakes: All of them at various times. 
  • Greens 
  • Immune booster 💊
  • Isamune spray 🚿
  • AMPED Nitro and NOx preworkout ⛽️

My 5 week RESULTS: 
⬇️ body fat by 5+% 💃
⬇️ 4lbs on the scale
⬇️ 10 lbs body fat 🔥
⬇️ 38 millimeters total from 9 body points

⬆️ 5lbs+ lean muscle 💪

I’ve also found I ACTUALLY enjoy RUNNING OUTSIDE 😱😱😱😱 
WOOOO WEEEEE!!! ☺️

Yes, some may say this sport is crazy. But so is being disgusted with myself and driving myself insane doing the same thing and getting the same old result. 

I may have been further along if I didn’t cheat so much🍕 or go on vacations, but hey, progress is progress ☺️ and each time I compete, I get a little closer to my overall goal: to make healthy living a habit naturally.

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