Leg Day is My Favorite Day!

Happy Thursday!

Its finally Leg Day, and I'm super excited to tear my legs apart.
Free squats, Extensions, Romanian Deadlifts, In & Out Squats (my new obsession), Hamstring Curls, Calve Raises, and Lunges with 50ish pounds.
Maybe some walking on an incline or a round on the bike to end it all, just for the hell of it.

I'm still working on this mass-gaining thing, which is way more stressful than I thought. I'm at my heaviest currently (115) and would LOVE to make 120 before cutting time.  If I make my first Physique show at 110-112 and 5% I'll be stoked!
:-)

Breakfast today was a Protein Pancake and 1/2 a grapefruit (I'm cycling macros and today is super low fat day 4 of 6 - can't wait till I can go back to the normal 20% as opposed to today's whopping 2.75%).

I'm using this off season to plan with some different cycling strategies, and this was an interesting one I found..
Cycle 4-6 day of zero-low dietary fat to trick your body into burning its own fat stores.
Do not use this for more than a week though, first of all your body's smarter than that and will figure out your plan!
And secondly, you NEED fat (like I said, 20% of my calories usually come from fat), it's plain unhealthy to go this low for too long.
Not to mention, it SUCKS. :-)

Anyway, Protein Pancakes..

1/2 Cup Liquid Egg Whites

2 Scoops VPX SRO Zero Carb (also ZERO fat!) Graham Cracker

Cinnamon to taste

Top with Jelly (I like Polamer's Sugarfree with Fiber)

Cook like a pancake, enjoy!

Stats (Pancake ONLY):

230 Calories

0 grams Fat 7 grams Carbs 3 grams Fiber 52 grams Protein

Post-Show Blues

Yes, I have them..
And it has taken me THIS long to admit it.
Boo.


How do I fix this?
I train, hard and long, and start planning my comeback. (I say that like I've actually placed top 5, EVER).
My goal: the new NPC Women's Physique Division. Exclusive to Pro shows in 2011, BUT because its brand-spankin' new you don't have to pre-qualify! Its like an open division, just at a Pro level show, which is insanely exciting.
The coveted first show is this weekend at JR USA's in South Carolina; I really wanted to go watch, but sadly I'm not going to make it..


Therefore today marks the start of gaining some serious weight (and trying not to think I'm fat everytime I jump on a scale) and putting that weight straight into my muscle.
What does that mean for you?
Experimenting with sweet new recipes, of course!


I have a new favorite snack recently:
1/2 Cup Egg Whites
2 T Powdered PB2
1 T Cocoa Powder
1 Scoop Protein Powder (I use Myofusion Chocolate PB, yummmm..)
Mix very well, cook in a skillet (like a pancake, or an omelet I guess).

I added a square of Baker's Chocolate to this one, and it didn't exactly flip well.. But still delicious!
:-)

Oh, and I taught Molly how to drive..

Love her.

Have a wonderful Wednesday (to anyone that actually reads this)..
Do me a favor, if you stumble upon this thing, let me know, seriously.. It might inspire me to get a little more creative with the damn thing.


Check back..
I may start putting some progress pictures up for My Journey to the NPC Women's Physique Division.
:-)