Monthly Archive for April, 2006

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I met Lisa!

Published on April 17, 2006 in Uncategorized. 1 Comment

It was quite funny, we had arranged to meet tomorrow, at the gym, but we were both there at the same time today and she came over and asked “are you Sue?”!! So, we had a little chat, and will still meet tomorrow for training/cardio and a much longer chat! The first thing I noticed is Lisa’s arms – she has amazing arms – as you can see in her pictures!

So, trained legs and bis. Did my leg pressing on the 45 degree sled today, out in the big gym. I don’t like the machine, but the seated press is not doing my back any favours lately. Did that, 20 reps, supersetted with walking lunges. Then seated curl, extension, abductors and adductors, calves and biceps. Bi’s were hurting today – well, forearms to be more precise. But, I pushed through and did all my sets.

I need to go back later for cardio and abs. I got my new ‘extra session’ from Richie today – looks nasty! Actually it doesn’t LOOK that bad on paper, but I just know it’s going to be a killer!! I have to slot it in on double cardio day, so that is 3 training sessions on that day!!

I think Shar may be my new best friend :) I will find out very soon. She pointed me to a website that sells Capp Ice – a store in Melbourne no less! And it looks like they may have stock! So, will find out for sure probably tomorrow. I will be stocked up to the eyeballs if they do!

Not long until Phat Camp! Less than 2 weeks. Am looking forward to catching up with Kimmy and Marg, Kerry, Sam, Lisa again, and meeting Alison, Jaime-Lee, Paula, and Beate for the first time. Probably some others I missed, but that is just off the top of my head. I wish I could participate!!! I will ask Richie next week if I can maybe do the leg session, or bootcamp.

Time for a bit more work, might watch the Roos play on tv this arvo, and then back to the gym later for another workout.

Today I had to battle!

Published on April 16, 2006 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments

To win the cardio war that is. My regular gym was closed and so I had planned to do a double session, weights followed by cardio, at another gym. I was feeling great all morning, and feeling full of energy after my carb day yesterday. Had an awesome back and shoulder session – my shoulders were so pumped when I was done. I swear they looked bigger today – maybe it’s due to the little bit of fat that has come off my arms – or maybe they are bigger! Which reminds me I have to tell something interesting that I found later. Anyway, I finished my session and then ‘mentally prepared’ for my cardio session as well as putting on my heart rate monitor. Got on the tready, my calves were hurting, and I was really struggling with the thought of being on there for 50 mins. So, 2 mins in I decided I had enough :) It was a beautiful day out cvfyhug (sorry that word was courtesy of my Rexy walking across my keyboard to lay on my diary!) so I thought I would leave it until later. I had a little nanna nap this arvo and when I woke up the thought of having to do cardio was not nice. I battled with it all afternoon! Anyway, I did eventually get out there. I walked, and found it hard to keep my heart rate up to 140ish. I must be getting fitter. So, I had to jog/run for 10-20 second stints every so often to keep it up there.

Tomorrow is leg day, so will train in the morning while I have the most energy. Then I will go back for cardio later in the day.

Time for a shower, then I think we are going to get a dvd and curl up under the doona!

Ripper session

Published on April 15, 2006 in Uncategorized. 2 Comments

Had a great training session this morning – chest, tris and abs. It’s a short but intense session, and quite enjoyable! Finished up with 50 mins of cardio – couldn’t use the Stepper as planned, as there was another guy on it – so I got on the bike, something I really despise, and went for 20 mins on that, followed by 5 mins on stepper then 25 mins on steep incline on tready. The bike wasn’t so bad once my heart rate had settled into a rythym. Today is carb day :) :) Cup of oats for brekky, mmm mmm. Richie has given me an alternative for my peanut butter meal, which I will start to use especially on low carb days. PB gets too tempting to overeat on those days.

Tomorrow the gym is closed again so I will have to go to Waves for back/shoulders and my cardio. Change is as good as a holiday right? Well perhaps not in this case :)

I’ve had Michelle searching the entire US of A looking for my almost extinct Myoplex Lite in Cappuccino. She’s found me 4 boxes so far, and I already have 3 in transit, somewhere out in the ocean :) So that will keep me going for awhile, but I will have to find a new favourite flavour – and they just don’t stack up to the Capp Ice unfortunately!!

I just ordered a kilo of glutamine – almost out, and I go through it like crazy. Richie has also suggested another couple of supplements to start taking, so Michelle (she’s a gem!) is purchasing those for me too.

I get to meet Lisa Vaughan (latest Body Blitz winner) on Tuesday! She’s coming to Mildura so we are going to meet up – at the gym of course! I will have her protein prizes with me, and I do hope that perhaps she will get to give me an osteopathic treatment (especially since I inadvertently missed my chiro appointment last week!).

I’m missing Jodie! She is having a blast in the US, and she already has no room left in her bags because people are giving her so much stuff!

I have written myself a note to make some bookings for tanning and hair/makeup, for myself and Kimmy come July 15 show. Will get it out of the way and then don’t have to think about it. Accommodation is sorted, which is right across the road from the tanning shop – noice :)

Ok, time to do some work!

“What you want to do, and what you can do, is limited only by what you can dream.”
Mark Melville

Good Friday check in

Published on April 14, 2006 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments

Hey all! Hope you have had a great start to Easter. I took today as my complete day off, and I must admit it was nice and well needed. I slept for 2 hours this afternoon, even after a good sleep last night. I have also had the day off work. I took some more photos for Richie this morning, and then he wanted me to call him for a chat – we talked for over an hour and it was really good to reinforce everything with him. He is happy with my progress in 3 weeks. Said he could see the definition in my arms and shoulders, my abs were already coming through, and (the most exciting thing!) that he could see my ‘teardrop’ (quad muscle) coming through also – I have never had one before :) Thanks to Richie and his program, and mine (and Jodie’s) hard work over the last 6 months, I now am very proud of my little teardrops :) He is leaving my diet and training the same, but is going to give me an extra training session which sounds nasty!!

I’ve just stopped in to get a meal before I head off to the pub again – don’t worry, nothing is going in this mouth that shouldn’t be!

Tomorrow I will train chest and tris, as well as cardio. I might try the step machine for 20 minutes of my 50 minutes this time. My weight hasn’t changed much in the last 10 days, so there is a lesson to everyone who relies on the scales. :) My jeans are starting to feel a bit loose again which is nice!

Buggered!

Published on April 13, 2006 in Uncategorized. 3 Comments

Running around today, and feeling it tonight! We have a barbie going on out in the backyard and I am heading to bed! Of course, I couldn’t eat the barbie, I had my salmon and broc before everyone arrived! I have been writing out some stuff for Richie, so he has it in front of him when I call him over the next few days. I need to take a few more photos for him, then he will put all that info together and after speaking with me on the phone, will come up with the next part of the plan. I was a little disappointed in my skin fold readings – I thought they would have been a little better than they were – I was 3.25mm short of my goal. Never mind, it’s made me all the more determined! I sent a couple of my snaps off to a few select people and had some good comments back. A previous trainer made these comments which I was pretty happy with! We were chatting about the WFF comp…
…you should try it, you always come in lean but you have better shape than the girls i have seen there. Last year i was taking photos with ****, working back stage at the nabba aust. you would have blitzed the Figure…

Anyway, unfortunately I won’t be able to do that comp this year as I didn’t know about the May one in time, they do have a Sept one but I will be at Di’s wedding! So, perhaps next year I will ‘branch out’. In my humble opinion, INBA is the federation to compete for. Higher quality competitors, therefore better competition = means more if you place well!

This morning I was up and having skin folds done, followed by 50 mins of cardio on a steep incline – then home to give Richie the news, then shower, wash and dry hair, off to have my licence photo taken (name change…it’s been nearly a year but better late than never!), then lunch with a friend (well I took my own lunch!), then home and changed to go back to gym and train legs/bis/abs, home, shower, to supermarket for easter groceries (was a madhouse) and then tonight I have had to do a bit of work as I didn’t get a thing done today! So, now pretty tired, and will hit the hay in a moment.

Just like Christmas

Published on April 12, 2006 in Uncategorized. 2 Comments


Will try and get an update post in, and hope that I don’t lose it! I got my posing suit today! All sparkly and ‘bedazzling’! I had to try it on of course, and since I had it on I thought I may as well do my photos for Richie. So, have sent them through and will wait for his comments and further instructions! I feel I have done really well in the last 3 weeks, dropped 5.5lb and definitely a fair bit of body fat.

Tried practising my routine a couple of days ago, and there is something majorly wrong – I have too much music for the posing! My timing can’t be THAT far out! So, Kim is getting it organised onto DVD for me. Took my heels to the gym tonight, and after my back/triceps session ran through my 1/4 turns and mandatory poses. I had to do it in the actual gym as the aerobics room was being used. I don’t care how silly I looked, it has to be done!!

I called Di yesterday, and we had a great chat – she was on a high still, from her win in the QLD It’s a Girl Thing, show. Pic above is of her winning her Open class. It made me all excited to get right into the thick of things again.

High carb day yesterday was welcomed! It’s just in time – get a bit fuzzy by day 3 of low carbs and that is so good to look forward to. Richie will probably change things around again this next program though.

Mum and my step dad have been working their bums off in our garden :) Aren’t they the best? They have totally transformed it in 2 days. We are selling soon, so we are prettying things up a bit. It looks SO much better already!

That’s about it for the moment – I did a Fat Burner class last night, that was fun – have not done one in more than 12 months but it was like I’d never left! Just like riding a bike :) Then a basic step class this morning – I like the basic/low impact workouts – I can then monitor my heart rate and keep it where I want it.

Thanks for the birthday wishes people :) Though kind of happy to let them go by unnoticed… :) )

SH*T!!!

Published on April 11, 2006 in Uncategorized. 2 Comments

I just posted a really big one, and it made me log back in and now I lost it :( Bugger it, can’t be bothered doing it all AGAIN. Basically, all good here :)

Back home

Published on April 10, 2006 in Uncategorized. 3 Comments

Actually was home when I posted the last blog, but I did write it while away. Sitting here drinking my Myoplex Lite – ahhh, my daily treat. Wonder how long that will last. I have my skin folds this Thursday, and then I think Richie will update my program and diet. My weight this past week hasn’t really changed much, a bit up and down, but this mornings reading is the lowest yet. My thigh and ab skin folds have definitely reduced (I take them with my own calipers, but Waves has some really smicko accurate ones so I go see Damien for my ‘official’ ones). Just finished my chest and tris session – quick and intense, just how I like it. I was going to do the 2 in 1 thing, train then cardio, but it had been too long since my first meal and I needed to eat! I will go back for another stint later tonight before dinner.

Back to the wedding. It was nice, as all weddings usually are. I do find it VERY difficult to not drink some wine when out socially. I don’t care about the food so much, but it just feels ODD to sit there sipping on water while everyone else is hoeing in to the grog :) Of course, the next day I was very happy that I did – while watching others looking and feeling very seedy :)

I was pretty hungry by the time I got my meal – as I didn’t have an entree it was a bit long in between meals for me. Chicken was nice, broccoli had bugs and black things in it (that one’s for you Brendan) :) So I didn’t eat my broccoli. I got home around midnight I suppose, then finished the rest of my book (Last Witness, Jilliane Hoffman – excellent book!). I didn’t get a great sleep, so was a little ragged in the morning. We ALMOST stayed another night as we just could not be fagged driving home. Damien was in a much worse state than me! In the end it was even more trouble to stay (cooking, training, working etc) than to just get in the car and push through it! So, we did that. I drove most of the way home, then had a nap between Renmark and Mildura. Got home at 4pm, then Damien dropped me at the gym so I could train legs and biceps, then I walked home, 50 minute walk. Training and cardio done :) I called my friend Shazza on the way home, we haven’t spoken for way too long and I thought it would be a great way to make the walk go quickly – and it was, we talked the whole way home.

I did a step class last week as part of my cardio – it was nice to do something different, and I will incorporate more classes into my cardio routine from now on.

Time to go and call Di, and hear all about her win on the weekend! Have a great day everyone.

In Adelaide

Published on April 9, 2006 in Uncategorized. 2 Comments

Just came home to have a bite to eat before the reception – chicken and veg. It’s been pretty hectic so far. I’m having a lovely birthday – Damien bought me a Jag wallet, which I was desperately in need of, no matter how much I pretended I wasn’t :) Quite ironic really, as I left my wallet at home, in my gym bag!! I didn’t realize until I came to pay Kim for a posing lesson! Whoops. Speaking of, that went well, all my poses were pretty much spot on, we tweaked the chest pose a bit, and also worked on my relaxed stance pose which I am now really happy with. One tip in particular she gave has REALLY helped. I even practically learnt my whole routine! I felt like such an unco! Kim had it worked out, and so I mimicked her with the moves. Was quite funny at times :) I am so not a natural – can’t pick it up in one go. By the end of the hour though I was doing pretty good. I got most of it on camera video – before it went flat :( Kim is going to video it for me onto dvd so that will be great. There is still about 15 seconds left for her to put together, and then she will mail it to me. She also told me about a Musclemania show she is organizing later in the year, and is going to send me some info in case I am interested. Think it may clash with INBA states/Nationals, but will see. Kim commented on my back from the front on symmetry pose – she asked if I’d been working on it. I’ve always had a decent back, but when I spread my lats I have a good V shape, even from the front view. She had a look at my diet also. I will probably come back and see her in 4 or 5 weeks, and go through everything again. She is just awesome.

I also got news from Jo Rogers, that my bikini is ready!! She said it’s gorgeous, that even her partner commented on it (which apparently doesn’t happen very often). So, I can’t wait to see it. Then it will be onto bikini number 2! There are a few different ideas I have had, so I may end up getting 3. Jo and I talked about one that she has been wanting to do for awhile, it sounds beautiful – that is my next one. Then there is another I am going to see if she can do – I have a bracelet with lots of beading, crystals, sequins and pearls on it – I want her to copy it onto a bikini! I’ve taken photos and will send her when I get home to see if she can do it. The colour is gorgeous so I hope she can replicate it.

I went walking/jogging around the streets of Adelaide this morning. Then on the way back I did a little shopping. Gawd I neeeeeeed to go shopping properly. I need a few days! I hate shopping in a hurry. But, a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do – if I have only 30 minutes, I will do my best :) I got some adidas tracky daks at HS, size 8, little bit tight but give me 3 or 4 weeks. Then, I found a hairpiece in exactly the right colour!!! It’s very long, and rather boofy, so I am hoping my whiz of a hairdresser can do something with it. Also bought some accessories to wear with my dress to the wedding, all bargains at half price! So, I did very well in a short space of time.

Got the call, so off to the wedding. Chicken and veg for dinner. PB for when I get home.

Just found out that Di won her class at the All Girl QLD show, well done Di!!!! xx

I’m back!

Published on April 6, 2006 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments

Things are ticking along nicely. Have been very busy, hence no recent updates. I did my training followed by cardio again this morning – it’s good to get them out of the way together, but boy, by the end of the 50 min cardio session, I am starting to feel a bit wonky. It’s day 3 of low carbs today so have been feeling pretty tired. I did train well though. I had my first crappy training session yesterday. Legs and bis. I was feeling fatigued, not recovered from previous workout and I was tired and hungry. But, I made it through, and couldn’t wait to get home to my protein frappe! My favourite part of the day! How sad! High carb day tomorrow, so I am once again looking forward to that. Travelling in the car tomorrow, so tonight I have cooked up all my food for the weekend – veggies, tuna, sweet potato, potato – and already have the chicken cooked and frozen so will just defrost it overnight. I shouldn’t have to even cook anything (except eggs perhaps) while away. I have pre requested my chicken/veg meal at the wedding.

Will be seeing Kim at 2 pm for an hour and half posing session. I didn’t get around to doing any this week so this will be the first time I have donned my 6 inch heels for awhile – an hour and half of posing will have me SORE. I’ve decided to train before I leave tomorrow, rather than have a day off. Then I will just do cardio on Saturday, instead of both cardio and training – only so much can be done when you have to go to a wedding! Then cardio before we leave, and back in time to train before the gym closes at 5pm!

I’m feeling a bit weary tonight, so I will pack my bags and then have a pretty early night.

I have most of my work done, so don’t have to worry too much over the weekend. I do have an article to write for Women’s Fitness & Health, sometime over the weekend. Probably on the drive down tomorrow!

Hopefully Kim will also have some good ideas together for my routine, she has had my music for awhile now but this is the first time I have seen her since start of Feb.