Day 3!!

So I didn't wake up as early as I wanted to today but today was my easy day. I just needed to run 2 miles and tomorrow I get a rest day. My shins kind of hurt :( so running today was a little rough but I did it! Also my hammies are sore as hell... gotta love the warrior dead lifts!

I stayed pretty on point with my nutrition today. I had a slice of 7 grain bread toasted with a tbs of peanut butter with a whole banana on top. I had a large salad that had olives, red onions, mushrooms, cucumber, and fat free Italian dressing. For snacks I had coconut Greek yogurt with almond slivers and dark chocolate pieces and a hard boiled egg.

I made a yummy dinner tonight! Healthy No Boil Lasagna with about 3 cups of mixed greens and 2 table spoons of fat free Cesar dressing.

I am also drinking a ridiculous amount of water!

Have a great night!!

xoxo Kaila

Day 1 Photos!!

Alrighty as promised I am posting my Day 1 photos today! I am so proud of these pictures! I had taken some of myself at the beginning of the year (not going to show until this whole thing is over) but the progress I have made since January 2nd to now is just so exciting!!! I have never seen my body look this good and I am giving myself one hell of a pat on the back!

So here they are :) I cannot wait to take these pictures again at the end of the month and check my progress!!

Today I learned that the hardest part about competing is not the work outs... but the nutrition side of it. It is broken down to a serious science and it is actually difficult to meal prep and plan in the beginning. Not to mention the fact that my weekends are so busy right now that I didn't even make it to the grocery store this weekend. With that being said I know that I am going to be challenged with my food tomorrow :( Dang! My plan is to wake up early and actually eat breakfast at home. I am trying to decide wither I should wake up and run in the morning or if I should run when I get home tomorrow. I'm thinking in the morning because my nights are kind of hectic and that takes one more thing off my list of things I need to do tomorrow night.

Today I did 2 rounds of this work out video and whooped my ass. I also went on a really long walk today on a rough terrain.

I had a 2 parts whites 1 part whole egg and turkey sausage omelet this morning for breakfast, a protein shake with a banana for lunch, home made baked corn chips and guacamole for a snack and a 6 oz piece of corned beef and cabbage and a yummy salad for dinner.

I am so excited I cant wait until I compete!!!

xoxo Kaila

Day One in the Books!!

Hey everyone! Checking in for day 1...

Today didn't quite go exactly to my plan but I did at least accomplish a few things on my list today! My goal for today was to do 2 rounds of the following work outs:

High Knees 60 seconds
Reverse Lunge Step Ups (right) 20 reps- using dumbbells
High Side Plank Reach Through (right) 20 reps
Reverse Lunge Step Ups (left) 20 reps- using dumbbells
High Side Plank Reach Through (left) 20 reps
Temple Tap Abs 20 reps
Plank Jumps 20 reps
Plank Jacks 20 reps
1 leg hip thrust 20 reps (right then left)

I also planned on doing Yoga as well as a 2 mile run.

So I got up bright and early this morning at 7 am and made my green tea and off to yoga I went :) My town has this awesome donation based yoga class every Saturday morning so I have added that to my work out plan every Saturday while I am training for this competition. I have been going for a little over a month now and I love it! Today she made us SWEAT!

I wanted to go tanning and I also stopped at a few garage sales on the way home cause I cant pass one up (I'm a treasure hunter) the problem with this was that I didn't eat breakfast until 10:30 when I should have eaten something either before yoga or after then had a snack at 10:30. I will learn better for next time.

For breakfast I had:
1/2 cup dry oatmeal
1/2 tbs flax seed
1/2 tbs chia seed
1/2 tbs honey
1 Turkey sausage patty
1 egg
1 Banana

I then took my little princess to her T-ball practice and enjoyed the nice weather we are having! I went to the spa after that to get a facial and sit in a Slimpod for 30 minutes in a sauna suite. Have you ever tried that? It is crazy! The Slimpod gets up to 178 degrees while you are laying in a sauna suite designed to make you sweat like crazy. It gets really really hot and super gross. It is supposed to leach out your toxins and help you lose weight. I weighed myself before and after and lost about a pound and the super gross part was that I had like 3 tablespoons of sweat that was at the foot of my sauna suite (sorry this is nasty) but what freaked me out was that the sweat was a light brown color. I asked the Spa lady why it was brown and she said that was toxins that were leached out with my sweat! Not to mention the fact that I burned 250 calories just laying there and I guess you continue to burn calories for the next 12 hours after using the Slimpod. Cool stuff if you ever get the chance to try it.

By the time I made it home it was 2:30 and I had not eaten since I ate breakfast. For lunch I had:

2 cups of mixed greens
6oz of chicken breasts
2 tbs of poppy seed dressing

I cleaned out the garage while my food was digesting then started my work out rounds. I was only able to make it through one round and I didn't get my run in. I started doing the second round and got through high knees and the first side of the reverse lunges and then went to go do the side plank reach through and my body said no... I listened. I know that I did not provide my body with enough nutrition to power through my work out but I plan to make it through my work out tomorrow.

I finished with a Protein shake:
1 scoop of whey-protein powder chocolate
1 tbs peanut butter
1 banana
2 strawberries

For dinner I will be trying to play catch up with my calories because right now I need them. I can feel it in my body.

Dinner will be:
1 Turkey Burger
1 leaf of lettuce
1 slice tomato
Avocado
1 tsp ketchup
1 tsp mayo
1 tsp mustard
Sweet Potato Fries

I will also have another snack later this evening although not sure yet as to what it will be. Maybe some yogurt with flax seeds and wheat germ or a hard boiled egg.

So... that was my first day :)

See you tomorrow

xoxo Kaila

Oh my gosh I am so excited!!

Okay so I have been seeing and reading a TON of blogs about these amazing women who have logged their crazy time getting up on that stage! I have got to tell ya I am completely inspired by these women! So I have decided hey... what the heck... maybe I will give it a shot.

I have had probably 5 blogs over the years that I have tried to get going and haven't found something that I can be passionate about to keep it going long enough to do anything with it. So I have decided to share this journey with you in hopes that it will work out.It's kind of crazy that I am going to do this, I mean like I am not the type of person who gets lean and tan and then gets up on stage in a bikini but my why is a whole lot more important to me.

 Why have I decided to do this?

 Like a lot of things in my life I always half start things then never finish. Sadly my fitness life is very much like my blogging habits. I get going and really push for a month or so then I go back to the way I was... even now as I sit here and type this I have literally gone 2 weeks without working out and I was on a good track for a while. My excuse is that I am enjoying my last few days of freedom before I undergo a crazy rigorous 12 weeks of training.

 But like I said... hey... what the heck... maybe I will give it a shot.

Even if I don't make it to that stage so long as I try with everything I have I will be proud of the person that I will become. I am excited to compete and I and glad that I am sharing with who ever you are. Who really reads the first post on a blog anyway.

 I'm in it to win it! I start this Saturday March 15, 2014 and the competition is on June 7th. Exactly 12 weeks away! So here is my training plan as of now because I have no idea what I am doing I am going to be following my inspiration Melissa Bender Fitness and I will be following her work out plan for the first month and decide where to go from there. I am using My Fitness Pal for my nutrition tracking and meal planning, a good friend showed it to me and I think its a wonderful tool!

 My daily calorie intake will be 1600 calories with no more than 120 grams of carbs, 53 grams of fat, 160 grams of protein, 2300 grams of sodium, and 49 grams of sugar. I am 5'1" and weigh 135lbs and have 35% body fat. My goal is to get down to 125lbs and have only 15% body fat.

I will post my "before" pictures soon!

 xoxo Kaila