It’s been one hell of a contest prep and I’m pretty sure this will be the leanest I’ve ever stepped on stage. And I’m not quite sure how the hell I did it because it’s been one hell of a month. With the startup of the new business and having to drive two hours to every workout along with my oldest daughter declaring that she’s in love, I have had to cope with a ton without being able to numb the stress and physical pain with food, drink or medications. But ya know what? I made it. I am coming out on the other end thinner, happier, more in control and more sure than I’ve ever been that I can do this.
I’m back!
Posted by redheadlaw7 on April 17th, 2012
I’m sorry it’s been so long since I’ve posted but I’ve been trying my damndest to transfer all of my RHL7 knowledge and insight onto the message boards over at www.fitresolutions.com. I hope all of my readers feel welcome to go check things out and to sign up. We have a really friendly and knowledgeable staff that’s ready to answer any questions that you may have. But don’t worry, I’m going to keep on posting here too, especially now that I’m getting really close to contest time and I’m going to need to vent!
And we’re live!!!
Posted by redheadlaw7 on April 9th, 2012
Well it’s finally happened! The website is up and we are ready to start making your resolutions a reality! Visit www.fitresolutions.com to check out our services, our interactive fit plan and our message boards! You can now have the benefits of all your other favorite fitness and diet sites with the added addition of trainers who are available to walk you through everything and personalize every meal and every workout if you’d like them to!
Stings like a bee.
Posted by redheadlaw7 on April 5th, 2012
Muhammad Ali had some hella good quotes in his day. Here’s one I just found that really hit home today.
”Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
Happy I hung in there!
Posted by redheadlaw7 on April 4th, 2012
Well, after several months of trying to get things moving and a grooving on my site, I sat down with my computer programmer today for several hours and worked out every last detail. It felt like things would never fall into place and that anything that could possibly go wrong would. But I think that we have worked out most of the glitches and have smoothed over the rough edges and the website is more incredible then I could have ever hoped. If everything goes right Fit Resolutions will go live this evening. I will keep all of you posted!
Yes I’m a girl, and Yes I have Muscle.
Posted by redheadlaw7 on April 3rd, 2012
I am just honored and tickled that somebody added this photo on the facebook page “Yes I’m a Girl, And Yes I Have Muscle.” I had no idea my back was so popular! lol.
Who am I doing it for?
Posted by redheadlaw7 on April 3rd, 2012
I sat in the audience of an NPC physique competition for the very first time this weekend and came to the conclusion that the audience is harsh and judgmental. Why wouldn’t they be? They’ve paid tickets to see incredible physiques and if you don’t have one they are going to verbally rip you to shreds.
I also realized just how fleeting even the best moments on stage actually were. Within seconds of each first place competitor leaving the stage, the crowd had already forgotten them and had begun critiquing the next batch of contestants. And in fact, by the time they got around to the figure competitors, most of the audience had left. They had seen their friend and family member do their thing and then took off.
So what am I doing with all of this? Well, I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s all just a battle within myself with myself.The only person’s opinion that really matters in the end is mine. Will I be happy with myself standing on that stage or will I be beating myself up for not doing more? Well I have four weeks to find out which it’s going to be.
McPsychology.
Posted by redheadlaw7 on March 30th, 2012
Here’s a fun article about what McDonalds knows about your brain and how they use it against you. It’s no wonder the golden arches can be so hard to resist.
What motivates me?
Posted by redheadlaw7 on March 28th, 2012
In response to a comment to yesterday’s post I thought I’d share what keeps me eating clean food and passing up MOST but not all of the bad. I guess the best way to describe it is that I’ve learned to delay gratification to some extent.
Whenever I see other people eating food that I’d really love to try sometimes curiosity gets the better of me and I have to take a bite, but if it’s a familiar goody I remind myself that I know what it tastes like and I try to reemember the taste in my mind. I then think about how that taste is only going to last for a second or two and then will be gone…POOF!
My next thought is that the taste is gone, now how do I feel about myself after eating it? I feel weak, I feel vulnerable, and I feel like I’ve failed. I think about how it’s going to make me look. Chances are if it’s something not on my contest plan it’s going to bloat me and make me hold water. I then think about the exercise it’s going to take to undo the indiscretion. And that’s no fun.
I also try to ask myself why I would be eating the food. If it’s not going to serve a functional purpose like spiking insulin after a workout or repair broken down muscle tissue then I’m probably eating it for an emotional reason. I then have to remind myself that the emotion is still going to be there and so will the calories. And now I’ve compounded the problem.
So now I weigh the taste of the food versus all of the negative aspects of the food and I usually decide that a few seconds of pleasure is not worth a day full of grief. It’s that simple. I just continue to make one good choice after another. Whenever I try to think of it big picture I get overwhelmed and feel punished but if I keep it simple and only think about the food choice in front of me it becomes more manageable. This way of thinking has gradually become habit and the choices get easier and easier. It also helps that with every good choice, my goals get closer and closer and results come faster and faster. And believe me, results that stay with you 24-7 are so much more rewarding than the few bites of food that will be all but forgotten within a few hours.
If it ain’t there…
Posted by redheadlaw7 on March 27th, 2012
ya can’t eat it!
Having recently returned from vacation in Orlando, Florida, I’ve realized that although walking around the park watching everyone eat anything and everything in front of me was absolute torture and I had to do everything in my power not to break down and purchase every theme parked themed goodie, it was an absolute breeze to go back to the hotel room in the late afternoons and evenings to not cheat. Why is that? Because we didn’t keep food in the hotel room. It was as easy as that.
Now that I’m home I’m finding it harder and harder not to replace whole foods with protein shakes. Why is that? Because I have every yummy flavor of protein shake lying around here just begging to get shaken up and chugged down. It is infinitely easier to do that and it tastes so much better but I know that this close to a competition it’s a no no. So it looks like I may be having the hubby hide the stuff until after the competition. And yeah…I am that weak!
