Road to the BNBF Welsh Qualifiers 2011 - Progess Journal

[Steedie]

About to do my shopping for peak week

It consists of an exciting mix of ingredients, a chefs delight, if I was on Ready Steady Cook, and unveiled this as my bag of goodies, the crowd would cheer in delight

Asparagus
Spinach
Chewable Vitamin C tablets
Turkey

And that's it. That's my food for the week

Last two days of doing two hours of cardio as well this weekend. So I'm excited. And after Tuesday, I get my mornings back, no more AM cardio yay so I'm even more excited about that

Feeling good today, weighed myself and I'm 69.8kg. I never ever thought I could be this light and this is drinking 10-12 litres of water a day and 100g carbs so next week it will drop with water weight going

 

[Steedie]

Got the plans for next week sorted now, I feel so much better, a, because I know what's going on and b, because it's not too bad. Especially as I no longer have to do AM cardio, just the 1 session a day after workouts. So I get my mornings back YAY

My diet is as expected, my only carbs meal is oats in the morning with 5 eggs (5 whites, 2 yolks). Can't wait to have eggs again. And apart from that, it's just turkey and salad or White fish and salad. So about 25-30g carbs a day and that's it. No more shakes either

Water increases throughout the week until the Saturday before, when I stop water intake altogether about 4pm that day.

And there's a few secret weapons in there, that he might not want me to discuss as he did say secret, but I'm excited

Unfortunately Robs decided we're not going to have that much of a carb up, might be a risk, might not. But he's playing it safe as it's my first show and he doesn't want me to come in looking full but watery and bloated. So I may be a tad bit flat but that's better than looking soft.

 

[Skillmister]

Sounds good Tough, but good. Looking forward to seeing the result

 

[icecold]

Looking forward to the big day so I can perve on the results

Keep it up mate, ignore the haters!

 

[J.T]

Glad to hear you are sorted with plans Steedie, now get your game face on and kick some butt!

 

[Steedie]

Yay it's peak week!!!

Just had my nicest breakfast for 20 weeks! 5 eggs, 40g oats and some black coffee, was so good. And getting up at 7:30am instead of 6am like I have for the last 8 weeks was soooo good

Man I feel good this morning

 

[Desmo]

Good going Steedie, stick with it and not long to go now

Hoping my throat/chest/voice recovers enough by the weekend so I can continue my foghorn shouting.

 

[Steedie]

Cheers Desmo looking forward to meeting you two.

I don't suppose you have any pics of the lightweight category from the Southern show? Just interested to see what the standard was like

 

[Scrutinize]

Any update pics mate? or you saving it for the show.

 

[Desmo]

Scott Galton won the class this year. I don't have any pics but if you search him on Google Images you'll see some near the top. He usually pics up Best Wheels as well.

 

[Desmo]

I should add to that that whilst it's good to get a rough idea of the general standard, it doesn't really matter who turns up to another event or how good they were at their show. All that matters is you turn up being the best you can be. It's all you can do. If there is somebody at your show in better condition, there's nothing you can do about it. If you sit there looking at people's pictures or others there on the day, you'll only see their best points and compare it to your worst. After this is all done, you'll probably see it as a personal battle with yourself

 

[Desmo]

There's 16 entires at the moment for your classes which they will split by weight on the day so you'll be looking at around 5-6 of you up there competing. That's a nice little size there, enough to get some decent competition but not too many that you'll get lost amongst everyone else

 

[Steedie]

16 for the lightweights?!

How do they split that up usually?

 

[Desmo]

Not 16 in the lightweights as such. The BNBF have changed the way they break down the classes now. There are 16 in total for the Mr classes which will be split between the lights, middle and heavy classes. Everyone will be weighed on the day and then they split the classes depending on how the weight splits fall. It stops people worrying about having to make a certain weight and means you'll be competing against similar weights on the day, although obviously there can still be quite a weight difference. The splits might not be totally equal in numbers, but you should have a decent 5-6 I reckon. There's 11 guys mixing it up in the novices

 

[Desmo]

Actually, it's a pretty decent turn out overall

Teens 6
Junior 3
Masters 4
Over 50 3
Novice 11
Miss Figure 8
Mr classes 16
Miss Physique 3

 

[BrightonBelle]

I only took pics of the girls and the grandads from last year so it seems!!!

BB x

 

[J.T]

Not long now Steedie, how are things going in the last week for you mate?

 

[Steedie]

Going well mate

Seeing changes every day as more and more lines come in, especially my legs. Weight isn't going down but then with the amount of water I'm drinking it's not surprising

Really enjoying my food too, spinach is so good, especially when you've had nothing but rice every day lol. And eggs in the morning are just heaven

Last cardio day today, then it's one more workout tomorrow, then that's it, done until the big day

 

[MoNkeE]

Good luck mate I'm off suit shopping on Saturday for a mates wedding so doubtful there'll be much point in me coming down on Saturday and staying the night. Think I'll just come straight down in the morning..........?

Unless any local people can tell me it's worth going down for mid-evening Saturday?!

 

[J.T]

Mmmmmm Food! I bet thats a good feeling after eating the same things for so long.

Keep up the good work mate and see you Sunday.