Nine Weeks Left to Go!

My stats for the month are as follows:

January 7th -->February 3rd:

Weight: 126lbs--> 122.8lbs



BF: 17%-->15-15.5%
Hips: 35.5"-->34.5"
Waist: 25.25"-->24.75"
Thighs: 21"-->20.25"

Think that this week I will add in afternoon cardio on Monday, Wednesday, and maybe Thursday as well. During this competition prep, I'm trying to see how high I can keep my calories, and still lose body fat. I spent A LOT of time hungry during the last cut, and I'm trying to avoid that as much as possible.

My goal for February is to reach 120 lbs, although it looks like I may exceed my goal!


So I have completed my first 4 weeks of competition prep. Be sure to watch the video to hear about how the month went! I'll have weekly video and photo updates from here on out. Here are my progress photos!

 

New Focus on Legs

So with my upper body and abdominals coming along as nicely as they have, I am now going to switch focus to my lower body. I haven't seen as much progress in my glutes and hamstrings as I would have liked. Although from the left picture, it is obvious that my quadriceps are progressing well. I'm not sure if I'm lacking muscle, or if I still need to lose body fat for those muscles to look more defined.


I might start working my lower body twice a week, and see if the intensity causes progress. I've read that a lot of bikini fitness models do that because so much focus is on the area where the glutes and hamstrings meet. I'm hoping to enter a competition this year, and my lower body is now my problem area. I'm going to fix it!

More progress!

I lost another half inch from my waist, a quater inch in my hips, and gained a quarter inch in my neck this week. I stopped seeing progress one the scale within the last couple weeks, so that means I will have to focus more on progess pictures and the measuring tape. Not such a bad thing really. All that means is that I'm gaining more muscle than I'm losing fat! My abdominals are shaping up so nicely. I'm currently between 18% and 19% body fat.