10 Days Out!

Wow, I can't believe it's so close and I'm SO thankful it's nearly here! I feel really good. My body is coming together each day. I eat, sleep and breathe my contest prep at this point.

My workouts are going well. Overall they haven't changed since I started my prep 18 weeks ago. I've been doing them in a circuit format more often now and have been doing a lot more ab work. I'm still lifting heavy. I'm doing 10 55 minute cardio sessions each week and 4 of them are intervals. My food is also good. Carbs are 75g and cycling 2 days @ 100g. So they're pretty low and functionally I'm feeling it. I'm exhausted. I'm taking note of my water and sodium intake now and prepping for next week.

I am so very grateful to have my mom in town right now and she is a savior. With her there I'm able to get out of the house @ 4:45am and get my strength workout and some cardio done in the morning before work. Then my evenings after work are free for Noah and handling clients and my other cardio session fits in at the end of the day. AND she's doing laundry and cooking and things so I don't have to worry about it. I don't know what I'd do without her at this point!

As fantastic as I feel about my progress, I'm exhausted. My body is wearing out on me. I've been going 18 weeks strong without a break and I'm looking forward to some recovery time. I'm getting headaches from a romboid, pec, SCM issue and I have a muscle smasm in the middle of my back since last night's workout. I definitely need a week off to let my body recover. The week after I'm going to do yoga each day and that's it...well and of course plan my next contest prep :)