Check-up

Hey guys! 

Are you enjoying your weekend so far? Well, mine just started kind of awesome! I just came home from our second check-up at J-M.B.'s. Honestly I thought he wouldn't be satisfied at all, because I wasn't... But that's the biggest problem with competitors, you are never really satisfied with yourself and you don't really see the changes because you see yourself everyday in the mirror. You don't even notice the difference until you look at a before/after pic. 

So, now about the check-up:

Jean-marie took the usual pictures of us, but I also posed fitness-style , meaning different from my shape-poses. For now, I only want to compete in 'shape' class, while he thinks fitness would fit me too, that's why I also posed differently. But let's see how my body reacts and how it will change during this whole process of shredding...

For those who don't know yet, you have 3 different categories for women; shape , fitness and figure. 'Shape' is the one you mostly see on Instagram that is also called 'bikini'. 'Fitness' is something between real bodybuilding and 'shape' , well and 'figure' is real body building for women. But when I am talking about bodybuilding, I am not talking about the category but about the whole process of building your body. Got it? ok...

After this,my ego and motivation was pushed to the absolut limits as my coach was pretty satisfied with my results after only two weeks. Great, isn't it? Then he measured my BFP (BodyFatPercentage)... Hold yourself... It decreased by 4%, in only 2 weeks!!! That's what I call an AWESOME start of the weekend!!! 

I really needed this ego-booster as I was feeling a bit down yesterday evening because I thought I wouldn't have made any positive changes, but now that I looked at the pictures from now and then, wow...! 

Jean-marie also changed my diet for the next two weeks, meaning no carbs in the evening for me anymore, and a fewer carbs during the day. Plus, instead of oat-bran, pineapple-juice and chicken ham, I now have quinoa-crackers with STRAWBERRIES and chicken ham on my rest-days. I am already looking forward to the next week hehe. 

Now I got to go again, I still need to study a bit today because this afternoon I am going to look for my first pair of competition heels already as I will have a posing work-shop next weekend! 

See you soon!

Let's get it on!

Finally it's Monday again! 

Fail to prepare, prepare to fail!

I know this might sound weird, but today is a very special day for me! 

I am entering a new village in the world of Fitness... the village called 'preparation'!

So today I will start my preparation for my very first bikini competition which will be in the winter-wonderland season this year!

Nobody told you it is going to be easy!

Sir Ken from Dumbbell and I went grocery shopping last weekend to get all the food and supplements we need to get started! Fortunately we have a 'Provencale' here in Luxembourg, which makes it way easier to get bigger quantities at a normal price! 

We bought meat , veggies and carbs for 2 weeks so we don't have to go grocery shopping every single week. 

Me taking a selfie while cutting beef hehe

That's a lot of Turkey! 

I love chicken!

And fish!

Of course there are things such as pineapples , tomatoes and cucumbers that taste better when they are fresh, which means that I still have to go and buy these things once a week. 

As we got the whole food last week, I already prepared meat into several portions for the next two weeks, so that we only have to take them out of the freezer, thaw them and cook them. It's as easy as that! 

Let's get whey-sted! These are Ken's and mine!

I have to say that I am really excited to start my preparation, not only because it's something new but also because I have never seen myself shredded before. I wonder how my body and my mind will change during this whole period! Unfortunately I won't have any cheat-meal until after the competitions, but hey! How are you supposed to have a good form on stage when you're eating crap once a week?! 

The rest of our food for the next two weeks!YUMMY!

Of course I will keep you updated every day via my Instagram and my Facebook page, and I will write a review after this first month. So stay tuned! 

Make your week successful!