I'm 4 weeks out from The 2010 WBFF World Championships, and I am feeling great! Yesterday I was allowed to cheat all day, which was nice, but by the evening I was actually missing my chicken and veggies! Last time I had a cheat day, a bodybuilder friend of mine recommended a few foods to make sure I ate and a few to avoid, and told me to notice how I felt the following days. After following his advice, I felt AMAZING all week! My strength and energy increased immensley, I was sprinting every day as if I was running from an axe murderer, and the glycogen pumped into my muscles was crazy- I had vascularity and size but no bloating or water retention like I normally do when I have cheats. So yesterday I followed the same advice, plus indulged in a few cookies, courtesy of my trainer, Nathan (a friend of his sends him cookies all the time, which he parades in front of me while I'm busting my butt on the gym floor, and I have been drooling over them for a whole month. So finally I got to eat them!).
I need to have big cheat days like this every couple weeks because my metabolism speeds up pretty quickly when dieting and doing cardio, so even though I am able to lean out fast, I lose muscle easily too. Being 5'1" and around 105 lbs, I can't afford to lose too much when I am still 4 weeks out! It's been really different prepping for Worlds, as opposed to WBFF Alberta, because I've only had 8 weeks between the two shows (where for Alberta I had more than three months since the last show I had done). Having only 8 weeks between shows, I have been focusing on maintaining and tweaking, trying to add a bit of size without gaining any fat. So far, so good! Everything is going according to plan.
I'm confident in my physique right now and am feeling great, I feel like I am 2 weeks out instead of 4! I know the next 4 weeks will fly by, and I need to be careful to not peak too early or wear myself out. For the next few weeks, I will be focusing on lifting heavy, training as much as possible with Nathan and the group at Athlete Factory, and practising posing. On Friday night I met with Tanya Theberge to visit and design my suit for Worlds, and after putting both our creative heads together, came up with a really unique idea. My suit is going to be gorgeous! Tanya is so talented, and I love putting her to work with her artistic abilities on my suits! Check out her website, http://www.thebergeswim.com/ to see her swimwear line or for details about custom designed fitness suits and bikinis. I would never get a suit anywhere else! Since she is so artistic, Tanya painted my nails while I was over. They are so "ghetto fabulous," and I lovvvvve them! Check them out:
While I'm on the topic of Tanya and her amazing talent, here is a picture of three of the suits she has made for me so far (people always ask me to see them, so here they are!). She somehow makes every suit feel so perfect and reflective of your personality. Some people don't realize how much of a difference your suit really makes, but after you've worked so hard to get your body on that stage, you need a suit that you can rock it in!
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Katie Noval
WBFF Fitness & Bikini Model
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