Hibiscus09's Competition Progress Pics Thread - Page 22

hibiscus09 · 04-13-2006, 02:00 PM

Thanks guys!

I was posting here last night, but then the dang computer kept screwing up so I couldn't finish saying hello to everyone. :boink:

This body definitely needs some help to be bikini ready! I've been lazy and bad!

DarkFalcon · 04-13-2006, 06:33 PM

Hey Hibby the IMPC is an online bodybuilding contest we are holding here. Unfortunately you missed the deadline now even if you wanted to enter. You should check it out though, most of the girls on the site are entered in it.

GameDayDog · 04-13-2006, 07:16 PM

Congrats on the A - Powersmurf!!! I can't even IMAGINE you being outta shape!!!

Peace..~G

Trick D · 04-13-2006, 08:52 PM

Keep up the good work hibby...

RaSP · 04-13-2006, 09:22 PM

Hey Hibby. Good to see you.

I swear by carb cylcing. I just finished using it for a cut and am now trying it for a bulk . The cut was the only time I've *ever* kept (even gained) muscle and lost fat. It's awesome. Good luck with it.

*R*

pammiejoe6 · 04-14-2006, 01:04 AM

hey there sweet hibby! so great to see yo in my log! hows you?

JJ_Sungirl · 04-14-2006, 03:56 AM

Hello hibiscus,

Just popping in to say hello. Dnyc99 invited me to this site. Its a great place y'all have here. Have a nice weekend

hibiscus09 · 04-15-2006, 05:13 PM

Hi pammie and jj! I'm doing great!

I'll workout in about an hour or so -- back/bis -- right now I'm just visiting to show you guys the Easter baskets I just put together for my kiddies. Brittany graduates from college in May, so I figure she'll like the graduation Snoopy.

JJ_Sungirl · 04-15-2006, 08:11 PM

Too cute! Your daughter will love it. Today is back/bis for me too. I love a good grind doing pull ups. Have a great easter!!!

hibiscus09 · 04-15-2006, 09:04 PM

Thanks, JJ! I skipped pullups today -- and this will make you realize how old I am - -because I slept on my shoulder funny LAST weekend & it still hurts! LOL I had a rotator cuff injury about 4 years ago and the thing still flares up and bothers me at times. :p I did get in a good back/bis workout, however!

Okie dokie -- I did back/bis today. I felt like supersetting to get through it faster.

Warmup 10 minutes to "I Can Only Imagine" by Mercy Me -- put me in a nice Easter spirit.

Wide Grip Pulldowns ss with Alternating Bicep Curls

Pulldowns

10 reps X 60lbs
10 reps X 70lbs
10 reps X 80lbs
8 reps X 90lbs

Bicep Curls*normally I can do 25s and even 30s at times. I guess supersetting kicked my bootay.

10 reps each arm X 15lb dbs
10 reps @ 20lb dbs
10 reps @ 20lb dbs
7 reps @ 20lb dbs, 5 reps @ 15lb dbs

Close Grip Seated Rows ss with EZ Bar Bicep Curls

Rows

10 reps X 60lbs
10 reps X 70lbs
10 reps X 80lbs

Curls

10 reps X 30lbs
10 reps X 40lbs
10 reps X 40lbs

Good Mornings

10 reps X 30lbs
10 reps X 50lbs
10 reps X 70lbs

Hammer Curls ss with Bent Over DB Rows

Hammers

10 reps each arm X 15lb dbs
10 reps @ 20lb dbs

Bent Over DB Rows

10 reps X 20lb dbs
10 reps X 25lb dbs

That was all!

JJ_Sungirl · 04-16-2006, 10:10 PM

Hibby,

When are you set to compete this year? Just curious.

hibiscus09 · 04-17-2006, 03:20 AM

I'm not! LOL Thanks for asking.

I competed twice last year in figure and it was all fine and dandy -- I placed 1st in one contest and 3rd in the other -- and the experience was interesting. It was nice to see I was dedicated enough to make it through it all. HOWEVER

-- somewhere along the line I stopped enjoying working out and the benefits of stress relief I got from it -- and started disliking working out and being stressed by it. I also just didn't feel healthy getting so lean, stressing my body so much, the water depletion, the rebound period after the contest, etc.

I've gone through so many phases with my workout life. At one point I was leg pressing 815lbs and squatting 215lbs, pulling sleds, etc. Then, I started trying to be kinder to my body and backing off on the weights. Next, I got the wild hair that I was going to compete before I became elderly. Now, I'm working hard to get back to where I was in my thinking and just enjoying working out and having a healthy lifestyle, without it being the thing I focus on most in my life.

Anyway, I'm not knocking it and certainly understand the dedication it takes to get contest ready. It's just not something I want to do again. I'd rather just cheer others on.

JJ_Sungirl · 04-17-2006, 07:48 AM

No wonder you are so insanely strong...look at your workouts! WOW!!!:weight_li I can only hope to be as strong as you... just on an aside..I am competing this year to add it to my resume and train other competitors. Being a personal trainer, it is a good skill to have...anyways, I love your attitude and your workouts.

hibiscus09 · 04-17-2006, 01:12 PM

Very cool! I hope you do fantastic with the competition! It really is an exciting time -- going out on stage and all!

Good luck to you!

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a nice Easter weekend! We sure did!

I don't know if I've posted here what I'm doing with my nutrition right now -- the carb cycling codex from t-nation. Anyhoo, here's what's been going on for the last few weeks:

Week 1, April 4

Weight: 119.4lbs
Bodyfat: 16.2%
Lean Mass: 100.2lbs
Blubber (and other stuff): 19.4lbs

Measurements:

Waist: 25"
Hips: 35.5" :boink:
Thighs: 21"
Calves: 14.5"
Bicep: 10.5" (not flexed) 11.5" flexed
Shoulders: 40"

Week 2, April 12*This first weighin doesn't count

as I'm seriously starting my plan today. It was a first week of indecision (at the beginning) and then debauchery (at the end) with my sister at Hilton Head Island.

Weight 121lbs
Bodyfat 16.3% [+.1] :boink:

Week 3, April 17

Weight: 122.2 (*some of that may be bloat from all the carbs I've been eating the last two days)
Bodyfat: 15.7% *Eureka :nosthumbs -- a little progress
Lean Mass: 103.01 *doubtful -- I'm betting bloat.
Blubber: 19.18

*I'll just do the body measurements monthly.

According to Katch-McArdle's formula:

My BMR is 1,351.72
Multiplied by my activity factor (I think I chose moderate, which is 1.55)
We get: 2,095 calories. Tom Venuto says to start reducing gradually for fat loss by subtracting 20%. So, 2,095 - 419 = 1,676 calories.

Carb cycling with high carb days on legs & back workout days, medium carbs on Chest/tris, and shoulder workout days, lower carbs on the other three days.

I'll start with these numbers:

High Day: 1,835 calories -- 180P/200C/35F
Moderate Days: 1,615 calories -- 180P/160C/35F
Lower Carb Days: 1,515 calories -- 180P/120C/35F

I'll go with that until I plateau & then slowly start bringing the carb #s down across the board by 20 carbs each week or two starting Wednesday.

The carbs will be eaten in the first three meals with 30% in first meal, 40% post workout, and 30% in third meal. The other three meals will be protein/fat/fibrous veggies.

Oh, and I'm trying to stay away from processed foods, and dairy and wheat products. I will eat fruit twice a day before lunch, keep my fiber up with the fruit (and veggies I'll be eating later), and drink five 24 oz. water bottles a day. My fat sources will be eggs, extra virgin olive oil, walnuts, any lean red meat I eat, and salmon.

I may take a few supps: BCAAs, multivitamin, vitamin C, B-50, Calcium/magnesium, glutamine, sometimes a whey shake, L-Carnitine and perhaps later in the game, some Lipo 6. I dunno yet If I missed anything feel free to point it out to me.

That's all. :p

Happy Monday!!

vanessa40 · 04-18-2006, 03:12 PM

Hi,
I loved the easter basket. They were very nice. I love how detailed your journal is. I can learn a lot from you. Have a wonderful day..

Vanessa

RaSP · 04-19-2006, 12:14 AM

As usual your diet looks great. Can't wait to see if the miracle of carb cycling does for you what it did for me.

*R*

hibiscus09 · 04-19-2006, 02:17 PM

If that's you in the avi, RaSP, I can't wait either!

Hi Vanessa! Thanks so much!

Today marks the second week of my plan and I'm dropping carbs by 20 across the board -- so high days will be 180 carbs, moderate, 140, and low, 100.

Have to work today. :p Yuck!

**Fitnfirm** · 04-19-2006, 02:32 PM

Hi Hibby, How tall are you???? Ive been reading your log from the start over several weeks. You are a real inspiration!!!!!!!! Sometimes when you turn your hobby into a "job" it becomes not enjoyable anymore, I can relate with you on that. Keep up the hard work girl!!!!!!! Have any recent pics for the start of this logging your doing now w/ carb cycling?

04-13-2006, 07:16 PM	#633
GameDayDog The Dawg Is Back!! Join Date: May 2005 Location: Doin Compound Movements 4 Scooby Snacks! Posts: 1,915 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 32	Congrats on the A - Powersmurf!!! I can't even IMAGINE you being outta shape!!! Peace..~G __________________ I am Thee Alpha.. RaSP is Thee oMEGA.. Between the 2 of us - We have everythyng covered... I want to be bigger than all the humans!! "I'm sure I should be doing cardio too....but I don't run from anything...so why practice?" - 1stInDoor Goal - 200#'s 5/27/07 - 4/27/07 - 175# 3/27/07 - 167#

04-13-2006, 09:22 PM	#635
RaSP Pro Stature Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: 66.239.233.115:8080 Posts: 930 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 30	Hey Hibby. Good to see you. I swear by carb cylcing. I just finished using it for a cut and am now trying it for a bulk . The cut was the only time I've ever kept (even gained) muscle and lost fat. It's awesome. Good luck with it. R __________________ ~~~Dumb Animal~~~ I am Thee oMega.. GameDayDog is Thee Alpha.. But GameDayDog Hasn't been here for ever... 6'4" @ 201. Finally got back to 500lb deadlift.

04-19-2006, 12:14 AM	#646
RaSP Pro Stature Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: 66.239.233.115:8080 Posts: 930 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 30	As usual your diet looks great. Can't wait to see if the miracle of carb cycling does for you what it did for me. R __________________ ~~~Dumb Animal~~~ I am Thee oMega.. GameDayDog is Thee Alpha.. But GameDayDog Hasn't been here for ever... 6'4" @ 201. Finally got back to 500lb deadlift.

04-13-2006, 02:00 PM	#631
hibiscus09 IMPC Contestant Join Date: May 2005 Location: South Carolina Posts: 986 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 16	Thanks guys! I was posting here last night, but then the dang computer kept screwing up so I couldn't finish saying hello to everyone. :boink: This body definitely needs some help to be bikini ready! I've been lazy and bad!

04-13-2006, 06:33 PM	#632
DarkFalcon I've got a RAGING clue! Join Date: May 2005 Location: dnyc99's cleaning staff Posts: 11,511 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 299	Hey Hibby the IMPC is an online bodybuilding contest we are holding here. Unfortunately you missed the deadline now even if you wanted to enter. You should check it out though, most of the girls on the site are entered in it.

04-14-2006, 01:04 AM	#636
pammiejoe6 Pink Members Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: south texas Posts: 4,178 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 85	hey there sweet hibby! so great to see yo in my log! hows you?

04-14-2006, 03:56 AM	#637
JJ_Sungirl Pink Members Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Vancouver, B.C. Posts: 1,421 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 27	Hello hibiscus, Just popping in to say hello. Dnyc99 invited me to this site. Its a great place y'all have here. Have a nice weekend

04-15-2006, 08:11 PM	#639
JJ_Sungirl Pink Members Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Vancouver, B.C. Posts: 1,421 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 27	Too cute! Your daughter will love it. Today is back/bis for me too. I love a good grind doing pull ups. Have a great easter!!!

04-15-2006, 09:04 PM	#640
hibiscus09 IMPC Contestant Join Date: May 2005 Location: South Carolina Posts: 986 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 16	Thanks, JJ! I skipped pullups today -- and this will make you realize how old I am - -because I slept on my shoulder funny LAST weekend & it still hurts! LOL I had a rotator cuff injury about 4 years ago and the thing still flares up and bothers me at times. :p I did get in a good back/bis workout, however! Okie dokie -- I did back/bis today. I felt like supersetting to get through it faster. Warmup 10 minutes to "I Can Only Imagine" by Mercy Me -- put me in a nice Easter spirit. Wide Grip Pulldowns ss with Alternating Bicep Curls Pulldowns 10 reps X 60lbs 10 reps X 70lbs 10 reps X 80lbs 8 reps X 90lbs Bicep Curlsnormally I can do 25s and even 30s at times. I guess supersetting kicked my bootay. 10 reps each arm X 15lb dbs 10 reps @ 20lb dbs 10 reps @ 20lb dbs 7 reps @ 20lb dbs, 5 reps @ 15lb dbs Close Grip Seated Rows ss with EZ Bar Bicep Curls* Rows 10 reps X 60lbs 10 reps X 70lbs 10 reps X 80lbs Curls 10 reps X 30lbs 10 reps X 40lbs 10 reps X 40lbs Good Mornings 10 reps X 30lbs 10 reps X 50lbs 10 reps X 70lbs Hammer Curls ss with Bent Over DB Rows Hammers 10 reps each arm X 15lb dbs 10 reps @ 20lb dbs Bent Over DB Rows 10 reps X 20lb dbs 10 reps X 25lb dbs That was all!

04-16-2006, 10:10 PM	#641
JJ_Sungirl Pink Members Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Vancouver, B.C. Posts: 1,421 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 27	Hibby, When are you set to compete this year? Just curious.

04-17-2006, 03:20 AM	#642
hibiscus09 IMPC Contestant Join Date: May 2005 Location: South Carolina Posts: 986 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 16	I'm not! LOL Thanks for asking. I competed twice last year in figure and it was all fine and dandy -- I placed 1st in one contest and 3rd in the other -- and the experience was interesting. It was nice to see I was dedicated enough to make it through it all. HOWEVER -- somewhere along the line I stopped enjoying working out and the benefits of stress relief I got from it -- and started disliking working out and being stressed by it. I also just didn't feel healthy getting so lean, stressing my body so much, the water depletion, the rebound period after the contest, etc. I've gone through so many phases with my workout life. At one point I was leg pressing 815lbs and squatting 215lbs, pulling sleds, etc. Then, I started trying to be kinder to my body and backing off on the weights. Next, I got the wild hair that I was going to compete before I became elderly. Now, I'm working hard to get back to where I was in my thinking and just enjoying working out and having a healthy lifestyle, without it being the thing I focus on most in my life. Anyway, I'm not knocking it and certainly understand the dedication it takes to get contest ready. It's just not something I want to do again. I'd rather just cheer others on.

04-17-2006, 07:48 AM	#643
JJ_Sungirl Pink Members Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Vancouver, B.C. Posts: 1,421 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 27	No wonder you are so insanely strong...look at your workouts! WOW!!!:weight_li I can only hope to be as strong as you... just on an aside..I am competing this year to add it to my resume and train other competitors. Being a personal trainer, it is a good skill to have...anyways, I love your attitude and your workouts.

04-17-2006, 01:12 PM	#644
hibiscus09 IMPC Contestant Join Date: May 2005 Location: South Carolina Posts: 986 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 16	Very cool! I hope you do fantastic with the competition! It really is an exciting time -- going out on stage and all! Good luck to you! Hi everyone! Hope you all had a nice Easter weekend! We sure did! I don't know if I've posted here what I'm doing with my nutrition right now -- the carb cycling codex from t-nation. Anyhoo, here's what's been going on for the last few weeks: Week 1, April 4 Weight: 119.4lbs Bodyfat: 16.2% Lean Mass: 100.2lbs Blubber (and other stuff): 19.4lbs Measurements: Waist: 25" Hips: 35.5" :boink: Thighs: 21" Calves: 14.5" Bicep: 10.5" (not flexed) 11.5" flexed Shoulders: 40" Week 2, April 12This first weighin doesn't count as I'm seriously starting my plan today. It was a first week of indecision (at the beginning) and then debauchery (at the end) with my sister at Hilton Head Island. Weight 121lbs Bodyfat 16.3% [+.1] :boink: Week 3, April 17* Weight: 122.2 (some of that may be bloat from all the carbs I've been eating the last two days) Bodyfat: 15.7% Eureka :nosthumbs -- a little progress Lean Mass: 103.01 doubtful -- I'm betting bloat. Blubber: 19.18 I'll just do the body measurements monthly. According to Katch-McArdle's formula: My BMR is 1,351.72 Multiplied by my activity factor (I think I chose moderate, which is 1.55) We get: 2,095 calories. Tom Venuto says to start reducing gradually for fat loss by subtracting 20%. So, 2,095 - 419 = 1,676 calories. Carb cycling with high carb days on legs & back workout days, medium carbs on Chest/tris, and shoulder workout days, lower carbs on the other three days. I'll start with these numbers: High Day: 1,835 calories -- 180P/200C/35F Moderate Days: 1,615 calories -- 180P/160C/35F Lower Carb Days: 1,515 calories -- 180P/120C/35F I'll go with that until I plateau & then slowly start bringing the carb #s down across the board by 20 carbs each week or two starting Wednesday. The carbs will be eaten in the first three meals with 30% in first meal, 40% post workout, and 30% in third meal. The other three meals will be protein/fat/fibrous veggies. Oh, and I'm trying to stay away from processed foods, and dairy and wheat products. I will eat fruit twice a day before lunch, keep my fiber up with the fruit (and veggies I'll be eating later), and drink five 24 oz. water bottles a day. My fat sources will be eggs, extra virgin olive oil, walnuts, any lean red meat I eat, and salmon. I may take a few supps: BCAAs, multivitamin, vitamin C, B-50, Calcium/magnesium, glutamine, sometimes a whey shake, L-Carnitine and perhaps later in the game, some Lipo 6. I dunno yet If I missed anything feel free to point it out to me. That's all. :p Happy Monday!!

04-18-2006, 03:12 PM	#645
vanessa40 Pro Stature Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: SC Posts: 211 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 7	Hi, I loved the easter basket. They were very nice. I love how detailed your journal is. I can learn a lot from you. Have a wonderful day.. Vanessa

04-19-2006, 02:17 PM	#647
hibiscus09 IMPC Contestant Join Date: May 2005 Location: South Carolina Posts: 986 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 16	If that's you in the avi, RaSP, I can't wait either! Hi Vanessa! Thanks so much! Today marks the second week of my plan and I'm dropping carbs by 20 across the board -- so high days will be 180 carbs, moderate, 140, and low, 100. Have to work today. :p Yuck!

04-19-2006, 02:32 PM	#648
Fitnfirm Spanky Doodle ! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Muscle Land Posts: 1,821 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 48	Hi Hibby, How tall are you???? Ive been reading your log from the start over several weeks. You are a real inspiration!!!!!!!! Sometimes when you turn your hobby into a "job" it becomes not enjoyable anymore, I can relate with you on that. Keep up the hard work girl!!!!!!! Have any recent pics for the start of this logging your doing now w/ carb cycling?