One week into #FREEDOMPHASE Reverse Diet & I weigh less than I did competition day... WTF?
Trained with Sean Torbati of HPN today!!!
It has been a week since my competition day and I thought I'd end up as a blubbering mess by now! LOL, I'm referring to what happened last year after my first competition. Last year, I binged for 2-3 days, gained 10+ lbs, bloated like a pregnant woman, and was not able to revert back; which was why I decided to just go on and bulk, bulk bulk. NOT THIS TIME!
Patience and self-control was on my side this year. Sure, I celebrated post-contest last week and gobbled up 6-7,000 calories that day; but by the next day, I was back on the grind. In fact, all I did was increase my calories by 200-300 each day from peak week levels to about 2300-2400 calories per day. Guess what? Yesterday's weigh-in was 147.4 lbs. That's -1.1 lbs. less than my weigh-in at my competition! It's funny because I used to think there's some sort of sorcery or magic that can occur in a reverse diet. But logically, there has got to be some sort of explanation.
I believe a small influx of calories or energy for your body will soothe your mind, promote your sense of happiness, thus allowing you to feel better in and out of the training. In training, a happy healthy mind is essential to maximize training. When you are mentally well, you can function optimally, thus training harder and burning more calories. I believe that's what has happened with me. My training has been amazing this week! Increased loads and increased volumes would have definitely maximized my caloric burn daily. Perhaps I should step on stage now! Just kidding, there's so much I want to accomplish before or while I prepare for another show.
A huge exciting milestone occurred today as I had the opportunity to hang out and train with an incredibly intelligent and overall stand up guy Sean Torbati of HPN HPNFormula1.com and old friend and former client Robert Recinos. I am a huge fan of HPN! They are an amazing example of what a responsible and respectable supplement company should be. HPN's products are produced with the highest of quality, with only ingredients that matter, and you get what you pay for. I love the P3 pre-workout product and am dying to try their newest product, N(r). I just ordered it and will be writing a review of it soon. Stay tuned!
We met up at the 24 Hour Fitness in Arcadia this morning and had an amazing Pull Day. It's important to always maintain a student mentality because there is so much you can learn from other people. Sean is a specialist in sports performance training and nutrition and really emphasized the importance of the "squeeze" in every controlled rep. Essentially, the focal point in our training was the quality of every rep performed, to really emphasize the importance of form, mind-to-muscle connection, and squeeze the hell out of every repetition. The outcome: twitchy and tight biceps and back muscles on the drive home. Thanks, Gents. A much needed post-workout celebration began at Chipotle and ended at Yogurtland. It was delicious. And epic. I had so much fun today! I made a new friend and I am acknowledging one of my goals for 2014 that I mentioned in my previous post--to be more social!
Tomorrow, Robert and I will be training at the "mecca," Gold's Gym Venice with a few friends! I'm so excited about that as well! Check back in a few days and I'll give you the scoop and the reveal of who our friends are! Have a good one and happy holidays!
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