Back in the Saddle .. You Know You're a Fitness/Figure Competitor When

Today I just worked and worked out and it was lovely. I’ve decided it seems I can give 2 of my 3 priorities 100% attention and effort at any given time, whether it’s work/gym, school/gym or school/work– it’s when you throw in that third component that something gets lost from each. Or for a cutting analogy :p .. it’s as if I only have 2 scoops of whey protein powder left and I can either make 2 full shakes or 3 shakes partial shakes. Any who, today I had a great cardio workout:

Speed HIIT: 1 min @ 6.0, 30 sec at 9.0, repeat for 20 min. At that point I started getting a lil bored, so I switched to

Incline HIIT: Incline at 10.0, 2 min @ 4.0, 30 sec at 8.0, repeat for 10 min. That it was time for

Spin class!

Currently, I’m watching my roommates carve pumpkins. I’m not partaking at the moment because I can become a bit of a perfectionist, it will take me crazy long, and I need to get to bed.

Lots going on this weekend. We’re having a Halloween Party at our house tomorrow, and it’s also my grad school’s Homecoming weekend and they just so happen to be playing my undergrad alma mater! I just have one thing to say.. GO BEARS!

No fun pics today, but I promise the Halloween Party output will make up for it.

I leave you with this.. these always make me laugh, because they’re so true!

You Know Your a Fitness/Figure Competitor When

1. Someone asks about the man in your life and you tell that Gym is fine!
2. Your top three priorities on any given day:
   A. Workout.
   B. Eat. Clean.
   C. Check the fitness forum board.
   Not necessarily in that order.

1. Your idea of dressing up is taking your hair out of the pony tail its been in for a week.
2. If you have had someone close to you, hide food from you in your own house.
3. An easy day is lifting and only 1 cardio session.
4. Instead of carrying a Gucci pursue you accessorize with a Coleman cooler.
5. You leave a little trail of Splenda packets, tupperware, and empty water bottles everywhere you go.
6. You’re able to choke down can after can of tuna with ease.
7. You have more Stevia in your house than table sugar.
8. You think of food in terms of functionality, practicality, and finally taste, rather than the other way around.
9. You think of cardio, not scissors, when you hear the word cutting
10. You’ve learned more about the human body from lifting than in Biology class.
11. You read muscle and fitness magazine for entertainment, not information.
12. You know the difference between oatmeal, rolled oats, and steel oats.
13. You take more pills than your grandma who has arthritis and high blood pressure.
14. You’d rather miss an important meeting or date than a workout.
15. You see the people at your gym more than your family.
16. When you start looking at everybody’s body to see if they workout
17. When you wake up, you check to see if you are sore.. strike that, you note to see if you’re sore one of the multiple times you have to get up to pee during the night for drinking over a gallon of H20
18. The UPS guys knows you by first name from all your BB.com orders
19. When you pee with a stop watch
20. You shirt s tight at the top, but loose at the bottom
21. Regular gym members come to YOU for supplement advice
22. Your friend asks you what you did today? and you reply back/biceps.
23. When you choke down the most disgusting foods for protein content.
24. You have a whole cabinet or shelf just for your supplemenmts
25. You look at the protein content of foods before anything else.
26. You leave a party or social event because you have to go eat meal 7.
27. When u walk by a car and look at your reflection in the window.. especially during cutting
28. When u eat 40 egg whites a week
29. When you feel like crap the day after a workout just because you missed one minute of sleep
30. People ask you at school and work “what the hell do you carry in that bag??” and it’s full of snacks, protein shakes, etc.
31. Almost everyone who enters your room thinks your gay because of all the pics of top fitness competitors
32. You avoid intense labor the day before a workout, so you can perform at your peak the next day.
33. You’re late for work because you forgot your protein shake, and you had to drive back and you can’t do anything about it, period.
34. You want to violently attack the next person who thinks that creatine is a steroid.
35. You had a bad workout and literally cried
36. The day after your leg workout, people ask why you’re walking like a zombie
37. When you walk in a room and start to analyze if people workout -When your friends make fun of you eating every 2 hours and
38. You could train people without having to be a certified trainer
39. When you don’t go to the gym for a couple of days, everyone starts getting really
40. People ask you “Are you not working-out today?” instead of “Are you working-out today?”

4 Responses to “Back in the Saddle .. You Know You're a Fitness/Figure Competitor When”

1. Averie (LoveVeggiesAndYoga) says:

   October 28, 2009 at 11:58 pm

   Not a fitness model but am no stranger to ridic amts of working out…yoga, running coupled with a side of oh about 100 food/fitness blogs a day. And my entire adult life spent learning, reading, doing health & fitness stuff. Great list, thx for the laugh. Somehow I realized you live in Phx. Me too! I just moved here 8 weeks ago. Hope to see you around bloggieland

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2. Joanna Sutter (Fitness & Spice) says:

   October 29, 2009 at 4:27 am

   I LOVE your protein scoop analogy! I have been known to have more 1/2 scoop protein shakes in a day just to kid myself into thinking I was “eating” more.

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3. April says:

   October 29, 2009 at 4:37 am

   I get bored with my HIIT and do the same things …when I was able to do it, ugh.

   Love the list! Here’s one I made up: You hear your dog crunching her food and get jealous LOL!

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4. fitlizzio says:

   October 29, 2009 at 5:51 am

   Haha i think i answered yes to every single one of those questions with an “OMG YEA!!” haha can i steal this?!

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