Motivation Monday | Don't Make the Process Longer by Giving Up!

You've heard it over and over yet you still are where you started, or worse, further back! Sometimes it's hard to keep going when you're seeing little to no progress, but it does not happen over night. Seeing your body everyday makes it even harder to see the tiny changes going on. I would suggest taking full body progress photos every single week. Put them side by side in Layout, and compare. You think there's no progress? There's definitely SOME change. Sometimes it's mental state as well. People forget how important mental health is. It's not taught and it's not pushed enough. Your mind has to be healthy enough to perceive progress and take on challenges. If you're in constant battles with yourself and dealing with self doubt, you're more likely to give up time and time again. So if you aren't seeing bodily progress, work on your mental state because if your workouts and diet are right, there WILL BE CHANGES. Actually, just workout your mind regardless of body changes. Learn to love yourself. Learn to be well rounded mentally AND physically. Once you've achieved this, you've truly succeeded.

Motivation Monday- YOU HAVE LEGS!

Do you ever find yourself sitting on the couch DREADING going to the gym? This will help you get a different perspective not only in fitness, but in life. Learning to be appreciative in what seems to be the smallest things in life, truly helps in the long run. But think about it, is having a functional healthy body really a "small" thing to be thankful for? What if you were to lose it all today? You're paralyzed now. I bet you'd look back and think of all of the times you could have gone to the gym but took advantage of your beautiful, functioning body. Next time you're feeling lazy, remember, you GET to work out, not HAVE to.



Happy Monday!

2.5 Weeks out - Bikini Posing Practice

Here is my two and a half week out update! As I'm typing this, I am TEN DAYS OUT from the show. It's next freaking weekend! I can't believe it! I'm so happy, excited, an READY! It's going to be awesome and I can't even express how happy I am with my progress. I'm going to post another blog entry later of my progress and you guys will be shocked. It's ridiculous lol. In my defense, I didn't know I was competing again this year. But no excuses, I will NOT look like that at the end of my next off season lol. Anyway, here is my posing routine. I've changed my routine a million times these past months, but now I have one in stone that I have down to muscle memory. I hope you enjoy watching and it would help if you'd subscribe to my YouTube channel. I'm trying to update a lot! :)









Mel

Full Day of Eating: Low Carb Day

New VLOG up! My full day of low carb eating. I break down my macros, total calories, and all of the food I eat on these wonderful energy filled days. JK on the energy, but I definitely made sure I was full throughout the day, I didn't feel like I was "starving", and I ate good food! Yup, down there you see a turkey burger, bread, guacamole, and yes, those are tortilla chips. I use the If It Fits Your Macros approach in order to achieve my goals for this prep and I'm very happy with it. No, I don't try or claim to fit donuts and poptarts in, but I DO make sure I hit those specific macros in a clean way. See more macro fun in my refeed video on my YouTube channel. I do a 2500 calorie refeed day with the majority of the foods being clean (I fit a poptart and pancakes in :) )







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Mel