Coach Kirstin

Yesterday was particularly rough. I was jittery and tired most of the day, I guess I forgot what it was like to wake up on 2 hours of sleep and try to function at a normal capacity. I had my planned breakfast and took the Hot Rox per the bottle this time, which kept my appetite at bay until well after 1. I ate about 1:45, knowing I was going to need some thing. Before I left for training I only had 1 Hot Rox , as I had the full intention of going to sleep last night. The remainder of the day went well, and we had Lamb patties with Feta. They were amazing! A little high in fat but just as good a protein source as beef or chicken. I had a little trouble falling asleep mostly due to my inability to regulate my temperature, so I snuggled up to the heating pad and nodded off. I woke at 2:30 to use the bathroom and when the alarm went off at 6 I felt rested though I still wish it would have just not gone off. Despite the rough start, yesterday ended overall well. And this morning I ...

Leave it up to my Grammy to ruin a diet, and she didn't even try. My Grammy passed away on the 14 th so I traveled back to Montana last Sunday and was there most of the week. Needless to say any time spent around my family has nothing to do with a diet or eating well. Or I should say healthy, we eat quite well. So I have officially started yesterday. I didn't do my body fat measurements so I might try tonight but I started at 153.8, as you can see what happens when you visit my family. Yesterday was a little rough. I took the fat burner with breakfast, 3 of them and I don't think I have ever been more productive on a Sunday morning but I felt like Jason Statham in that movie Crank. I cleaned my closet, got rid of some clothes and shoes, organized my necklaces, put on all the missing buttons from my pants, organized my button box and cleaned the house. Then we went to the movies so I packed up veggies and off we went. Not too bad, after Chris ate his hot dog. Too end o...

Good news, the scale has held steady at 150 or under for the last 2 days. I have now gotten back to the lowest point I got while on the elimination diet, before the holidays set in. Now I can make progress towards 140 and 10% body fat. The goals are to maintain around 140-143 lbs and to keep my body fat in the 13-14 % range for a maintenance stage, of course while maintaining muscle...none of that skinny fat nonsense

I thought I was dying for some candy (I have been eating mostly just dried fruit lately) so I went to the vending machine and bought a 3 musketeers . Gobbled the whole thing right up and then it made me sick, like my body was revolting to the yuck I had just put in it. Candy never has that effect on me. A new food leaf turning over?

So took my measurements tonight, actually Chris did, and surprisingly I'm at 18.4% body fat. This means a lot of things, mostly I need to get started on ordering the supplements and figuring out what I'm going to be eating. The other implication of this is that what I consider good shape for myself has significantly changed. I got tested at the gym with 3 points about 2 years ago and I was 24%. I am 6% less, yet feel like I am still flabby. I'm estimating it will take me about 2 weeks to get every thing here and an eating plan figured out, so it looks like I will be starting on the 23rd. Maybe this Sunday the 16 th if I can get everything here in time but I doubt it. And I should now say we will be starting it, as I have just received moral support from my boyfriend and he'll be doing it with me.

About a month ago I started researching options for ways for my boyfriend to healthily cut 30 pounds in about 7 weeks. In researching what other MMA fighters use, most GSP , I came across Precision Nutrition. It seemed to have a logical approach to fitness based nutrition. It was a lot of information I knew but a lot I didn't know. I joined the program and planned to implement it in our daily lives, not just in preparation for the fight. As I researched through the forums and many online resources, I cam across the "Get Shredded Plan" which through a combination of low calorie eating and supplements, you continue to train at a high intensity for 8-12 weeks. For women, you start off with our body fat around 20% arriving at around 10%. Knowing the affects of dropping your body fat that low, I didn't think it was a very good idea. After finishing reading the article I had changed my mind. Most notably was a study they cited that tested the fat of adults in their 50...