Meatloaf said it best...

My husband is SO funny! Seriously, he makes me laugh hysterically every single day and I'm so blessed to be married to a man who has such a brilliant sense of humor (well, I think it's brilliant!) We are as corny as they come and truly are best friends and there is no shortage of laughter in our home. Whenever I start to open the laptop or sit at our office computer he starts singing, "Now that she's back in the blogosphere, with drops of Jupiter in her hair, hey, hey"... HA!

Well, I hope your week is off to a fantabulous start! Yesterday, I was busy running errands and by the time I was able to post, Hubbs was home and I didn't want to blog when I can spend quality time with my Hunk. You understand:) Yesterday's workouts included 45 minutes of cardio first thing in the morning and then later in the afternoon I returned to the 'Testosterone Box', to work my quads/hamstrings/glutes for an hour. One word: DOMS.Let me just say, today I woke up feeling like a 90-year-old lady and pretty much moan and groan each time I have to sit or stand up.

Hubbs and I had our alarms set to 5am to get our workout in early. FAIL. I don't know what it was but we were both in a coma. I'm disappointed I didn't get up early for cardio, but at the same time I don't know how productive my workout would have been to be hanging off the elliptical half asleep. Ah well, I'll just get up Sunday morning (my rest day) for cardio to make up for this morning's miss.

I realize I haven't been posting my meals lately, but I eat pretty much the same things everyday. I'm not complaining, either. In fact, I've already inhaled eaten the most amazing breakfast. No, it's nothing new, just the same old:

• 1/2c old-fashioned rolled oats
• 1 c Almond Breeze Unsweetened Vanilla almond milk
• 1 TBSP bee pollen plus a giant mound of cinnamon
• Four egg whites
  
• One chuckling heifer Laughing Cow cheese wedge.
  

Today, however, I added DaVinci Gourmet Sugar Free syrup in Pancake flavor and my oatmeal actually sang to me. (It's got a pretty good voice, too!) It was SO FLIPPIN' GOOD! I felt like I was eating a sticky, gooey cinnamon bun.

Seriously, with a breakfast that good, I have no reason to stray. I'm faithful to my food.

Some other things I've been eating a lot of lately may require you sit down while viewing. They are pretty exciting...

I told you- super exciting. I got both these at Costco and actually, the Tilapia is REALLY good. Hubby eats it and he doesn't even "like" fish:)

I ♥ Costco. Lifting heavy weights won't cause you to bulk up, but Costco sure will!

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Here's what I grabbed at the grocery store yesterday as I went in for one item. Typical. I needed egg whites to make my Sweet Husband protein pancakes but while I was there I snagged Organic whole ground flax seed, cauliflower, broccoli, baby spinach, 'shrooms, organic green bell peppers and Fage 0% Greek yogurt.

Speaking of Fage 0% yogurt, when I initially found out that dairy was kind of "off limits" during competition prep, I almost cried. I LOVE my dairy (Greek yogurt, cottage cheese and my secret lover, Laughing Cow...

I cut dairy out for a few days and like a love sick puppy came crawling back for more. Pathetic, I know. The thing is, the more I think about prepping for competition and getting my body in the BEST shape ever, the more I am committed to eating in a manner that will 1) get results and B) be easy to maintain after the competition is over. Competing is just a personal goal of mine to stand on stage showing my progress and hard work, but I want to be able to maintain my physique even after it's over. Granted, I may be up 5-7 lbs after peak week due to water weight gain, but I don't want to do anything or cut out whole food groups that will cause me to balloon up after I eat "normal" again. Now, "normal" does not mean processed foods or anything, because I don't eat like that now. I eat very clean, whole foods to begin with, but, I want to be able to eat dairy afterward and not worry about gaining a pound after a small container of yogurt. Because that would just be insane!

With that being said, I'm eating limited dairy. I eat 2 Laughing Cow cheese wedges a day (gasp!) and a cup of Greek yogurt or cottage cheese every other day (oh, the horror!). I won't eat these every single day and right now I think that is OK. If the scale doesn't change and I don't see that I am progressing, only then will I limit dairy entirely and perhaps as I get closer to the competition day. I just don't think I can am willing to go without any dairy for three months, though. I guess I won't know if this is a good idea or not until I'm up on stage cursing myself for indulging in that "Giggling Moo-Man" if I don't look as good as other gals, but we'll see.

I think Meat Loaf said it best when he sang, "I would do anything for love...but I won't do that"... I'm willing to give up all sweets/desserts, breads, fruit, starchy vegetables, etc., but I don't think I can eliminate dairy completely.

Well, I'm off to get my hair did. Red hair color fades so quickly so I am getting my roots retouched and putting the "BAM!" back into my hair color:) Then its off for a killer upper body work out! Watch out! These "guns are loaded- POW! POW! ;)

1) For those of you who have competed in a figure competition, do you think cutting out dairy really does make that significant a difference?

2) Is there any food group you are not willing to give up, no matter what your waistline looks like?