Landa's Back!!! & Other Randoms

I am SO excited to have Landa back stateside today! We've been Facebook messaging while she's been away, but I'm excited to have her back here and to hear all about her vacay. I know she enjoyed all of the yummy cheat meals and booze! She has an appointment tomorrow with our coach and can't wait to see what her numbers are! I know she's going to be hitting it hard when she gets her new program and nutrition plan!  Be on the lookout for her check-in sometime soon. T-minus 11 weeks!

I put on a bikini yesterday (not a competition one, just one I had for the beach/pool) and I can definitely see how much work I have to do on my lower half. Short girls like me (remember, I'm only 5'1") tend to carry weight in their butt and thighs, and that is definitely the case with my body. My booty definitely has some work to do to be stage ready. 

I have spent the last 12-15ish weeks working on my upper body because I've never had the arms that I wanted. Now that I'm (mostly) happy with where they are, it's time to switch the focus to my lower half! I'm doing a lot of single leg stuff to hopefully correct the muscle imbalances between each leg and while I can lift the same weight with both, the left is definitely harder to complete each set. Hopefully I can knock out the discrepancy in a couple more weeks! 

I have my first big test of will power tomorrow night. It's our first girls night of the year tomorrow night,  and the plan is to make homemade pasta. Not plain, from-the-box pasta, I'm talking about homemade, crank it out with one of those old school hand cranks, pasta: i.e. one of the best things ever. If you've never had it before, you are seriously missing out! Nothing else compares to it. And with pasta comes wine, a lot of it, if you know me and my group of girlfriends! 

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My plan is to still eat my prepared meals that are on my program, and only have a little "samplings" of the pasta rather than make it my whole meal. I'm allowed one cheat meal a week, but I'm trying to be as strict as possible until I step on stage. I know I can go overboard with carbs, especially pasta,so I'm trying to keep the beast at bay! I'll bring Perrier and lime to drink, and class it up by drinking it out of a fancy glass. I will probably have a few sips of wine throughout the night, but hoping to keep it to a minimum. Girls nights are about spending time together and catching up, not necessarily a binge-fest. It's all about moderation, not cutting things out, when trying to make this a lifestyle. 

Wish me luck! I'll post pictures and let you know how well I did with my plan for girls night in my Sunday check-in post. I don't have an official weigh-in this week, but I will still post my at-home check-in pictures on Sunday and let you know how this week went!

xo
K