Well not really but it certainly feels like it so I decided to sit down while I had a spare moment and fill you all in with what’s new with me.
The long weekend has been and gone and it was a looooong weekend in every aspect of the word for me. Saturday turned out to be a longer than expected day totalling 15 1/2 hours. I started at 0700h and finished at 2230h, I was dead on my feet by the time I got home. I was in bed by midnight then up again at 0500h the following morning for work at 0700h. Life in the military can be really tough some times and some of the things I do for my job aren’t typical of a woman either. Don’t get me wrong I enjoy the challenge so needless to say I just got on with the job as that’s what is expected. But my sleep bank was running on not very much so I remedied that last night. I went to bed at 2100h and got up at 0900h. 12 hours I know, not normal but necessary. Speaking of sleep I better hurry up and finish this blog, I have to be in bed in an hours time so I get a good night’s sleep before another 0500h start to the day. No rest for the wicked here. LOL!!
As I posted earlier Jenny Lynn’s coming here to Australia. I’m a big fan of hers, I have a personally autographed photo, as well as her posing manual and dvd of course. So it’s no surprise I’ve paid to go to her Fit Camp. I’ve learnt over the years that you can take away so much from so many individuals in this sport and come up with something that is uniquely yours. I want to be the best that I can be and with that means I have to continually change if I want to be competitive. Meeting her in person is going to be just incredible and you know there’s going to be photos. I wouldn’t miss that opportunity in the world.
As for comp prep, things are progressing along very nicely. I’m seeing weekly changes in the areas that I should and my body is responding well. I’ve also got on top of my nutrition. Like anything new you just have to persevere with it and sooner or later everything falls into place. Thankfully it was sooner.
And speaking of food I finally got my blood tests back from pathology with the results of my 93 Food Sensitivity Panel. First of all here’s the scale they use:
4+ = Very Strong Positive
3+ = Strong Positive
2+ = Positive
1+ = Borderline
0 = Negative
And here’s my results:
Cows Milk 4+ (Very Strong Positive)
Cocoa Bean 4+ (Very Strong Positive)
Cashew 3+ (Strong Positive)
Egg White 3+ (Strong Positive)
Almond 2+ (Positive)
Barley 2+ (Positive)
Corn 2+ (Positive)
Kidney Bean 2+ (Positive)
Rice 2+ (Positive)
Soya Bean 2+ (Positive)
Crab 1+ (Mild Reaction)
Coffee 1+ (Mild Reaction)
Goat’s Milk 1+ (Mild Reaction)
So it’s kind of back to the drawing board but different this time. First up I’m going to take out the cows milk and the cocoa bean for a couple of weeks as they had the highest reading and see if that makes a difference to my skin. It’ll be yet another form of trial and error but at least it won’t be anywhere near as drastic as the elimination diet. The only milk that I had was in my porridge and my skinny latte’s and the cocoa bean was an ingredient in my protein powder. It’s back to vanilla for me, not my favourite but it may well have to be. I’ll let you know how things go as they happen.
Time’s getting on so I really must go. I still have much more to blog about so that’ll have to wait for another day I guess. I hope you all had a great long weekend and I wish you a fabulous start to the week.
