"Stick to Your Guns" end of year challenge!

[Italianangel]

Okay guys, (yes guys are also welcome, not just ladies) this is a warning that I am starting another challenge as of after my contest. I want to try to not go nuts over the holidays/post contest and not take too much time off etc. 'Over doing it' is a trait of 'post contest' for many of us and I always say I won't 'over do' but end up taking the month off and eating so much crap at such a frequency that it is an uncontrollable overboard response.

So, as of Monday November 12th, I want to start a challenge entitled 'Stick to Your Guns'.
It gets closer to Christmas and all the parties start, and the gatherings/outings etc which mean lots of ways to deviate and cheat. Now I am not saying don't go, but how about pick and choose which ones you will drink and eat at and which parties you will stick with water / clean choices. This way you are compromising, especially if you are very social. Do enjoy a cheat day or 2 per week but if you have more gatherings over more days then that is when you have to look carefully at which will be cheats and which won't, and this includes booze. Stick with no more than 2 days of cheats.

Whatever your short term goal is right now (bulking, leaning, shaping) the goal with this challenge is to stick to the plan - so this means you have to stick with your proposed meal plan and training plan as best as possible through the end of year festivities.

*if any of you have a blog or journal you can keep track of your challenge there, but do post a note here letting use know you are joining in and briefly outline your stats, goals etc including, if you have, your journal or blog link.

So go ahead and swish this around in your head and when you are ready, drop a post here and let me know who is in!!

Let's motivate each other and keep each other on track and accountable!

Linda

[Italianangel]

Let me start:

Goals: (short term) Active Rest and Recovery.
Not over eat junk as rebound, limit my intro of sugars and carbs.
Keep up with clean eating with reasonable allowances.
Keep training but work toward keeping lean moderately, and rehabing my back and glute. Depending on placing in this contest, my plan is to bulk in the new year but if I qualify for the BC's then I will keep to pre season on season training and diet since the BC's usually fall sometime around June.
If I do not qualify then I would look at bulking starting Jan 08.

A long term goal is to firm the tushy again.

I will start a new journal and maybe a new blog for this challenge too!

Linda

[Insex]

That's a very good idea. I always tend to balloon up right after a show, because I take too much time off from working out and I become a cookie monster. But after this upcoming bodybuilding show (November 17th) I'm going to make a better effort to not balloon up to 220 pounds again.

My Goal:

To stay lean after the show, and not balloon up in weight and body fat like I usually do after a bodybuilding show. That way, by the time I begin getting ready for my next show (sometime in 2008) I won't have to lose so much body fat.

How I'm Going To Achieve My Goal:

I'm going to stick to the weights and continue to workout hard. I'm going to continue to do cardio, but tone down the intensity and frequency a notch or two. For my nutritional intake, I'm not going to go on cookie binges again. For the most part, I'm going to stay on my pre-contest diet; but I'll allow myself to consume more Calories, more carbs, and a few more "treats" here and there.