back to life, back to re-al-ity

It's been a great week off from the gym but I'm ready to get back at it. Even though the next competition I plan on doing isn't for another 8 months, summer is just around the corner here in Australia. That means bathing suits and shorts since for me it'll be the hottest summer I'll ever have experienced thus far in my lifetime. Like I said in my previous post, I'm going to be incorporating plyometrics and HIIT (high intensity interval training) into my weekly plan. I slotted in two gym days for now since I still want to build a little muscle or at least maintain what I have now. My main goal is to burn that fat baby!

As for my supplements, the only thing I'm going to be dropping is the fat burner. I really didn't see it make much of a difference. I think once I get closer to the next competition in May I will introduce them back in however I will try a different brand. I'm interested in the Fusion Bodybuilding line of products at the moment; I follow a few of the girls that are reps for the brand on Facebook. I'll stick with the BCAA supplement I was taking. I felt like I recovered fast after workouts and was able to maintain my strength throughout the entire gym sesh. My least favorite part of my contest prep was the acrylic nails I had done. The girl left them way too long for my liking (my fault I guess since I felt bad for asking her to go shorter for the 7th time) and they drove me nuts from the moment I walked out of the salon. I ended up cutting them down a few days ago and filing them back to my normal nail size. Won't be doing that again!

So aside from gym and good eating and all that jazz, a lot of people have been asking for house pics and I finally took 10 mins today and snapped some. The house is finally (and by finally I mean almost) organized. I'd like to get some paint on the walls now, so our next trip to Bunning's I'm grabbing some swatches and see where we go from there! As you can see below, the whole house is a pretty plain off-white.