Day 50

I am not a full speed today because I didn't get enough sleep last night. I couldn't get to bed because I was so tired and it took me some time to wind down. Getting at least 7.5 hours of sleep each night is so important for me for so many reasons. I just feel better and can function better with more sleep. In addition, I need sleep in order for my body to grow (muscles of course, since I am not going to get any taller).

I was and still am considering putting off my competition and selecting a competition later in the year. This will allow me to be bigger. I definitely want to be bigger for my next competition and I am not sure if that will happen. I have a posing class this weekend, yeah! It should be interesting.

My training and meals have been going very well. As long as I don't get hungry, then I won't have cravings. I made the mistake of going to Safeway when I was hungry...I didn't get anything that I shouldn't eat but the Lindt chocolate sure looked good.

I helped my sister with a food plan about a month ago, and since then she has lost some weight! I don't know how much she has lost so far and that is not important. What is important is that her clothes are getting too big! I don't know why people focus so much on weight. You can have 2 people (let's say they are identical twins) and they can weight the exact same amount, but the one who has more muscle mass will look a heck of a lot smaller than some one with more fat.

So, we all know that a pound of fat weighs the same as a pound of muscle – weight is, after all, weight – the two materials simply occupy far different space. The pound of fat will look like a lot more matter than the dense pound of lean tissue, as each pound of fat is THREE TIMES the volume of a pound of lean tissue.
So my goal is to be about 120 lbs but to have more leaner muscle!