Feels like it's been forever since last post. Probably cos it has. I have been a bad, bad blogger. Soz.
So where to begin. I suppose the best thing to do is prolly start again.
So long weekend has now come and gone - who knows where to, I basically spent the entire weekend procrastinating about doing my uni assignment, which was due today. Yeah I know - which smartass decided that the Monday of a long weekend was ideal for a due date for an essay? Hmm same smarty who made the last assignment due on Easter Monday public holiday would be my guess. So a whole long weekend down the tube cos I couldnt be bothered to pull my finger out for long enough to write 2,500 words of dribble and get it out of the way earlier in life, allowing me to enjoy 3 whole days off work.
Anyway. Nuff bout that.
So - not much happened this weekend. On an upside, I ate ice cream for dinner on Saturday night, and finished off the last of the easter eggs in the house yesterday. So now that the only chocolate I have lying around consists of 2 Freddo Frogs and 2 Blinky Bill chocolates (they are the cheap version of Freddo's really) I don't really have an excuse to eat too much shit through the week.
I have decided to buckle down hard as of today. And today went well.
I have just finished up from having 2 weeks off weight training, and feel awesome for it. Normally I would be going insane, scratching at the walls from the first day of not training. But I definitely needed the rest - it's been a good 5 months or something ridiculous like that since I took a break from training. It actually helped having this time off this time round - believe it or not I actually enjoyed doing cardio most days? Go figure. I am usually trying to make up any excuse to avoid it!!
So I hit the weights today for first day back - and hit them hard. Legs day, straight off the bat. I did lots too - and am already in agony. My legs feel so swollen that my skin feels like it's gonna split open! Good feeling though.
Tomorrow is back day and I can't wait!
So comps are coming up in the next few weeks. Had the first taster of the season last weekend, with the IFBB Australasians, and my first official crack at judging. It was awesome - you really start to see the competitors in a different light when you have to judge. It's very different from being an 'armchair judge' in the crowd, where you normally find a very impressive bodypart on a competitor on stage and find it hard to see past it. Anyway I loved it (although it is very tough!) and hope to have the chance to do more of it soon enough.
SO in 3 weeks there is the INBA Sydneys, one of my girls that I am training is doing that one and also 2 of the girls coming to my posing class will be competing too. Will be great to see them up on stage after all their hard work and watching them through all their changes. I will be working backstage at that comp too though so won't get to see a lot of it from the front view - only from the side of the stage. ANB Sydneys are the week after and I will get to enjoy that one from the crowd. Nothing like comp season to boost the motivation!
Anyway gotta jet - I have a big day tomorrow so need to get myself prepared. It's been lovely and promise not to leave it so long.
xx
Monday, April 26, 2010
Monday, March 8, 2010
Dating Etiquette
OK I know, I know. I have been a BAD blogger of late. Late is actually an understatement, as is BAD, come to think of it.
My name is Vicki and it's been, hmm, about 2 months since my last instalment.
In all honesty, I just haven't felt the urge to blog as I haven't had anything really that blog worthy to blog about. Hopefully that is changing.
So I went on a quasi-date on Saturday night. Quasi-date being the title as it wasn't really a date, I met up with a guy that I have met via the whole bodybuilding circle a couple of times, and we just went to a pub for some drinks. Well I should throw in here, he went for some drinks (til they wouldn't serve him any more), I decided that I didn't feel like having a big night of drinking and therefore was a little more tame.
Anyway back to the story. So this blog is about dating etiquette. Which apparently doesn't exist these days?!?!
So the guy (let's call him, hmm, Troy*) has a few drinks (fine) and becomes quite the octopus after a few bevvies (not so fine). I am not quite comfortable with mega PDA's on the first date (or any date past the age of about 17). Troy also likes everyone to know he is a bodybuilder. Troy also likes to talk in terms of "us" as though we have been together for an eternity, and as though we are destined to be together because, well, we both compete.
SO - I have compiled a list of "DON'Ts" for first dates:
DON'T:
Back to the drawing board for this chook I guess!
*name has been changed...
My name is Vicki and it's been, hmm, about 2 months since my last instalment.
In all honesty, I just haven't felt the urge to blog as I haven't had anything really that blog worthy to blog about. Hopefully that is changing.
So I went on a quasi-date on Saturday night. Quasi-date being the title as it wasn't really a date, I met up with a guy that I have met via the whole bodybuilding circle a couple of times, and we just went to a pub for some drinks. Well I should throw in here, he went for some drinks (til they wouldn't serve him any more), I decided that I didn't feel like having a big night of drinking and therefore was a little more tame.
Anyway back to the story. So this blog is about dating etiquette. Which apparently doesn't exist these days?!?!
So the guy (let's call him, hmm, Troy*) has a few drinks (fine) and becomes quite the octopus after a few bevvies (not so fine). I am not quite comfortable with mega PDA's on the first date (or any date past the age of about 17). Troy also likes everyone to know he is a bodybuilder. Troy also likes to talk in terms of "us" as though we have been together for an eternity, and as though we are destined to be together because, well, we both compete.
SO - I have compiled a list of "DON'Ts" for first dates:
DON'T:
- Get so drunk that you get asked to leave the pub you are at on said date
- Insinuate that the bouncer (who happened to previously train at your gym) is on steroids, especially in conversation WITH said bouncer
- Remove your top and start flexing. Buddy, I see muscles ALL the time. Not impressed to see yours in a place like a pub.
- Same goes for your posing routine. The people arriving and departing from the car park do NOT need to see your rendition of your 2009 posing routine. And neither do I.
- Assume that your date wants to spend the next 10 weeks dieting WITH you for a comp she is not even doing. OR tell her that she will be cooking you chicken and broccoli in the lead up to said comp.
- Tell your date how hot you think she is, and then follow it up with telling her your friend doesn't think she is hot. Not a good move if you are trying to get a second date - or even just get into her pants.
- Get into your date's car with MUDDY fucking shoes and leave mud ALL OVER EVERYTHING!!
Back to the drawing board for this chook I guess!
*name has been changed...
Thursday, February 4, 2010
My Urban Dictionary Definition
OK OK I confess. I stole this post idea from Nicole. So, I headed over to Urban Dictionary and typed in the name "Vicki" to find the meaning. I am not so sure I like any of them!! Here - judge for yourself...
1. An extremely sexy person, who is known to be promiscuous.
"Damnnnn, that's Vicki!"
I mean, sexy - happy with that!! But promiscuous?? hehe well...i'm not even going there...
2. One of the many types of widely distributed indigenious horny mammals native to southwest britain, northeast cambodia, central Africa, Sub Saharan deserts, mines of Australia, tombs of Egypt, caves of India and university residences.
Next time you see a creature with bright white skin coat, dark brown fur around the head, and occasionally a stud in the nose, you know thats a type of Vicki.
WTF??? hahaha I'm not even commenting on this!!
3. The definition of beautiful. Strong, smart, very funny, good at anything if she puts her mind to it. Has a great personality and is sweet. Has a HUGE butt and is known for it.Usually has many nationalities, ex: french,canadian,russian ect. Very independent, sexy and trusts no one. Is a good friend, loves the outdoors. Also known to be good in bed.Has many brothers and sisters. She's flawless
Guy 1: Vicki is amazing
Guy 2: I know i wish i was dating her
Haha definitely happiest with this one. Although HUGE butt? C'mon guys give a girl a break! So it's not non-existant but it's not exactly of J-Lo proportions!! tee hee
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So onto other things. The wrist - I found out last night - NOT fractured! Hip hip hooray! If I had to sport that bloody cast for 8 weeks I would have probably killed someone lol. It came off last night and to replace it, I will be in a brace for a few weeks but it is soooo much better not having that heavy uncomfortable thing on my arm!
Not much else to report from my end...so will leave it at that :)
Vic x
1. An extremely sexy person, who is known to be promiscuous.
"Damnnnn, that's Vicki!"
I mean, sexy - happy with that!! But promiscuous?? hehe well...i'm not even going there...
2. One of the many types of widely distributed indigenious horny mammals native to southwest britain, northeast cambodia, central Africa, Sub Saharan deserts, mines of Australia, tombs of Egypt, caves of India and university residences.
Next time you see a creature with bright white skin coat, dark brown fur around the head, and occasionally a stud in the nose, you know thats a type of Vicki.
WTF??? hahaha I'm not even commenting on this!!
3. The definition of beautiful. Strong, smart, very funny, good at anything if she puts her mind to it. Has a great personality and is sweet. Has a HUGE butt and is known for it.Usually has many nationalities, ex: french,canadian,russian ect. Very independent, sexy and trusts no one. Is a good friend, loves the outdoors. Also known to be good in bed.Has many brothers and sisters. She's flawless
Guy 1: Vicki is amazing
Guy 2: I know i wish i was dating her
Haha definitely happiest with this one. Although HUGE butt? C'mon guys give a girl a break! So it's not non-existant but it's not exactly of J-Lo proportions!! tee hee
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So onto other things. The wrist - I found out last night - NOT fractured! Hip hip hooray! If I had to sport that bloody cast for 8 weeks I would have probably killed someone lol. It came off last night and to replace it, I will be in a brace for a few weeks but it is soooo much better not having that heavy uncomfortable thing on my arm!
Not much else to report from my end...so will leave it at that :)
Vic x
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Ouch...
This might be pretty short...having difficulties typing as have a bloody plastered up right arm. Will come back to that.
So since last post, (most) things have gone well. Been training well and have had a busy week. Aussie day was spent at my cousin's place for her daughter's 4th b'day party. I was supposed to go to a friend's bbq but had some car issues and couldn't get there so just did the b'day party - which was actually good fun (why do adults seem to have more fun at kid's birthdays than the kids?? lol) It was a bbq too and the only downside was the heat. It was sooo hot and humid, gotta love Aussie summers ;)
That took up most of my day. By the time I got home i was exhausted!!
Wednesday was just another normal 'hammies' day. Thursday didn't start off so well. I went to the gym in the morning to train chest (least fave training session) and while setting up for the 2nd exercise, incline db presses, I did myself a mischief. While adjusting the incline my hand supporting the bench slipped and the bench came crashing down, jamming my wrist in between itself and the bench's base. Can anyone say OUCH!!! Hurt *a little* (insert expletives being called out across gym - lucky it was quiet!) but could move my fingers so didn't think much of it. 3 hours later, I start work. Hand/wrist THROBBING and swelling up into a nice lump on the top of where the hand and wrist meet. Put some ice on it and tried not to use it much.
After work I headed to the pub to catch up with some friends who are over only for one week from London (they are here for a mutual friends' wedding that is on today). Wow - it even hurt to rest my hand on the steering wheel! Anyway was great to catch up with them. Off home to bed.
I wake up Friday and knew training was not an option. Wrist still throbbing and swollen, and some nice shades of purple starting to appear. Worked all day and then off to the Dr. Let the fun begin. Turns out they are concerned I have fractured one of the carpal bones - the small bones at the base of the wrist. Apparently it is also hard to detect fractures to these bones in a normal x-ray (not sure why) so they usually order a bone scan - which unfortunately won't pick up anything til about 4 days after the injury was sustained. Anyway the one they have concerns about can be bad if they miss a fracture there due to lack of blood supply to that part of the hand and can cause all sorts of problems later in life, so until they confirm one way or the other, they treat it as though it is fractured. Enter the cast I am currently sporting, which was applied late yesterday arvo. It basically goes from the end of my thumb (not allowed to move thumb) to my elbow. FML.
For anyone that has not had a plastered up wrist...not fucking fun. It is hard work to do anything. Examples. Typing. Doing up pants. Doing/undoing bras. Putting on/taking off tshirts. Going to the toilet. Holding stuff. Eating. The list goes on. Oh, and did you know it's illegal to drive with one arm? Yep, voids your insurance. Not that I could anyway. So dad and one of his mates had to come pick me and my car up from the doctors, and he insisted I stay at my parents' place this weekend since I cant really do anything.
Anyway went out last night for my old flattie's bday which was a mission. Took an hour to get ready!! haha princess!! Today I have a wedding on and am a little worried about how I am going to manage stuff like washing / straightening my hair etc. Hmm should be fun.
OK that's it from me. Off to the gym (not joking) for some cardio, which thank God I can still do!! I may just become the next cardio queen (NOT) if I end up stuck in this thing for 6 weeks lol...
Til next time Train hard, be good, and keep your fingers crossed for me that this isn't bloody broken!
Vic x
So since last post, (most) things have gone well. Been training well and have had a busy week. Aussie day was spent at my cousin's place for her daughter's 4th b'day party. I was supposed to go to a friend's bbq but had some car issues and couldn't get there so just did the b'day party - which was actually good fun (why do adults seem to have more fun at kid's birthdays than the kids?? lol) It was a bbq too and the only downside was the heat. It was sooo hot and humid, gotta love Aussie summers ;)
That took up most of my day. By the time I got home i was exhausted!!
Wednesday was just another normal 'hammies' day. Thursday didn't start off so well. I went to the gym in the morning to train chest (least fave training session) and while setting up for the 2nd exercise, incline db presses, I did myself a mischief. While adjusting the incline my hand supporting the bench slipped and the bench came crashing down, jamming my wrist in between itself and the bench's base. Can anyone say OUCH!!! Hurt *a little* (insert expletives being called out across gym - lucky it was quiet!) but could move my fingers so didn't think much of it. 3 hours later, I start work. Hand/wrist THROBBING and swelling up into a nice lump on the top of where the hand and wrist meet. Put some ice on it and tried not to use it much.
After work I headed to the pub to catch up with some friends who are over only for one week from London (they are here for a mutual friends' wedding that is on today). Wow - it even hurt to rest my hand on the steering wheel! Anyway was great to catch up with them. Off home to bed.
I wake up Friday and knew training was not an option. Wrist still throbbing and swollen, and some nice shades of purple starting to appear. Worked all day and then off to the Dr. Let the fun begin. Turns out they are concerned I have fractured one of the carpal bones - the small bones at the base of the wrist. Apparently it is also hard to detect fractures to these bones in a normal x-ray (not sure why) so they usually order a bone scan - which unfortunately won't pick up anything til about 4 days after the injury was sustained. Anyway the one they have concerns about can be bad if they miss a fracture there due to lack of blood supply to that part of the hand and can cause all sorts of problems later in life, so until they confirm one way or the other, they treat it as though it is fractured. Enter the cast I am currently sporting, which was applied late yesterday arvo. It basically goes from the end of my thumb (not allowed to move thumb) to my elbow. FML.
For anyone that has not had a plastered up wrist...not fucking fun. It is hard work to do anything. Examples. Typing. Doing up pants. Doing/undoing bras. Putting on/taking off tshirts. Going to the toilet. Holding stuff. Eating. The list goes on. Oh, and did you know it's illegal to drive with one arm? Yep, voids your insurance. Not that I could anyway. So dad and one of his mates had to come pick me and my car up from the doctors, and he insisted I stay at my parents' place this weekend since I cant really do anything.
Anyway went out last night for my old flattie's bday which was a mission. Took an hour to get ready!! haha princess!! Today I have a wedding on and am a little worried about how I am going to manage stuff like washing / straightening my hair etc. Hmm should be fun.
OK that's it from me. Off to the gym (not joking) for some cardio, which thank God I can still do!! I may just become the next cardio queen (NOT) if I end up stuck in this thing for 6 weeks lol...
Til next time Train hard, be good, and keep your fingers crossed for me that this isn't bloody broken!
Vic x
Monday, January 25, 2010
Week in Review
Thank fuck for the weekend. I think it's the only thing that kept me sane this week. Sorry to start my post so abruptly but I seriously had a bitch of a week.
Work was so draining last week, it seriously was. Busy as all hell and every single day we had betwen 1-3 staff either on leave, off sick (that gastro is STILL going around at work) or just not show up (very considerate, especially when they have back to back appointments scheduled in). I am feeling very over it at the moment (think it's time for a holiday personally) and the whole situation is seriously sapping ALL the energy out of me. No matter how much sleep I got, it wasn't enough (and it wasn't enough to start with so that didn't help!!)
Training went well for the week. Despite lacking a lot of motivation and energy I pushed through my workouts and even included some exercises I have avoided for the last few years due to my spinal arthritis. I did deadlifts in my back workout on Monday (yeah Tara...I do them for hammies too but I do stiff legged ones on leg day, did Romanian ones for lower back)...and I haven't done these in years. Didn't break any records with weight but I was so happy to have pumped out 3 x 12.
Same with quads yesterday - managed 5 sets of free squats, 3 sets of 15 reps and two of 12. I haven't free squatted in a few years, opting for the Smith machine because of the weakness in the spine, but decided to give it a crack yesterday. Again, only did 60kg so by no means a world record, but for someone who hasn't squatted in about 5 years I was pretty happy with my efforts.
This morning have started off with a half hour HIIT session (15min on stepper, 15 min on treddy) followed by about 10min plyometrics. Couldn't do more than that due to having to get home for the insulation guys, who were due to get to my house at 6.30am (who, being tradies, showed up at 7.30am instead)...God they are noisy fuckers. I had no idea it was going to be this noisy!! Roof tiles being moved, shit being dropped, sounds like someone is gonna come thru the roof any second!
So update on the weekend. Friday night I didn't do much - I did a boxing class at 6pm and no joke, I was soooo wrecked after it all I could manage to do was spend quality time on the couch! Saturday morning did some cardio and had to go into work at lunchtime to have my PT profile photo taken (?? they have decided to put pics up on the wall of the trainers). Saturday night was a friend's birthday...was looking forward to it so much as it was a friend I haven't caught up with in FOREVER. Had a nap on the couch before getting ready...and a big wind storm arose while I was sleeping. I must have been zonked out of my mind...because I didnt' even hear half a gum tree come down pretty much in my front yard. I am talking a section about 20m high, just broke off the tree on the council strip...and I didn't hear a sound, despite being asleep on my couch, which is in the front room of my house!! I am counting my goddamned lucky stars that it fell in the direction that it did, cos if it came my way...let's just say that nap would have been my last.
Anyway so after a few calls to the council and SES I left and headed to my friends' place for some pre-dinner drinks. A glass or two of wine later and I was on my way to a gooooood night!! We went to the place we were going for dinner and drinks, a country-kind of pub called the Camden Hotel. There is a restaurant in there that we were meeting everyone for dinner, and arrived to find out that they have $5 cocktails from 6-9pm every Saturday night. Gotta LUUURVE $5 cocktails!! hehe So we ordered several rounds (we got there at 7pm...you can fit quite a few $5 cocktails into 2 hours if you try real hard lol) and had some dinner...I ordered the lamb woodfired pizza - it was to die for!! They had a DJ in the bar that night so we danced the night away. Got chatting to this Kiwi dude (nothing romantic, he was just good fun and I liked his sense of humour). We were on a girls night (supposedly...however 2 of the girls decided to bring their partners to the girls' night...WTF???) and seriously, some girls can be fucking prudish. Here I am chatting with this dude and they kept trying to get rid of him like he was hassling me or something, they were actually being quite rude and one of the guys who had invited himself on our girls night was also being a prick to this guy. Seriously. I am 31, I am single. I will talk to whoever the fuck I like. And if they irritate me, I am a big girl and will tell them to piss off. So I really didnt appreciate being treated like a 13 year old who didn't know what I was doing!!
Anyway aside from that little irritation, I had an awesome night. I haven't had a big night like that in ages! Lucky I was staying at the birthday girl's place haha...
Yesterday was a big recovery day. I surprisingly didn't have a big hangover (I say surprisingly as I didn't have 2 cocktails containing the same thing, had wine before leaving for the pub, and after 9pm moved onto vodkas, followed by champaigne...definite recipe for a hangover I would have thought?? apparently not!) but I was tired as hell. It took EVERYTHING I had (and I mean EVERYTHING) to get to the gym yesterday, but I managed. I then spent the rest of the day on the couch, between napping, eating, watching tennis and recovering :)
SO...that's my week wrap up. I really must blog more often to prevent these massive posts!! Promise to lift my game!
Here's hoping for a better week at work...
Here's hoping for a better week at work...
Vic x
Sunday, January 17, 2010
13 weeks out...?
Today marks 13 weeks til the IFBB Australasians.
I woke up this morning and my first thought was that I did not want to do my early morning cardio. Not that I didn't want to do it 'today'. That I didn't want to do it two to three times a day for the next 17 weeks (the last comp I was planning to do for the season, INBA Sydney titles, is 17 weeks away today).
So I sat and contemplated.
And I spoke to one of my girlfriends, a fellow competitor, who I knew would not try to sway me either way, but who I knew would listen and help me see clarity.
And I decided that I won't be doing the comps. After 3 years straight of competing, both my body and my mind need a break from it. All the strict dieting and the rigorous training regime eventually takes it's toll and I just need a rest from it for a bit. I haven't decided how long - I may do the Sept/Oct comps, I may take the entire year off - that's a decision I'm not in any rush to make.
So I called Coach (Mike) and told him my decision. Mike is great in that he has never tried to sway me either way but he did say after I told him that he thought it was a good idea. So we will be meeting this week to work out an off season plan - something I have not had before as I haven't really had a proper off season (aside from 6-8 weeks between comp seasons, which isn't really that long). I am still planning on keeping up the training, but not at pre-comp level, and am really looking forward to having some fun and mixing stuff up, like doing some swimming or kickboxing, or maybe even some crossfit as well as my weights.
And I know I have made the right decision because I am actually really happy with it.
SO after that call, I went and trained - with no expectations of myself - and smashed out an awesome quads session. I did:
3 x 15 hack squats
4 x 15 squats
5 x 20 leg extensions
6 x 15 leg press
and followed this with 20 mins bike/x-trainer. I also went for a walk this evening "just because i wanted to", not because I had to - and enjoyed it.
Other than that I don't have much to report about the weekend. I worked Friday morning then again Friday night; all day Saturday; then today just trained and bummed around watching Foxtel. Was tempted to go to the beach since it was a ripper of a day weather wise but still recovering from last week's sunburn efforts lol, combined with the fact I was very tired and feeling like being a lazy slob most of today ;) Need those days every once in a while!
Anyway that's me in a nutshell. Hopefully a more exciting week for you next week to report about. So til next time...train hard and be good. Vic x
I woke up this morning and my first thought was that I did not want to do my early morning cardio. Not that I didn't want to do it 'today'. That I didn't want to do it two to three times a day for the next 17 weeks (the last comp I was planning to do for the season, INBA Sydney titles, is 17 weeks away today).
So I sat and contemplated.
And I spoke to one of my girlfriends, a fellow competitor, who I knew would not try to sway me either way, but who I knew would listen and help me see clarity.
And I decided that I won't be doing the comps. After 3 years straight of competing, both my body and my mind need a break from it. All the strict dieting and the rigorous training regime eventually takes it's toll and I just need a rest from it for a bit. I haven't decided how long - I may do the Sept/Oct comps, I may take the entire year off - that's a decision I'm not in any rush to make.
So I called Coach (Mike) and told him my decision. Mike is great in that he has never tried to sway me either way but he did say after I told him that he thought it was a good idea. So we will be meeting this week to work out an off season plan - something I have not had before as I haven't really had a proper off season (aside from 6-8 weeks between comp seasons, which isn't really that long). I am still planning on keeping up the training, but not at pre-comp level, and am really looking forward to having some fun and mixing stuff up, like doing some swimming or kickboxing, or maybe even some crossfit as well as my weights.
And I know I have made the right decision because I am actually really happy with it.
SO after that call, I went and trained - with no expectations of myself - and smashed out an awesome quads session. I did:
3 x 15 hack squats
4 x 15 squats
5 x 20 leg extensions
6 x 15 leg press
and followed this with 20 mins bike/x-trainer. I also went for a walk this evening "just because i wanted to", not because I had to - and enjoyed it.
Other than that I don't have much to report about the weekend. I worked Friday morning then again Friday night; all day Saturday; then today just trained and bummed around watching Foxtel. Was tempted to go to the beach since it was a ripper of a day weather wise but still recovering from last week's sunburn efforts lol, combined with the fact I was very tired and feeling like being a lazy slob most of today ;) Need those days every once in a while!
Anyway that's me in a nutshell. Hopefully a more exciting week for you next week to report about. So til next time...train hard and be good. Vic x
Saturday, January 16, 2010
This is what the Devil looks like...
Cheat meal night. Chinese followed by Sara Lee Rocky Road Overload ice cream. It is the Devil. No, really. Was eating 1/2 a tub (and probably a week's worth of calories) worth feeling sick for 4 hours afterwards? You bet your ass it was!!
The end.
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