Evogen Nutrition Interview!! and Olympia!!!

So I forgot to post this when they first upated my interview! Thanks to all the help of friends, family, and everyone that spread the word for the Evogen Nutrition contest! I won and was featured for a week on their homepage, here is the link- Evogen Nutrition Bikini Model Search  . Its pretty awesome, I got a supplement stack (pre and post-work out supplements.) Their products are high quality and work great, so I am so thankful for this opportunity. In about 10 weeks there will be another competition between all the girls and whoever wins get to be their next sponsored athlete. I hope to be at a higher fitness level at that point! My training and dieting seem to be working great, I can see the slight difference in definition in my muscles where as before I was just toned. I am still skinny mini but I have increased my caloric intake and eat more frequently when possible. I hope to be at 125-130 lbs by the end of my gains but still at my leanest. I can't wait for that day, but its a slow and steady process!

And oh my gosh!!! Can't I say 2 weeks from today Mike and I will be in Las Vegas for the Olympia Expo and Show! So very excited. We just decided to get a rental car while out there so we can enjoy the sites a bit more and not spend so much on cabs to go to and from gym/grocery/olympia show etc. I think its going to be such an awesome trip, I seriously cant wait. Next year we are going to try to the Grand Canyon or Hoover Damn. I have never been to either so I think itd be really amazing to do, but no time to allow it this trip!! So happy :)

Evogen Nutrition by Hany Rambod Competition

So at the beginning of last week Mike came across the supplement company Evogen Nutrition on facebook and noticed they were doing a Bikini Model/Athlete Search/Competition and told me to enter. It was a pretty simply competition where you post a photo of you in a bikini (I used the photo John Lathrop took at the ABA competition) and you get as many people to like their page and vote for you by liking your photo. I am NEVER good at any popularity contests only because I just feel like if you put in the work things will happen for themselves. But in this case I got a pretty awesome response at the start of the competition and decided to spread the word on Facebook, and my fabulous friends/family/friends of jumped on and supported me. I got a great response and by the end of the competition I had 138 votes putting me in first. The prize for this weekly competition is a Feature on the Evogen Nutrition Website  and a supplement stack. Even better at the end of the 12 week competition they are doing, they will take all 12 of the winners and have voting again, the next winner will get to be their next Sponsored Athlete! That is huge, they are a great supplement company, started by Jay Cutlers trainer/nutrition guru Hany Rambod. So exciting!! If anything the feature is a huge deal for me! My ultimate goal is to be a sponsored athlete and eventual IFBB Pro, but it is a slow process of getting to the size I want to be to compete again!

My training has been going very well, I have been eating a TON of food (all good stuff I swear), sometimes more than I can handle, but it is really necessary because of how high my metabolism is. I am incorporating more healthy fats/carbs, as well as  red meats! Woohoo!
Can only go up from here!!!
Less than a month until we go to Las Vegas for the Mr. Olympia Show and Convention! So excited for that!

Here are some progress photos and a shot of all the bikini diva tall class competitors and trophies!

<3
Danielle

So close I can taste it!

I have decided I am going to update each day until the show, it really helps me feel calm about everything. I have always gotten so nervous before anything big I do, this is no exception.

Monday and Tuesday were my higher carb days, now I am slowly tapering them until the show so I fill out as best as possible. I don't want to look too flat or too cut so I won't know until Saturday what I really need to take in.

I had a really good upper body work out yesterday, this week is much different than my regular training schedule. Typically I am doing a split-routine so I can really isolate the major muscle groups and focus on hypertrophy (or increasing muscle growth.) It has really worked great for my glutes/back. I will be starting a new approach for my upper body after Saturday. As for this week I just have my major leg day (Monday), upper body (Tuesday), and for today I will be focusing on a total body pump. I won't hit any weights Thursday or Friday, maybe only do some Stairmaster tomorrow to help my glutes/hams recover and some pump up stuff.

As for today, I had my solid balanced Protein/Carb/Fat breakfast with my normal supplements and now sipping on some Apple Cider Vinegar. My cold or allergies are still lingering but I am hanging in there. Not feeling too shabby this morning. Gotta go get MORE chicken and eggs for Mike and I. I can't wait to eat more red meat again! Yay for steak!!

I can really see the difference in leanness from last week to this week. Taking pictures often really does show your exact progress. It is really great. I will post some of those post competition so I can share my bodys transformation just from dieting so well and lifting heavy!

Have a great day! Today is my bartending shift, so it'll be a later night than I prefer :-/

<3
Danielle