| Are you a female bodybuilder, about to prepare for | | | | friend's birthday, to some other location where you |
| your one of your first times on stage? If so, you may | | | | won't be as tempted! |
| have heard that the precontest dieting can be grueling | | | | - Place a visual reminder of your goals which you will |
| and challenging, and many aspiring female bodybuilders | | | | see often. For example, copy and paste an image of |
| simply cannot maintain the discipline. | | | | your head on the body you believe that you realistically |
| Here are three quick things you can do to reduce the | | | | can achieve in the next 12-16 weeks. If you have a |
| odds of failing when you start a typical precontest | | | | deep motivation for your contest (such as dedicating |
| female bodybuilder's diet: | | | | your training to a charitable cause or to a family |
| - Get your home ready BEFORE you begin your | | | | member who is ill) then add some visual reminder as |
| contest diet! This means that you should have lots of | | | | to why you are doing this contest diet. Place the |
| food storage containers for when you cook your | | | | reminder somewhere like your refrigerator, your front |
| healthy foods in bulk. Also, get rid of junk food or other | | | | door, on your computer, or on the mirror so that you |
| foods which might set you back from reaching your | | | | see it often Start with these three tips before you |
| goals; and have the right spices or other condiments | | | | begin a contest diet, and you will increase the odds of |
| which are approved for a beginning female | | | | success even as you have that last cheat meal the |
| bodybuilding diet | | | | night before your contest diet begins. These tips will |
| - Get rid of "junk food reminders" around the house! | | | | come in handy, especially if get tempted to cheat on |
| Place those pictures on the refrigerator of you eating | | | | your diet around Week 9! |
| birthday cake or drinking cocktails, celebrating your | | | | |