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What makes a woman Special?

Women are special creatures- we are different than men and that difference must be taken into consideration in our training and nutritional programs.

What is it that makes women special?

1. The obvious physical characteristics J
2. Our monthly hormonal cycles

At different times over the past couple years, I noticed myself having extreme mood changes, symptoms of depression, complete physical exhaustion and total lack of motivation. After realizing that these symptoms came at the same time each month, I finally connected my symptoms to PMS. My PMS was negatively impacting every aspect of my life for about 2 weeks of every month! As I researched the subject I found that many women, as they have children and enter into their 30’s, have more PMS symptoms. Up to 85% of women suffer some of the 150 symptoms called PMS.

What caused my PMS? I am very healthy and fit, so why was I suffering so badly? My knowledge of nutrition led me to a possible nutrient deficiency. I started simple supplementation of key “hormonal support” nutrients including: B-6, magnesium, calcium, vitamin E and B-12.

Three months into my faithful supplementation I had my first symptom free cycle!!

Every female needs to realize the important role that vitamins and minerals play in supporting our natural hormonal cycle. Regardless of weather or not you suffer negatively from PMS, the female hormonal cycle affects every woman. As the mother of 3 young girls, I believe that from birth there is a “time of the month” for every female.

If you do suffer PMS, there is hope…before turning to an antidepressant or taking the pill for relief, please try the following supplements:

Vitamin B_6*:

100mg per day

Vitamin E:

400-600 IU per day

Calcium:

1,500 mg per day

Magnesium:

800 mg per day

Fatty Acids( like fish oil or flax seed oil):

2-4 gms per day

Or you can benefit by taking one of the following great supplements:

Pinnacle PMS Care- http://store.femnutrition.com/pinpms.html

Schiff PMS Formula- http://store.femnutrition.com/schpms.html

Remember YOU are in control of your body, life and legacy.

Get BUFF!

xoxoxo~Michelle

www.BuffMother.com

I’d wanted to share this wonderful e-mailcorrespondence with all of you…

I responded:Jennifer,Thanks so much for your GREAT e-mail!  I really loveyour enthusiasm.

To answer your questions:

The point at which I decided I was going to prove youcan be buff after having children came when I lookedin the mirror and I didn’t recognize the personstaring back at me.  I was very unhappy with what Isaw and how I felt.In October of 2003, I decided to start training for myfirst contest and competed in March of 2004.  So afteronly 6 months of intense training, I won the my firsttwo NPC figure titles only 13 months after I had my3rd and 4th children by c-section.  I honestly admitthat my body was not “super solid” at that point, butI continued to work hard and shortly won 3 more titlesthat year.

As far as diet is concerned, you are right it is notsuper clean.  I don’t have time to plan everythingout, so I eat the best I can.  The biggest concern forme is to get my protein and veggies in daily.  If I dothat on a consistant basis, I see huge results.  Alsolearning to time my meals for workout performance hasbeen key.  My diet varies a lot from day to day and Ichange my focus every couple weeks, so it is hard forme to give you a typical day’s menu.  But when I amtrying to lean up for a contest/photoshoot my ratiosare basically 30Carb/40protein/30fat.

I am glad to hear that you enjoy lifting with yourhusband.  Relish that time together and continue tochallenge yourself.  Please join the Team BuffMother!Yahoo! group so that we can stay in touch.  There area ton of wonderful inspirational women there who arealways willing to help you get Buff!

Have a great night,Your new friend,Michelle

Happy Thanksgiving!
I am so thankful for all of you!

There are so many things I am thankful for including the ability to run:
today I did just that…
7 min warm up on my r-bike
25min run with 8 hard min intervals
5 min cool down
abs, cats, supermans and stretching

Now I am off to the shower to beautify myself for my kitchen duty.

Have a wonderful day and enjoy all that God has given you to be thankful for

God Bless, Michelle
p.s. I hope you like the halloween picture of my kids

I love the Holidays! And for the first year in a long time I think they will be more enjoyable than stressful. My kids are now old enough to really enjoy the activities and will be able to cope with all the excitement.

I know that I will edulge a little more than usual this week, but it is OKAY. That’s why I work so hard the rest of the year, so that I can give myself the freedom to enjoy life’s pleasures. My resolve is to have my holiday meals, but get right back on track once my day of freedom is over so that I can enjoy the next holiday

I pray that all of you will have a wonderful Thanksgiving, I know I will!

God Bless,
Michelle
p.s. One of the biggest things I am thankful for is that all of you are a part of my life, Thanks!

You can have a flat tummy it just takes work!
I believe a big thing that has led to my tummy being flat after kids is the fact
that I work my legs hard and heavy almost twice every week. I feel
that if you have good legs your core has to follow suit.

Speaking of working legs…
Just thought I would post my leg workout for today (the second for this week).
It felt great!

Have a happy weekend, Michelle

Well hunting season is here and I just thought I ‘d share a picture of me with my deer…
It was back about 10 years ago, eeek did I just say 10 years!!
Oh my I am getting old!

Happy Hunting,
Michelle

Well I have fallen in love with asparagus.YUMMMMMMY!

They have GREAT VALUE frozen asparagus at wal-mart in a ready to microwave container. The entire container is only 100 calories half protein(12g)!! and half carbs(12g)!

GREENS are GREAT!
-Michelle

Hi everyone!!!
My updated site is now up!!!
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