Nafissa always had a packed schedule and made excuses to not train or eat healthy meals. When she had to buy a brand new 'emergency suit' in a bigger size, she woke up to reality and made a goal to get fit. Find out how she lost 48 pounds!
Vital Stats
Name: Nafissa Upright
Email: nafissa.upright@gmail.com
BodySpace: nafissau
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Before:
Age: 38
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 156 lbs
Body Fat: 38%
Waist: 38"
Hips: 41"
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After:
Age: 39
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 108.2 lbs
Body Fat: 8.5%
Waist: 25"
Hips: 33"
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Why I Got Started
I was always a slim kid and paid no attention to what I ate. After I hit 30 it all caught up with me. I have a demanding job, and I travel a lot. I fly more than 100,000 miles per year and eat in restaurants a lot. It became easy to just say, "Well, I have no control on my food, and it's not possible to get to the gym with my schedule, or when I am on a plane twice per week."
Then when my largest suit didn't fit me anymore and I needed to make an emergency trip to Nordstrom the day before I had to fly to Toronto to a meeting and bought the largest size I ever had; it was a wake-up call. I realized I was just getting bigger and bigger.
I started to work with a trainer, and then she after a few weeks took the before picture I have included. I was feeling really good because I had lost 8 pounds already but when I saw the shots, I realized there was nothing to feel good about, I was fat, and had a long way to go. I sat and cried. And then really got serious.
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I Realized I Had A Long Way To Go And Then Really Got Serious.
How I Did It
It took a year and a half to get where I am. I originally started working with her to just get some basic weight loss, 10-to-20 pounds, was more than I could even imagine losing. I started with Weight Watchers online, and worked with my trainer 3 times per week. She encouraged me to really up my cardio, something I have never done.
I booked a cruise to set a goal for myself and to hold myself accountable. I worked really hard and lost 20 pounds in time for my cruise. After the cruise I took it easier on myself, but still kept at the gym and stopped Weight Watchers and started counting calories, fat, carbs, fiber, etc. I lost a few more pounds.
Over the next summer I slacked off a bit and always had a goal to compete. So I stayed rather static for a while until I made the decision in October of 2009 to enter a competition. At that point I was still just under 30% body fat and about 136 pounds. With 5 months to go, my trainer helped me with diet; we did carb cycling, training and lots of cardio. At one point I was doing an hour session twice per day on the treadmill.
Now I am focusing on a new competition, and cardio has decreased to 30 minutes 4-or-5 times a week and more weight training. But the weight has not come back on.
I still live in Vancouver and work in Alaska and have to travel to other locations as well. So I am still on the go an awful lot. I have a horse that requires at least an hour or two of my time daily when I am in Vancouver. I have a full plate. But I realized that everything was in my control.
I learned to eat well and pack my own food. It's pretty rare that I let something like needing to catch a plane interfere with the gym these days unless it's a scheduled rest day. I have been at the gym at 4:30 a.m. before catching a flight, or other times hit it at 9 p.m. at night after a full day of flying. I can't imagine doing anything else.
 
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It Took A Year And A Half To Get Where I Am.
Supplements
Note: Supplement dosages and schedule listed below in Diet section.
Diet
Meal 1: Post Cardio
Meal 2:
Meal 3: Meal 4: Meal 5: Meal 6: Pre Workout Meal 7: (Optional)
Training
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Superset - Two exercises are performed consecutively without any rest.
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Day 1: Legs
Day 2: Chest
Day 3: Back/Hamstrings
Day 4: Abs/Shoulders
Circuit: - Cardio:
2 sets of 60 min Cardio sessions
Day
5: Back
Day 6: Triceps/Abs Superset:
Day 7:
Rest
Suggestions For Others
The hardest part is getting going. Once you are going, continuing is natural. I also realized that all the reasons I "couldn't" do it, were just disguises for why I didn't "want" to do it. Of course we all want the end result, but we really need to want the process.
The process is difficult, demanding but rewarding like nothing else. When I thought the weights were too heavy, or I just couldn't do another 30 seconds of cardio, the biggest power I had was to visualize myself in the posing suit and on stage, and I found it in me to keep going. You need to get control of your mind and then the body will follow.
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