Contest Prep for 2010 Provincials

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Originally Posted by thetruepitbull

I'm no pro at this, but I've dieted myself down 4 years in a row and every year I crack once.

Don't take my advice as anything more than a matter of opinion.

I have the same issue as you and the thought of food increases as you diet longer, excercise harder, cardio in greater duration, drop your cals, eat the same shot everyday, etc....and the only reason I'm replying to this is because it's about food.

I had my re-feed day last Friday. 1000g carbs pancakes, bagels, ff frozen yogurt, candy and such. Saturday I was feeling really low again, poor Attitude, cold as a mofo, weak as as possible, couldn't think, walk, or talk properly.

Well, Sunday rolls around and I go to the gum do 30min of light cardio and plan to take the day off and just stretch, bump up healthy fats, add a little more protein, etc... Well....that lasted until 10am.

That's when I had a full on cheat day. My first one for the duration of my diet. At that time I was 3 weeks and 6 days out from my show. 12 hours later and 10k calories later I got all of my cravings out of my system and jumped on the diet the following day.

Went up only 3lbs. And now am down 0.albs from last week and still have 2 days of dieting left before I am 3 weeks out.

I took this day as a psychological break, a metabolism boost and a practice for my junkload.

Just my opinion, but cheating, which is what I officially did cause it wasn't planned will not harm 16 weeks or so of dieting. If I was pro I might be able to handle everything that comes along with dieting but I am not.

Do what you seem fit to do. But I truly feel this helps.

Get more opinions and responses though. Do your research, assess yourself physically, and psychologically and decide what needs to be done.

You could also try bumping up healthy cals, backing off training a bit or just suck it up and deal with it.

Good luck with the contest.

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Thanks man but I have worked too hard!! Cheating Simply isn't an option in my mind! I am sticking to the game plan.

Tonight was kinds shitty though. I swear I almost passed out on the eliptical. Barely made it

:shockSOOOOO PUMPED!!!! !

Told by the boss today to have a big Re-Feed on Saturday night!!!! I Couldn't be more excited!!! I think I cried tears of Joy when he told me to do it!!!

So What I will be doing is taking pics and updates like normal on Saturday morning (A.K.A. 3 Weeks out). Then I will take some more pics Pre-Refeed on Saturday around supper time.
More pics a few hours after the re-feed meal.
and then sunday morning I will take some pics and my weight to see how the re-feed affected me.

It should be interesting!! BOYS I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO EXCITED!!!
This is going to make the last 3 weeks just sooo much easier!!

I Can't even sit still now! Saturday night at 8pm it's on!!! BABY!!:yeah

Told you so. Just kidding.

You could also do your water restriction with or without diuretic use and use this day as practice for a contest. If you restrict your H2O and have your refeed you will know what you'll be dealing with contest day.

What type of refeed will you be doing.

Btw, your conditioning is good.

Keep it up.

Also, will you be training on that day.

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Originally Posted by thetruepitbull

Told you so. Just kidding.

You could also do your water restriction with or without diuretic use and use this day as practice for a contest. If you restrict your H2O and have your refeed you will know what you'll be dealing with contest day.

What type of refeed will you be doing.

Btw, your conditioning is good.

Keep it up.

Also, will you be training on that day.

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HAHA I'm just following the boss's orders :P
My refeed will be mostly pancakes :D maybe a few other treats :P
That day I will be doing a leg workout and 2 hours of cardio. I don't think we will be restricting the water intake or anything like that.
Thanks for the compliment man I have worked very very hard to get here and I hope to do well this year

How many grams of the macronutrients are you having? All out cheat day? Or mainly carbs with mod protein and min fat? Or a cheat meal, etc...?

Just curious.

I prefer to shoot for 500 to 800g of carbs, keep fat at a min and protein 1 to 1.5g/lb. Mostly high GI carbs.

Intense Muscle is another good site to look at.

Not going to really be counting man roughly 400g of carbs probably or so and the rest is just a treat. I am not thinking about this one I am just going to do it and enjoy it. I am just Stoked I get to do it.

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Originally Posted by shredded_Tris

Not going to really be counting man roughly 400g of carbs probably or so and the rest is just a treat. I am not thinking about this one I am just going to do it and enjoy it. I am just Stoked I get to do it.

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this makes a lot more sense then having 1000g of carbs on a friday, and 2 days later having another 10000 calories. You're just begging for a disaster to happen doing that!

now u know why I eat a tun of salads when dieting how else u gonna get ur mind off food then to eat it.

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Originally Posted by steve_d

this makes a lot more sense then having 1000g of carbs on a friday, and 2 days later having another 10000 calories. You're just begging for a disaster to happen doing that!

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You're absolutely right. And that's why I'm it at the level you compete at, additionally I do not have the experience you have under your belt. I do like throwing in the occasional junk meal, but I ****ed up, didn't and ended off eating my face off 2 days later. Well I did drop another lb this week, but I guess I could have dropped another 0.5 on top of that.

At my level and experience I am trying different approaches to dieting and re-feeding.

Stick to the advice that Steve and Greg have to offer you as they have a wealth of knowledge and experience compared to me. My 10k dy was probably somewhat of a set back and 1000g of carbs might not be necessary for me, but they seem to do the trick and I will tweak what I do every time I diet down.

All I can say is I still managed to get back on track, fill out, gain some much needed energy and strength and still drop another lb.

Although dieting is scientific and calculated it is very individualized.

Alright people We are OFFICIALLY 3 WEEKS OUT!!!!

RE-Feed is tonight and I couldn't be more excited!! There will be lots of pics posted this weekend and I will mark the different times on them.

So last week I was 149.2lbs and this week I am 148.6lbs and wow what a difference half a pound makes at this point!! I am very impressed with where my conditioning is at and I think I am just about ready :D

Let me know what you guys think of this weeks pics and please chime in on my conditioning throughout today and tomorrow as I do the Re-feed. We shall see exactly how my body responds to all of this.

and if there is anything that I forgot to say that you are curious about feel free to ask me.

I think I will also weigh myself throughout the day up till the re-feed and see how much my weight is fluctuating from a morning dry to a watery sodium loaded night.