Please Scroll Down to See Forums Below Just wondering how low calories do you ladies go when getting ready for a contest? I'm starting my contest diet at 16 weeks out. Also I'm curious about what other competitor's do for last week contest prep (ie cutting water, carb-loading and depleting,etc). Any info would be greatly appreciated.
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VooDoo Lady
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http://boards.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=73834
This thread has TONS of info on pre-contest prep....
Good LUCK!
VDL
This thread has TONS of info on pre-contest prep....
Good LUCK!
VDL
I think getting all crazy in the last week just sets someone up for disaster.. get yourself ready by two or three weeks out, and just hang on to it... fucking with water, sodium, carbs, etc, is recipe for throwing those sixteen weeks (+years) down the drain... stay conservative and come in shredded....
as far as calories go, it really is up to what you are taking, how much you are training, doing cardio, clean carbs etc... its up to knowing how your body responds to different foods and amounts...
dg
as far as calories go, it really is up to what you are taking, how much you are training, doing cardio, clean carbs etc... its up to knowing how your body responds to different foods and amounts...
dg
SteelWeaver
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Aw, livnfit, I feel kinda bad for you - I think this is the second time you've posted this question and no-one's really been up to giving you any details ...
Unfortunately, I don't know anything about that final week either - I'm hoping to find something out before my comp. in May, but I've heard there are a hundred thousand different variations. The problem is, unless someone actually says one or two of those variations, people like us don't even have a starting point ...
What's your diet like now, livnfit?
diesgrl (sweet, sweet smile for you) ... would you mind posting just a simple example of what you've done in that last week in the past, that worked for you? You don't have to go into intense, minute-by-minute detail, just an overview of water, food, training ...??? Pretty please - just for a look, a reference point?
Unfortunately, I don't know anything about that final week either - I'm hoping to find something out before my comp. in May, but I've heard there are a hundred thousand different variations. The problem is, unless someone actually says one or two of those variations, people like us don't even have a starting point ...
What's your diet like now, livnfit?
diesgrl (sweet, sweet smile for you) ... would you mind posting just a simple example of what you've done in that last week in the past, that worked for you? You don't have to go into intense, minute-by-minute detail, just an overview of water, food, training ...??? Pretty please - just for a look, a reference point?
SteelWeaver
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I know you know your stuff, diesgrl ... 
Ok ladies.. I am glad that you respect my experience...
what I did last time is NOT what I will do this time... what I did:
I dropped my sodium TOO early, two weeks out... which this year, I will drop only sunday, maybe Monday, maybe tuesday, still haven't decided.
I dropped my carbs Sunday until Wednesday to 50g the first day, and 35 for the other days. Thursday I stayed conservative and ate 100g carbs (what I dieted on), then Friday I doubled it to 200grams... my last day of training was wednesday.
Sunday through Wednesday, I water loaded (doubled to 2.5-3 gallons).... started my first diuretic wednesday night... (probably too early)... began dropping my water intake on thursday... drank just a bit more than what I got rid of... Friday I drank less and less water as the day passed, taking 1 dyazide every eight hours.... Saturday morning I barely drank anything.... I don't think I had anything more than what went down my throat after brushing my teeth....
continued with the carbs... was nice and dry for prejudging, but was holding a tiny bit of water for finals.. I did come in flat, so I might have been too conservative, or took too many diuretics.
What I will probably do this time.... decrease carbs again, water load again... not dropping sodium until the last week...
I will on wednesday drop my protein probably down to 100grams, and increase carb intake to 300 thursday and 400 for friday.... instead of sticking with yams for carb-up, I will probably use rice cakes or white potatoes... still no salt. I will use 1/2 dyazides instead of whole ones, but keep a better eye on what is happening as to when I should take another... I will probably again take my first wednesday night.... and drop my water out in the same fasion... I am considering trying out dimidex, but will experiment with that two or three weeks out....
you want to be ready three weeks out so you can experiment.. this is my theory for what I will do this time, but EVERYTHING is subject to change.
hope this gives a little insight on what REALLY happens that last week... hell, I might not do anything different the last week, except for cutting water and taking diuretics and eating a few more carbs....
we'll just have to see...
dg
what I did last time is NOT what I will do this time... what I did:
I dropped my sodium TOO early, two weeks out... which this year, I will drop only sunday, maybe Monday, maybe tuesday, still haven't decided.
I dropped my carbs Sunday until Wednesday to 50g the first day, and 35 for the other days. Thursday I stayed conservative and ate 100g carbs (what I dieted on), then Friday I doubled it to 200grams... my last day of training was wednesday.
Sunday through Wednesday, I water loaded (doubled to 2.5-3 gallons).... started my first diuretic wednesday night... (probably too early)... began dropping my water intake on thursday... drank just a bit more than what I got rid of... Friday I drank less and less water as the day passed, taking 1 dyazide every eight hours.... Saturday morning I barely drank anything.... I don't think I had anything more than what went down my throat after brushing my teeth....
continued with the carbs... was nice and dry for prejudging, but was holding a tiny bit of water for finals.. I did come in flat, so I might have been too conservative, or took too many diuretics.
What I will probably do this time.... decrease carbs again, water load again... not dropping sodium until the last week...
I will on wednesday drop my protein probably down to 100grams, and increase carb intake to 300 thursday and 400 for friday.... instead of sticking with yams for carb-up, I will probably use rice cakes or white potatoes... still no salt. I will use 1/2 dyazides instead of whole ones, but keep a better eye on what is happening as to when I should take another... I will probably again take my first wednesday night.... and drop my water out in the same fasion... I am considering trying out dimidex, but will experiment with that two or three weeks out....
you want to be ready three weeks out so you can experiment.. this is my theory for what I will do this time, but EVERYTHING is subject to change.
hope this gives a little insight on what REALLY happens that last week... hell, I might not do anything different the last week, except for cutting water and taking diuretics and eating a few more carbs....
we'll just have to see...
dg
SteelWeaver
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dieslgrl said:
Whoo hoo!! Indeedy!
Your posts are always to the point.THANK YOU - that's EXACTLY the type of thing I was hoping you would post - what you did, how it worked, how you tweaked, or intend to tweak it, and why.
Beautiful! And good point about trying to be ready 3 weeks out - I'm hoping to be there with a bit of time to play with what I'll do that last week, just to see how it all works. I've heard a lot of people say they didn't start carbing-up early enough, and looked their best the day AFTER the show ...
Just one question ... how did you measure how much water you "got rid of"?
SteelWeaver
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dieslgrl said:
DAMN! I thought you were going to ask that!!! shit girl, I fucking measured it!!!!
dg
ROTFLMFAO!!!!!! That is frickin' hilarious! No way!
But ... why did I suspect you were going to say that?
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