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Sassy69
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Thx TV-- I enjoyed reading this-- and it brought back some memories and some things I wish I would've done differently. The interesting part was the sodium thing. Sometimes you hear about people spending the last week or two cutting out even regular water in favor of distilled water trying to get rid of water retention. The mistake there is that distilled water not only doesn't taste like anything, its basically dead -- it doesn't provide any of the good stuff that regular water has. You get into discussions with other bbs as to whether or not there is too much salt in canned tuna so you rinse the crap out of it before eating it or boil your chicken instead of cooking it like a reasonable person. TRUST ME, boiled chicken w/ flax seed oil on it is NOT a delicacy.
For my second show, I actually sodium loaded close to the show and then depleted over a 2 or so day period.
And then at the end of it all, you are standing on stage in your 3 nasty layers of pro-tan and your $75 custom posing suit wondering if it was all worth it....
HELL YEAH! (If nuthin else, ya got some great horror stories about boiled chicken & flax seed oil....!)
For my second show, I actually sodium loaded close to the show and then depleted over a 2 or so day period.
And then at the end of it all, you are standing on stage in your 3 nasty layers of pro-tan and your $75 custom posing suit wondering if it was all worth it....
HELL YEAH! (If nuthin else, ya got some great horror stories about boiled chicken & flax seed oil....!)
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new@gettinbig
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See now there is no need to explain the mood swings...and everything pissing me off!!!! 4 and counting
Sassy69
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That's the word.... You do that for 12-16 weeks -- and u get so that every time you deviate from the diet, all you can think about is how its going to "cost" you -- like that much more you have to get worked off for that 10 am prejudging on the day of your contest. By the last week you are ready to go off on anyone who pisses you off because you are so carb depleted. But bottom line -- you either do it or you don't. Everything you do that is a cheat you feel like you are going to pay big time .. complete head game by the end of it all.
If I had to break down the effort that goes into bb - its mostly diet & mental -- the training is the easy part, then cardio ... but the diet is critical and then you have to not lose it before the prejudge -- and then don't pig out too much after the show LOL!
If I had to break down the effort that goes into bb - its mostly diet & mental -- the training is the easy part, then cardio ... but the diet is critical and then you have to not lose it before the prejudge -- and then don't pig out too much after the show LOL!
The kidney/aldosterone thing is a little misleading. It takes your kidneys 36-72 hours to figure out there is a shortage of sodium and water in your diet and start holding water. But this is seriously low sodium and hard to achieve on a regular pre-comp meal. It is enough to sodium and water load for 3-4 days, then dramatically cut back for 1-2 days pre comp. There is no need to eat high sodium right from the start, and it can be detrimental for female dieters since they tend to eat more calories if the food is saltier. For some reason men don't suffer from this. What you should be more concerned about is getting enough potassium in your diet. Save the mineral manipulation for the last week before your show.
agree w/ Sassy on the 'mental' discipline... it's the biggest factor in staying w/ the focus. Competing takes you to a new height of finding out what you're made of.
I remember wishing if I could do without one of my senses, it would be taste... (wonder what it costs to have your taste buds removed???)
Broke off a great relationship due to the mood issue... tough lesson there. He wasn't into lifting/competing.. didn't understand it... later when I got it together, he had moved on. Next relationship, we agreed to not see each other the last 4 weeks before show.
Lots of work for only 2 minutes to show for it.
Thanks for the article 3V!
I remember wishing if I could do without one of my senses, it would be taste... (wonder what it costs to have your taste buds removed???)
Broke off a great relationship due to the mood issue... tough lesson there. He wasn't into lifting/competing.. didn't understand it... later when I got it together, he had moved on. Next relationship, we agreed to not see each other the last 4 weeks before show.
Lots of work for only 2 minutes to show for it.
Thanks for the article 3V!
Sassy69
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MS -- thx for the clarification -- I dont' like salt anyway so loading for a few days is no big deal..
flex-- my MOM still gets upset when I talk to her about competing....
Its true tho -- for a lousy 2 min on stage -- but what an amazing two minutes....
It either kicks your ass or it perpetuates itself -- once you do one all you want to do is do better next time. There's no money in it, it f's up a lot of your personal life and your friends & family really do suffer when you have to deal w/ the mood swings and constant dieting & training. But I guess its kind of fun to have something unique like a bb trophy sitting in your living room. The challenge is to keep it from taking over your life-- for some people it really is an obsession. I guess it is to me to a certain degree -- but I still stick to the lifestyle either way....
flex-- my MOM still gets upset when I talk to her about competing....
Its true tho -- for a lousy 2 min on stage -- but what an amazing two minutes....
It either kicks your ass or it perpetuates itself -- once you do one all you want to do is do better next time. There's no money in it, it f's up a lot of your personal life and your friends & family really do suffer when you have to deal w/ the mood swings and constant dieting & training. But I guess its kind of fun to have something unique like a bb trophy sitting in your living room. The challenge is to keep it from taking over your life-- for some people it really is an obsession. I guess it is to me to a certain degree -- but I still stick to the lifestyle either way....
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new@gettinbig
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Unless your boyfriend, husband, friend....or whatever is involved in bb and training and has been there and done contest prep etc.....it will be hell and it will get nasty...people in general have no idea what you put your body through, nor have they ever suffered like that....so they can not understand or relate to you. Ends up being too fustrating and so conflicting...not worth the extra shit!
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