diuretics pre-show

[musclegirl28]

Hi guys! It's me again... here's a new question for you...
I have taken (for my last 3 shows), a diuretic called "aldactone"... it's fairly mild diuretic... I started Wednesday 1 in the am and 1 in the pm... I did this Thursday, Friday and Saturday too. Results were fair. I wanted to know if any of you have had any experiences with other types of diuretics (not interested in loops though like lasix)... how about dyazide or aldactazide? what is the schedule that you used for this particular diuretic?

any diuretic info would be helpful!

yours in dryness,
musclegirl

 

[*Bunny*]

I don't know much about this, but I'll bump it for ya ...

 

[The Shadow]

Hi guys! It's me again... here's a new question for you...
I have taken (for my last 3 shows), a diuretic called "aldactone"... it's fairly mild diuretic... I started Wednesday 1 in the am and 1 in the pm... I did this Thursday, Friday and Saturday too. Results were fair. I wanted to know if any of you have had any experiences with other types of diuretics (not interested in loops though like lasix)... how about dyazide or aldactazide? what is the schedule that you used for this particular diuretic?

any diuretic info would be helpful!

yours in dryness,
musclegirl

Most of that is user dependent

pounds of bodyweight

water intake

carb intake


loading or depleting


you cant answer without specifics

 

[musclegirl28]

user: 110 pounds at 8-9% bodyfat, water intake cuts off at Thursday until end of show (only sips of water - very sparingly so that I don't choke on my meals). My carb intake would be quite low... however, on Friday nite before the show... I carb load (ie. last meal of day would have a baked potato).. Any suggestions for diuretic?

 

[courtneybcca]

this is what I do for before show... but this has been tailored to me by a really good trainer that was watching over me...

a week or two weeks depending on how I am looking before the show I start drinking only reverse osmosis water or distilled because there is NO SODIUM...

the week of the show I will cut my CARBS bigtime and eat foods that are natural diuretics... so like green peppers and cucumbers I know there a few more but those are the ones I like and can stand for a long period of time...

so only carbs would be in the morning then its meals of boiled chicken (that is right BOILED chicken) because you get all the sodium out but its NASTY!!!

so something like 1/4 to 1/2 cup of oatmeal first meal and protein powder

then if show is on like a saturday mon-wed I will repeat the first meal twice

then meals 3-5 are boiled chicken breast and green peppers and cucumbers... no limit on the vegs..

meal 6 is just boiled chicken

then thursday and friday I will cut out the second oatmeal meal and do 2-5 of the boiled chicken and vegs

on the day of the show I will eat a large portion of oatmeal like a cup and then like an hour or so before the show I will either eat oatmeal again or something else high in carbs...

this works WONDERS for me but again everyone is different... I usually drop anywhere from 5-10 pounds of water weight

 

[The Shadow]

user: 110 pounds at 8-9% bodyfat, water intake cuts off at Thursday until end of show (only sips of water - very sparingly so that I don't choke on my meals). My carb intake would be quite low... however, on Friday nite before the show... I carb load (ie. last meal of day would have a baked potato).. Any suggestions for diuretic?

well....one day of carb loading isnt sufficient

you need 2-3 days for a full carb up

and of course you cant cut water AND carb load at the same time...

 

[musclegirl28]

i actually don't have a carb load in my plan... it's really a fat load (steak and potatoes the night of the show). Assuming that I do carb load about Monday to Wednesday, and then cut my water starting the night of Thursday, and fat load the night of Friday before the show (and I don't do any sodium loading at all!!!) As a matter of fact, I bake my chicken all the way up until 8 weeks out... and the final 8 weeks I boil that sucker!!

 

[The Shadow]

i actually don't have a carb load in my plan... it's really a fat load (steak and potatoes the night of the show). Assuming that I do carb load about Monday to Wednesday, and then cut my water starting the night of Thursday, and fat load the night of Friday before the show (and I don't do any sodium loading at all!!!) As a matter of fact, I bake my chicken all the way up until 8 weeks out... and the final 8 weeks I boil that sucker!!

so....you carb load M-Wed...

then cut water


so you then lose the carbs that you just loaded.....

am I understading that correctly?

 

[Miss24k]

so....you carb load M-Wed...

then cut water


so you then lose the carbs that you just loaded.....

am I understading that correctly?

Shouldn't it be the another way around, cut water then load carbs???

 

[musclegirl28]

To tell you the truth, I haven't ever incorporated carb loading into my plan at all. From what I understand, people have told me to carb load early and then deplete it closer to the show. So yes, you would then lose those carbs that were just loaded... almost starving those muscles. Then fat loading would apparantly fill them up. It actually worked.