God does contest dieting play with your mind. Usually I am very stable and decisive and I know where I am going completely with my diet, training and drugs.

Now DREXX needs a little help from his buddies.

Usually my metabolism runs between 3500 and 4000 cals depending if I am on or off cycle.

I got this number by multiplying my Lean Body Mass by 20.5 off cycle and 23.5 on cycle

ex. 172lbs of LBM x 20.5 = 3526 cals per day off cycle
172lbs of LBM x 23.5 = 4042 cals per day on cycle

This is usually like clockwork for me and varies very little. I have been monitoring my calories and body fat every week or two for the last 1.5 years.

Now start the contest prep. I was 192lbs and 12% body fat (3970cals metabolism).

I create a caloric deficit of about 1000cals per day only eating 3000 cals on a keto diet and I add in 5 x 35 min of stationary bike per
week.

I expect to lose: 7000cals from diet and 1400cals from Cardio so a total of 8400 or 2.4lbs of FAT.

I only lost 0.66 lbs of FAT and gained 0.18lbs of LBM but the test was just starting to kick.

Got me confused as hell. After recalculating I decided my new Metabolism is 3160 per day instead of 3970. Then I lower calls to 2000 cals for the next week hoping to catch up with my fat loss and I also add in 6 times 45min of stationary bike (on an empty stomach) as well as 25mcg of T3 per day and the ECAY 3 times per day.

Now I lost only 1.78lbs of FAT while expecting to lose 3.8lbs of FAT after these last 9 days.

That means that now my metabolism is slower and only burning about 2446cals

What should I do... It's going to keep going down if I keep dropping calories...

What is the min. amount of cals I should take in for a guy that is now 192.5 @ 10.71% and 10 weeks out.

My goal bodyfat is the following: (lose most fat possible now and then slow down to let the skin tighten and glide into the contest)

Week_____Bodyfat
10******** 10.71%
9******** 9.43%
8******** 8.14%
7******** 7.28%
6******** 6.43%
5******** 5.57%
4******** 4.71%
3******** 4.29%
2******** 3.86%
1******** 3.43%
0******** 3.00% **** THE SHOW ****

I have competed before and gotten to 5% bodyfat with no T3 and only 250mg of AAS per week. Now I am using 1000mg of AAS per week till the contest.

Last year the lowest I went was 2700cals and I had 10lbs of LBM less with less drugs and it was also a keto diet. I lost 8% bodyfat in 10 weeks last year with those calories.

I think I may need to up the calories to get my metabolism where it should be. I am scared to gain fat though...

HELP ME PLEASE!!!

I appreciate some advice from someone that looks as good as you.

I am now doing 6 times 45 min of cardio on an empty stomach.

This week I will increase it to 2 times per day 30min so a total of 60 min per day.

I will up my calories to 2310 from my 2000 cals last week.

I did a keto diet but I am strongly thinking about changing to a diet that consists of 40% protein 30% carbs and 30% fat. Should I do it?

I will post my stack in the next post so it's clearer.

T3 I am doing for week 2 and 3 and then doing weeks 10, 11 and 12.

T3 will be used for the last 21 days in a pyramid up fashion.
Week 1 - 25mcg / day
Week 2 - 50mcg / day
Week 3 - 75mcg / day

I will increase calories a little and split the cardio twice a day. That should step up my metabolism a little.

If it doesnt work next week I will try changing up my calories everyday.

EX.

Day 1 - 1800 cals
Day 2 - 2300 cals
Day 3 - 2800 cals
Day 4 - 1800 cals ...

1. why clomid ed?
2. why not T3 4 weeks and ramp it up and down? It will be a longer t3 cycle and if you boost your protein you probably won't lose too much muscle. Also, if you see yourself starting to drop in lbm you could cut back on the cardio.

I am using 25mg of Clomid ed as a mild anti-E. I just added 10mg of Nolvadex ed starting today also as an anti-e.

"why not T3 4 weeks and ramp it up and down?"

I would but I only had 60 tabs left.

I am bugging him to do it, it would be awesome.

RoNiN from this board is also doing that show but he will be Heavyweight like E2 and I will be a middleweight unless I come in a little over 176lbs.

I better be under 176lbs because that show has no light-heavys. After 176lbs you are considered a heavyweight.

That is 249g Protein, 137g Carbs and 69g Fats per day

Ratio is about 50% protein, 25% Carbs, 25% Fats.

On training days I take in a little more calories in the form of carb.

The meals are all the same but before and after training I consume 50g of carbs more than the meal calls for.

On training days that means I get 249g Protein, 237g Carbs and 69g Fats so 2565 cals per day.

flexed, ur dead on when u say if this was a clambuteroil post it would have a flame next to it, but God forbid it is an actual steroid question, you know? typical