gymrat0226’s BodyBlog

I have 5 days left until my competition.  My practice carb deplete/load was
very successful and I’m very happy with the results.  My trainer saw me on
Sunday to do posing and he flipped.  He told me not to loose any more weight
but I feel that I need to because my legs still have too much fat on them.

My nutritionist said we got the results we wanted so we’ll follow exactly
what we did last week so I’ll probably loose a few more pounds.  He told me
to cut back on my cardio to no more than 30-40 min/session.  And he said I
should come out 10% to 25% sharper than last Saturday.  I think that means
leaner, I’m not sure I’ll have to ask him.  So ready or not, I’m walking on
stage in 5 days!

My carb deplete/load was quite a diet experience.  When I saw my diet for
the deplete I just about flipped.  How on earth was I going to survive on
such little food and do my full body workout and 2 cardio sessions!  Well I
survived the first day.  I felt a little dumb by 2:00 pm.  I was light
headed and felt a little stupid like nothing could sink in my brain.  The
second day was worse in the morning.  I was starving by 10:00 and that’s
when I got the light headedness.  I didn’t do cardio at lunch because I just
didn’t have any energy at all.  I had to train in the evening with my
trainer and he has no idea that I’m doing this because he told me I didn’t
need to and that it’s not good for you.  I’m just about the most stubborn
person in the world and I do what I feel is best for me and I feel like he
didn’t help me at all with my diet like he promised so why should I listen
to him.  We ended up finishing 15 min early and did posing instead because
he could see I just had nothing left in me.  I tried to do cardio and that
lasted 10 minutes.

The first day of carb load was the best day of all the 5 days.  Wheat toast
and jam for breakfast tasted like a big cinnamon bun with icing on it!  The
2nd day was gross.  I had to eat so much food I felt like I was going to
explode and then no water after 6:00 pm except my shake.  Saturday a.m. I
had to pretend that it was show day so I had to get up at 5 and eat a bagel
which was yummy, then at 7 eat 2 Reeces Peanut Butter Cups and I’ve never
tasted anything so sweet in my life!  I took pics at 8:00.  Then for lunch
burger and fries.  I was so thirsty that my mouth was burning so I didn’t
enjoy it at all.  I ended up sipping about 16 oz of water throughout the day
until I took my final pics at 6 pm.  I later found out that I’m not supposed
to let myself get so thirsty and to drink 8 oz of water if I get like that.

This last week I’m extremely busy finishing my suits, getting my dress
altered, nails, training, etc, etc so I’ll probably only post one more time before the
show.

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