Sadly
OK, sadly, I just used my fat calipers, and I don’t like the outcome! Provided I did it right, it says my bodyfat is around 17%!! I’ve already signed up for the show, and have only 2 weeks until show time. This is supremely discouraging. Crunching numbers, and getting extreme, with waterweight loss, and hoping to maintain what muscle I have, I might get down to 7 or 8%. I don’t think that’s going to cut it. That’s with a caloric intake of 2200 calories (a BMR caloric deficit of 1200 calories or 1 pound lost every 3 days) and counting 45 minutes of cardio twice a day (700 calories burned per day, equalling another 1 ound every 5 days), plus the weight training (8 more sessions at 450 calories per sesssion, which equates to one pound total lost in the next 2 weeks) brings us to 9 pounds, plus waterweight loss (hopefully), I may, just MAY, make it to 192 or 193 lbs. Provided I haven’t lost any significant amount of muscle, that still leaves me at over 8%!!! Is that going to "cut" it, (pun intended)? I don’t think so. But it’s all I can do. If my workout this week and next builds even a little more muscle, which given my carb depletion seems unlikely, that would help immensely.
So…. I’ve dived in. The big lesson learned? Do my math sooner, and start my road to competition sooner. But like I said from the outset, I really was planning on having more time to bulk, and the contest date caught me off guard. Thus, I’m in the pickle I’m in.
