Trek to the Next Competition

4/21

So the next competition I am looking at is May 22nd here in Arlington. I want to do this show for a couple reasons: it's close to home so more friends & family can come more easily, and also I don't have to worry about traveling/finding a place to stay. I mean, it's literally 5 minutes from my house!

The only potential problem is to stay at the same weight class I have to drop to 176 or under. I weighed in at 181.4 on Saturday, and that's the lowest I've been in years. The problem right now is I have no idea where I am as far as my real weight goes. After the competition I had a nice Sunday off, had a bunch of food (all pretty healthy: whole wheat pancakes w/ a bunch of strawberries, blackberries, apples & raspberries, puffins w/ milk & more berries, apples w/ natural peanut butter, whole wheat pasta w/ black beans, chick peas, & chicken) and a ton of water. I stepped on the scale monday morning and saw 195.5. 195.5! Almost 15 pounds in the course of 2 days! I know most of that weight is water, excess food, and glycogen in addition to bodyfat gained from my semi-gluttonous Sunday. I'm already down to 186 as of this morning, but with all the fluctuation I don't really know where I am right now. I would need to get down to 184 by Saturday to have a shot at getting down to 176 (2 lbs per week is probably the best I can average w/ a perfect diet & working out 7-10 times per week, including doubles). Going to re-evaluate on Saturday, on which I am going to foxfield and probably won't be able to drink =( Dagger.