Well I thought I'd detail my journey during the week of making weight for any who are interested. I'll be providing pictures etc. when I do my water drop and am expecting about 50 lbs or so of weight variance up and down. I'll be competing this weekend in the 11th Annual Georgia State Open Powerlifting Championships - 181 Raw this Saturday. Normally I wouldn't try to drop weight for a local meet but I figure it'll be a good prep for APC nationals and I'll also be going after the 181 Raw Squat, Deadlift, and Total records for the APC as well as my first elite total.
Current Weight: 199-200 - I'll get a photo up at some point today as I find pictures during big weight drops to be interesting/entertaining.
Weigh-In: 10 AM Friday
Plan:
Been having around 2.5-3 gallons of water a day with high sodium/potassium for the past few days. Been super low carb (under 30g/day) for the last 10 days.
Wed:
Restrict Salt at dinner, switch to distilled water
Thurs:
3 meals before 2 PM - mainly asparagus, celery, peanut butter, and protein shakes in coconut milk.
Each meal will also have: 500mg Dandelion Root, 400 mg Caffeine, 99mg Potassium. Water intake will be about 1/3rd what it normally is at this point - no more than 1/2 gallon.
2 PM-4PM = Nap time
4 PM = Start of dehydration process using 15 min sub-scalding baths and steam. Minimum of 2 baths per hour. Depending on how this goes through the night I may take another nap at some point.
Fri:
Weigh-in (I'll be so pretty all dried out! I'll also feel like death most likely).
10:00 AM - I make weight!
Immediately following making weight - 2 pedialytes + 2 nalgenes of distilled water + 2.75 tbsp of glycerol mixed in each one as well as 5g creatine monohydrate. Also supplement with 300mg ALA. Get this down asap.
I'll then proceed to have solid meals keeping carbs around 4:1 ratio and trying to pack in the food. Each meal will have 5g creatine monohydrate, 300mg ALA, 75mg Salt, and I'll take 200mg potassium (4 pills) throughout the day.
Target Weight: 210-215.
So that's the plan, if you've got suggestions feel free to add and I'll do some other documentation as I go along through the process.
Current Weight: 199-200 - I'll get a photo up at some point today as I find pictures during big weight drops to be interesting/entertaining.
Weigh-In: 10 AM Friday
Plan:
Been having around 2.5-3 gallons of water a day with high sodium/potassium for the past few days. Been super low carb (under 30g/day) for the last 10 days.
Wed:
Restrict Salt at dinner, switch to distilled water
Thurs:
3 meals before 2 PM - mainly asparagus, celery, peanut butter, and protein shakes in coconut milk.
Each meal will also have: 500mg Dandelion Root, 400 mg Caffeine, 99mg Potassium. Water intake will be about 1/3rd what it normally is at this point - no more than 1/2 gallon.
2 PM-4PM = Nap time
4 PM = Start of dehydration process using 15 min sub-scalding baths and steam. Minimum of 2 baths per hour. Depending on how this goes through the night I may take another nap at some point.
Fri:
Weigh-in (I'll be so pretty all dried out! I'll also feel like death most likely).
10:00 AM - I make weight!
Immediately following making weight - 2 pedialytes + 2 nalgenes of distilled water + 2.75 tbsp of glycerol mixed in each one as well as 5g creatine monohydrate. Also supplement with 300mg ALA. Get this down asap.
I'll then proceed to have solid meals keeping carbs around 4:1 ratio and trying to pack in the food. Each meal will have 5g creatine monohydrate, 300mg ALA, 75mg Salt, and I'll take 200mg potassium (4 pills) throughout the day.
Target Weight: 210-215.
So that's the plan, if you've got suggestions feel free to add and I'll do some other documentation as I go along through the process.
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