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Contest Dieting Strategies When I started dieting on March 1, 2000 (23 1/2 weeks before the contest, I wasn't in great shape--but I certainly wasn't fat either. I would say I weighed about 252 pounds. I weighed in at 221 pounds for the NPC Team Universe. As a point of reference, here was my
dieting strategy for the 2000 NPC Team Universe: March 1,
2000 (23 ½ weeks out) - Started
"dieting" for the 2000 NPC Team Universe scheduled for August 12,
2000. 1.
By "dieting" I mean I did not eat any "junk"
"cheat," or non-bodybuilding diet foods from this day until after the
contest. 2.
I was not necessarily calories conscious. If I felt hungry, I ate more
vegetables. The calories would vary depending on how many vegetables I ate. I
didn't start weighing my chicken until May 21, 2000 (12 weeks out from the
show). 3.
I concentrated on eating all eight of my meals every single day and
eating those meals on time. 4.
I started making sure I liberally salting all eight of my meals. 5.
The distinctions of this diet were: ·
I added one tablespoon of canola oil to all eight of my meals. ·
I ate no starchy carbohydrates whatsoever until July 1, 2000 (6
weeks out from the show). All carbohydrates came from vegetables and Ny-Tro
PRO-40. These were the basic foods and the
basic diet I started with. All adjustments were made from this core diet: Meal
#1 - 7AM
12 egg whites, 1 scoop
of VP2 Whey Protein Isolate; about 5 servings of mixed vegetables, 1 tablespoon
of canola oil. Meal
#2 - 9AM
Ny-Tro PRO-40, about 5
servings of mixed vegetables, 1 tablespoon of canola oil. Meal
#3 - 11AM
4 ounces of chicken
breast, 1 scoop of VP2 Whey Protein Isolate; about 5 servings of mixed
vegetables, 1 tablespoon of canola oil. Meal
#4 - 1PM
Ny-Tro PRO-40, about 5
servings of mixed vegetables, 1 tablespoon of canola oil. Meal
#5 - 3PM
4 ounces of chicken
breast, 1 scoop of VP2 Whey Protein Isolate; about 5 servings of mixed
vegetables, 1 tablespoon of canola oil. Meal
#6 - 5PM
Ny-Tro PRO-40, about 5
servings of mixed vegetables, 1 tablespoon of canola oil. Meal
#7 - 7PM
4 ounces of chicken
breast, 1 scoop of VP2 Whey Protein Isolate; about 5 servings of mixed
vegetables, 1 tablespoon of canola oil. Meal #8 -
9PM
Ny-Tro PRO-40, about 5 servings of
mixed vegetables, 1 tablespoon of canola oil. Totals
Calories:
Approximately 4,330 Protein: 424 grams (40%) Carbohydrates: 338 grams (31%) Fat: 140 grams (29%) April 30,
2000 (15 weeks out from show) - Eliminated four
(4) tablespoons of canola oil out of my diet to get leaner a little sooner for a
May 20, 2000 guest posing (4 weeks away). ·
Total calorie reduction: 480 ·
Total daily caloric total: 3,850 May 21,
2000 (12 weeks out from show) - Added the four
(4) tablespoons of canola oil that I eliminated on April 30, 2000 back into my
diet. ·
Total calorie addition: 480 ·
Total daily caloric total: 4,330 June
11, 2000 (9 weeks out from show) - Eliminated
four (4) tablespoons of canola oil out of my diet. ·
Total calorie reduction: 480 ·
Total daily caloric total: 3,850
Left
to Right: 8 weeks out; 6 weeks out; 3 weeks out
June 15,
2000 (8 ½ weeks out from show) - I decided I
needed to eliminate more calories that I did at the beginning of the week. I
eliminated one (1) more tablespoon of canola oil out of my diet. ·
Total calorie reduction: 120 ·
Total daily caloric total: 3,730 June 27,
2000 (6 1/2 weeks out from show) - I eliminated
out three (3) egg whites from Meal #1; one (1) ounce of chicken breast from
Meals #3, #5, and #7 for a total of three (3) ounces for the day; ate lettuce
with all four Ny-Tro PRO-40s instead of vegetables (that switch eliminated about
300-500 calories). ·
Total calorie reduction: 500-700 ·
Total daily caloric total: 3,030 July 1,
2000 (6 weeks out from show) - Eliminated the
remaining three (3) tablespoons of canola oil and will no longer added any
"good" fat to diet from this point until the show. ·
Total calorie reduction: 360 ·
Total daily caloric total: 2,670 July 8,
2000 (5 weeks out weeks out from show) -
Eliminated all vegetables and replaced them with lettuce; Reintroduced starchy
carbohydrates into my diet by adding one serving of white rice or cream of rice
in Meals #1, #3, and #5. Meal #7 was nothing but lettuce and one scoop of VP2. ·
Total calorie reduction: about 150 calories ·
Total daily caloric total: 2,520 July 15,
2000 (4 weeks out from show) - Eliminated three
(3) more egg whites from Meal #1; eliminated Ny-Tro PRO-40 from Meal #8 and
replaced it with one scoop of VP2 sprinkled over lettuce. ·
Total calorie reduction: about 200 calories ·
Total daily caloric total: 2,320 July 22,
2000 (3 weeks out from the show) - eliminated
Ny-Tro PRO-40 from Meal #6 and replaced with 1 scoop of VP2 sprinkled over
lettuce. ·
Total calorie reduction: about 150 calories ·
Total daily caloric total: 2,170 July 26,
2000 (2 1/2 weeks out from) - I decided I should
drop my calories even lower than what I did at the beginning of the week and
eliminated the three (3) ounces of chicken that was in Meal #7. ·
Total calorie reduction: about 150 calories ·
Total daily caloric total: 2,020 August 3,
2000 (1 week and 1 day out from the show) - I
eliminated a total of one (1) serving of white rice (the ½ serving from Meal #3
and ½ serving from Meal #5) ·
Total calorie reduction: about 150 calories ·
Total daily caloric total: 1,870
Left
to Right: Wednesday before show; Evening of show
Monday,
August 7, 2000 (5 days before the Friday Prejudging)
- I started the food loading/sodium depleting/potassium loading process
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