Pre Competition Nutrition

[mcgator]

I am in the process of training for my first fitness competition. I will be competiting in May and I am starting to get worried that I will not be prepared by then. I was wondering if anyone can give me some advise.

I have been doing a different style of training than I have seen everyone else do for their fitness competitions. I have been doing crossfit workouts 3 days on and 1 off with the addition of 30-45 min of cardio about 4-5 days a week.

Since the start I have gained a decent amount of muscle and lost about 10 lbs.(6 weeks) but I feel like I am hitting a plateau and I dont know what to do about it. I figure it must be my diet since my workouts are varied on a daily basis.

I think I will be okay with obtaining the muscle definition in time, it is the nutrition and slim down that I am worried about. They have me following a Zone diet based nutrition plan right now which has given me promising results I am just worried that it will not be enough to get the last couple lbs off before competition. A typical day of meals for me looks like this:

Meal 1: 2 eggs, 1 apple, 6 almonds
Meal 2: 2oz tuna, 1/2c. salsa, 1/4c kidney beans, 6 almonds
Meal 3: 2 oz chicken, 1 c. green beans, 1/4 tsp butter, 12 almonds
Meal 4: 1/2c. cottage cheese, 1/2c. grapes, 1/2 c. pineapple, 1 tsp peanut butter
Meal 5: 2 oz chicken, 1c. green beans, 1/2c. onions, 1/2 tsp butter

Do you have any suggestions for me? I have about 10 weeks left before the competition. What do you think I should add/subtract as I get closer to the competition?

Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated.

[Simmo0508]

Who's "they"?

That setup looks really weak imo. Hardly any food there at all. You'll find it hard to retain mass on that.