You know you are on a precontest diet when...

[rcswent]

I went to go make my oatmeal this morning and instead of adding frozen berries, I poured myself three ounces of frozen broccoli...ugh, the bags look so alike! I didn't notice until I put the bowl in the microwave - I don't turn the lights on in the morning so I couldn't really see

[Rowan212]

1. You get mad because you can't understand why your dress shirt won't button up (especially the sleeves)
2. You shake almost uncontrollably when trying to eat your chicken and potato right after working out.
3. You can't understand how your friends say like hey after we work out we should go play some soccer or something. I'm like ya right, i can barley make it back to my desk, couch, car after a work out I’m so wiped.
4. CRAMPS!!! (Especially in my hands)
5. You freak out because your vascularity doesn’t look the way it did the day before.

[Capt_Lou]

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5. You freak out because your vascularity doesn’t look the way it did the day before.

This! Especially when you get out of the tanning bed.

[rambobobby]

Do most of you guys drink diet soda on a pre contest diet?

this bottle of pink lemonade i have in my fridge claims 1 calorie for every 250ml, protein = trace
carbs and fat = nil

is that legit enough to drink?

[Rowan212]

i drink crystal light all the time, there Iced Tea flavor is awesome, i think i drink like 2 galklkons a night....

[MarkVI]

Do most of you guys drink diet soda on a pre contest diet?

this bottle of pink lemonade i have in my fridge claims 1 calorie for every 250ml, protein = trace
carbs and fat = nil

is that legit enough to drink?

I cut diet soda out at the beginning of prep, still haven't added it back in, no reason in particular besides tooth health.

Crystal light is still and always has been since start @ 2gallons or so per day.

[AlwaysTryin]

This! Especially when you get out of the tanning bed.

You use the solarium for the tan or to try thin your skin?

[ErickStevens]

... You go through three 12 packs of diet soda per week. o_o

[rambobobby]

I cut diet soda out at the beginning of prep, still haven't added it back in, no reason in particular besides tooth health.

Crystal light is still and always has been since start @ 2gallons or so per day.

thanks for reply dude.

I personally dont drink any soda. Maybe on can (330ml) every couple of months.

was just wondering about you other guys though.

because the more i post and read in this section the more ill learn for when i start contest prep

[Capt_Lou]

You use the solarium for the tan or to try thin your skin?

Heh??

[rcswent]

I cut diet soda out at the beginning of prep, still haven't added it back in, no reason in particular besides tooth health.

Crystal light is still and always has been since start @ 2gallons or so per day.

Yeah I try to limit the soda. I'll drink it when I feel hungry. I think the carbonation helps me feel full.

I drink this stuff I found at my local grocery store. It's near the Crystal Light mixes. It's call TRUE and it comes in lemonade w/ raspberry or plain lemonade. It's sweetened with Truvia instead of the other artifical sweeteners. Tastes pretty good

[ErickStevens]

Any reason you guys avoid soda? BTW, Crystal Lite has calories yo.

[MarkVI]

Yeah I try to limit the soda. I'll drink it when I feel hungry. I think the carbonation helps me feel full.

I drink this stuff I found at my local grocery store. It's near the Crystal Light mixes. It's call TRUE and it comes in lemonade w/ raspberry or plain lemonade. It's sweetened with Truvia instead of the other artifical sweeteners. Tastes pretty good

Any reason you guys avoid soda? BTW, Crystal Lite has calories yo.

Teeth (mine are already not real strong from being sick a few years ago )and I SWEAR it makes my face bloated I don't like it.

Crystal light cals are nomnom

[firmgrrrl]

Yeah I try to limit the soda. I'll drink it when I feel hungry. I think the carbonation helps me feel full.

I drink this stuff I found at my local grocery store. It's near the Crystal Light mixes. It's call TRUE and it comes in lemonade w/ raspberry or plain lemonade. It's sweetened with Truvia instead of the other artifical sweeteners. Tastes pretty good

OMG!!! I have been looking for something like that! You just got it at the regular grocery store? I need to check that out. I like Truvia so much better than Splenda or Aspartame.

[firmgrrrl]

Any reason you guys avoid soda? BTW, Crystal Lite has calories yo.

The generic kind at my grocery store doesn't have carbs or calories.

[MarkVI]

The generic kind at my grocery store doesn't have carbs or calories.

It doesn't say it does...but it does. The diet soda may truly have zero to negligible but the CL offbrand will have 4-5 per serving at least.

[rcswent]

OMG!!! I have been looking for something like that! You just got it at the regular grocery store? I need to check that out. I like Truvia so much better than Splenda or Aspartame.

Yup! I bought mine at QFC out here on the west coast. I think you can even buy it on Amazon if it's not in your grocery store.

[K8Stop]

you open your desk drawer and it smells like sugar-free gum.

[ErickStevens]

you open your desk drawer and it smells like sugar-free gum.

... When you don't even chew sugar free gum because you don't feel like counting it in your macros.
... When you're wearing a sweat shirt over another shirt, your weight belt is on it's last rung, and yet it's still loose.
... When you get excited that the A/C is broken at the gym so you know you won't be freezing.

[Webber91]

You walk the grocery store isles on your break at work and count it as extra cardio.

You leave your phone in the toilet, camera in the fridge and keys in the pantry.

You become an expert at fitting foods into your macros (i.e. cutting out 10g of oats to fit in 50g of grapefruit)

you open your desk drawer and it smells like sugar-free gum.

You chew sugar-free gum like crazy to burn off the extra few calories that it has :P

[AlwaysTryin]

You walk the grocery store isles on your break at work and count it as extra cardio.

That's my lunch break everyday

[Milone79]

This! Especially when you get out of the tanning bed.

lol..I went through this today myself...hilarious...as soon as I had my PWO carbs though the veinage came back gig time...I'm in "peak week" and the carbs/calories are going to keep decreasing slightly before carb up Fri night/saturday morning....I am water loading this week went from my usual 6 liters a day up to 10...felt like a fish all day at work.

[firmgrrrl]

Yup! I bought mine at QFC out here on the west coast. I think you can even buy it on Amazon if it's not in your grocery store.

What's QFC? I'm in AZ so we may not have them out here.

[rcswent]

What's QFC? I'm in AZ so we may not have them out here.

Good point it's my local grocery store. You can find it online if your grocery store doesn't have it. Besides being near the crystal light, I also found it in the baking isle nears the splenda, stevia, and other sugars.

http://shop.hihealth.com/True-Citrus...ets-P7047.aspx

[Milone79]

When you book the last 2 days of your diet off of work because you realize you are totally useless in the office..mentally and physically drained..

[Cnstnce]

When you book the last 2 days of your diet off of work because you realize you are totally useless in the office..mentally and physically drained..

I do this too. I'm a bad bartender peak week. I get the order and forget what it is by the time the ice hits the glass, then I forget how to make simple drinks. "Cuba Libre? Remind me what's in that again?"

[_jim_]

Sounds kinda gross, but when you cant remember the last time you had even the slightest tinge of yellow in your piss.

[Rowan212]

to add to the above,

Or when you can't remember the last time you took a big healthy dump...

[Agostage]

... when every ad on ******** is about bodybuilding supplements - big brother is profiling you!

[MattyH7688]

... When every ad on ******** is about bodybuilding supplements - big brother is profiling you!

lol