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Originally Posted by thenagle
Hi there,
I am currently 16 days out from my first comp and really don't want to make any mistakes diet-wise. Since I have no experience of competing I thought I would post some questions here in hope of getting some answers from more experienced bb's.
Questions:
At two weeks out:
1) Is it still OK for me to eat salmon? Is it too high in cals/fat at this stage?
2) Dinner is chicken + broccoli + leafy salad (cucumber, tomatoes, bell pepper). Is this too much vegetables? Should I only stick to the broccoli or is the salad OK?
3) When I cook the chicken I marinade it in a little extra-virgin olive oil (1 tbsp) and add some spices (try to keep the sodium low to moderate).
Is this bad? Should I eat it without any marinade or spices now that I'm so close to comp?
4) I have been eating 1/2 apple before weights if I feel I need an extra boost. Do I need to eliminate all fruit or is this OK (it's the only serving of fruit in my diet)? What would be a good substitute for pre-workout snack at this stage?
Any help truly appreciated.
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A lot of these answers I would need to see you to accurately answer, it all depends on what you look like right now. Can you post or email me some comparison pics then I can let you know. See my bodyspace progress pics and take 5 like in the same poses as I take.
Now in general if you are super lean, salmon is fine otherwise go with white fish like cod, snapper, halibut, tilapia, orange roughy, sole.......
Again in general the food you listed in question 2 are great but unless you are peaked now, I would stick with a 1/3 cup green beans and 2-3 oz of chicken or even better, fish. See my bodyspace for my diet breakdown the last few months pre contest, it is listed in a link in a my blog but you may have to work back a few posts to find it.
I think your marinade is fine just go sodium free, I use grainy mustard, worshestershire, ms. dash, evoo and cracked pepper. I buy a crap load of tilapia, mix the flavoring to them, add a fillet per ziploc and freeze...........
I have videoed my contest prep from off season to this last week - I compete tomorrow, so unless edited out, bb.com will have footage of my food prep just mentioned.
I would not do the fruit, even very lean, it can cause spikes in insulin resulting in water under your skin, smoothing..............banana you maybe able to do if you are super lean and peaked early. It seems for most people the banana won't do the same thing but again, its individual so for you, who knows, you woiuld have to test and see the next day if you have a small pooch under the belly button, if so, no fruit anymore until show.
Pre workout, if you really have to have something, have a spoon or 2 of cooked oatmeal and a protein drink. I normally try to time the protein pre workout and carbs post but I train early so my breaky is after workout, although for a month I have been having fish and green beans pre workout then protein shake after and if dying I would do a rice cake with honey or pb......but I can take carbs in higher amounts than most competitors as my meso metabolism is fast and I get dizzy and light headed easy plus I peaked early.
Hope it helps!! Best of luck with your show!
Linda
2 weeks out from first comp. Questions about diet.
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