Fivos

Tom just wanted to thank you for this thread. I put something simular on James as well..Your threads have been some of the best ever reads on any forum..so thanks.

Keep going this week as you know this week most people mess up,

Fivos

supercell

Excellent, nice plan. Be good to see you on sat mate oh yeah and enjoy them carbs on thursday...my mouth is watering already.

J

Tinytom

Thanks Fivos, sometimes it seems like a hassle doing these diaries but when I get positive feedback from you guys it does make it seem worthwhile.

I think this year will be the first that I really get everything right, just a few adjustments to what I did in April will produce the goods. No last minute panics this time.

James - DOnt start me off I was having erotic dreams about bowls of oats and Vitargo shakes last night.

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Hi Tom,

This is my first post on this forum! Been following your diary & Mr Llewellin's since the first posts!

I'm also competiting on Sunday, thankfully not in the U90kgs. I competed at Portsmouth this year and had a chat with you behind stage. I was the guy who won the U70kgs class.

I'd just like to say what an inspiration and motivater both these threads have been for me. It's been a great help during my own dieting for the finals to read both yours & James posts and really helped me push through the last 12 weeks.

Thanks, and good luck for Sunday, the U90kg will be the best class of the day without a doubt and imo whoever takes this class will be walking away with the big golden ticket at the end of the night!

I'm more buzzed up about watching your class than competing myself! If I see you around on Sunday I will introduce myself and say hi.

Once again good luck, your looking awsome from the pics I've seen and I'm sure come Sunday your be looking even better. Its going to be a finals night to remember.

cheers
Kev Norris :smile:

martzee

I to will be at british to support my fiance xyleese who competes in the womens over 52kg class (wait till you see her!) we have been preparing in silence at temple gym and my gym in worcester (profitness)THATS THE GYM TOM BLACKMAN started at yes i remember him when he started and gave him a foot up on the bodybuilding ladder so to speak(look at him now!!!!)
I was competing back then in the 90s and just made my comeback this year at the under 90s placing 3rd on my first outing at the north east then qualifying for the british champs at the midlands show( not bad for a 9yr lay off) I m not doing the british this yr for 2 reasons 1. and foremost is my fiance has a real chance of winning her class at the british so i feel it is my duty to help her prep 100% like she has done for me over the past few shows,could not of done it with out her!!!
2. there are realistically 4 or 5 guys i could not beat this year as i have only had 8 months back training for the show season and need to make various improvements.I am starting again like my good friend simon fan who also competed in the midlands show this yr, but watch this space i will be back come the leeds show in 2008 no weak points and 3kg heavier with a aim to take the title and show the top under 90s guys there is life left in us old boys!!!! lol i feel it anyway!
any way the british looks like its going to be fun im routing for TOM in the under 90s obviously from our background together so best of luck mate and show them what you got!!

Tinytom

Hey Kev, I do remember chatting that day, I was depleted and a bit spaz brained but I do remember talking briefly. Hopefully will be in a more coherant mood Sunday.

Martin - seeing as you were one of my inspirations for getting into bbing in the first place its kind of funny that we are now at the same level and competing together. I know we chatted about this year and the next at the Lemington and I think you're right to take some time off to fill out so that you can be more competitive next year. I'll look forward to training with you after the British and will be good to chat on Sunday.

And that goes for anybody at the British, make sure you come and say hello if you see me, I may look evil but really I'm a nice guy

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martzee

Yes tom would be great when we are full and in off season mode to get together and do some training from what i hear you are quite strong!I like to train heavy and with someone who can use the weight properly it would be good for both of us,I am back to 16 stone now lol still ok shape just love being able to eat!!!!!,I am getting married to xyleese 1 week after the british then off to Florida for 2 weeks relax kick back and have some fun and maybe a few visits to golds gym up the road(just cant help it!!!)then its back home to prepare next years training so we must get together mate one to celebrate your victory! and two a bit of training and comparing notes.

see you sunday mate:lift:

Tinytom

That fits in well mate cos I have a 4 week rest from training planned following the Finals.

I have found in previous years if I get straight back into training I normally get ill so I have found that a months rest is very beneficial.

I beleive a lot of pros follow this practice as well from what I've read.

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Quick update

Second day of depleting today and can honestly say I am fcuked. IN fact I may just fall asleep on the pCCcccccccccccccccccccccccccc


Sorry dozed off

trained chest today and again another stupidly pumped pectoral area. DOnt know what thats from as I've got fcuk all carbs and zero energy in me at the moment.

Managed about 25 minutes of slow stepping before my hypo shaking got excessive and I had to rest.

So I know Im ready LMAO

Last day of depletion tomorrow and just to make it a bit harder I will be training back tomorrow. Nothing like a nice easy session in the final days :(

I just realised today that I havent actually practised my posing routine once so I'm going to be doing that every day up till Saturday. I am a prettyt good free poser so I'll be able to do the routine I've practised a million times in my head with not much problems.

Apart from that there's nothing else different. I am having a haircut tomorrow so I look my best on stage

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I have just come from Tom's place after he asked me to stop off on my way home to see him, all i can say is what ever mistakes he made at the Portsmouth show he has rectified and come Sunday it will be a great battle with some top class physiques on stage.

Everyone has there favourites for Sunday and although Tom is one of my best mates i have not told him he is going to win the main reason is that i am wise enough to realise that everyone looks great standing on their own with spot lights above their heads on the run in to a show it is when they stand next to the other top physiques on stage is where they can only and should only be judged, the other reason is that i would not be that disrespectful to any other BB who is going to make the stage on Sunday in any of the classes....

may the best man win.

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Haircut!! I knew there was something. Got to get rid of these natural highlights otherwise they'll be ushering me into the O40's. Valid point Tom.

Good to speak yesterday mate, we both seemed upbeat about the whole experience and that tells us both that what we have done (altho a little different) has worked for us both.

Be good to see you on Sat pm. I'll be spending most of the afternoon installing my mobile BBing kitchen and teaching my wife how to drip molten snickers bars into my mouth while I sleep after the show.

Funny mentioning the erotic dreams mate. Had loads up till 2 weeks ago and now zilcho. Reckon that means I'm ready. I wondered why Nic was talking so much about the new guy at work.

Not long now...around 15-16 hours before those flood gates open wide!!!

J

Tinytom

Yeah its good to chat off the board sometimes mate, you forget how people sound sometimes.

I'm going to prepare all my food on saturday afternoon and take it up to the show in a cool bag. I never eat much on contest day in the way of protein but what I do take up I'll stick in the hotel fridge or soemthing.

I will be taking myblender up though for some Vitargo shakes.

I was quite pleased with what Paul S had to say today, only half the usual number of insults about me.

I trained today early afternoon as I could feel myself slowly going comatose today. I had an OK workout and a bit of posing afterwards. I even managed 30 minutes of cardio before I felt the need to shake uncontrollably.

I've got a massage booked tonight, not deep tissue more lymph drainage and relaxation, preparing me for the next few days ahead.

I've been p*ssing liek a rhino today and fro the alst few days due to my increase in Vit C. Its now up to 8g a day and last night I think I got up 4 times total and must have extolled about 5 pints of water. ON the last journey I took a second to feel my face and it was immensely sucked in.

From tomorrow I will be introducing Aldactone which should make a major difference in terms of dryness by Sunday. I ownt need a great deal this time around (25-50mg a day) as I'm very dry anyway but I will guage it every day as too how much I use.

Paul talked about mistakes in April. One of these was that I didnt eat enough carbs. that will be rectified this time around as I know now what I can handle comfortably, plus this time I have real Vitargo and lots of it.

So onwards to the carb up tomorrow. So I will go from being incapacitated due to zero carbs and no energy to being incapacitated due to looking like Jabba the Hut from carb loading for a day or so.

Bbing is great isnt it.

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My palms are sweaty. If the suspense is killing me I can't imagine how you guys feel entering the contest.

I want to see many youtube videos with many different angles. Step up and post that sh1t!

I felt compelled to say that..lol

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All the best Tom for the next few days. If you are at a loose end and you fancy a chat call me, I'm off now till tuesday.

Agree with the aldactone useage. Too much and too few carbs=flat.
25-50mg a day with a good flow of carbs=full and dry.

This has been my mistake in the past. 100mgs a day is just too much and at that doseage you got to eat 1200g plus of carbs to stay even slightly full. This time I'm holding off using unless I really have to but may do a 25mg fri night and sat as I plan to eat more on this day and it will act as a safety net, more for peace of mind than for body!!

Anyway enjoy them carbs sir and if you are anything like me after 100g for breakfast this morning I was talking jibberish and the check out girl thought I was on drugs....Oh yeah, I am!!

Gotta go pee.

J

Tinytom

Last night was probably my worst ever on the diet.

I was so tired when I got home from the gym that I couldnt really do anything but sit own and dribble over myself.

I decided to go to bed at 9.30 and tossed and turned all night until I decided to get up and walk about for a bit, looked at the clock and it was 11.30pm

I weighed up the odds and there was

1. toss and turn all night
2. have a pro flapjack and get some rest.

I decided on option 2 due to the fact that Im carbing up today anyway.

The reason for my insomnia is due to the low carbs so the flapjack worked a treat and I was off to sleep in no time and woke up at 7.30 apart from a quick pit stop at about 5am for another rhino style wee.

I went to the gym at 8.30 for an arm session which is my final training session before the show. I had a pretty good workout but still a bit tired as the flapjack really only staved off the insomnia and didnt really get stored as glycogen.

I got home at 10.20 and cooked myself soem oats and chicken and then had a stress as I forgot that I had a meeting at 11am to view a property for my business (which I have really put on hold on setting up until tuesday) so I had to eat it double quick and get out of the house.

The property I am pleased to say was perfect so tomorrow I am writing a proposal to the landlord for what we will be offering etc. Although it was a comic 'Carry on dieting' moment when I went to the wrong property twice because the address was similar to 2 others in bristol and the Tom tom obviously picked the first 2 before I got to the right one. (no postcode just road)

HOW I LAUGHED.

So once home I carried on with my carbing up and sleeping. I find that a good nap after each main meal (I carb up with 1 liquid, 1 solid) brings out the best in me.

So as I sit here I am very vascular and full but thankfully the stomach has not bloated any yet.

I estimate that I have taken in 500g of carbs so far. MOst from hi GI, complex carbs. I say estimate because I havent sat down and worked out the exact amounts yet. I iwll probably hit 800 by the end of today. I find that by very high carbing for 2 days folowed by a lower day works best for me.

Tomorrow will see a shift towards more complex carbs with a lower GI. I know that some people utilise simple sugars such as apple sauce and others in the first day to make the most of the initial response but for me this just makes me tired and sluggish and doesnt work as well as the high GI low II aspect.

I also never use insulin on a carb up. I know this is utilised very well by some people but for me insulin is an off season thing when you arent worried about fat gain.

I am still eating my chicken and egg whites as well but more carb meals in between.

I have about 2 days to maximise the carbing up for mybody which then needs about 48 hours to fil out and settle completely (I have noticed this through my many diets but more so this one as I always look my best MOnday afternoon after a saturday carb up.)

So by carbing up high today and Friday with a settling day on Saturday (mostly oats and Vitargo but half the amount of Friday) I should hit the right condition and size on Sunday at 5pm which is about the time that I will step on stage.

I am still using HIgh Dose Vit C (8g today) and this will continue until Sunday.

I will be keeping my water high (8-10L) until saturday night as I dont need a long time to dry out from how I look.

ONe of my good friends Jeff Nutt looked at me this morning before the carbing up and said that there was zero fat on me just a small amount of water in my middle back which will dry out with the carb up.

So I am ready to rock and absolutely have hit this one on target this time.

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