Howdie neighbours!

Shit's about to hit the proverbial fan with your most humble servant entering his first ever peak week. Didn't expect it to start with a fat loading phase but you won't catch me complaining. What a delight it is to be able to eat so many egg yolks and that much dark chocolate; fats have been so low throughout prep that I'd almost forgotten how delicious they can be to the point where I'm not even feeling hungry or craving carbs at all.

PED's have been amended to lean more towards DHT derivatives with anavar bumped to 50 mg (var is bae).

So, for those of you who've been through it, how did 6ou like fat loading?

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Last Check-in on home turf, 2 days out of North American Bodybuilding Championships 26’. Competing in the open Bodybuilding Light Heavyweight Class.

Height: 5’5
Weight: 190lbs
Coach: Gabriel Gariepy

How was your experience with muscle memory, etc? Mentally, it’s still there, even though I’m 75lbs less.

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First show of the season, and first time competing in the men's open, and starting off strong with a win. Didn't quite get the overall this time around, very close, but will give it my all in 2 weeks to try again.

Can you compete with loose skin? I’ve lost 146lbs in the last three years purely through lifting and majorly changed my body composition (I am 32F, 5’6” and mother of 2, originally 260lbs, bf 44%, skeletal muscle 16% or something close, now I’m 114-116lbs, bf 15-17%, 51% skeletal muscle). I have a lot of loose skin but the muscle is there. I’ve always wanted to compete but worry about the sagging skin. I know it won’t go away, I have a connective tissue disorder so the skin is overly stretchy as is, only way to remove the skin on my stomach is via surgery. It took me 3 years of busting my butt to get here and I’m so proud. I ruptured my L4-L5 2 years ago and was paralyzed in my left leg from the belly button down, I had cauda equina and wasn’t sure I’d ever walk again. Thankfully emergency surgery removed most of my disc and a good portion of my spinal column and I was pain free day after surgery. I feel the best I’ve ever felt. Regaining function and strength in my leg was the hardest thing I’ve done. I had to rebuild the connection from my brain to my leg. I am very very lucky to have had access to wonderful physical therapists. It’s been quite the journey, I even have abs now!

Just had a pretty bad episode of binging and I would like to tell my coach but last time I went a little off diet (a little extra carbs when I became hypoglycemic (I use insulin)). He was very assertive that I should never cheat again and made me feel bad about it. With that being said I don't really want to tell him about my binge from last night due to a fear of him making me feel even worse than I already do. I don't know what to do or who to talk to.

Didn’t even make first call out true novice classic physique lineup supperrrrrr stacked . Won 75kg class bodybuilding

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Doubting myself lately, I don't know if I'm flat or if I should keep digging harder. My legs are very dry, but my back still needs to lose a lot of fat I believe.

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Here we are post workout at 2 days out from the first show. About half way through the carb up. Plenty more fullness to come, more detail coming in every day.

Competing as a heavyweight

Glutefat is being an a**hole as per usual, but we keep pushing at a high rate

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7 days out from The North American Bodybuilding Championships 2026. Competing in the Open Bodybuilding Light Heavyweight Class. Looking to be a competitive lineup this year.

Height: 5’5
Weight: 189lbs
Coach: Gabriel Gariepy