Full Day of Eating 2 Weeks Out

I get asked a lot about what I eat during a contest prep so I thought I would make a video of a Full Day of Eating 2 Weeks Out from my show the Westcoast Iron Vancity Showdown. I am incorporating some carbs but will drop most of them next week when I am one week out so I can carb load just before the show.

I am also eating more fats than most people would this close to a show. This is because I am well on track and when I factor in how active I am even with the fats I am usually under my calorie maintenance by at least 1000-1500 calories each day.

My diet may seem a bit unusual compared to what other people eat when getting ready for a show but this works for me and I feel having a little bit of flexibility really helps me enjoy my food while still achieving my objectives.

Posing 2 weeks out WC Iron Vancity Showdown 2020

We are now 1 day less than 2 weeks out from the Westcoast Iron Vancity Showdown being held on October 11th here in New Westminster Canada. This past week again was really great and I stayed 100% on track with my diet and training.

Yet again the scale is not showing me what I want to see but more importantly I am liking what I am seeing in the mirror which is the more important of the two. According to my InBody H20 Scale I am only down about 1 pound and .5 of a body fat percentage but I should be down at least 2 pounds of fat and a full body fat percentage. These devices do have some margin for error so we will leave it at that. We will see what next weeks readings say...

I still have 2 more weeks to tighten things up even more and generally speaking this is when the magic happens, especially the last week when the diet gets really tuff and the fat and carbs almost disappear. Enjoy some posing and hopefully you can see some improvements week to week.

Road to the WC Iron Vancity Showdown - Typical Day

Some of you may wonder what a typical day looks like a few weeks out from a Fitness Contest, must not be all that bad especial when you work from home and have all kinds of time on your hands right ;)

Well it can be complicated getting everything accomplished considering everything that I need to factor in like dropping off and picking up kids from school, getting multiple daily walks in, allowing for a 1.5 hour workout, meal prep and eating and then there is a full work day I need to still get done or the bills won't get paid...

In this YouTube Video I go over a typical day for me three weeks out from the WC Iron Vancity Showdown.

Posing 3 Weeks Out WC Iron Vancity Showdown 2020

Here we are three weeks out from the Westcoast Iron Vancity Showdown being held on October 11th here in New Westminster Canada. I had a really great week last week in terms of sticking to my program, I kept to my caloric deficit and basic macros, got all my workouts in and lots of walking each day.

I'm still up and close to 200 pounds even in the morning so for sure maybe even over 200 pounds in the evening which normally at this point I would be a bit concerned about as I would say it's about 5 pounds over where I normally am at 3 weeks out from a show. That said the way my belts are fitting and the amount of fat around my waist and lower back is more in line with being at 2-3 weeks out so the scale does not tell all.

I contribute being a bit heavier (more muscle) with a longer prep time mostly because of Covid and the fact that I have had a lot of time to get ready for this show since I was not even sure what show or even if there was going to be a show this year. So I have been kind of prepping for a while now, getting 6 workouts in per week and eating much cleaner and better than in a non prep situation.

I still have three weeks to get in what I hope to be the best shape I have ever been in even at 51 years old now. So keep following along to see how far I can take it this time!

4 Weeks Out - WC Iron Vancity Showdown

It's now about a month out from the West Coast Iron Vancity Showdown or in other word weeks out and it's time to get serious about my Contest Prep. I've been fairly on track so far but the last couple of weeks had their challenges with two separate mini vacations.

The first was a two day get away with my Wife Nicole into Downtown Vancouver where we stayed at the WorldMark Canadian and did some downtown activities that involved a lot of walking and of course some wining and dining.

Shortly after the entire family hopped in the truck and we headed over to Ucluelet on Vancouver Island where we stayed at the Black Rock Oceanfront Resort. This was a three day vacations that again involved some walking and eating :)

Overall I did fairly well in terms of damage control while on  vacation but obviously I did not make as much contest prep progress as I would have if I was at home without and had better control over my diet and exercise. All in all I feel I am still on track but need to be on point from this point on.

I do have one more get away that involves a friends 50th birthday in Whistler BC but by that point I plan to be contest ready and with a full week afterwards to dial things in even more if needed.