9 Days and counting to the Vancouver Pro Am and my mind and body may just be playing some tricks on me? There is always a lot of mental games that go on during a contest prep with the super low calories, no carbs and tons of exercise going on. You just need to stay the course and hope it all works out in the end.

Right now I am holding a lot of water probably from my huge 6000 calorie carb load refeed I had last Saturday but I guess that is to be expected. With all the extra water it is hard to really know where I am at in terms of leanness since most of the water gets sucked into the fat making it seem a lot worse than it really is. I will have to wait out the storm to know what is really going on but I do know that with the low calories I consume each day and high levels of activity, that my calorie deficit can only lead to a lot of fat loss in a short period of time.

Checkout this 9 Day Out update video where I go through my day talking about how I am feeling and showing some of my meals and daily activities...