ok, need some MC brother/sisterhood

OK folks, I need some supportive words or some kind of cheerleading AND/OR opinions from anyone who can chime in. Here's the deal...

I've been dieting for my first competition for 19 weeks now. I missed the first show date I had planned on because I didn't feel ready (still had some tough ab, ass and chest fat that wouldn't go). I now have 7 more weeks before this last show I'm hell bent on doing...the last one of this season in my area. I'm down to 215 (from 250) and around 5%bf right now. I look pretty good, but I need to shed a few more lbs to be really ripped. The problem is that I'm having a total fucking meltdown from dieting for so long (and the F-in tren doesn't help much!). At some point everyday I want to just say FUCK-IT!!! I'm like losing my goddam mind at some point just about every day! Between two-a-day training, calorie and carb depletion, and all those fat inconsiderate fucks in this world all around me eating pizza, chicken wings and fucking cheeseburgers, I could just about go mad!

A friend of mine is a nationally qualified NPC competitor who's been competing for about 10 years. He's a natural bb who's got some gifted genetics and has never had problems dieting down. So, he can't really understand why I'm losing it. He's convinced me that I shouldn't compete in the 199-224 heavyweight class...says I'll get clobbered. He thinks I'll dominate if I can get down to 198 and hit the light heavyweight group. I agree with that and it sounds great, but I don't think I can pull it together mentally at this point to pull that off. I've lost alot of weight...from 250 to 215, and now would need to go down another 17lbs in 7 weeks! Quite a bit of that would be hard-earned muscle too by the way! I've done so much clen, ECA and T3 in the last 5 months that I have NO MEMORY OF WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO RELAX OR SLEEP!!

Like I said, I feel like saying FUCK IT and just hitting an 8 month long bulking cycle so I can diet down to say 224 ripped next year. But, the thought of training this hard for the past 24 months with this year's show season as the goal really fucking kills me!

oK, What do you folks think? Do quit whining like a little girl and just get on with the dieting? Or, do I set my sights on next year and get some rest, eat everything in sight and forget about this upcoming show?

LET'S HEAR IT MC BROS 'N BRAS!!!

I lost my mind last year while dieting. It's hard. Keep reminding yourself where you want to be. Be sure to do lots of stuff that keeps your mind occupated and that keeps you away from the fridge.

Hang in there bro and win that show or I will fly to the States and buttslap your bootie!!!

Dont stop

Ive gone nuts in the same spot as you.I have some freinds that compete I didnt have the size for it when I tried it so when I deited down I went under 200 and at 6' to compete you need to be a lot bigger so I threw in the towell, allthough i wished I didnt and that I just kept making adjustments.You have put the work in dont even think about quiting trust me if you do youll wish you didnt, im bulking back up now and I understand competing in body building youre first few times around you wont do well but you will learn alot in the prosses you will adjust and every time from this point on it will get easer cause you will know youre body, the stuffwe put in us makes us moody and well you cant sleep and you can go crazy from time to tiem but if you drive hard enough you will win for you and thats what its all about being the best you can be!!! Good luck dont quite

BSBW

Bro you helped me out with lots of support in the past and I will be happy to return the favor.
You have been busting your ass this long...don't come off your diet. I know how bad it sucks to be eating clean and working your ass off while all the rest of the masses shovel fukin micky-d's down there fat asses. I know how you feel bro....trust me!!
Don't give in though...I know how much you want to say "fuk it" and just chow down but always remember this......your diet, dedication, and discipline is what sets you apart from everyone else....DON'T EVER FORGET THAT!!!!
Your name says it all BE STRONG!!!!!!!.........456

Bro,your at that point it sounds like,where you seperate the want to be's from the champs........YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!!!!DIG DEEP MY FRIEND....I myself hate dieting and recently dieted down from 248 to 218.Although I'm positive I don't look near as good as you.I can somewhat relate.Do it man.This is what you wanted.This is what you've worked so hard for.It's to f***ing easy to give up so don't take the easy way out.You've been doing this for 24 MONTHS!!!!!!!And you only need 7 weeks of your best effort....Win or lose you'll know in your heart you did your best and it will all be worth it and THEN,...... eat everything in sight......I hope this helps.....I admire your effort and only wish I was in a position to be asking the same question because of work and other circumstances I was never able to get into a condition where I could even consider competeing.BEST OF LUCK!!!!!

I am dieting down right now and it duz suck.

But what the fuck man, you are almost there. Imagine you were watching a marathon and watch some guy quit 100 yards before the finish line. "what a pussy!" you would think.

So do it, even if it sucks. I work hard all year to build up, then I get fucked by two months of feild training in the summer. For me the frustration is reverse: I lose a good physique every year!

This is what the game is all about and you know it. If not, you're just like those fucking bulky dudes in the gym who are huge but take 5 mins between each set, chatting away. You are a bodybuilder! You're better than that.

It is better to tough it out and go to the contest and fail misreably than to make excuses and cave in. It's better to suffer and learn than quit when your goal is in sight. You only have one life to live and you are getting older every day--do you think it will be easier to diet down next year?! Do it!

Please don't take this as an insult, I am new here and not trying to be mean, just motivate. You know you can do it, and that is why you want bros to support you in the forum. We're with you all the way man, balls out, take no fucking prisoners. It is better to give it your all and lose than quit.

I hear that in the Marines they say that "pain is just weakness leaving the body".

Up here we are taught that "pain is a state of mind. If you are in pain, change your mind".

Either motto works. All great winners suffer. Look at Lance Armstrong -- he won another tour de France, after cancer nearly ate his body.

If he can win the most gruelling bike race in the world--4 times in a row--after cancer nearly killed him, the pain of dieting down is nothing in comparison.

See the site:

http://www.lancearmstrong.com/

and if you need REAL inspriation, go out and get the book movie "Bravo Two Zero", or rent the movie. Its about an 8 man British SAS section behind enemy lines in Iraq. You can live through anything! You can beat anything. Pain is temporary, but the pride you'll feel by not quitting will live in you forever!

Peace

Ziggy B

BUMP THAT REALCOOLTIME.Just do it!!!!!!

7 more weeks will pass befor eyou know it. Don't quit now. You will end up wondering for the rest of your life "what if" . Say your prayers at night and may god be with you.

hang in there

Big bump to realtime!

Hang in there man your almost home. My man Ziggy up there "hit the nail on the head" It's better to push yourself through this rough spot than to let it stop your goals, and acheiving our goals is the greatest feeling ever. I rooting for you Man!

well

...this might not be the most popular reply to this thread but i would maybe think about waiting...changing goals is not always a bad thing as long as they are done for "improvement" of the original...you have put your body thru a lot and if you think that continuing on with the diet(17lbs in 7 weeks) is going to be alright health wise than go for it...but i cant see how it can be...i dont know half the shit as a lot of people on this board but health comes first or at least it should...i would continue dieting to where it doesnt "ruin" your everyday, and get the "feeling" of getting ready for a show...let your body realize what you are doing to it....bulk the fuck up for the next so many months and next year come in bigger so you can come in at a more desirable weight for your body to handle...i m NOT saying fuck the upcoming show, but do not look at it like a failure if you choose to rest up,. bulk up, and get redy for next year...like i said im not the most knowledgeable but you have to see what is best for you and not rely on opinions from the outside, so to speak...good luck bro...

How long has it been since you have given yourself a cheat meal?...7 weeks away is a long time to lose that last 2-3%...you can do it. But I really think you need to have a few slices of pizza and give yourself one day of a break (stay with in reason....don't over do it). With 7 weeks to go, you will be able to burn that off, and maybe recharge yourself a little bit. Actualy, with 7 weeks left, if you think you can lose that last 2-3% in 4 weeks, I would slow down a bit in the next 3 weeks, try to maintain where your at now (7 weeks may be too long, you don't want to hit where you want to be with 2 weeks left, and trying to maintain that) You can do it!!!!!!!!!!!....I know you can.....but its not easy....if it was more people would compete, lots of people BB...but very few have what it takes to compete....the dieting is 90% of the challange. Here is a quote from NAP's posing coach "Its bullshit, believe me I know, but if you want to win you have to suck it up, and do what it takes." Hang in there, 7 weeks is nothing compared to how long its already been. It will be worth it when the next 7 weeks is over, and you have won!

All I have to say WOW! Thanks friends, that's just what the doc ordered. I'm printing this out to look at everytime I start getting insane and think about changing course. Realcooltime, that was a great motivational spiel you put up there...cyberstefke, spankie, 456, rooster, MacGyver, chemE, klengo, and yes, you too sully...gotta have at least alternate viewpoint....oh, and Dez, UR are so right, think I'll pig for a day and get mentally back in it. Hey, tell that man of yours to come by here every now and then...we definitely miss Napalm around here.

BStrong.....How are you feeling?

Hey B....I got 3 letters for ya....D..............N.............P

that can shread 17 lbs for ya.........but it sounds like you're alright now.....cool to hear that you're competing!!!!!!!! Best of luck and don't quit on yourself.......once you get there you'll look back with a big shit eating grin of satisfaction.

Keep on keepin on my man

-Tubs