So you have made the choice to compete in a bodybuilding competition, training is tough, the eating has been easy, now it's time to tighten up and show all that muscle you have earn't through hard work. You have done the hard yards now the mind needs to be strong. Sometimes we truly can be our own worst enemy, expecting far too much from our nutrition programme when it doesn't deliver the big weight loss we counted on. It's easy for us to get depressed and give up. Awareness of what you eat is important - you are now preparing for the test, which means you need to eliminate junk food, or highly processed food.
Common sense is the key.
Certain foods are notorious for containing lots of sugar, fat and sodium. They are also amazingly high in calories. Most of the people I have worked with prior to competition who have succeeded have followed a plan whereby they dieted approximately 16 weeks out from competition. Hydration Thirst is not a very good indicator of your body's hydration levels. If you just drank when you were thirsty, you would probably be a little dehydrated, which reduces your energy level and also inhibits fat metabolism.