Current progress

Thursday i weighed in at 195 lbs. so, i'm starting to go down in weight, which is a good thing. i've decided that since keeping carbs low in the diet is useless and isn't giving me any benefit (usually carbs keep my glycogen storages full... but this is just a waste of time, because even with 160 grams per day, i'm not getting a good pump and i look stringy) i decided to raise my fats and ditch the carbs all together. right now i'm on 340 grams of protein and 140 grams of fat. looks like the only thing the carbs were good for was storing water under my skin. friday night/saturday morning i started pissing like a race horse. i woke up about 4 or 5 times to go take a leak. same thing happened last night... at work, i go to the bathroom every hour. i'm drinking around 1.5 gallons of water per day. i'm sure that next thursday i'll drop 3-4 more lbs and then i'll stabalize. I hate no carb diets, but it's the most effective for me personally. so i have to live with it.
i'll take pictures next thursday, then another set when i'm 4 weeks out... another 2 weeks out when i do my trial run, and then contest pics. I will increase my caloric intake by 300 cals after the contest (up to 2900 cals) and use a 40/40/20 split to get a bit fuller and start growing into my next contest, which will be a couple of weeks after my first one.

Hopefully i'll stick to the plan... i know i won't... but... meh...