i never posted what happen at my show i competing in the inbf natrual hercules in ny ny. i took second in the novice.. i was less than what i wanted to wiegh due to a broken scale ugg oh well did a million times better than last year. but u really gotta try amounts of time to see how long works best for your body of dieting. i personally eat clean all year and stay in good shape so the 8-12 weeks strict is to much next year ill try five should go well.. wow less than a year till i go to win my class and pro card.......... ill try and get some pics up here when i can