I think right after saying grace. It kinda sets the tone for the whole meal. Are you a proponent of having a pre-judging in the morning (only for the local NPC judge you invited over) and then having the nightshow in the afternoon just before the meal?
Ok..one step further....do you punctuate the 'amen' with the crab or do you wait till after? Well, being that judging never starts on time (which amazingly enough dinner never starts on time) we could probably go with prejudging in the morning after our first cardio session. Then have our meal, go back to our room...reflect on how prejudging went....come back....down some pie and do the night show.
Royalty....I am doing the same. I am depleting my carbs through thursday morning. Here's a tip I learned from an old pro....after my cardio on thursday I will do a light pump workout followed by (wait for it).......some NO Explode. You see with depleting carbs....then a depletion workout....my muscles will be HUNGRY for glycogen. Then the NO product will increase my vascularity allowing me to fill out without spilling over. I will allow myself about .65oz (NO MORE THAN THAT) of red wine before hand to FURTHER increase vascularity.