The best I looked was a show I did with no diuretics. Each time I messed with them, I lost 5-6 lbs and it did nothing for my physique, just flattened me out like crazy. Granted, I am no guru with regards to diuretic usage.
Here's what worked for me. Keep in mind, I'm a middleweight, so might take longer to dry out a larger body-
-Carb deplete from Sat before til Thursday before (5 full days). Typically for me this meant less than 100g of carbs. Some days zero if I wasn't flattening out.
- Increase water from 2 to 3 gallons from the Saturday before.
- Lightly salt all meals (sea salt) unless it's egg whites which have plenty of sodium.
- Thursday eat 6 meals with 50 g of carbs at each meal. I use the same carbs as when dieting for this day. For me that's oatmeal, white rice and bananas.
- Drink normally until later Thursday night. Around 10PM I dropped all water.
- Friday drink no water.
- Continue to salt every other meal lightly (sprinkle).
- Carb up for me is dry oats mashed up with bananas and microwaved, dry oats and pie filling mixed together and maybe some well cooked rice to get the water out of it.
- Start with one meal around 75g carbs and small amount of protein (15g) from chicken or steak.
- Repeat every 2-3 hours. Increase carbs if not filling out. Decrease carbs if plenty filled out. Go by the mirror. Might take in 350g, might take in 800. Doesn't matter, just eat and stare in the mirror. Do your poses. Put your tan on. Watch a movie. Eat some more.
- If you're still slightly flat at night, have a PB & J sandwich on top of your meal. It's ok to be a little full at night, you'll piss it out overnight.
-Sat AM eat a light meal and pack plenty of food for the venue. Should look crazy at this point.
