I have set a soft goal of competing in the July Fight to Win Nationals at 189 pounds. The reason I say it’s a soft goal is because I’m not one of those guys that likes to cut weight for a tournament. I’d rather compete at my natural weight. It’s something I actually believe in.
Having said that, the weight divisions run in 20 pound increments. And at my current weight of 195 lb. I am near the bottom of the light-heavyweight division, where I competed back in May. That division tops out at 210 lb. and you better believe there will be guys dropping ten to twenty pounds to hit it.
Rather than face that, I’d really like to top out the 169 to 189 lb. division. There’s just one problem. While I’ve been dropping weight fairly steadily since September, I’ve hit a bit of a wall. For four weeks, now, I’ve been holding at 195 lb. If I increase my cardio with cycling, I gain a couple of pounds due to water retention. So that’s not the right direction. If I try restricting calories, my body wants to go into starvation mode.
Not sure how I’m gonna actually shed the few extra pounds, but it just might be a bigger challenge than getting on the mats.
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