YUP! At one point my wife asked if she needed to take me to the ER because she'd never seen me like that. I knew what was going on, so I told her no and that I'd be fine. Should've told her "Just let me die"
AHAHH! OH man! When I first started I felt like that post show. Not a fun feeling
Go find your typical popular instagram person who has a huge following. watch them plan their food for weeks in advance for after their show. Then see them talk about how they gained 10-15-20 pounds in a matter of 2-3 days after bringing packs of poptarts, tons of junk food, donuts, bars, candy. Then look at their face, ankles and see how much water they truly are holding.
Not only is that horrible for your metabolism, not only is your body prone to gaining tons of fat after dieting down to a very low bodyfat level. It is also a huge low blow when that person after a long prep wants to suddenly reverse all the damage and hard work they did to just eat a ton of junk because well i competed so i can eat. No. Just no.. If your plans of competing are just to get off stage and have a donut you need to learn moderation. Blows my mind some people chase the stage just so they can go on a food frenzy, and then make a WORSE relationship with food.
At least I have seen it way too many times, more so with female competitors, and them holding boxes of donuts backstage, or posting images of pancake and waffle stacks when they are like 6-8 weeks out and posting about how they are dreaming of having some sugary carbs, or dirty foods.
Man, watching some of the ladies hit that rebound is tough. They go from looking and feeling close to their best to looking and feeling close to their worst. Having so much of their self esteem tied to how they look and their focus for the past few months tied to that, and then when it all crumbles before them. Its just hard to be around.
How do you expect to run with the wolves at night if you spend all day stuntin with the puppies?