I go through a water loading process that goes through Thursday morning (today), for Friday morning weigh ins. So right now, I’m still drinking a ton of water. at 1pm, I will drink 2 beers and 3 dandelion root caps. Both are diuretics. The beers also just make things more enjoyable. lol.
After that, dehydration begins. If I really need it later, I’ll take sips of water from time to time, but just enough to get by.
Because this is only 10 lbs, if I can be disciplined enough to basically not eat anything tonight, I shouldn’t need to do anything else but what I’ve described above. I’ll go to bed about 2-3 lbs overweight, and by the morning I should be where I need to be. That’s kind of my marker. Sauna or hot bath time is used if I’m not at that number. So, let’s say around 9pm, I’m weighing 187 lbs. That’s not good enough, I need to weigh 184 or less before bed. So, I would get in an extraordinarily hot bath, and submerse my whole body. I’ve heard of epsom salt being used as well, haven’t done that. I will get in for 10ish minutes, whatever I can stand. I may lose half a pound during that time. But I’ll lose an additional pound in the next 30 minutes after I get out and immediately towel myself dry. Because the bath is so hot, your heart rate increases, and you continue to sweat. So the real magic happens after each bath session, not during. So, I would repeat this process until I meet the required weight.
If you want to, you can do additional sessions the next morning, but I prefer to get it all done at night, and get to my weigh in as early as possible to begin the rehydration process. I don’t like leaving things to chance. So, after I step off the scale, I’ll immediately start drinking pedialyte. I’ll drink 2 liters over the next couple hours, along with having a big, salty meal of some sort. Plenty of carbs as well. You have to start getting carbs and minerals into the body quickly so that the water you drink actually gets stored by the body. Otherwise, you’ll keep pissing it out, and you can end up very weak the next day. Mineral restoration is key and often overlooked.
On Saturday morning, by the time I’m actually ready to lift around 10am, I’ll be between 195 and 200 lbs