Since this is my third thread (in as many years) detailing a contest prep, I figured (for newer readers) that I would throw up links to my previous postings.
The first one was my 2010 run, ultimately leading to my winning a Pro Card by winning not only my weight class, but the Overall Title:
This next one (from 2009) originally started out with me just trying to get some questions answers (I was very unsure of what I was doing), and eventually it morphed into a blog, detailing a my very first contest, where I won the Overall Novice Title, the Master 35+ Title, and took a very respectable 3rd in the Open Middleweights (to two very large, and conditioned, not to mention experienced competitors):
It is very entertaining for me to reread that 2009 one now. 
S