My first FIGURE competition!

How did one exactly go from poor eating habits ( i am assuming) to being able to maintain 8 % bf for months when your body & hormones are fighting against you for food ?? :noway:

Been here for a year and never seen a transformation like this before. I am blown away :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

I was living the college life- parties, booze, and the food associated that consumed my life Thurs-Sunday; so I started by making small manageable dietary changes and then it just kept evolving. I evolved as I fell in love with fitness and went into higher education.

As far as maintain BF%, I am slowly coming back up. I am only a month post show. On show day I was 8% right now i'm 8.8%. Just like you go on a cut cycle for the competition, you do a reverse diet for the post, I don't get to eat anything and everything. I strictly monitor my MACROS. I will probably stay around 10% bf in the off season; as far a hormones, everyone's body is different and I've experienced no issues during the entire process. I think something very important with that, is maintaining a healthy cut cycle- there are ways that may do metabolic damage. So taking care of your nutritional needs and maintaining metabolic homeostasis is optimal!