holding water when your sick?

[abolish the weak]

The guy I'm helping out is 4 wks out from his show. He was looking great up until last week, he got a nasty cold and sinus infection. Then he started holding fluid, I figured it was the bodies natural way of trying to overcome sickness. I told him to take a couple days off and have a carb up day. So he did, but he's not entirely over it yet. He had to get antibiotics, and you know recovery is slower anyways because his cals are low and his immune system is beat down. Anyways, we were just trying to figure out why he was looking so great and then all of a sudden he's holding fluid and you cant see any veins.

 

[Dezzy]

I think he should get blood work done, it could be his kidney function.

 

[lucian]

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The guy I'm helping out is 4 wks out from his show. He was looking great up until last week, he got a nasty cold and sinus infection. Then he started holding fluid, I figured it was the bodies natural way of trying to overcome sickness. I told him to take a couple days off and have a carb up day. So he did, but he's not entirely over it yet. He had to get antibiotics, and you know recovery is slower anyways because his cals are low and his immune system is beat down. Anyways, we were just trying to figure out why he was looking so great and then all of a sudden he's holding fluid and you cant see any veins.

this just happened to me. i had bronchitis. he was holding water and flattened out. the flatter you are the smoother you look. when you are sick your body burns way more calories. hence the flattening out. i brought my crbs up w oatmeal and rice, didnt do cardio and was leaner and fuller in 3 days time. the good thing is some xtra fat will come off as well so when he is recovered he will be leaner than if he had not gotten sick. it happens to me every friggin time i diet for a show. tell him to take care of it cuz once it turns to bronchitis its a small step to penumonia and then the show will have to be scrapped. ask the doc for levaquin.tell him not to stress.

4 weeks.....is it the maryland he is doing? im 4 weeks out too. lookin to cut a few xtra lb and make the lt heavywt class again this year.

god bless
lucian

 

[abolish the weak]

this just happened to me. i had bronchitis. he was holding water and flattened out. the flatter you are the smoother you look. when you are sick your body burns way more calories. hence the flattening out. i brought my crbs up w oatmeal and rice, didnt do cardio and was leaner and fuller in 3 days time. the good thing is some xtra fat will come off as well so when he is recovered he will be leaner than if he had not gotten sick. it happens to me every friggin time i diet for a show. tell him to take care of it cuz once it turns to bronchitis its a small step to penumonia and then the show will have to be scrapped. ask the doc for levaquin.tell him not to stress.

4 weeks.....is it the maryland he is doing? im 4 weeks out too. lookin to cut a few xtra lb and make the lt heavywt class again this year.

god bless
lucian

No, its down here in the Carolina's bro. Well, I trained chest and abs with him today, and the dude must be smoking a crack pipe because he looks fucking awesome. His veins are not protruding as much as they were before, but his skin is thinner,and he's waaaayyy harder and more separated. He got on the scale today and he's 192 lbs w/ clothes on, so figure he has either lost a shitload of fluid in the past couple days or the Dr. scale was wrong. This scale was digital so I know its accurate. Well he's only eating oats for carbs right now, most days are only 50 grams of carbs. He's one of these guys who can go super low on carbs and still look good. However I fear his metabolism is going to get slower if he does not spike them once every few days. I also had him switch to sweet potatos as I feel switching the carb source may be beneficial. Also, a shitload of greens now, and the last 2 wks all I have him eating for greens is asparagus to flush out some fluid naturally. Trying desperately to find some fucking aldactones but Jesus it's like pulling teeth right now to get any. Anyways, I'll snap some shots of him next time we train. The dude is a freak of nature for his bodyweight. His arms are still almost 19", quads are 27" and get this, waist is only 28"!!! He is going to demolish shit this year if he makes middles. He's one of those guys who will walk out there and people are going to be like "holy shit, that dude is only a middleweight!!" Thanks again bro, but its more of a head game with the guy, after seeing him I've come to that conclusion. I told him to stick to the plan and keep cutting. He thinks he looks worse but he's so wrong, hahahah

 

[lucian]

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when sick you can loose up to a 2-3lb a day. a third of that is fat, a third muscle and a third water. but if you are really hydrating yourself then its fat n muscle. then when you carb up, the muscle fills up but the fat is still gone. result....you look better but smaller. it takes about a week to re adjust but you will be leaner. funny how it works. when i get sick im like YES....im gona get even leaner!!!!
keep him on track as now is the worst time mentaly for him. he is feeling skinny and small, let him know we all feel like that.
god bless
lucian