Start the sunday before your show @ 25 mg. A.M., Monday 25 A.M., Tues. 25 mg A.M 12 hours later 25 mg. The same for the rest of the week. Make sure you keep your water high at least 1 gallon the whole time. Do not cut sodium out @ all. Aldactizide prevents the body from absorbing sodium so it is important that you keep it in your diet. If you cut it out you will be flat. And when you try to add it in it will be to late ,the diuretic will not allow any absorbtion. Back to the water intake you need to keep it in the whole time because the aldactizide will be working on flushing what you take in out. So you will not hold water. if you have more questions on this matter send me a private message