diet before a contest?

[g-zilla]

im not doing a show or anything but i have a dieting question please.....for those that compete how does your diet look the last week beore a show? when do you carb up----do you deplete yourself of water...stuff like that......this may sound stupid but im going away for mem day and ive been doing the low card diet for some time now and i feel good but i just wanted to keep my diet going the best i could right before i go away....any help is greatly appreciated

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