Hello legends

[gtw93]

Hello legends,

My fiancée and I have emigrated to this beautiful country from the UK. I've been bodybuilding for about a year now with 1 show under my belt, while my partner has been competing in bikini bodybuilding shows for 4 seasons now.

We just wanted to say hello to everyone here and wondered if there are any Darwin bodybuilders lurking about!

 

[juiceninja]

Hello legends,

My fiancée and I have emigrated to this beautiful country from the UK. I've been bodybuilding for about a year now with 1 show under my belt, while my partner has been competing in bikini bodybuilding shows for 4 seasons now.

We just wanted to say hello to everyone here and wondered if there are any Darwin bodybuilders lurking about!

Nice to have you and welcome to you both

 

[darkHORSE]

Hello legends,

My fiancée and I have emigrated to this beautiful country from the UK. I've been bodybuilding for about a year now with 1 show under my belt, while my partner has been competing in bikini bodybuilding shows for 4 seasons now.

We just wanted to say hello to everyone here and wondered if there are any Darwin bodybuilders lurking about!

Welcome brother! Looking forward to learning from your knowledge and experience.

 

[hunterT]

Welcome bro

 

[silverfox]

Welcome bro. How did your first show go? There's a few other competitors here on the forum.

 

[gtw93]

Welcome bro. How did your first show go? There's a few other competitors here on the forum.

Thanks all, will be a bit of a shared account to learn.

First show was incredible, prep was going to class until about 4 weeks out, and I had a real struggle managing my T1 diabetes and getting silly diced. Got myself down to about 4-5%bf (Inbody scan), show weight 85kg. Finished 4th out of 8, which I was very happy with. I need to get some upper size, so I've been pushing that in the off-season. Had the last 3 months of not following meal plans/ socialising/ limited training due to moving, et,c but we're back on it. Looking to compete out here end of 26 or 2027

 

[silverfox]

Insane...... 4–5% with T1... wow. How’d you find managing the carbs and insulin while dieting? That must’ve been rough bro.

 

[gtw93]

Insane...... 4–5% with T1... wow. How’d you find managing the carbs and insulin while dieting? That must’ve been rough bro.

Yeah absolutely rough, nearly ended up in ED with DKA. One point I was taking such little insulin as was on 30g carbs per meal and body was just not happy.

Think we would have lost a lot of muscle if we hadn’t stuck tren in at 4 weeks out

 

[silverfox]

Yeah absolutely rough, nearly ended up in ED with DKA. One point I was taking such little insulin as was on 30g carbs per meal and body was just not happy.

Think we would have lost a lot of muscle if we hadn’t stuck tren in at 4 weeks out

When you pulled insulin that low, was it more hypo crashes or mainly the DKA risk messing with you?”

 

[BigAPE]

Hello legends,

My fiancée and I have emigrated to this beautiful country from the UK. I've been bodybuilding for about a year now with 1 show under my belt, while my partner has been competing in bikini bodybuilding shows for 4 seasons now.

We just wanted to say hello to everyone here and wondered if there are any Darwin bodybuilders lurking about!

Welcome

 

[Homebrew49]

Hello legends,

My fiancée and I have emigrated to this beautiful country from the UK. I've been bodybuilding for about a year now with 1 show under my belt, while my partner has been competing in bikini bodybuilding shows for 4 seasons now.

We just wanted to say hello to everyone here and wondered if there are any Darwin bodybuilders lurking about!

Hi and a big welcome to the community

 

[gtw93]

When you pulled insulin that low, was it more hypo crashes or mainly the DKA risk messing with you?

More so the hypo risk as pulling myself out of one meant more carbs/calories. I should have kept my long acting in, but my prep brain was like nah don’t need anything as my blood sugars were perfect. Obviously no slin then drove me close to a DKA.

Moral of the story: Prep does not cure type 1 diabetes ahahahaha

 

[silverfox]

Fair call, definitely not worth the hospital trip just for sharper lines. Managing that while prepping takes some serious control most people wouldn’t even attempt it tbh.

 

[gtw93]

Fair call, definitely not worth the hospital trip just for sharper lines. Managing that while prepping takes some serious control most people wouldn’t even attempt it tbh.

Appriciate that brother, at least we now know what to do for next prep!