i've been training for 13 years the last 3 years for strongman comps. but my love has allways been bodybuilding. i've done some stronman comps and train  from time to time with britains strogest man. due to my change inj gyms 18 months ago my drive for doing a bodybuilding comp was only fuelled by training with a couple of competing bodybuilders. i was training for the pro-am at brilley hill last april but due to my shift change my eating went wrong and i started to gain weight. now i'm trying to get my eating back on track and sort my food out for my working hours. my dieting for the pro-am started 16 weeks out it was 11 weeks in that things went wrong i.e tuna fish sandwiches and as my mate said when training for comps bread is a no no. it looks like i'll have to spend abit on mrp's but if i want to get on stage that is what i need to do. my stats are

biceps  18 1/2 "
forarms 14 1/2 2
chest 56"
waist 38 "
thighs 36"
calfs  not sure ( not done for a while )
height 5.9
weight 18.1 stone.

good look archie ,i firmly believe that the power lifting gives you the size and muscle base for a great bodybuilding career  ,and that is where some guy fail ,how many times do power lifters  cut up and blow body builders away in comps ? because they have a great foundation of muscle. just try to stick to the diet  thats the toughtest part,(bloody killer if you ask me ) more tuna anyone...

stats look good archie, let us know how your getting on....

Hi Archie,
Good luck with your bodybuilding mate. Take a look at: http://www.british-bodybuilding.co.uk/sample_diet.shtml and recalculate the values to suit yout musclemass and metabolism etc. This should help and is more effective that shovelling tuna sandwhiches mate!

thanks everyone the diet from the above post look like loads of food my diet at the moment concists of

meal 1 : 2 jacet spuds 6 egg white omlette 1 tin of tuna ( olive oil on spud ) one coffee    8.00 pm

               work 10.00 pm - 7.00 am

meal 2 :  meal replacement                        10.00 pm

meal 3 :  meal replacement                         12.00 am

meal 4 : meal replacement                           2.00 am

meal 5 :  2 turkey / chicken breasts with chopped tomatos or fish and veg      4.00 am

meal 6 :   50 g oats in water ( meal 5/6 with coffee )       7.00 am

     training 8.45 am - 10.00 am

  protien drink  10.30 am

  i drink 2 l of water daily

  the reason for the meal replacements is i work nights driving a forklift we don't have a break till most the work is done so i needed some thinks i could eat while keeping my hands free. that has been the hardest part which is why i had to start to take sandwiches.

  how does this diet look guys....