Ok its late but I am making a decision to attempt to make the Palmetto Classic in 4 weeks in Rock Hill South Carolina. I have just begun to get back in form so let's see if I can do it in 4 weeks and what it comes down to. I am a fatboy currently from all the time off and this past week I ballooned to like 219 pounds. There are two choices of weight. In this tournament they have a 198 or 220. Over the next week I will start my cardio and change my diet and report back how my changes come about. Since last night I dropped 2 pounds to about 217 but I have yet to get to my stripped low base weight and actually start to burn off the fat my layoff has aquired. It is now time to cut out any consumption of diet cokes and limit my intake of anything besides water to maybe 20 ounces of splenda layden hawaiian punch per day which I will cut out as well in about a week. As far as food I will be lowering my intake of breads and anything with carbs to near nothing in this week as well and bringing the cardio to cause the change. I figure I will see if I go to my normal trim weight of 205 pretty fast and if it just doesnt happen due to time constraints I will simply increase my diet of good intake and push the lean muscle back up as high as I can before the torunament. I will report back in about three days with the changes so that the readers can follow how it is done without losing the strength in your arms. In a last note let me say that I do cardio without running but simply walking uphill at a fast pace of 3.5 to 4.0 miles an hour at a 10 to 15 degree incline. If you wear a sweatshirt this is the better low impact way to succeed without shedding muscle. I will post again within the next 3 days. Maybe monday night.