Weigh Ins

Weigh ins-

The diet really paid off in the last week and i had stopped fluid intake only on that day. I had the half day from work, picked up Andrew and Adam and met Darren at FTCC. Darren is not a trainer at Gym 445 but typical of his nature was kind enough to help us all make weight. Rodney generously offered the facilities at his home for our cut.

The weight cut was relatively easy for all of us with minimal sauna time. I learned some new tips about squeegeeing off sweat in sauna and when to take on and off my sauna suit from Darren. This helped a lot.

Driving to weighins took us 2.5 hours! With Darren sharing colorful insights (including tyson impressions and japan stories) behind the wheel (if you train at FTCC or know him at all you know how entertaining this can be), we made it without too much discomfort.

We all were well under our weight limits. While Adam's opponent had long since weighed in. Jen and my opponent had not. In fact Jen's opponent was not coming until Saturday. After some talking with the commission and with Darren's convincing nature jen was able to weigh in that day thankfully. My opponent showed up and weighed in at 153lbs...six lbs above our agreed weight. I questioned this. And Darren immediately said just do it anyway. I hesitated for a second but I wanted, needed to fight. I thought about the three weeks I had just put in and agreed.

We finished up with some pedialyte, and some well deserved japanese food. My feelings fluctuated between nervous and excited the entire night. I couldnt wait.

Good friends and family were critical at this time. While my parents dont really like the fact that I want to fight they have been very supportive. This helped me a lot mentally. I slept not wanting to let anyone down.