lol. i diet already and don't eat or cheat rarely as it is. and ya i don't drink or anything anymore either. got tired of it messing me up. mind asking what you weighed in at? i'll be competing at around 170-180 i think. at 5'11. the guys at the gym now that are preparing for saturday are begging me to give them carbs. lol i feel bad for them so i bring pasta and shiat to the gym and eat it in front of them. oh how it makes them so happy.
Since you are competing next year I would stay within 15-20 pounds. A good measure is when you can barely see your abs, you know you are close. I thought I was going to be at 170 at weigh in but ended up at 164, and I am 5'11" also. That was also the night before, so I was super carb depleted. The day of show I was more like 169-170. Problem is that I was the 2nd tallest in my class and it's hard to look good next to the short guys.
And yea I was doing 1170 for 4 on the leg press last year lol.
Squat was around 375, DB bench was 125's for 8-10, dead around 550.