Diet Critique Please!

[Buddhabody]

If you diet right you shouldnt lose too much strength. I was leg pressing 1000lb for reps, six weeks out from my show. Dont shy away from heavy weights and your basic compound movements. Good luck mate

[Mark5]

If you diet right you shouldnt lose too much strength. I was leg pressing 1000lb for reps, six weeks out from my show. Dont shy away from heavy weights and your basic compound movements. Good luck mate

After approximately 3 weeks on this diet, I can tell my strength has gone down slightly. Not to a huge degree, but for example my reps on bench of 225 has gone down from about 8 or 9 to about 4-6, and my deadlift has gone down from about 4 reps of 285 to 1 rep of 285. I also noticed that I get gassed a little easier/quicker on arms and shoulders. As long as I don't lose too much more, I wont be disappointed but it sucks to lose any strength at all. Also, my weight at the start was 200, and today is 191. I know a lot of this is due to far fewer carbs and less water retention but it still plays games with you mentally. On the bright side, I am noticing a bit more definition in my arms, especially when holding a weight and my stomach area doesn't look quite as bloated as it did at the beginning, so hopefully those are positive indicators of the reduction in calories and cleaning up my diet in general. Thanks for everyone's help, it is invaluable. I'll be posting in here periodically moreso for myself to keep track of results, but any other comments or advice is always welcomed.