Saturday.
I will fast Friday from so many hours out, including all water from that point on. I will also not consume sodium that day, and very minimal on Thursday and Wednesday. I will drink a lot of water through Thursday - coupled with a lack of salt, this will actually strip my electrolytes out while increasing frequency of urination. When I stop everything Friday, I have low electrolytes, will have no intake, & a higher frequency of urination, so things will fall off over the day. I can also sweat in the sauna late Friday night at the gym if it appears I have some extra weight to lose. I would like to go to bed Friday within 1-2lbs of making weight. I need to be in Chicagoland around 8:30am to get in line for when the scale opens at 9am.
If I wake heavy for some reason, I can always hit the gas station before I leave for some sour candies to suck on and spit in a bottle as I drive with the heat on high while wearing a hoodie, but sweating takes energy so that’s only a last resort.
As soon as I’m off the scale, I have a drink ready with salt and carbs I’ll begin sipping at a pace. If it goes well, in 10-15 minutes I will consume more, and by 30 minutes usually I’m drinking freely. I wait at least 1 hour to let the fluids get me filled out some before putting food in (you can’t digest well when dehydrated). You want to keep fats minimal, with the emphasis on simple carbs, fluid, sodium, creatine - you need to restore all of the fluid you lost and hopefully store a little extra. Only the last meal of the day would ideally be high fat, for sheer calories, as a top off.