Oregon Daily Emerald Sports Oregon wrestlers battle weight By Erick Studerucka EmoraW Sports Reporter Forget a taut Tommy Lasorda's endorsements of Ultra-SlimFast. Cancel the appointment with the Jenny Craig counselor. Skip the Weight Watchers meeting. If you really want to learn about weight loss, talk to the campus expert on the subject, Oregon wrestler Cory Sonnen. Sonnen. the Ducks' starting wrestler at 134 pounds, loses an average of 12 pounds each week in order to make his weight limit - the most of any Oregon wrestler. During the wrestling season, his weight is constantly in flux, yo-yoing between his natural weight of 155 pounds and his weight limit of 134 pounds. "The whole process starts about four day* before a meet I drink a lot of water and then begin to be careful about the types and amounts of food 1 oat,” Sonnen said. 'For exam ple, about the only things I'm going to oat this week are bananas, toast and milk." Much of the loss comes in the form of bodily fluids. "It's not too unusual to lose 10 pounds during a practice," Son nen said. "f)nce I saw (ason Mug gy (Oregon's 142-pouiul wrestler) lose IK pounds in one day." Head coach Ron Finley guards against dehydration by making sure the wrestlers drink throughout practice. The old fashioned mentality that associ ated drinking fluids during practice with mental weakness no longer exists, Finley said. "It's silly not to drink, espe riallv when you're trying to lost? weight." Finley stud "The best way to lose weight is to out bock on food and eliminate the fats from the diet." Sonnet? said wrestlers quickly regain weight after weighing in for each meet. Between the time he weighs in and the time he wrestles. Sonnen said he gains hack about 10 pounds. Sonnen said he occasionally feels side effects from the rapid weight loss. "I notice my attention span is a lot shorter, and ! can't concen trate as well when I'm cutting weight." Sonnet* said It should be noted, however, that the tvp*? of weight loss experienced by the wrestlers is temporary and should not bo attempted by ordinary people wishing to shed a few pounds. Photo by Mchaw Sttnxw Oregon wrestler Cory Sonnen's weight fluctuates between his 134 pound wrestling weight and his normal weight ot 155 pounds. Excessive fluid loss ( iin result in dehydration and d<>nth "The wrestlers art* in lop physical shame and their weight loss is closely monitored." soul Dean Adams, head athletic trainer. In his 23 years of coaching. Finley said he has seen every imaginable shortcut used in dropping those final few ounces. "The funniest thin# I've over soon was hoi k al the Nt’AA lournamont a few years ago." he said. "Time was running out for one wrestler, and ho was still a quarter-pound over the limit So he stood on his head for two or three minutes, and. 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