To cut weight or not to cut weight.

Not sure if I mentioned this before but in my upcoming tournament I was supposed to face a Judo Black Belt who is also an instructor at one of the Dojo's downtown.  I really hate being thrown and I am not very good at break-falls so I was a little worried about it.  I just checked the registration and the guy has moved out of my weight class to an heavier weight class.  I assume he signed up thinking he was going to lose some weight and then in the end decided it was not worth it so he just jumped back to his regular weight.

I am currently about 6 lbs under weight so my dilemma is should I try to drop another 6 lbs and drop a weight class or should I just go at my regular weight.  I have decided to stay at my regular weight.  I am 53 and cutting weight (especially water weight) really does things to my system.  Also being underweight gives me the advantage or eating regular meals leading up the tournament.  I might catch a beast at the tournament because I have had to drop an age group to find competition but I mostly think that there are not that many 46-50 year old white  belts who are taking this so serious as to cut weight and kill themselves before the competition.  Really how many white belts over 40 think they are going to make a living doing Jiu Jitsu.  We all have jobs and other responsibilities and Jiu Jitsu is just a hobby to help us deal with the stress or maybe we are going through a midlife crisis.  I have a good friend who sent me this yesterday.  I know it is a quote from a book she is reading "Brene Brown's Gift of Imperfection" but I think it really sums up what a midlife crisis is about.

"People may call what happens at midlife a crisis, but it's not. It's an unraveling - a time when you feel a desperate pull to live the life you want to live, not the one you're supposed to live. The unraveling is a time when you are challenged by the universe to let go of who you think you are supposed to be and to embrace who you are."

I think we get to a spot where we just want to do what we want and don't really care to follow the way we have up to that point living for what others wanted or expected of us.  I think for those of us that start BJJ in our late 40's early 50's we are trying to get back something we always wanted to do but were not able to until this time.

What do you think?