WTF? Gained 7 lbs in 3 weeks at 2400 cals+30 mins cardio/ day. Test P+E+ Anavar Cycle
Hey guys,
Male currently sitting at 207. Maybe 12-15% bodyfat. I'm training 2 days on 1 day off as far as lifiting weights, and 30 mins on the bike 5-6 days a week. Maybe a run thrown in there somewhere.
So I started my cutting cycle about 3 weeks ago with some Test P. I'm slowly switching over to Test E (doing a taper down of test P that looks like this). I'm using .5 adex EOD:
Week 1: 100mg prop eod
Week 2: 75mg prop eod
Week 3: 50 mg prop eod
Week 4: 25 mg prop eod
While I've been doing 500 mg Test E / week from the start. Also taking 50 mg anavar since week 2 (only one week).
My problem is that I've been trying to go on a cutting cycle this time around (this is my second cycle total) and I can't seem to lose any weight. I eat around 2200-2400 cals a day and am engaging in 30 mins of cardio 5 days a week. Macro split is 40/40/20 I DO feel full off of this many cals.
My first cycle was Test prop 6 weeks and I gained about 25 lbs off of bulking with 3000 calories a day.
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LaTTTimer99Buddy are you taking any supplements? Pre-workouts?
Are you cooking your meals or do you eat out?
I saw a review you wrote on Arctic where you stated his Anavar caused severe bloating, and you also stated you were taking in only 2,000 cals / day AND training and doing cardio.
Unless you weigh 135 pounds, you're running a calorie deficit. My guess is you're doing 1 or more of the following?:
Not watching your sodium intake
Taking a product that contains creatine
I'm also pretty sure you are not eating enough meals a day; you said you weigh 200 pounds and are at 40/40/20 - you're taking in WAY too little protein bro. You're probably like me also, in that you may be very sensitive to the longer Test esthers - I can't take even 200mg / week of Test E without getting moonfaced and soft.
If you're trying to cut fat? Man believe it or not increase the number of meals and the frequency of those meals. I train a bantamweight who on his pre-contest takes in 2,980 cals / day, broken into 8 meals daily.
Cut all creatine and become a label-watching hawk - sodium is your enemy. Stop Test E - switch over to Sustanon, higher mg's / week of Test P, and toss in either Masteron or Winstrol and you'll dry up nicely, with improved vascularity. You're also doing your cycle a disservice by running a calorie deficit with not enough protein.
As these other brothers suggested, for cutting purposes I'd alter your macros from 40/40/20 to ~ 70/10/20. Essentially oatmeal for breakfast and a sweet potatoe or brown rice before 1-2PM, with zero carbs other than vegetables until the following morning. But again, this isn't what's causing your bloat.
PS I'm the one who -1'd your review blaming the Anavar for your water retention and edema. I've taken his Var 3 different times and that's not even close to what's behind your situation. I pinned just 1 cc of the "SuperTest" (250mg Test E, 250mg Test C), and I experienced edema in my feet and ankles and moonface. It's the Test E, sodium, etc - not the Anavar.
PM me amigo if you'd like a hand with your diet.
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I would look at
how loose your clothes feel
what the tape measure says
what a BF analysis says
Weight alone is extremely deceptive.
Heres a suggestion
Go No Carb for 36 hours and that will drop the water weight....then measure and weigh yourself.
Then continue and evaluate the progress in the same way in another 2 weeks and see what the results are.
Only catch here is that the water weight will be regained when he starts eating carbs again.
Lack of dietary carbs causes depletion of glycogen stores. When glycogen is stores in tissues, a lot of water is stored along with it. The release of the energy stores causes a subsequent release in the accompanying fluids. Replenishment of glycogen starts the process over, which carries fluids back into the tissues.
Dossier : Agree...hence doing the 36 hour no carb again in two weeks so that you have a consistent gain/loss point.
Probably the enanthate contributing to some fluid retention. Wonder how your sodium intake looks