posted Mon, 03/06/2023 - 12:30
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First Anavar Cycle - Female
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I’m a female, 3 weeks into first Anavar cycle. I am taking 10 mg split into 2 doses ( morning and night). I have gained 10 pounds in the 3 weeks I have been taking this! That said my body does not look much different. I am 5”6. Now 170lbs. CrossFit 5-6 days/wk. I would say I started out with 20% body fat maybe. My appetite has been through the roof and my stomach is almost distended- really sticking out. Also spotting mid menstrual cycle. Could this be Dbol or do I need to give this more time? I have noticed a lot more focus and energy at gym but I thought I’d see some leaning out by now which is my goal.. particularly in the trunk area. Also would like more arm definition. Any insights appreciated TIA !
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Im ok with ignoring the scale so long as i like what i see in the mirror and like how my jeans fit but with a bloated stomach the jeans aren’t fitting well. I am not really bloated anywhere else though not in face hands or feet. Just stomach.
Could be overdosed Anavar. Rarely occurs because of the cost, but it definitely happens. It would make a huge difference for a female. Or a mix up and those 10mg pills are in reality 25mg. That happens as well.
Hmm interesting ok i guess thats a possibility. Maybe I will drop down to 5mg/ day and see how that goea
Thanks yea I did definitely notice more focus/ energy at gym which i loved but not really liking the bloated stomach.. exactly the opposite of what I wanted. My appetite also has been through the roof and i thought Var was supposed to suppress appetite..
Appetite through the roof and likely eating more, hence the bloated stomach.
That's not how anavar works. It's definitely not a diet pill. What is your goal here? To lose weight? Are you just lifting? What's your diet like? There's a lot of information missing.
My goal is to lean out especially in trunk area (stomach) and to have more definition in arms. I work out 6 days a week, hitting the major lifts each twice a week combined with CrossFit conditioning type exercise. I am on Renaissance P diet - counting macros and am
About 80% compliant with that. Have 1 cheat meal over weekend. No alcohol.
80% compliant means you need to buckle down more. Should be 100%.
What you want for a goal is achievable but reduce the lifting. You're probably doing too much. Lifting really doesn't burn that many calories like one would think. I would increase the cardio and intensity. See what you're probably doing is kind of canceling itself out. I honestly dislike crossfit but to each their own. 80% could be a significant factor. Whats you protein/fat/carb ratios? Women don't need to do nearly as much as men do as far as intake goes. Because Women are biologically different. Womens biology tells their body to hold fat. It's just the nature of it. So it's a bit harder to lose problem areas. If your diet is off it'll hinder losing in the problem areas
Lifting burns a ton of calories. More than cardio. If you take 3 minutes between sets like alot of people do then you aren't going to burn much, but with hypertrophy training you should be burning through the calories. 45 sec rest periods between sets and at the end of the hour I have burned through an average of 600-650 calories. EPOC is also elevated after a weight session so metabolism is boosted for another 4 hours or so. Soon as you step off the treadmill metabolism goes back to normal, unless it was HIIT.
The most common problem I see and as a former coach. Is people aren't willing to work that hard. The vast majority aren't going to put in the level of work say you put in. They also frequently miscalculate how long their rest actually is. I've noticed they could be resting anywhere between 1.5 to 3 X of what they say they're resting. Sure they spent an hour in the gym but they spent half the time sitting on their ass. For myself I never found much success wit HIT exercises. I always did better off with straight cardio. Helps with explosiveness but that's me.
It varies honestly. It increases mine for sure but not by much.
Are you taking dbol or anavar?? Post says var at top then dbol at the the bottom...
I think she’s questioning if there’s a possibility it could be dbol despite being labeled as Anavar.
Re read, I see now.
Lifted-presence92Exactly it happens a lot bc var raw is expensive!
Anavar is not a diet pill or a fat burner. Glycogen loading from AAS will add weight.
^THIS^
Maybe cut the dose to 5mgs and see how the body responds. You can’t post details on brand but certain brands have the reputation of being legit over others. The only real way to find out is through Janos or perhaps even blood work.
Thanks good suggestion, gonna try this
My wife recently ran an Anavar cycle at the same dosage you are, and her words exactly below:
“I don’t know why I keep trying to run this shit! Every time I do it I feel like I gain ten pounds, and spend the next two months struggling to get it off. WTF, I’ll NEVER run that shit again!”
Lifted-presence92That sucks bro this doesn’t happen to my wife and she currently on her 3rd cycle.
This sounds complicated mate, so in a womans way of thinking - what is she truly saying here? Lmao
That she’s going to take a few months off and try it again when she feels skinny again, LOL.
She always goes through this. She’s been off for about a month now and she looks great. I explained that muscle weighs more that fat. Her answer “So now you’re saying I was fat???”
FML
It's a lose-lose situation in a way lol I too have been there.
Muscle doesn't weigh more than fat. Take 3 lbs of fat and 3 lbs of muscle.....which weighs more?
Muscle is denser, more compacted in a sense. But 3 lbs is 3 lbs.
Ok, so if you go to the butcher and ask for five pounds of meat and five pounds of fat, the pile of fat will be substantially bigger than the pile of meat, right??? Well, that’s what I meant, I shouldn’t have use weight as a tool of measurement. I should have used size. My bad.
You know I wasn’t referring to you bro, In general I feel that’s what people mean In terms of muscle density. That’s the type of shit my mom used to say to me when I was a fat little kid lol.
I know that’s such a stupid statement. Instead people should focus on increasing LBM which as you know lowers BF percentage.