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So I'm not ready to add compounds to help with weight loss yet but I should be soon. In the past 3 weeks I've lost 16 lbs and once I lose about ten more I'm planning on implementing things to help. Here's what I'm considering but would like to hear your opinions on what works and what's a waste of money or too dangerous. I'm not willing to die to lose weight lol
Cardarine, clen, yohimbine, ephedrine.
Those are the ones I am considering, leaning mostly towards cardarine and clen. What do you guys think? And am I missing anything?
I'm already dieting really strictly and walking daily and running 2-3 times a week.
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that's the old school stimulant stack. maybe try running a low dose of semaglutide
Forget clen, yohimbine, ephedrine
Just eat a calorie deficit , count your calories..
Understand what your daily intake is then what you daily Marcos are then take 2 to 500 away per week..
Nice need for things that are going to make your heart work harder then it already is being overweight
If you are above 12% BF or so, all that is completely unnecessary. It is just diet at this point. Can't really speed up the process. Easy to lose fat at the BF% you are at. You have plenty of it so the body is not to worried about losing it and it comes off fast just being in a calorie deficit. Once you get leaner, your body will try to hold on to it more and it becomes more of a struggle to lose it. That is when you can start implementing fat burners to speed up the metabolism. Before that you are just wasting them and putting your body through unnecessary hardships. You also build up a tolerance to most of them. so what are you going to do when you get to the point where you could actually benefit from using them??
Cardarine at 20mg daily made me apathetic towards lifting and life in general. I’m considering trying it again but staying at 10mg. I haven’t heard too many people experiencing how I felt though. Maybe I’m the anomaly.
Caloric deficit is always king. I’ve lost 60lbs since August staying in a strict deficit but weight loss has really slowed down for me recently. That’s why I’m considering trying the cardarine again along with the deficit.
Also, I would wait until the weight loss from diet and cardio slows down significantly before adding stuff to accelerate it. The only reason I’m considering adding the cardarine now is because I’ve already lost ~60lbs and it has become difficult to lose anymore. I went from losing 10+ lbs a month down to maybe 1-2lbs a month. Think of it similarly to waiting to start gear until you’ve reached your maximum potential naturally. It will do you better once you’ve done everything you can without the drugs.
No need for drugs man. Nothing magically makes you burn more calories. Weight loss is purely diet mathematics. Cals in - cals out = goal. Just keep on trucking ahead and stay mentally tough. You’ll get there in the same amount of time with or without drugs if your calorie balance stays the same.
I've already lost nearly twenty pounds from dieting and cardio. Just realized that I need to lose probably about twenty more. My muscles look so much better and more prevalent, it's pretty awesome I just want to get to my goal a little quicker so I can start my cycle, guess I'm just being impatient lol
Focus on diet and exercise . Forget the clen and ephedrine. Yohimbine and carderine will work great with the right diet and cardio . No need for clen . Unless you’re getting down to below 5% for a show , no need . Even then I would opt out of clen just from the side effects
I am dieting and doing cardio, not a ton of it though because I want to leave myself room to add more. Keto has done me pretty good especially with intermittent fasting
You havent lost muscle intermittent fasting
No, longest I've fasted is about 16 or 17 hours and that's like once a week maybe twice. I've been making sure to get my protein though
Oh okay cool. Cause i fasted everyday for almost 1&1/2 years. Getting in all my macros during my eating window but needed anabolics to keep from losing muscle. Im glad to hear your success so far man.
Thanks, if anything so far my muscles look bigger but I'm sure it's not because they're bigger but because they have less fat around them lol. I'm cutting so I can do anabolics. I feel like and have heard that it's a waste of you're overweight.
Cardarine was my top pick anyway and maybe the ketones.
You dont need gear to lose weight. Eat a calorie deficit
Go to the gym and train with weights!
Do cardio
Walk? Walk more
If you want to lose weight, use a GLP-1. Mounjaro is the best. Eat a shit ton of protein. You won’t have an appetite so use that to figure out how to eat right. That’s your safest way.
That's semaglutide isn't it? Doesn't that basically work by making you not hungry and letting you starve yourself? I've heard a lot of bad things about it like once you stop taking it you just end up gaining the weight back due to your body not naturally producing a certain hormone afterwards.
Semaglutide is one of them. What you read is BS. Mostly super fat people that just eat less McDonald’s than changing the way you eat. You can drop weight on it but have to lift heavy weights and eat tons of protein. I dropped 40 pounds in a year and gained a bit of strength during that time. Been off for a few months and no regain. Worst side effect is a bit of nausea. It’s legit. Use it to drop the weight and change your approach to diet. Then rebuild from there.
Is it easy to get prescription or something that's more convenient to just buy from online sources? Reason I ask is I have insurance and probably wouldn't have to pay for it. What about muscle wasting? I've heard that happens on it and I want to avoid losing the muscle I've spent years building. Hell I'm just recently able to actually see it all after losing about twenty pounds lol
Lots of online doctors will prescribe. Talk to your doctor too. You won’t lose muscle if you eat protein, whole grain and healthy fats. You won’t be hungry so you have to make a plan. Lots of chicken, eggs, fruits, veggies, rice, oats etc. eliminate the processed foods and sugar. People don’t eat or lift when they take it and they lose muscle. Neither me nor my wife lost muscle and both lost significant weight. It’s just a tool to let you dial in your diet if you struggle with food.
Gotcha I probably don't really need it then because I'm doing fine with my diet.
Mounjaro is trizepatide. Same thing basically as semaglutide. Folks gain the weight back because they never established healthy habits and used the drug as a crutch for losing weight. Once the drug is gone, they go back to their bad habits and eating those random snacks throughout the day that add up to being in a surplus.
Gotcha, yeah that sounds about right lol. I have the diet down and exercise. I just don't want to hit a wall and stop losing weight lol
Just keep doing your thing man. You’ve already lost a good bit so you’re on the right track. Weight loss also isn’t linear. It’s fast at first due to glycogen and water retention changes. People attribute that to fat loss and then think they hit a “wall.” Nope just the real fat loss has started and it’s a slower process. You might notice nothing for 2 weeks then bam 3lbs lighter on week 3. Slow and steady wins this race.
Gotcha thanks pal, I'm pretty proud of it I guess I'm probably being impatient lol
sele137My personal opinion is that much more can be achieved by manipulating the diet. Each of these "fat burners" has its own short-term and long-term consequences. These "burners" may be able to help in removing the last 1% of fat, but the same can be achieved with a diet, so I see no reason why someone who has no intention of entering a competition should use them. The only thing I like from your list, although of course it's not healthy either, is ephedrine. It reduces my appetite and gives me mental energy, which is exactly what anyone on a diet needs. I have never tried Cardarine and regardless of the controversial studies I would never try it because it is simply not worth it for something that can be achieved naturally.
Yohimbine, anxiety in a pill for me.
In injections, it may work locally on the last 0.1% of fat.
If you have more than that 0.1%, you won't notice anything.
Clenbuterol i'm shaking and feeling weak and my appetite has increased.
Maybe an unpopular answer, but that's my experience
Lol ephedrine is the only one I have tried. But cardarine sounds nice as long as it's not a high dose.
sele137Although the study is "controversial", cancer does not sound attractive to me personally. But again that's my opinion. 15 years ago I probably would have taken it too without thinking LOL
Also does anyone have experience with bhb exogenous ketones?