I took bloods pre cycle, on cycle, and post cycle. However I’m having trouble uploading more than one image so my lab result shown is mid cycle. This was my very first anabolic steroid cycle. I’m 31 years old, 5’10, 192lbs-208lbs-175lbs. I did a simple cycle of test Enanthate 500mg per week split into 2 dosages per week, 250mg Tuesday, and 250mg Thursday for a duration of 12 weeks. This was all about experimenting for me. I’ve been lifting since I was 18yrs old, some months more often than others but developed a decent natty physique and paid my natty dues, so I’m ready to try beginner cycling. My pre cycle testosterone levels are 440 and estrogen normally sitting around 17 which is roughly 4% of my testosterone being converted to estrogen. I wanted to start the cycle at my 500mg per week dose and take no AI to see where my actual estrogen would land bc of so many conflicting forums saying you really don’t need an AI for a test only cycle and some even argue no pct. Anyways, bloods 4 weeks in with no AI yet gave me 2009 test levels and 80 estrogen! Therefore resulting in the decision that yes an AI for me personally is required as I bloated very much but did not experience gyno. I then introduced .25 arimidex MWF and tested again getting my estrogen levels down to 50. I changed my arimidex to .25 EOD and my levels came down to 17 which was right where my body was before cycling. Here’s where I made my mistake, 6 weeks in I introduced an oral strombafort (winstrol). I started low 20mg per day, then after a week up to 40mg per week fro the last 6 weeks of the cycle. Right at week 7 my shoulder and back acne started to progress. Not cystic acne, just red dots that almost looked like the chicken picks but then traveled down my last to lower back and from my shoulders towards my chest. At week 12 it was very bad very obvious to others that it wasn’t genetics and I was on something. I wish I didn’t add the oral just like many have said bc now I don’t know if it was just the high estrogen that caused my acne to flare up or the DHT drug, and therefore would avoid dht drugs in the future. Live and learn. During the 12 weeks my starting body weight was 192lbs, by week 10 I was up to 208lbs. Right when I finished up my cycle I realized I don’t wanna do this again at 20% body fat so i have now dieted down to 12% and am trying to get even leaner before my next cycle. The last 2 weeks of my cycle I introduced hcg @ 500iu twice a week. I realize almost everyone says you need more but I worked just as my low pct worked. I used hcg the last 2 weeks of my cycle and 2 weeks post cycle before starting pct. once finished with hcg I waited one more week before starting 50mg clomid/40mg nolvadex per day for 4 weeks straight. I didn’t want my estrogen to rebound so I continued at .25mg All the way through hcg and pct. I realize people say you need so much clomid (300mg) per day in some cases, and an insane amount of hcg. I understand that it may be different based on if you do a really long cycle, or use 19-nor compounds that shut you down (harder) but I was advised by a very conservative user to try starting low and seeing how it went as 300mg of clomid would scare the shit out of me. It has been 5 weeks since my PCT and my levels are now 773 for total testosterone (which is even higher than my pre cycle natty levels that were always in the 400s as I tested them several times last year). My libido has returned, acne has calmed down but still is present, and estrogen is actually at 30 which correlated with my higher test levels. Everything I used was from ashop when they had good reviews and no troubles with orders being delivered. Overall I’m happy with the results although I wish I was leaner going into the cycle. I’m cutting down trying to obtain 10% before starting again. Any EXPERT advice is welcome and please remember this was my first run and my choices were based off of research from so much conflicting information from various forums and posts.