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My major concern would be that you are still building your bone mass and the restricted dieting could potentially impact you achieving your peak bone mass. But I think that if you are aware of this and make sure you are getting adequate calcium you should be ok.

Thanks ladies for the great information!

Sorry, Free T3 230 pg/dL (230-420 pg/dL normal range per dr) Free T4 0.5 ng/dL (.8 - 1.8 ng/dL nl range per dr) TSH - yes 2.0 IU/L

Yes, I did taper on and off the t3

I think you just described me! I feel like I walk into the gym and people look and think "whoa, what happened to her? She blew up like a whale!"

Free T4 .5 Free T3 230 (borderline according my docs nl levels) TSH 2.0 I do hope that if it was/is from the competition diet that they will bounce back soon! It's been almost 3 months and it's making me a mental head case.

Guilty :( My own personal story - to hopefully help some girls out there debating. Contest prep was starting to mess with my head so the bf stepped in and insisted I add T3/clen ASAP. Desperate, I did, knowing the consequences, but he told me I could deal with all that after the show. I...

I agree, this is great! Thanks!

I am 8 weeks post competition and have been off var for almost 10 weeks now. I haven't had a period yet! It disappeared when I came off BC in December and hasn't come back since. Don't know if it's the BC pill, anavar or combination of the two to blame. I don't mind it though! Nice not having to...

Thank you all for all your responses! I have learned my lesson! No more lasix and hopefully next time I won't feel like the good year blimp after a competition. This was my first one, so live and learn!

Thanks Superqt! That's why I was hesitant to take it, heard lots of horror stories, but to my suprise I felt fine. Won't ever be taking that again though because the water retention is making me crazy!

Thank you all for your help. And I did take a diruetic- lasix (oral). I was very very hesitant about taking this, but my friend/coach insisted I needed it.

I thought I had prepared for post competition rebound for months prior to my show, but nothing could have prepared me for what it's really like. I competed just one week ago and this week I am a whale. I have no abs left and holding tons of water in my abs and back. Since I've read up on it, I...

Very helpful! Thank you!

Ironwings- So far so good! I took your all's advice and decided to run it longer than the mini cycles, keeping the dose at 25mcgs max. Had great results so far. I am just now starting to notice some of my strength go, I'm hoping it's just the diet (4wks out from comp) and not a loss in LBM...