EQ/Var Cycle Update:

[tzan]

Cutting cycle:
500mg EQ wks 1-12
60mg var wks 3-15

I started the cycle at 235lbs around 15%bf. I'm now in week 9 and I'm at 215lbs about 11%bf. The only place where there is a little extra fat is of course my love handles and lower abs. Besides that I'm really hard and ripped. I have crazy veins in my delts and upper chest. The first 4 weeks of this cycle I cut my cals way too low and way too fast and lost more muscle then I should have. Since then I have used the following diet(with the help from someone on this board) and HAVEN"T cheated from the outlined meals once.

meal 1-shake/oats---430cals/27carbs/69protein
meal 2-chicken/potato---440cals/27carbs/68protein
meal 3-PWO shake---210cals/69protein
meal 4-chicken/rice---365cals/44carbs/34protein
meal 5-8eggwhites/2tsb PB---320cals/26protein/32fat
meal 6-shake/1tsbflax/1tsb PB---505cals/69protein/30fat

total:2270cals/98carbs/335protein/62fat

I run 2.5 miles on an empty stomach 3-4 times per week and hit the weights 4 times per week. The first 4-5 weeks of the cycle before I followed this nutrtion plan I was losing strength, but since then I have managed to shed pounds while getting stronger. I still have 6 weeks left and am very excited about the results to come. My only regret is not having a proper diet in check from day 1. You have to love how people come up to you and say how much bigger you've gotten when in fact I've actually lost close to 20lbs. Any comments on my meals are welcommed since nutrition is still where I'm lacking in knowledge.

 

[tiger88]

nice work bro

why did u decide to go for 60 mg ?

 

[copperridge]

good work1

 

[Moderate_THIS]

why didn't you start the var until week 3?

 

[awittyusername]

Great job! Thanks for the update.

 

[tzan]

nice work bro

why did u decide to go for 60 mg ?

I don't really have a clear cut answer. Originally I planned for 40mg(which I ran with pretty good sucess last summer), but realized that I had a kind of odd number of pills(too much for one cycle at 40mg, but not enough for 2 cycles at 40mg), so I just went with 60mg.

 

[tzan]

why didn't you start the var until week 3?

I debated this for a while since the eq takes so long to start working. I figured it would be smarter to be more concerned with maintaing my gains rather then seeing fast results. In a perfect world I would love to start the var at the same time as the eq and run it 3 weeks past it, but I think 15 weeks of anavar is a little too much for my liver.

 

[georgie24]

the best of eq has yet to come!

 

[gimp]

ya...you can't reduce your cals. too drastically at first or you'll lose muscle. Looks good so far though. I like to lose fat slowly so my skin doesn't have that floopy look to it.