Starting TRT now

[hannes joubert]

"it's nice to c ur drop in BF% ur numbers r great for just a week improvement."

Thanks Xman, I know that week 2 is usually the slowest, let's just hope that the BF% continues in the right direction

 

[Avaric3]

ive just recently started trt too (last thursday actually) and i noticed a rise in libido and harder erections in just 4 days after my first 200mg shot. has that hit you yet?

and pretty much just stoppin in to say good luck wit your trt journey!

 

[hannes joubert]

Thanks avaric3

I have not really noticed much of a difference in any way shape or form, except the acne...So the hormones must be going wild.

Good luck on your journey too.

H

 

[hannes joubert]

Hi All, just checking in, tomorrow is control day 2, however I am not expecting anything to wrtie home about, being the second week (traditionally the slowest for me ito weight loss) plus the fact that I was ill the whole of last week, sinusitis that moved into the chest, so all clogged up, feverish for 5 out of the 7 days of the week and generally feeling blech.... Did manage to fit in two cardio sessions before I was totally floored... Catch up with you tomorrow..

H

 

[XMAN.]

sorry to hear about ur sickness bro hope ur fully recovered now, u know i'm always tired these days i work 12 hours a day and barely can find time to work out usually only in my day off which is one day a week and rarely in mid week after work, i'm hoping to manage to work out at least 2 days per week.

 

[hannes joubert]

Hey Xman, thanks for the well wishes, nope, no better yet, still coughing up a lung every now and then. My whole family, wife, daughter and son are also sick. Other people we know that had the same were under the kosh for 4 weeks

So, along with the cough syrup and NSAID's I was not confident in this weeks numbers and I was right to be fearful, here they are:

Weight: 115.8 Kg's (slight increase 400g increase)
BF: 34.93% (.24% increase)

Not a happy camper at the moment....

 

[hannes joubert]

Hi All, checking in before next control day. Could not train last week because of illness, so not expecting much by way of results this week...

As per another post, I am waiting for the results of my glucose panel, should get them this week. Dr suspects pre-diabetic/insulin resistance. She said she would put me on Glucophage for a time to try and sort it out, does this sound right? If so, treating with glucophage should make losing weight a little easier not so?....

H

 

[hannes joubert]

So, no insulin resistance, just a fat lazy bastard Suppose I should be thankful that I don't have that problem to work against as well.

On to this weeks results:

I am officially confused now. Did not train, diet was not as clean as it should have been, was deathly sick (still am) and figures actually improved, WHAT??

Weight: 117kg's (increase of 1.2 Kg's from previous week, starting weight 118Kg's)
BF%: 33.70% (decrease of 1.02% from previous week, starting 36.12%
Current split Lean Bm/ Fatm 77.57/39.43 Starting Lean Bm/Fatm 75.37/42.63

Talk about zig zag...and not even had a real killer workout yet....

Whatya think?
Peace
H

PS, the only thing that has changed is that I started taking Nolva last week...

 

[XMAN.]

u know the first pounds of muscles are easy to obtain once starting hrt u just reversed ur catabolic state from low test to anabolic once test starts to build up , some ppl can easily put on 5-6 lbs (or 2-3 kg) just by increasing test and eating more proteins without even working out.
i think ur test is peaking and will reach a plateau soon ur body will establish a new homeostasis (anabolism = catabolism) and new numbers lean mass/fat mass, and when u start noticing the stall then u'll have to focus a lot more on training and diet to break the plateau like u use to do in ur early ages when started working out.
u built new muscles that need calories to maintain , so even with ur current diet ur body feels a bit of a shortage and it's using ur fat storage.
btw happy to know ur not insulin resistant.
get well soon bro

 

[hannes joubert]

Thanks Xman, appreciate your replies.

Yip, good to know that insulin is not a problem. See my other thread, am thinking about stacking SARM's on top of TRT...Waiting for either a blessing or a flame from the senior guys lol

Peace
H