Thanks
Yeah I had one night, probably 3 days into PCT and I just finished a glass of whole milk and a needto bar and I was like "Damn I feel like a fat piece of crap." So i just made some minor tweaks to my diet and started the cardio and overload training. I did two weeks of overload training followed by a week of heavy training. I didn't lose much strength, the issue I am having is I am no longer retaining the fluid I once had around my joints, so squats have been an issue. I don't feel weaker, but I've lowered the weight to avoid injury to my knee's.
One thing we did share in common was doing heavy barbell military press and flat bench. My shoulders were killing me as were yours. The two weeks of overload training really helped and by the third week when I did heavy bench and shoulders again I was pain free at 225lbs military and 315lbs max bench.
So I'm doing two weeks of overload training and one week heavy, then back to overload training again. I like it so far.