what happened to me? help

[shrimp44]

ok
I'm about 5'8 @ 149 pounds not skinny but decent build,
in the beginning of last september of 2004 when i was 19 i started lifting hard,
i did chest and tri's, back and bi's, and shoulders, traps, and legs once a week. I was all natural just taking lots of whey protein, and glutamine. I started off doing about 50lb-65lb dumbells, 6-8x and benching around 185lbs

after reading up a lot on gear, In the end of novemeber i tried a cycle of deca, about 8 shots, once a week. I got a lot bigger i was up to i believe 165lb, but didn't get to much stronger, maybe benching around 205lb i was happy with the size, but a little confused on how come i didn't get that much stronger, i just got rite off the cycle with out taking any suplements... to regain my testosterone....
after that i started taking creatine monohydrate 8 weeks on and 4 weeks off, in around january i went down to about 158lb and continued to go down in wieght gradually. sticking with the creatine i started to feel a lot stronger, around april i was benching around 230lb and doing 85lb dumbells like 6x and wieghted about 155lb this is when i felt the strongest, after that i kept doing the same thing but when i got off the creatine for about 4 weeks i lost a lot of my size and wieght was at 150lb, and never really gained it back... i got back on it and for some reason got a lot weaker,

in the beginning of june i was barely doing 70-65lb dumbells and weighted only 149lb, and my left shoulder started bothering me so i stopped for the summer + plus i was working 12 hour days on my feet. I don't understand how i got so much weaker if i was lifting for about 10 months straight where i only missed about 3 weeks total

now I just started going back to the gym last week and i am now taking TRAK and monohydrate, and for some reason i feel weaker then i have ever been i am barely doing 55lb-60lb dumbells 6-8x i feel depressed about how week i am. the first week i took an easy and was just trying to break myself back in, just doing high reps until i was tired, and i was painfully soar the next few days.... soarer then I've ever been in my life????. does this have anything to do with out taking 6 oxo after the deca, i am only 20 years old

whats wrong with me? how come i am so weak now?

 

[sublime35]

well I don't know much about AS but you def. should have taken the oxo to start your nat. test production again. Also creatine causes you to hold some water weigth but prob. not more the 5lbs or so. Losing weight has to do w/ calories in v.s. calories out. All the steriods in the world won't help you much if you're not eating enough to actually build muscle. This could also be why you are weak and have little energy. You may have also overtrained and your body is shutting down on you. Too many things that could be wrong but those or my opinions.

 

[d3track]

shoulda taken anti e after cycle....
after a layoff it will a little bit of time to get back into it
whats your diet?

 

[musketeer]

Deca stays traceable in your system for about 18 months, so there may be some effects lingering too. Post this up on the anabolic board and some other bad boys will inform you of your mistakes and predicament...

 

[shrimp44]

I think I eat pretty good,
i usually have 3 eggs in the morning with a protein shake 30grams

lunch is usually chicken or something high in protein, then i lift, after lifting i take another 30g protein shake, then eat at snack and usually a protein shake an hour before i go to sleep!

 

[perp69]

What is caloric intake?

 

[anotherbutters]

The mind boggles when someone with so much growth potential at age 19 and 149lbs has resorted to gear because they can't get the basics right.

It sounds like you're starving yourself. Don't you eat any carbs? List everything you eat in a day, including quantities of each.

 

[HunterUk]

As touched upon above chances are you just aren't getting enough calories in during the day. Calories are what are needed to grow and get stronger and if calories in < calories being burnt then you will not grow! For a week or so try taking a log of everything you eat each day and work out exactly how many calories you are taking in....chances are you'll be suprised by how much less you are eating than you think you are - I know I was!

 

[shrimp44]

morning, bacin egg and cheese sandwhich, protein shake, lunch chicken sandwhich, or macaroni and meatballs, and maybe another one of these kid of meals 3 hours later, then dinner, usually steak, hamburger, chicken with some kind of bread, pasta, rolls, something..... and a protein shake...

 

[rbtrout]

As already stated, gaining weight has to do with more calories in, than you burn off in a day. It looks like you're basically eating 3, maybe 4 times a day. Try 5 to 6 meals. Nix the kids meals, that stuff is crap. Lean hamburger or ground sirloin, chicken, tuna, good clean carbs, as well. If time is a problem, then eat your 3 good meals (good, clean food) and then do the protein shakes for meals 2 and 4. At 149 lbs, you could easily be eating 3000+ cals a day, especially at your age.
Forget using any gear. Concentrate on lifting heavy and eating correctly (and enough!)......you'll put on size.
At 6', I've been as light as 180 and as heavy as 260. All due to diet. It's really that easily in your control.