Would use of AAS benefit my situation.

[Triple J]

You will do well to keep working and learning, regarding diet and training. I suggest a Zone type diet, and short high intensity workouts. I am not a big believer in aerobics as in excess (which does not take much when already out of shape or overweight), they tend to stimulate the wrong hormones (cortisol) as opposed to GH, which is better stimulated through short bursts of high intensity training (best achieved with weights). Ultimately, after you get your diet fully in check (I think you are probably still eating too much / too frequently to maximize your fat burning), you may want to consider lipo for the love handle region because you obviously have a very strong predisposition to accumulating fat in that area. In regards to AAS, I think it is too early yet, but Var would be a good bet if you were to choose one. Although I think even with Var one is better off running some T (at HRT levels) with it.

 

[Dr. M]

Bump so I remember to post the pics acc wanted when I get home from work.

-M

 

[Dr. M]

Dr M,

Thanks for the reply, that was definately a more complete response than my prgram gave me. I bet you could really help me with my Medicinal Chemistry problems....hmmm....i'm sure I will be emailing you with some HW questions in the future...haha

Haha... well, e-mail away!

I'll send you that pic later... it's on the home comp. And by 'fellow endomorph', I mean myself.

-M

 

[drveejay11]

acclu: you have made a tremendous change to your physique!!! MAD f'in PROPS bro!!! Keep it up...you've got your age working in your favor!!!

 

[Train Harder]

Citruside,

Also, thanks for the offer on the diet. Lately my diet has consisted of 5-7 meals. Splitting about 230g of protein b/w them. The main sources of carb that I use with my meals are brown rice, fruit (apple, berrries, peaches), Veggies (brocoli, green beans, carrots, etc), and fiber one (good stuff!). I have also used milk but am considering eliminating it... My protien sources are usually egg whites, turkey, chicken, salmon, whey (post workout), and milk.

Supplements: whey (post workout), multi V, Flax oil, Fish oil, Vit C

Training: Mon: Back and Shoulders, Wed: Legs, Fri: Chest, Bi, Tri
(So far I am happy with my gains...started in may with leg press of 3 plates on each side and am doing 9 per side right now for 6 reps!) (Chest progress is slower for some reason...)

If you feel that you can offer better ideas about my diet/training, I would love to hear what you have to say...

First off good work and keep it going. Drop the milk and fruit, too much sugar for what your trying to do. Protein sources are good, for carbs stick to brown rice, oatmeal, yams, and wild rice. As far as training that split looks okay but if you have form questions it's good to ask someone in the gym who knows what they are doing to give you pointers on what your doing right or wrong. Good Luck.

 

[AleaveR]

Thanks for the compliments guys, they motivate me to push even harder!

Triple J:
Thanks for the advice! As far as cardio, I haven't done much of it for the same reasons. I have read many times that too much cardio will lead to muscle loss and I am trying to keep as much muscle as I can while dieting. For now I think I will maintain cardio at 3-4x week for 20-25 min of HIIT.

As far as diet, I am eating 5-7 meals but my total calories are not too high. From what I understand, eating smaller more frequent meals help to speed up your metabolism. Also through this method, I am giving my body enough time to process protein rather than having larger meals with greater amounts, causing the excess protein to go to waste.

Finally about the lipo. You are right, lipo might be an option in the future but that would be something I wont even think about until much, much later, I mean years. I will not consider it yet for the following reason:
I have just begun this journey and the results so far have been great. I can imagine that after a few years of living this lifestyle..diet, weights, cardio, and even somee AAS to help at some point that my physique will greatly change and I will probably be very happy with the way I look. Yes I have predisposition but I am sure I can reduce it a whole bunch over the years to come. I might not get rid of it but the overall changes of my body my be enough to make me happy. If once I reach this point I cannot I am not happy wiht my appearnece, only then will I start to consider it.


Train HArder:
Thannk you for the good advice as well! You are right about the fruits and milk. They both have sugars which I know I can live without but they have actually helped me in a way. If I were to restrict myself too much after the lifesttyle I had lived for the past couple of years, I could have gotten frustrated much easier. The strawberries I eat allow me to drink my whey after my workout and not feel like throwing it up and the milk is great with my fiber one I will make an effort to decrease the amount of fruits and milk I eat but for now I dont think I am ready to completely eliminate. Once I reach a point where results stop coming, then I will make bigger changes... I recently had hit a plateu for about a month without any weighloss so I ended up getting rid of bananas and reducing the milk which helped, when this happens again, I guees new changes will have to be made.


Again, thanks for all the good info you guys are hooking me up with...

 

[zoom]

In your case, I wouldn't worry too much about losing muscle. You're right that everyone's long-term goals should be to keep muscle, but I think at your weight (and I was near there once), you need to get rid of as much fat as possible. View weight lifting not as a way of gaining muscle, but as a way of keeping muscle. When I lost 30 pounds of fat over three months, I was very happy that I lost less than 10% of my strength. After the initial starting gains, you aren't going to be able to make good gains anyway when not eating enough. Then after you cut the fat down, start eating some more and take advantage of muscle memory to build the muscle back up while trying not to gain too much of the fat back. Then when you plateau, it's time to consider a cycle.

I feel like the large amount of running I did before starting my first cycle really helped. My BP was 130/65 when I had it checked last week during the 10th week of my second cycle. I'm taking tren and dianabol, so I was surprised to see it was that good. Twenty years ago when I was 55, my BP wasn't that good, so I'm convinced the running and losing a little extra fat was a good idea even though I did lose some strength. You want your heart and lungs to be in good shape before putting them under a strain. If you feel you need the cardio to make your first cycle safer, then I wouldn't worry at all about any small amount of muscle loss from doing it.

I know some of the guys here will disagree with this, but I think 230 grams of protein per day is too much. When building muscle, that much is a good thing, but when trying to lose, that's a lot of calories. It's almost a 1,000 kcalories of just protein per day. I'd try cutting back on the protein. It would also save money that would be better spent later on extra protein during your cycle. I'd cut the protein by half or two-thirds.

If I were to restrict myself too much after the lifesttyle I had lived for the past couple of years, I could have gotten frustrated much easier.

Good. People often forget that you have to be in it for the long haul. You have to come-up with a plan that you can live with. Too often we've all seen men and women lose lots of weight then stop because they can't live with their diet. Deciding the best set of compromises and sacrifices is an art.

I think it's great that you're doing research long before doing a cycle. After deciding to do my first cycle, I spent twenty hours per week for about eight weeks reading before I felt like I knew enough to start. The more research you do, the more bang for the buck you'll get when you do decide to use.

 

[AleaveR]

Zoom,

You are right, I am definately having a hard time dealing with the fact that it is harder to increase weight on my exercises. I know that while dieting I shouldnt expect to make any gains but when I started lifitng again, all my exercises increased rapidlyeven though I was dieting, probably due to the fact that I was out for a while. But now that I have reached the weights I was doing before I quit, increasing has become much harder.

Good. People often forget that you have to be in it for the long haul. You have to come-up with a plan that you can live with

You are absolutely right and I attribute my success to that reason. Before I started this I had failed in previous attmpts. This time when I started I set up a plan that I would be happy to follow. A plan that didnt seem impossible to me....I didnt want to set myself up to fail. But through time, as I get more motivated, I find it easier to make my program slowly more demanding...