Olddawg is getting beat down on his cut
things are quiet so I thought I'd toss this up. I've been cutting for a bit now, started on tren and just down to test and var. I'm hypothyroid and on a script to keep it working properly, but the tren always slows my thyroid and makes cutting nearly impossible. It takes quite a few weeks for it to return to normal after stopping the tren so getting the metabolism up and keeping it there is maybe 2-3x the work of a normal person.
and I'm getting fucking tired lol.
body is getting beat down, doing 45 min cardio and walking about an hour a day, sore elbows making curls and pulling motions nearly impossible, knees are stiff and I just noticed that strength has come down quite a bit and I could only do half as many reps squatting 3 plates as I normally do. That was thurs, so I took Fri, sat and sun totally off, ate some carbs and some junk food, this morning's fasted cardio I felt strong and body had a good rest so I'm back at it.
I ran into this last spring and ended up bailing out cause I just wasn't into the cut as much, but this year I swear I will do it and laugh in the face of this fucking thyroid. I've got about 6 weeks left to the cycle and hope to drop 10-12lbs of fat still. i'm sitting today at about 219 though I think I've lost some size in my quads.
On burly's thread on peps I decided to reconstitute a couple of bottles and they were effective for the first 3-5 days or so, then nothing noticeable other than hunger which is deadly for me right now.
so that's where od sits, old man fighting away at the body that just wants to sit around, eat chips and get fat
Re: Olddawg is getting beat down on his cut
Some parallels here... I had been leaning out a bit. Recomping at 180 and abs were starting to become visible again... muscles were growing and I was beginning to get insatiable hunger. My body wanted to feed the growth. So I ate. And ate. And ate. Lol. I felt much better in 3 days and had filled out quite a bit. Got on the scale... up 8 lbs. Hahaha. Trying now find a balance of feeding new growth and my hunger while not losing all the ground I've gained.
On the does joints... get on hyaluronic acid and maybe some cissus to see if that helps.
On the diet... give yourself permission occasionally to do what you did, by refeeding and recharging, then get back on the horse. You won't lose much ground, and it's beneficial mentally and physically when on a long term cut.
Re: Olddawg is getting beat down on his cut
Treat the refeeds as part of the strategy. The strategy that gets you further, rather than viewing it as a "cheat". Every competitive bber I have talked with "stalls out" on their fat loss at some point, where the body simply wants to hold onto its setpoint fat level. When they go on a binge, usually out of reasons of starvation and lack of discipline, they miraculously start leaning out again as soon as they get back to their diet.
So for a guy like you, who will discipline himself to the utmost on the diet and training, you can actually work against yourself by not giving yourself proper rest recuperation, and nutrients. So you'll have to mentally reframe those things as strategic moves.