It has been a few days since I updated this thread. I am currently 3.5 weeks into this mecha cycle. I feel like I am building some lean tissue. My bodyweight has escalated a bit and I think that is from 2 factors. I have been hungrier lately, so I have let my appetite be my guide and have eaten either an extra snack or meal prior to bed over the last couple of weeks.

Though I can still see my abs, my waist measures about an inch more at this point. I have gained some weight. All this week I have consistently weighed 187. Interestingly, my arms look bigger visually, but still only stretch the tape to 17". My chest is thickening up a bit, which is a weak area for me. It is encouraging to see some activity there.

Overall, my strength hasn't increased much except on tricep pushdowns, where all of a sudden I added 25 lbs last week and another 20 lbs this week. Lat pulls had been stalled out for months until a couple days ago when I made a 30 lb jump to 300 lbs for sets of 6. Bench has remained stalled out since prior to the mecha. Odd.

I am still doing 75 mg, 3x/day. I get a little heartburn sometimes, but I think it is because the mecha is making me get hungry sooner and the stomach gets acidy before I've had a chance to eat. Overall, though, I feel good.

I have just a few days of mecha left in the last of 3 bottles, so I will just finish them out. This might carry me closer to 4.5 weeks, or almost 5, but there is no sense stopping if it's just a couple days different than my original plan.