Re: My long-term cutting/progress log
The sweats on my first run were terrible. No other way to explain it. I did it in summer which was bad, but I had the AC on super cold and slept with my head at the foot of my bed and with a fan pointed directly on it going full blast. I would still wake up several hours in completely soaked. Sheets underneath me so wet like I'd pissed the bed and the worst was the pillow -- my hair was completely wet, like if I just got out of the shower. I'd actually have to get up during the night, shower, and then go back to bed on the opposite side of my bed (luckily I wasn't married yet lol). Then I'd wash the sheets and do it all over again.
This time the sweating hasn't been nearly as bad. Part of it surely has to be that it's winter and that I can retreat to the downstairs spare bedroom that is freezing (because we use fireplaces to keep the house warm and so the places we spend the most time are all plenty warm, but that bedroom and the bathroom next to it are both suuuuuper cold since we keep the doors closed and they're so far away). When I went with multiple dosings, some of those nights were worse, though still not as bad as run 1. The ALCAR as the filler has to be the difference, which is just crazy. Because if that's true and it's not just my body/the current temperature/other factors, that could potentially be a game changer for people using it. Again, I don't encourage it if you're not on your last straw like I am because so many other good things are available and realistically this is just allowing me to play catch up and let the hard work I do in the gym and the kitchen actually show up for a change.
And yeah, the mental angle is probably the hardest part because I have body image issues that stem from years of problems. So one night I'm sitting there, have already lost over 15 pounds and just feel really fat. And I get depressed for an instant and almost cave to just go start eating anything that I can find. I didn't, but I thought about it. That is seriously the part that's the hardest for me. The will power isn't a problem, but my mind plays tricks on me. And it's hard to not let it happen when I've seen the things I have, like the scale going up on a daily basis while only eating 500 kcal/day and still working out while on hCG. I knew it wasn't healthy, but I was willing to do whatever I had to. That should scientifically be impossible lol. I get stalling out because your body is trying to preserve, but going up on 500kcal??
So yeah, it's a mental struggle, but I'm in this for the long haul.
I do track everything. I use fitday (I'm sure other sites are better now, but I've used it for years). Their app is horrible lol, but the interface on the website works well for me. Mostly because I do a lot of custom entries, so I plug everything in that way. I generally don't go out of the norm often, so it's really easy. And when I do, then I'll just search for it online and add it in as a new entry.
Fluids are something I'm not quite as good about. On weekdays, it's pretty consistent because in the office it's a shaker with Diablo, then a full large tumbler of water, then usually a second, then my pre-workout, then my intra-workout (and multiple water fountain trips), then my post-shake, etc. On weekends, it probably varies quite a bit more. But on a couple days I've been able to tell it's when I ate a larger dinner or things like that. The other thing is my bathroom schedule is all screwed up now. So I still haven't gone to the bathroom since eating dinner last night; so that's a factor. However, since starting back on DNP and doing everything I have, I feel like my body has been more efficient too and I just haven't had to go as often as normal. Still going, just sometimes only once a day.
So I figure that is the biggest reason for fluctuations in the morning weigh in since I usually sweat most fluid out and I don't drink any water after my last glass pre-bed until after I weigh in. I sweat most everything else out and then pee right before stepping on the scale.
Originally posted by hicktown
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This time the sweating hasn't been nearly as bad. Part of it surely has to be that it's winter and that I can retreat to the downstairs spare bedroom that is freezing (because we use fireplaces to keep the house warm and so the places we spend the most time are all plenty warm, but that bedroom and the bathroom next to it are both suuuuuper cold since we keep the doors closed and they're so far away). When I went with multiple dosings, some of those nights were worse, though still not as bad as run 1. The ALCAR as the filler has to be the difference, which is just crazy. Because if that's true and it's not just my body/the current temperature/other factors, that could potentially be a game changer for people using it. Again, I don't encourage it if you're not on your last straw like I am because so many other good things are available and realistically this is just allowing me to play catch up and let the hard work I do in the gym and the kitchen actually show up for a change.
And yeah, the mental angle is probably the hardest part because I have body image issues that stem from years of problems. So one night I'm sitting there, have already lost over 15 pounds and just feel really fat. And I get depressed for an instant and almost cave to just go start eating anything that I can find. I didn't, but I thought about it. That is seriously the part that's the hardest for me. The will power isn't a problem, but my mind plays tricks on me. And it's hard to not let it happen when I've seen the things I have, like the scale going up on a daily basis while only eating 500 kcal/day and still working out while on hCG. I knew it wasn't healthy, but I was willing to do whatever I had to. That should scientifically be impossible lol. I get stalling out because your body is trying to preserve, but going up on 500kcal??
So yeah, it's a mental struggle, but I'm in this for the long haul.
Originally posted by guns01
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Fluids are something I'm not quite as good about. On weekdays, it's pretty consistent because in the office it's a shaker with Diablo, then a full large tumbler of water, then usually a second, then my pre-workout, then my intra-workout (and multiple water fountain trips), then my post-shake, etc. On weekends, it probably varies quite a bit more. But on a couple days I've been able to tell it's when I ate a larger dinner or things like that. The other thing is my bathroom schedule is all screwed up now. So I still haven't gone to the bathroom since eating dinner last night; so that's a factor. However, since starting back on DNP and doing everything I have, I feel like my body has been more efficient too and I just haven't had to go as often as normal. Still going, just sometimes only once a day.
So I figure that is the biggest reason for fluctuations in the morning weigh in since I usually sweat most fluid out and I don't drink any water after my last glass pre-bed until after I weigh in. I sweat most everything else out and then pee right before stepping on the scale.
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