Just to give you some background, I'm a software engineer, and have been in the industry working for companies that sell their software for more than 10 years. Multiple pots of coffee a day are the norm, trying to maintain focus and concentration (and heck even just stay awake staring at lines of code). Prior to that I was in convenience store management, and means 12-14 hour days, often covering midnight shifts for employees who don't show.
I can't recall a day where you wouldn't have been able to measure my caffeine intake in grams. 3 Monster lo carbs or Rockstar sugar frees a day are a part of my normal routine to just stay awake. Ephedrine minithins used to be my friend. Even in terms of weightlifting supps, the boost from 1 1/2 scoops of NO-Shotgun only lasts 15 minutes or so.
So here I am trying to get cut, get my weight in general under control, and start gaining muscle mass. I'm screwed. The levels of anything stimwise I have to take to notice them are nearly at reckless doses. I started the "coffee with musclemilk" thread, to see if that seemed reasonable to do on top of all the other stims...
But Palo Alto Labs has the solution, Reset AD. Its meant to reset your glandular systems responses to stims. Sounds exactly like what I needed, and have needed for a looooong time. Particularly now, I'm in week 6 of the 12 week Body For Life challenge, and I'm a little below my target for this point. I could really use stims working again, to help shed the pounds and give me that boost in the gym. Palo Alto was looking for loggers and so the timing is perfect!
The bottle + label are nice and professional, and the cap is childproof. I wish more supps had child proof caps. The dosing instructions say 1 in the morning, 1 afternoon but for extreme adrenal fatigue take up to 3 total a day. I'll need to get Palo Alto's input on what timing for 3, but I believe thats what I'll need to go with.
As far as this log goes, I'm going to try to keep it relegated to a discussion of how stims are working for me, and any other feelings that go along those lines (headaches, that fuzzy goose pimples feeling, "medicine head", etc). My other logs have all the fun workout information if you want to see just how psycho I am. For quick recap at the beginning here
I can't recall a day where you wouldn't have been able to measure my caffeine intake in grams. 3 Monster lo carbs or Rockstar sugar frees a day are a part of my normal routine to just stay awake. Ephedrine minithins used to be my friend. Even in terms of weightlifting supps, the boost from 1 1/2 scoops of NO-Shotgun only lasts 15 minutes or so.
So here I am trying to get cut, get my weight in general under control, and start gaining muscle mass. I'm screwed. The levels of anything stimwise I have to take to notice them are nearly at reckless doses. I started the "coffee with musclemilk" thread, to see if that seemed reasonable to do on top of all the other stims...
But Palo Alto Labs has the solution, Reset AD. Its meant to reset your glandular systems responses to stims. Sounds exactly like what I needed, and have needed for a looooong time. Particularly now, I'm in week 6 of the 12 week Body For Life challenge, and I'm a little below my target for this point. I could really use stims working again, to help shed the pounds and give me that boost in the gym. Palo Alto was looking for loggers and so the timing is perfect!
The bottle + label are nice and professional, and the cap is childproof. I wish more supps had child proof caps. The dosing instructions say 1 in the morning, 1 afternoon but for extreme adrenal fatigue take up to 3 total a day. I'll need to get Palo Alto's input on what timing for 3, but I believe thats what I'll need to go with.
As far as this log goes, I'm going to try to keep it relegated to a discussion of how stims are working for me, and any other feelings that go along those lines (headaches, that fuzzy goose pimples feeling, "medicine head", etc). My other logs have all the fun workout information if you want to see just how psycho I am. For quick recap at the beginning here
- I'm doing approx 1300 calories a day in food intake, at 85% protein, 15% fat, trace carbs
- I'm doing 1000 calories of excersize total - strength + cardio, measured by heart rate monitor mornings 6 days a week, and another 300-350 evenings 6 days a week
- Stim wise I take in 3 energy drinks a day, approx 48-64 oz of coffee, workout days 1 1/2 scoops of NO-Shotgun, plus 4 caps of Shred-XS split as 2/2. Due to allergies, I also occasionally take ephedrine or psuedoephedrine allergy meds as needed, not regularly. Actually, theres probably more stims in something else I take too, I just can't recall.
- I sleep about 5-6 fitfull hours a night, in 1 1/2 to 2 hour chunks
- I'm trying to reach a single digit BF (10% would be ok) by Aug 6, currently at approx 21-22%. I don't care whether its by adding muscle, loosing fat, or something in the middle, I just want definition. Really its about the 12 week transformation...