Legs and back light and fast this morning... My body is totally smoked between the lower calories and heavy workload the last few days. Sore all over. Weight this morning was back up to 186lb which is a bit surprising. Could be an anomaly though but I don't think so since both food volume and calories have been a little lower the last two days. As I'm going on vacation the next few days, I prob wont update much, if at all until monday night so I'll give a recap of so far (I have about one week left) as well as some thoughts...
What I've seen so far:
-Weight has been very slow to drop throughout the cycle even though body comp is slowly changing for the better. Assumption - high level of muscle retention.
-Bloat has been off and on even after dropping the TTA that I had been using at the beginning. I am a bit disappointed here as the arimistane usually does a fairly good job of drying me up. This leads me to believe the osta is causing a bit of bloat itself.
-No noticeable effect on pump in the gym or through the day.
-Suppression sides (low libido, lack of energy, mood swings, etc) have been present the last two weeks or so. Seems this kicked in about week 4-5
-Sleep was incredible up unitl about two weeks ago. Vivid dreams, well rested, etc. Currently though I wake up tired and groggy and quality has been lower through the night.
-Fat loss has been pretty much standard for any diet. Osta does not seem to have accelerated this process in any amount.
The vacation days I will be eating without a planned diet but will try to keep it reasonable with maybe 1-2 exceptions (big splurges to enjoy everything). I do plan to drink a bit while there as well, but mostly on the wedding night and maybe 1 other "big" event. There is a gym on site so I will try to get a few workouts in, even if quick and easy.