What size pin did you use with the Glow? My wife is an āexpertā on Glow and GHK-Cu. She swears by using a 1/2ā slin pin and pin in the fatty part of your hip instead of stomach. Also take zinc. Doing this prevented her from experiencing any pain with pinning either one.
Also if anyone has dry skin issues, the GHK-Cu will take care of it. It is amazing what itās done for my wifeās skin, especially this time of the year.
Just to clarify, the injection site hurt? Or when you went to take a pee it hurt..... I hate to break it to ya buddy, that's the clap![]()
Just busting your balls, pretty much everything I've read about that mentions painful injections. Some ppl, maybe vigorous Steve or anabolic bodybuilding said it was absolutely horrible pain lol. But it seems to be very Beneficial. Seems like most of the people who like it are willing to deal with the injection pain
Yeah thatās the ranges Iāve seen for daily GHK copper use.Daily pin at 2mgs is what my wife is doing. She said 1 - 2.5 mgs is the range of dose.
I didn't cook that late but I fell asleep before I ate my last meal and I woke up around 2:00 in the morning and decided to make a big ass plate before I went back to bedDid u cook at 3:30am?
Looks delicious
Oreos would have been the path of least resistance vs reheating. I applaud your restraint Sir!!!I didn't cook that late but I fell asleep before I ate my last meal and I woke up around 2:00 in the morning and decided to make a big ass plate before I went back to bed
It was either that or I was going to eat a whole row of Oreos.
I made a big pot of rice with a tablespoon of chili crisp and some herb and garlic seasoning. Through two of those Taco thingies together and then I just chunked up some rotisserie chicken for extra protein.
It's not that abnormal for someone to wake up in the middle of the night and find me eating a meal or demolishing a box of Pop-Tarts lol. I wish I was hungry like that during the day
Double stuff, gotta be double stuff with a cold glass of milk.Oreos would have been the path of least resistance vs reheating. I applaud your restraint Sir!!!
Now I want Oreos
Those r great. Love the yellow Oreos tooDouble stuff, gotta be double stuff with a cold glass of milk.
Double is the only way, but I go for the bowl of milk and spoon method lol.Double stuff, gotta be double stuff with a cold glass of milk.
I like the golden double stuff, I accidentally bought lemon flavored ones one time and I wasn't a big fan. I come across other flavors that sound really good, but they never have them in double stuff so I don't try themThose r great. Love the yellow Oreos too
I meant golden. I forgot about the lemonā¦..BASTARD Oreo if you ask meā¦I like the golden double stuff, I accidentally bought lemon flavored ones one time and I wasn't a big fan. I come across other flavors that sound really good, but they never have them in double stuff so I don't try them
Even better!Double is the only way, but I go for the bowl of milk and spoon method lol.
Naan is real good, I've used them for pizzas before, definitely a good idea![]()
I would probably stick to the plan, because like you said itās mainly a mental thing for you. But if you did drop some weight by the time you go, that might bother you in the end with the old 2 steps forward 1 step back, and that could get in your head as well. Either way itās really not a big deal for your goal, so just do what makes you comfortable. I bet your girl wonāt care either way.I need to call a meeting of the mindless, gather round gentleman, I've got a predicament.
Just planned a last minute vacation for Valentine's Day weekend.
For the next 12 days or so before I leave......
Do I keep eating and say who cares
Or do I just pump the brakes a little bit until after vacation.
Here's the issue, I want to keep eating and let everything run its course. But subconsciously I'm a crazy person and I know I'm going to go do cardio now. So maybe I just clean up the food choices a little bit better and do a little extra cardio to put my mind at ease for the next 12 days I'm going to pig out on vacation anyways.
The real stupid Factor here is nothing's going to change dramatically in the next 10 to 12 days this is all just mental gymnastics dancing around in my head lol.
Because I'm not going on any crazy mini cuts and dropping 15 lb in 2 weeks and I'm not going to be able to eat at maintenance and cardio myself into a better physique in 12 days either lol.
Sooooo...........
Protein and Pop-Tarts? Or chicken , rice and cardio![]()
She would prefer I was 30-40 lbs overweight, dead serious lol. The more ripped I get, the more insecure she is. She loves when I'm bulking (even though she constantly says the amount of food that I'm eating is ridiculous) I be like how can it be ridiculous if I've only gained one pound lol.I would probably stick to the plan, because like you said itās mainly a mental thing for you. But if you did drop some weight by the time you go, that might bother you in the end with the old 2 steps forward 1 step back, and that could get in your head as well. Either way itās really not a big deal for your goal, so just do what makes you comfortable. I bet your girl wonāt care either way.
If youāre like me when Iām out of town, I have an issue getting in enough food everyday. My wife and I will get caught up with something and next thing you know weāre starving and itās almost time to eat dinner. Iāll try to make up for it at dinner but sometimes itās useless so Iād just stay the course. Your āmini cutā may end up being your vacation time.I need to call a meeting of the mindless, gather round gentleman, I've got a predicament.
Just planned a last minute vacation for Valentine's Day weekend.
For the next 12 days or so before I leave......
Do I keep eating and say who cares
Or do I just pump the brakes a little bit until after vacation.
Here's the issue, I want to keep eating and let everything run its course. But subconsciously I'm a crazy person and I know I'm going to go do cardio now. So maybe I just clean up the food choices a little bit better and do a little extra cardio to put my mind at ease for the next 12 days I'm going to pig out on vacation anyways.
The real stupid Factor here is nothing's going to change dramatically in the next 10 to 12 days this is all just mental gymnastics dancing around in my head lol.
Because I'm not going on any crazy mini cuts and dropping 15 lb in 2 weeks and I'm not going to be able to eat at maintenance and cardio myself into a better physique in 12 days either lol.
Sooooo...........
Protein and Pop-Tarts? Or chicken , rice and cardio![]()
We don't drink and we don't go out. The whole vacation is pretty much centered around places to eat. But to be fair if this was summertime and we went to some kind of an amusement park with the kids, I lose weight on every type of vacation like that. Because it's like you said, we're busy doing stuff enjoying the day having fun and next thing you know it's like oh we should probably go eat something.If youāre like me when Iām out of town, I have an issue getting in enough food everyday. My wife and I will get caught up with something and next thing you know weāre starving and itās almost time to eat dinner. Iāll try to make up for it at dinner but sometimes itās useless so Iād just stay the course. Your āmini cutā may end up being your vacation time.
Then stay on course and eat bro! Itās valentineās weekend so youāll get some cardio in!We don't drink and we don't go out. The whole vacation is pretty much centered around places to eat. But to be fair if this was summertime and we went to some kind of an amusement park with the kids, I lose weight on every type of vacation like that. Because it's like you said, we're busy doing stuff enjoying the day having fun and next thing you know it's like oh we should probably go eat something.
This trip is literally just 2-3 days away from home and work, to eat and maybe find something interesting while we are there.
There's no actual plans in this trip outside of eating and relaxing lol
same here, I love them. What I've been doing is a bodyweight set of 10-15 and the first couple reps are probably only a half rep, then they get progressively lower until I can get good and deep and I switch to TUT/paused reps then add weight. but the first few reps are always a bit of a pop and grind, snapple and crack.Lately the only direct tricep work that I do is close grip bench variations and cable press Downs. I backed off the dumbbell skull crushers and the regular skull crushers a lot because they hurt my elbows when I go heavy. I tried doing some dips today but my shoulders don't like them, even at body weight they hurt my shoulders. I used to do a lot of heavy weighted dips and I really miss doing those
Add some deep fried Oreos to the mix.Fried chicken and Pop-Tarts here I come!

Thatās pretty wild with as much as your eating that you canāt get over 205. Your metabolism must still be through the roof. Just the kielbasa and potatoes by itself is loaded with calories, but with the soup, wrap, and shake, thatās crazy you weighed in a little lighter at 201.Ive been shoveling down food regardless, and my weight won't go over 205 right now. 205.4 to be exact. Still bouncing from 201-205.
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Also made a big chicken soup from the rotisserie chicken carcass and a lot of wraps with that chickpea protein breaded chicken breasts.
I know, the answer is eat more.
Yesterday was a full body type workout but it was a lot of pull also
*Incline DB press, I went up to the 90's which were a good weight, but unfortunately I need help setting up with them.
*Overhead press and pushups superset
*Gladiator deadlifts
*Box jumps (42" x 6) new PR for a set
*Farmers walks
*Weighted chins (55x5,5,5)
*Supported DB row (50's x 20,20,18)
*Cable pulldown (200x20,18,14,10)
*Cable pullover (60x20,20,20)
*Standing duel cable curl big stretch at the bottom. Didn't count reps.
Post workout meal I forgot to take pictures but I made a wrap with 6oz of that chicken with a big bowl of chicken soup and I washed it down with a vanilla protein shake. Then I had some leftover from that kielbasa and potatoes, and then I had 20oz of whole milk and 4 Pop-Tarts![]()
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201.2 this morninghow lol
Ive been shoveling down food regardless, and my weight won't go over 205 right now.
IDK whats going on but I say enjoy it while you got it lol. Although I have no doubt I could put weight on you lol. GOMAD????201.2 this morninghow lol
Stop eating the reduced fat pop tarts.Ive been shoveling down food regardless, and my weight won't go over 205 right now. 205.4 to be exact. Still bouncing from 201-205.
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Also made a big chicken soup from the rotisserie chicken carcass and a lot of wraps with that chickpea protein breaded chicken breasts.
I know, the answer is eat more.
Yesterday was a full body type workout but it was a lot of pull also
*Incline DB press, I went up to the 90's which were a good weight, but unfortunately I need help setting up with them.
*Overhead press and pushups superset
*Gladiator deadlifts
*Box jumps (42" x 6) new PR for a set
*Farmers walks
*Weighted chins (55x5,5,5)
*Supported DB row (50's x 20,20,18)
*Cable pulldown (200x20,18,14,10)
*Cable pullover (60x20,20,20)
*Standing duel cable curl big stretch at the bottom. Didn't count reps.
Post workout meal I forgot to take pictures but I made a wrap with 6oz of that chicken with a big bowl of chicken soup and I washed it down with a vanilla protein shake. Then I had some leftover from that kielbasa and potatoes, and then I had 20oz of whole milk and 4 Pop-Tarts![]()
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201.2 this morninghow lol
Co-worker got that new Hume Health total body scales and got a DEXA to see if it was accurate for bf%. Same number within 0.3%IDK whats going on but I say enjoy it while you got it lol. Although I have no doubt I could put weight on you lol. GOMAD????
would be interesting if you had done a semi-legit dexa scan or something at the beginning of this to now to see if maybe there are some small body composition changes occurring that you're not seeing like a lowering of BF possibly? maybe a little anabolism putting on some lean mass and consuming calories/burning more fat than you expected?
I suspect you'll see the backwards woosh though soon and the scale will catch up![]()
I can't handle the gallons of milk like I use to. Even the half gal per day starts to mess with my gut after a while but I regularly drink 3-4 cups a day, if I have a bad stomach day I might take 2 days off milk and a few other things before I resume.IDK whats going on but I say enjoy it while you got it lol. Although I have no doubt I could put weight on you lol. GOMAD????
would be interesting if you had done a semi-legit dexa scan or something at the beginning of this to now to see if maybe there are some small body composition changes occurring that you're not seeing like a lowering of BF possibly? maybe a little anabolism putting on some lean mass and consuming calories/burning more fat than you expected?
I suspect you'll see the backwards woosh though soon and the scale will catch up![]()
That's kind of how I like to do things normally, but lately I'm just trying to shovel everything down that I can.I have noticed that keeping my protein and fats the same and increasing or decreasing carbs is the switch from fat loss to growth phase. Obviously if you do a cut and come in heavier from the last time when lean, then bump protein to support retention of new tissue
How did the cottage cheese mixture taste? I can eat it if itās mixed with something.Grabbed some whole milk, that's a easy switch, also grabbed some cottage cheese and avocado oil.
Fried up those chick pea breaded chicken breasts in avocado oil and mixed the cottage cheese with ranch and buffalo View attachment 258403I'm basically eating this as a snack while I make the next meal![]()
Wasn't bad at all. I hate plain cottage cheese but I don't mind it when it's combined with salad dressings or certain ingredients because it takes on other flavors very well. One cool way to eat cottage cheese is to put it in a blender and whip it up. You can use it in place of ricotta for lasagnas and stuffed shells or basically any dish.How did the cottage cheese mixture taste? I can eat it if itās mixed with something.
Yeah my wife makes ranch dressing with cottage cheese and that **** it really good. I hate plain cottage cheese too. But mixed up especially if itās whipped up makes it much easier for me to eat.Wasn't bad at all. I hate plain cottage cheese but I don't mind it when it's combined with salad dressings or certain ingredients because it takes on other flavors very well. One cool way to eat cottage cheese is to put it in a blender and whip it up. You can use it in place of ricotta for lasagnas and stuffed shells or basically any dish.
I can't handle the gallons of milk like I use to. Even the half gal per day starts to mess with my gut after a while but I regularly drink 3-4 cups a day, if I have a bad stomach day I might take 2 days off milk and a few other things before I resume.
I def donāt have those problems. If i dream of food i wake up bloated and full 4lbs heavierIdk how y'all struggle to put on weight. I could easily take my current 191 to 240+ this year if I wanted to![]()
hell, 242 is my prior "record"
My buddy is a lifelong athlete although natty and not much of a lifter beyond lifting for baseball and golf. he's 60 yrs old and I think like 6'2 or 6'4". he averages around 170lbs believe it or not and every night before bed has a chocolate milk and 1 or 2 hard boiled eggs (in addition to everything else he eats). he said that little extra before bed was the only thing he could find to keep from losing weight lol.
Well part of it is steroids obviously; youāre trying to overdrive natural processes in an unnatural way.Idk how y'all struggle to put on weight. I could easily take my current 191 to 240+ this year if I wanted to![]()
hell, 242 is my prior "record"
Ha, I agreeā¦.. I was typing all that out just as you posted this.It's metabolism, my lifestyle has me burning like 3,000+ calories a day.
I know the amount of stuff I do is ridiculous for the average person to be able to fit it in, I've kind of tailored my life around work, the gym and my garden. But if any of you guys started doing what I do you would need to eat as much as I eat after a certain amount of time.
It's definitely a good problem to have 99% of the time. I discontinued SLU completely about 2 weeks ago. My cardio is down to 2-3 low to moderate intensity days and 3-4 days lifting.
I can easily get to 220 with Chinese food and pizza, Pop-Tarts and zebra cakes, yum. But like Hyde said above, I don't want to get fat. Now I don't mind some fat, but it's hard to eat 4000 cal without a lot of garbage.
I plugged in my macros today and my macros from good reasonably clean foods
175ish protein
250ish carbs
70ish fat
2800ish calories and another 1000 calories from junk.
I could/should eat more carbs, and I think I'm going to go with Hyde's approach of more bread and pasta as those are foods I enjoy eating so I know I'll eat more of them
You might be right, going by what I've been eating, my maintenance is probably more like 3500+. I really do spend pretty much every minute on my feet until about 830pm. And from 830-11 I'm usually making trips back and forth from the couch to the refrigerator lol.Ha, I agreeā¦.. I was typing all that out just as you posted this.
My maintenance calories is around 3000 to 3200 at 242 lbs, so yours is more than mine at 40 lbs lighter. Thatās why I was thinking you probably need to be in that 4000+ range to move the needle. Thatās a lot of food.
Yeah man when youāve been eating for so long to stay in shape, and then you try to steadily bump up the calories in that 3500 to 4000 range that can be tough, especially when trying to keep it somewhat healthy without too much junk food. I donāt know if you like bagels, but a bagel with cream cheese is a good chunk of calories, but they can also fill you up. Truthfully a lot of times it may just come down to at the end of the day just force feeding one more meal.You might be right, going by what I've been eating, my maintenance is probably more like 3500+. I really do spend pretty much every minute on my feet until about 830pm. And from 830-11 I'm usually making trips back and forth from the couch to the refrigerator lol. View attachment 258435
Today I've had 3 coffee with cream, a Dunkin donuts breakfast sandwich, a protein bar, a banana, a chicken and rice meal, Greek yogurt with peanut butter and strawberries before the gym, a 32oz Gatorade with ease, those tostada things in that picture and Im stuffed,
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but I'm gonna have to slam another 500+