Yeah, I decided not to load. Have drank a ton of water over the past 2 days and I swear I could already tell I was taking creatine. I have always responded well to creatine....first time I got on it I had very significant strength and size gains but my buddy was taking the very same creatine and he really got nothing.....weird how that works but I had people making comments about me getting bigger and he literally could not tell he was on anything.