I really appreciate all the great support and positive words for the last year in this thread. I wouldn’t be any other place to share this journey than AM.
We should talk about the aftermath of a show for those who are looking to this log for information. I want to leave behind some valuable stuff here.
I noticed it’s pretty common for those competing to have nothing left to celebrate once the comp is over. I think we all picture we go out to dinner and go crazy on the first thing we’ve craved and overeat and stay up late. This is ridiculous.
I had to drive 2 hours and drank Gatorades. I had to pound an energy drink just to get home safely. You’re about as miserable, moody, and bitchy as it gets. Then when you get home, if there isn’t a drive thru nearby, you just grab some junk at the grocery store. I chose chips and salsa, hot wings and peanut butter. I fell asleep eating it. The next day just basically feel shitty but still looking amazing and ripped and you then can start to eat a lot. But you are still exhausted. But the third day you put on 15lbs overnight and feet and hands swell up the next morning. Now you really feel like ****. It would take a lot of willpower to not eat like **** these days and you aren’t hydrated whatsoever until the third day no matter how much you try to drink. I drank a 12 pack of sparking water, 5 gatorades and a liter of coconut water and didn’t pee until the day was over.
If you’re like me and were eating Proviron Winnie and var all day, and taking absurd amounts of AI and nolvadex, you are already crying day 2. And I mean you can’t even decide what you’re upset about. It could be people congratulating you, or a simple question, or a girlfriend doing something nice, or mean. It’s fucking crazy. And you immediately get rebound. I had non existent lumps that doubled overnight in size. You definitely aren’t thinking about training and feel
weak as hell. It’s a rough few days after a show. It’s like detoxing off of a very addictive drug. I still haven’t even taken my TRT shot and may just wait as long as I can. There’s still plenty of androgens floating around anyways, but as everything makes
It’s way out, you start really withdrawing to an extent. Today I’m starting to feel like myself again, but the emotions and moods are real and you’ll eat really clean but then lose control if you eat something you like, you just don’t stop. So, it’s best to get right into a reverse diet and stay away from laying around at home. Committing to something active at the least by day 3, would be a good idea. Anyways, just some observations, avoiding some of it is impossible, but having a plan could be really helpful.