Thread: Weight loss during PCT - what is normal?

Depends how bloated you were. How is your strength?

Easy on the scale, body fat % is the way to go, you very well could have cut or lost 5-6 lbs of body fat and gain 10lbs of lean body mass, which would only change the scale 4 or 5 lbs. This seems to be the case since you said yourself you look way better.

I always drop between 5-10 pounds after discontinuing my cycle. I think it's just water, because I don't typically lose any gains after stopping my cycle since I jump on IGF-1 and insulin during my PCT.

As long as your lifts are going down, you should be good to go!

Originally Posted by dhwest

Easy on the scale, body fat % is the way to go, you very well could have cut or lost 5-6 lbs of body fat and gain 10lbs of lean body mass, which would only change the scale 4 or 5 lbs. This seems to be the case since you said yourself you look way better.

Well put.

Originally Posted by dhwest

Easy on the scale, body fat % is the way to go, you very well could have cut or lost 5-6 lbs of body fat and gain 10lbs of lean body mass, which would only change the scale 4 or 5 lbs. This seems to be the case since you said yourself you look way better.

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Photos, if I am doing this right, of precycle, postcycle, and now in PCT, in that order.
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You could use a ten whitey. That will make you look 10 pounds heavier right off the bat.

Not to blast on you but I don't see much weight gain after the cycle was over.

Originally Posted by underscore

Not to blast on you but I don't see much weight gain after the cycle was over.

You can see a difference in his chest and traps

I think you look better, you probably could/should have pushed a bit harder but they're is definitely a difference.

Originally Posted by malfeasance

Photos, if I am doing this right, of precycle, postcycle, and now in PCT, in that order.
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Looks like you dropped a lot of water weight.

How many calories are you eating a day?

Originally Posted by Work IN Progress

You could use a ten whitey. That will make you look 10 pounds heavier right off the bat.

LOL! Work indoors . . .

Originally Posted by underscore

Not to blast on you but I don't see much weight gain after the cycle was over.

That's kind of the point of the thread. I did, however, add an inch to my arms, two inches to my chest, and, not shown in the pictures, added two inches to my thighs - that is, those are the changes in measurements from the first picture to the second picture. Some of that has been lost by the third picture (like half an inch off the arms).

Originally Posted by GMO

Looks like you dropped a lot of water weight.

How many calories are you eating a day?

I do not know the calories, but throughout the day, I eat a cup of oatmeal, seven eggs, whole grain toast, 2 pounds of chicken breast, 2 cups of brown rice, 2 cups of cottage cheese, and some spinach salads and almonds.

Looks like cycle worked for ya to me

My first cycle I put on 15lbs and kept all the weight. Its now 1 month after pct and still holding on to my weight.

I got up to 230 on my cycle but it dropped to 215 after coming off and I only had one rough day of eating cuz of travel. It was depressing but I'm holding steady at 215 now. Let's see if I can gain anything before my next go round

For what it's worth,it looks like you dropped some water and fat and gained some tone,next cycle will really have you looking great,it'll be all muscle blowing up...you'll be a beast by summer!

looks like a successful cycle to me, I see a great difference, before pics you look pretty scrawny not alot of definition, during you look bloated, after your cut, more tone, good size on chest and shoulders.

Judge the success of your cycle by BF% and the tape measure, don't worry about the scale

what did you run?

Originally Posted by OldSchoolLifter

looks like a successful cycle to me, I see a great difference, before pics you look pretty scrawny not alot of definition, during you look bloated, after your cut, more tone, good size on chest and shoulders.

Judge the success of your cycle by BF% and the tape measure, don't worry about the scale

x2

Originally Posted by dfo

what did you run?

Everything is here.

Cycle took a stumble

Originally Posted by malfeasance

Today (still in week 14), I weighed only 190.

Well, that was the 18th, and I have been 192 since, and 193 today, so the panic that I am going to continue to be the incredible shrinking man is subsiding a little.

Just an update - staying in the 192 range, so weight loss has ceased. Whew!