mousie

Okay, today is Day 7 of my cycle. I've had a lot of ups and downs with my weight this week (as you will see at the bottom), but when I got my round-about idea of my bodyfat percentage taken, I'm beginning to feel better about myself.

Anyway, I'm about to post my stats. However, the problem is that my stats are so messed up from using the scale at GNC. Those things can be unreliable at times, it's crazy!

Here are my stats starting from 4 weeks ago - just keep in mind that I really haven't changed anything in my diet except adding Methyl-D this week:

2-3 weeks ago - unsure of exact date - taken in morning
Weight: 172.0 lbs
BMI: 30.5
BMR: 6663 kJ, 1593 kcal
Impedance: 489
Fat %: 36.4%
Fat Mass: 62.6 lbs
Fat Free Mass: 109.4 lbs
Total Body Water: 80.0 lbs

3-25-04 - taken at night
Weight: 169.8 lbs
BMI: 30.1
BMR: 6623 kJ, 1583 kcal
Impedance: 518
Fat %: 38.6%
Fat Mass: 65.6 lbs
FFM: 104.2 lbs
TBW: 76.2 lbs

4-2-04 - taken at night
Weight: 170.4 lbs
BMI: 30.2
BMR: 6634 kJ, 1586 kcal
Impedance: 481
Fat %: 34.9%
Fat Mass: 59.4 lbs
FFM: 111.0 lbs
TBW: 81.2 lbs

I personally am comparing yesterday's with the one from a few weeks ago. Last week's just seems crazy!

Anyway, here are my weights (morning time after first pee) that I have logged for this week:

Sunday: 167
Monday 169
Tuesday 166
Wednesday missed
Thursday 169
Friday 168
Saturday 165.5

So it seems to me that I have lost some fat and put on some muscle...so I'm very happy with myself so far!

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JLB001

The weight variances could be due to holding water from the supps.

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mousie

Does anyone have any comments about my results so far - as posted above?

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Sir Foxx

Looks good to me. Fat down, muscle up. And yes you are going to be holding some water, but the fact your still losing weight is a good sign.

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mousie

I have also noticed that my biceps are both bigger and harder.

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nikegurl

have you noticed strength increases in the gym?

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Or not.

mousie

Yes, I would definitely say that I have noticed strength increases in the gym.

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MarcusMaximus

hi mousie,

you may be too keen on keeping track of your bodyweight! you will quite possibly hit a point after which there is no further weight loss. However, you will notice the difference in how your clothes fit and how you look in the mirror.

You've got a plenty of muscle so focus on training the muscle without over worrying about the weight loss.

train for muscle while continuing with your aerobic activity. I personally cannot and don't do much by way of aerobics. for the majority of ppl training for muscle, 30 minutes 3-4 times per week quickly leads to burnout.

i think that you are doing swell!!

As a girlfriend of mine says " hoochie mamma!"! keep at it!

nikegurl

can you pick a few lifts to track your strength changes? maybe a basic exercise for each bodypart? i'd love to get an idea of how much your strength changes over the course of the cycle. thanks for keeping this log by the way.

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Or not.

mousie

Thanks MarcusMaximus! I really appreciate everyone's comments, advice, and motivational posts. It's nice when you're able to look in the mirror and notice a difference, and it's even more better when people give you compliments!

TrojanMan (my boyfriend) is also surprised at how hard my biceps have gotten. I have also gained some strength in my chest. It's funny because back in 2000 (before I became a bodybuilder), I NEVER worked on my chest. Now my chest is my favorite body part to work on, but I will always love my biceps.

As for keeping track of my strength gains for different body parts, I sure will!

Right now, for my diet, I'm trying to focus more on consuming enough water.

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mousie

I'm 165 today, and very happy! I have a long way to go, but I'm gettin there.

I'm happy to say that my legs have gained a lot of strength as well. I was doing the leg press sled last night with 3-45 lb plates on each side! Woohoo! And on top of that, my knees were hardly cracking. I'm not sure why they weren't cracking like they used to - but I did start taking my glucosamine chondroitin with MSM again yesterday.

TrojanMan stopped me from wanting to cheat last night. I don't think that I was going to go through with it, but I was just hungry!

Well, I think that's all that I have to say for today!

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BabsieGirl

Keep it up hon

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nikegurl

looks good.

would you be able to post some weights/reps for a few basic exercises at some point? for instance...week 1 you were using 40lb dbs for flat bench press and getting 10 reps and at the end you were up to 50lb dbs for 8 reps. that sort of thing so we can gauge your strength increase from the methyl-d.

thanks mousie.

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Or not.

BabsieGirl

yeah.......Please post your diet and weight training......mood etc.......

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nikegurl

it'll help you too....rather than having a vague sense that you got stronger you'll be able to actually see it by date - weight - reps.

thanks again.

Tomorrow may be the best day of your life.

Or not.

mousie

Here's my diet:

http://www.ironmagazineforums.com/sh...=601282#601282

I'll try my best with keeping a journal on what on my exercise/weight/sets/reps are. I hate doing that because then I have to drag along a notebook. Well okay, I'm just making excuses...I'm really lazy. But for you gals, I'll try my best.

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Pepper

TrojanMan is an ass and should be smacked.

My Carb Cycling Progress - you can't hide from the numbers.

mousie

I don't think he's an ass for stopping me from cheating. I didn't want to cheat, so I'm glad that he supports me in what I am doing!

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BabsieGirl

I think pepper is saying T is an Arse for encouraging (what ever you want to call it) in trying M-D...... Just a guess

How are you feeling today?

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mousie

Why is he an arse for trying m-d? I think my boyfriend is the greatest guy in the world! He is very knowledgeable, supportive, and loving.

Anyway, I'm feeling great today. I had to work my 2nd job at the gym last night. I didn't have enough time to workout before I started work, but they always let me work out before my shift is over. I did a number on my back! Woo...I did the row with 2-45 lb plates on each side!

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Pepper

OK, I'm an idiot...I meant to refer to tomas101, not trojanman.

Sorry. I got confused

My Carb Cycling Progress - you can't hide from the numbers.

mousie

Oh yeah...I know - you can say that again. However, I think that tomas101 didn't notice what my bodyfat percentage was - and was thinking that I was all muscle...and probably wondering if I was a man. I hope he notices that I'm over 30% bodyfat.

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MarcusMaximus

stay focussed Mousie. don't allow anyone's negative comments to interfere with your success.

TrojanMan60563

It wouldn't be the first time I have been called an ass...LOL.. I have pretty much gave up with my log because its been moved to the journal section and its like already on the 2nd or 3rd page. Oh well.

mousie

If you keep posting to it, it'll get shifted to the top of the first page. So just keep doing that. That way people will know that it's getting updated.

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nikegurl

how are things mousie? any sides? strength up? seeing changes in the mirror? are you happy with it so far? are you going to keep your doseage where it's currently at? and how much longer are you planning to take it?

i know.... so many questions.

Tomorrow may be the best day of your life.

Or not.

mousie

I actually appreciate that you're asking me questions. It lets me know that people are actually interested in what I am doing.

I am definitely seeing changes in the mirror. Even TrojanMan said that my butt is getting some shape to it! However, I do have a high bodyfat percentage, so until I start leaning out, I can't see any immediate results. However, it does look like my stomach is shrinking. I notice that I tend to lose weight from the top-down. And like I've said before, I'm definitely having some strength gains! Once I start looking better in the mirror, maybe I'll get the courage up to post my before and after pics.

With only taking .50 mgs a day, I haven't seen any side effects - except for huge, hard muscles! But seriously, I haven't seen any changes though. I'm not sure if I want to up my dosage, but I plan on doing my cycle for 4 weeks. (Right now I'm finishing up on week 2.) And I was thinking this morning...I'm not sure if I want to do 4 weeks on and then 2 or 4 weeks off.

I am definitely happy that I decided to go ahead and try Methyl-D. Especially since it'll be banned soon! I will try to maintain a journal to let you know about my sets and reps in the gym. So watch out for that!

This morning, I weighed in at 163.5!!!

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nikegurl

cool. i'm VERY interested! as you know there's not that much info out there on this for women.

curious on the strength gains....just for a ballpark concept....do you do db presses for chest? think you're up 5 lbs on those or not yet but your "old" weight feels lighter and you get a few more reps? i'm trying to tell how drastic the increase is.

do you ever wonder if it's working or are you 100% convinced?

thanks for taking the time to answer the ?s and update us.

Tomorrow may be the best day of your life.

Or not.

mousie

I am definitely 100% convinced that it is working.

Before I started taking it, it seemed like I would work hard, but get no where. No increase in weights - nothing.

I have seen a slight change in the increase of my db incline chest presses. Actually, I can do 40 lb dbs by myself now - which I've never been able to do. But TrojanMan helps me after 2-3 reps of 45 lb dbs. However, I have seen a lot of gains in everything overall. And I have noticed that older, harder weights are much easier so I'm able to boost up my weights. Like last week when I did the leg press sled. I think I stopped at a little over 2-45 lb plates on each side (can't remember exactly how much). But when I did them this week, it seemed easier, and I was able to jump up to 3-45 lb plates on each side - which seemed a bit easy at first, but then I needed to use forced reps.

I'm just wondering, if I'm having such great results, do you think that you're go