Civdiv
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I'm a little over 2 months into this cut and wanted to start logging to help me remember where I've been and keep focused on where I'm going. I'm also looking for advise or encouragement as I go. Sorry if i flood this with too munch info. I want to detail this as much as possible. I'll try to put it in sections so you can skip to whatever part you want. Going to try to log every week or two on progress and stuipid shit I'm planing on doing to speed up progress.
The whole point of starting this cut a few months ago was to get as lean as possible, and get in a really good lean bulk. I'm hoping to hit 50 in the best shape of my life.
My Background
I'm 47, been lifting off an on for about 20 years. Most of my lifting over that time was casual, ppl split, and never really worried about diet. I just wanted to have a little size and burn off all those nachos a little better. I was never jacked, but always had decent size and strength. I was never really fit though. More of a construction worker or farm strength type build. Through my 20s and mid 30s I was probably bouncing around 20%-25% BF at around 220lbs. After kids in my late mid 30s I started slowing down and would hover around 250lbs. I'd spend a few years working in the gym and push from around 30-35% BF back down to 25-30%. Something in life would happen and I'd back off in the gym and transition strong/fat to just fat. I'd get my shit together and work it back down over a few years. I probably did this 3 or 4 times.
When I hit around 43 or so I hit a wall. Covid had all the gyms shut down and I got fat as fuck. A few years later I tried to get my shit together but was so fat I really struggled to get back into a rhythm. I was tired and weak as shit. Going up stairs had me out of breath bad. At this point I was pushing 290lbs. Got myself checkout out and it turns out I had a heart issue that I was born with that got worse over time. It was causing me to miss a lit of heartbeats. I got a pacemaker and almost instantly got my energy back. I started getting my shit together in the gym trying to get my fat ass back in shape.I got my pacemaker in fall of 2023. At this point I was fat as fuck at almost 290lbs. I don't think I realized how fat I was. It's hard to explain but when you get fat over time you almost still see yourself as you were before you were fat. Every once in a while you see a picture of yourself that wakes you up to reality. That Christmas in 2023 I saw a picture someone took and was pretty disgusted.
Progress up to Starting This Cut
I started walking trying to get my strength back. We have a gym at work and I started going during lunch to try to get my muscles back. I lifted all 2024 and started getting back in shape. I wasn't really dieting but I was trying to watch what I eat. Over 2024 I went from 290lbs to about 250lbs. I started backing off some and settled around 260lbs between 30-35% BF I think.
I got on TRT around July of 2024. I was on 80mg/wk which put me around 750 Test. I tried going higher and I was too fat to handle it and my E2 was too hard to control. I fucked around with it for a while and stayed around 80mg/wk.
In the beginning of 2025 I started getting more serious and started tracking calories and working harder. By the end of February I was about 250lbs and maybe under 30%BF. I set a goal to get under 20% and started this hard cut the last week of February.
Cut Progress 3/1/2025 - 4/15/2025 (all BF measurments are from an InBody Scanner. may be off on accuracy but should show general trends)
Diet - about 1800 - 2000 calories a day. Protien 200-250 grams/day
Lift 6 days/wk.
Cardio 2 days a week
Added Tirz 2.5mg/wk 4/1
Bumped test to 100mg/wk
Starting Weight 250lbs, 27.5% BF
Ending Weight 225lbs, 20% BF
Cut Progress 4/15/2025 - 5/16/2025
Starting Weight 225lbs 20% BF
Current Weight (5/16) 220 17%BF
I started with really focusing on health a couple months ago. I want to bump up the test and add in whatever can get me more progress on this cut, but want to start from a good place. Also want to be in good shape for a bulk cycle later. Saw my Dr and got put on telmesartin 40mg/day. BP was running a little high and I wanted to get it low normal before I start doing shit that can raise it. I also got baseline bloods. My doc is pretty cool so I explained what all I'm planning to make sure they were aware when treating me for anything else that comes up.
Baseline Bloods:
Test 1080 on 100mg/wk
Free Test 277
SHBG 30
E2 48
IGF-1 242
Total Cholestorol 127
LDL 51
HDL 61
Triglycerides 66
AST/ALT 32/32
Hematocrit 47.6 (im higher altitude)
Suppliments:
Test increased to 150mg/week, then 200 and finally 250.
Added GH and titrated up to 4iu a day.
Tirz at 5mg/wk
Started taking NAC and Tudac
Upped Fish Oil dose
Zinc 50mg/day
Magnesium 400mg/day
CoQ10
I've been on 250mg/wk test for 3 weeks
Added 200mg Primo last week to see where that puts my E2 with this test. (Bloods are in 5 weeks)
I started 25mg/day anavar because I'm dumb and had a lot. Last week I was at 50mg/day. I actually stopped this week and saving it until I get to a much lower BF. Was kind of fun though. Especially preworkout.
Workout
45 min zone 2 fasted cardio after GH 4 days a week
Lift 6 days a week.
Diet:
Still not getting enough calories but InBody scanner showed no muscle loss over last couple months, and up 2 lbs of muscle in the last 2 weeks?
1800-2000 calories a day maintaining protein at lease 220g/day
That gets me up to current. My goal is to get sub 15% BF. I'm setting a goal of 12% but know I may not hit it. I'm going to keep this up until all progress stops and go maintenance for a few months before I try to bulk up.
Next bloods are June 6th. Depending in test/E2 I'd like to increase primo but i'll see where im at first. Been hitting it super hard so taking a recover week this week just doing morning cardio and abs. I'll continue to update progress as I go. I actually have been stalled out at my current weight for a few weeks but BF hs still be dropping now that I added in extra shit. I check every morning prior to fasted cardio and it seems pretty consistantly dropping.
I'll keep updating this journal as I go. It's been fun so far. I've been getting a lot of comments and a few accusations of "being on shit" based on my progress. Trying to be overall careful. Doc prescrived aromasin and anastrazole, dutesteride, finesteride, Ketoconzole shampoo and hcg. Not taking any of it but the shampoo now but want to have it all available just in case. This week I'm switching to UGL test so we'll see if i notice a difference. Pic in the blue shirt is the one that started this. Family sent it to me and I was disgusted. Last pic is a couple weeks ago. I need to do better about taking progress pics. Been researching the shit out of everything on this board and using chatgpt. Between the two I think im sorting through 90% of the bullshit and have a good idea of what i want to keep trying.
The whole point of starting this cut a few months ago was to get as lean as possible, and get in a really good lean bulk. I'm hoping to hit 50 in the best shape of my life.
My Background
I'm 47, been lifting off an on for about 20 years. Most of my lifting over that time was casual, ppl split, and never really worried about diet. I just wanted to have a little size and burn off all those nachos a little better. I was never jacked, but always had decent size and strength. I was never really fit though. More of a construction worker or farm strength type build. Through my 20s and mid 30s I was probably bouncing around 20%-25% BF at around 220lbs. After kids in my late mid 30s I started slowing down and would hover around 250lbs. I'd spend a few years working in the gym and push from around 30-35% BF back down to 25-30%. Something in life would happen and I'd back off in the gym and transition strong/fat to just fat. I'd get my shit together and work it back down over a few years. I probably did this 3 or 4 times.
When I hit around 43 or so I hit a wall. Covid had all the gyms shut down and I got fat as fuck. A few years later I tried to get my shit together but was so fat I really struggled to get back into a rhythm. I was tired and weak as shit. Going up stairs had me out of breath bad. At this point I was pushing 290lbs. Got myself checkout out and it turns out I had a heart issue that I was born with that got worse over time. It was causing me to miss a lit of heartbeats. I got a pacemaker and almost instantly got my energy back. I started getting my shit together in the gym trying to get my fat ass back in shape.I got my pacemaker in fall of 2023. At this point I was fat as fuck at almost 290lbs. I don't think I realized how fat I was. It's hard to explain but when you get fat over time you almost still see yourself as you were before you were fat. Every once in a while you see a picture of yourself that wakes you up to reality. That Christmas in 2023 I saw a picture someone took and was pretty disgusted.
Progress up to Starting This Cut
I started walking trying to get my strength back. We have a gym at work and I started going during lunch to try to get my muscles back. I lifted all 2024 and started getting back in shape. I wasn't really dieting but I was trying to watch what I eat. Over 2024 I went from 290lbs to about 250lbs. I started backing off some and settled around 260lbs between 30-35% BF I think.
I got on TRT around July of 2024. I was on 80mg/wk which put me around 750 Test. I tried going higher and I was too fat to handle it and my E2 was too hard to control. I fucked around with it for a while and stayed around 80mg/wk.
In the beginning of 2025 I started getting more serious and started tracking calories and working harder. By the end of February I was about 250lbs and maybe under 30%BF. I set a goal to get under 20% and started this hard cut the last week of February.
Cut Progress 3/1/2025 - 4/15/2025 (all BF measurments are from an InBody Scanner. may be off on accuracy but should show general trends)
Diet - about 1800 - 2000 calories a day. Protien 200-250 grams/day
Lift 6 days/wk.
Cardio 2 days a week
Added Tirz 2.5mg/wk 4/1
Bumped test to 100mg/wk
Starting Weight 250lbs, 27.5% BF
Ending Weight 225lbs, 20% BF
Cut Progress 4/15/2025 - 5/16/2025
Starting Weight 225lbs 20% BF
Current Weight (5/16) 220 17%BF
I started with really focusing on health a couple months ago. I want to bump up the test and add in whatever can get me more progress on this cut, but want to start from a good place. Also want to be in good shape for a bulk cycle later. Saw my Dr and got put on telmesartin 40mg/day. BP was running a little high and I wanted to get it low normal before I start doing shit that can raise it. I also got baseline bloods. My doc is pretty cool so I explained what all I'm planning to make sure they were aware when treating me for anything else that comes up.
Baseline Bloods:
Test 1080 on 100mg/wk
Free Test 277
SHBG 30
E2 48
IGF-1 242
Total Cholestorol 127
LDL 51
HDL 61
Triglycerides 66
AST/ALT 32/32
Hematocrit 47.6 (im higher altitude)
Suppliments:
Test increased to 150mg/week, then 200 and finally 250.
Added GH and titrated up to 4iu a day.
Tirz at 5mg/wk
Started taking NAC and Tudac
Upped Fish Oil dose
Zinc 50mg/day
Magnesium 400mg/day
CoQ10
I've been on 250mg/wk test for 3 weeks
Added 200mg Primo last week to see where that puts my E2 with this test. (Bloods are in 5 weeks)
I started 25mg/day anavar because I'm dumb and had a lot. Last week I was at 50mg/day. I actually stopped this week and saving it until I get to a much lower BF. Was kind of fun though. Especially preworkout.
Workout
45 min zone 2 fasted cardio after GH 4 days a week
Lift 6 days a week.
Diet:
Still not getting enough calories but InBody scanner showed no muscle loss over last couple months, and up 2 lbs of muscle in the last 2 weeks?
1800-2000 calories a day maintaining protein at lease 220g/day
That gets me up to current. My goal is to get sub 15% BF. I'm setting a goal of 12% but know I may not hit it. I'm going to keep this up until all progress stops and go maintenance for a few months before I try to bulk up.
Next bloods are June 6th. Depending in test/E2 I'd like to increase primo but i'll see where im at first. Been hitting it super hard so taking a recover week this week just doing morning cardio and abs. I'll continue to update progress as I go. I actually have been stalled out at my current weight for a few weeks but BF hs still be dropping now that I added in extra shit. I check every morning prior to fasted cardio and it seems pretty consistantly dropping.
I'll keep updating this journal as I go. It's been fun so far. I've been getting a lot of comments and a few accusations of "being on shit" based on my progress. Trying to be overall careful. Doc prescrived aromasin and anastrazole, dutesteride, finesteride, Ketoconzole shampoo and hcg. Not taking any of it but the shampoo now but want to have it all available just in case. This week I'm switching to UGL test so we'll see if i notice a difference. Pic in the blue shirt is the one that started this. Family sent it to me and I was disgusted. Last pic is a couple weeks ago. I need to do better about taking progress pics. Been researching the shit out of everything on this board and using chatgpt. Between the two I think im sorting through 90% of the bullshit and have a good idea of what i want to keep trying.
