u/SilverbackBRC

Stack: Reta- 5mg (titrated up starting at 1mg and adding a mg every week)

CJC w/ IPA- 250mcg twice daily

KLOW- 250mcg twice daily

TRT 100mg weekly split (I've been on it for years and actually lowered my dose from 160mg/week because I had already been dropping weight before this and started to hyper respond)

Kinda want to keep going for another 5-7 lbs but my work schedule is going to get nuts starting next week and I'll be living in a hotel all summer because of it, so it's gonna be tough. I also live full time in Poland but will be working in the US, which I can say from experience that the way food is processed in Europe is WAY healthier

I love the results of Reta and will be going down to a maintenance dose, but there's so much that has been unbearable. The skin sensitivity has finally started to die down (constant tingling and that light sun burn feel, especially on my love handles and head) but was so annoying.

Eating was a chore the entire time and made it hard to keep my macros dialed in. I put a scoop of protein into literally every drink just to make sure I was getting enough since I usually skipped a meal everyday.

I mostly kept up my strength, if not added to my lifts, till the last 2-3 weeks. I finally was gassing out and losing reps or outright skipping certain moves because I didn't have the energy

Gonna maintain for the summer, bulk in the fall, and do this again next year

On March 17th, my brother texted me and said "You need to read this book called Dungeon Crawler Carl! Better yet, listen to it because the narrator is awesome!"

Today, 51 days later, I finished This Inevitable Ruin. Anytime I had a few minutes, I put in my headphones. I couldn't listen to a podcast at the gym if I tried before, and suddenly I was getting my energy burst from Donut and the gang having an epic battle or triumphant moment. Before I went to bed, instead of doom scrolling, I was back at sneaking in another chapter before waking up and putting it on during my morning routine.

And now, I literally don't know what to do with myself. These next 5 days are going to take forever.

I'd love to hear what you long time listeners did to scratch that itch. I already have The First Law series queued up but I don't want to start another series until I need to

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