Am I being a dork for taking notes? Actually, what else should I track?

[Foggy-Hollow]

Of all the basic things I forgot to document, I should've documented the costs and cash flow. It'll probably be easy to backtrack. Painful though. I had some crypto sitting in Solana before it crashed to 79 Rookie mistake.

I wanna do the injection site doses though, just in case I get any ISRs. I marked a 2x2 square, and I hope 4 weeks is enough to fully heal. Besides, what're the odds of hitting the EXACT same spot from before right?

Also, if you’re hitting up multiple peps, you’ll want to keep track of which goes where. Even if it’s a rough “tirz upper right thigh, NAD+ outer r thigh” type of deal. That way you can remember which gave the mosquito bite looking welt.

 

[FartfulCodger]

Am I being too much of a dork for documenting my research lmao

Are you kidding? I've got a massive spreadsheet of every dose and the time administered. I can calculate exactly how much I juice I got from each of my empties.

 

[PAPoots]

I fill out my spreadsheet a week at a time. I highlight the date green if I took it, yellow if I forgot.

All bloodwork goes into the same conversation in CoPilot so it remembers the history and can create trends,

 

[sheilarae74]

I think it is smart to document everything. I wish I would have been doing that since day one.

 

[BinaryPinecone]

I did take notes the first week, but I stopped really fast. Much like how I take workout notes at first then completely stop. I probably should continue, but it's a lot of work. Today for example and I have no idea how I got blood into my convipen cartridge during my injection. I luckily managed to transfer more than half of my tb500 into another cart without the bits of blood, but it was weird. If I took notes it would probably help me figure out how it happened.

 

[joseblo]

I track everything from vial source $ price and COA to calculate mass mg and concentration mg/ml, then date/week and units (to calculate dose) of each pep (and half-life) with estimated blood concentration in Excel. I plot those with weekly weight, resting HR/BP, which I copy in from other tracking apps. I keep track of total units used so I know when to recon new vials/carts and how long they'll last. I mark when my blood work is done/scheduled, but I haven't been including results.

I'm about 500 days in, but I've just collapsed the top few hundred rows. I'll say it really did help initially, and when switching/titrating peps.

If I was serious, I'd probably track macros, but I'm on maintenance so I don't care as much any more.

If you're tracking your poops, you've gone to far!

 

[bjw76]

As a newbie I hadn't even thought about this level of documentation! Some great info here though, thanks for sharing folks!

 

[RascalRaccoon]

 

[Ruckus4519]

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[spyke65]

As a former chemist, I have a journal tracking most things. However, after reading this thread, I realize that I could have tracked more

What I track:

For inventory: vials purchased, purchase date, supplier, COAs, price, vials remaining

For stockpile/future purchase: total quantity in hand, target quantity, next purchase quantity, entire/due quantity

Reconstitution: supplies inventory, reconstitution calculations, label information

Pinning: date, dosage(mg), units, peptide

General notes: price tracking, weight tracking, protocol notes, and other random thoughts.

What I am missing, I now realize, is tying pins back to lot numbers and injection site information. Time to tweak my journal.

 

[marraqy]

I’m glad I’m not the only one nerding out over this.

I keep everything in an Excel spreadsheet: dates I recon each vial, first puncture, dose per pin, and basic notes on sides/effects. I also track supplier, vial size, how much BAC I used and how many pins I should get out of each vial, plus my weight and a few measurements on pin days.

It helps a lot with planning ahead (stocking supplies, knowing when to recon) and understanding what actually worked instead of just going off vibes.

 

[BNLFL]

knowing when to recon

This helps a bunch. I mark how pins I should get out of a vial too.

 

[CharlieBrown]

Am I being too much of a dork for documenting my research lmao

Planning to note when I reconstituted each vial, and then when I first pierce each aliquot for use, and when I discard it and why (finished vs. NASTY DISGUSTING EWWWW vs. accidental breakage). Maybe note how long it has been since reconstitution.

And then per aliquot, take notes of when I pinned?

I don't know what else to keep track.

In terms of routine, I'll take my weight and measurements on the morning of pin day. Saturdays, as of now. I've yet to get a smart scale.

I did get DEXA and labs, but it's just CBC, CMP, lipids, HbA1c, and thyroid stuff. I didn't think to check for iron, or vitamins, or anything else.

And I thought I was the only one

 

[FarmgirlRebel]

As a former chemist, I have a journal tracking most things. However, after reading this thread, I realize that I could have tracked more

What I track:

For inventory: vials purchased, purchase date, supplier, COAs, price, vials remaining

For stockpile/future purchase: total quantity in hand, target quantity, next purchase quantity, entire/due quantity

Reconstitution: supplies inventory, reconstitution calculations, label information

Pinning: date, dosage(mg), units, peptide

General notes: price tracking, weight tracking, protocol notes, and other random thoughts.

What I am missing, I now realize, is tying pins back to lot numbers and injection site information. Time to tweak my journal.

I need to start doing this...my freezer looks like I'm a reseller. I moved some kits around and found a kit of epithalon that I forgot I purchased...doh! I do have everything dated, but don't have a master inventory list.

 

[PAPoots]

I'm still in the experiment phase. I run a kit and decide if I'll get it again in the future. I feel that so many of these peptides are just over hyped snake oil pushed by influencers.

I really hope with all the money being dumped into peps that these Med spas and other clinics start pooling their knowledge, better yet making it public. So we can make better decisions in lieu of actual human clinical trials. Hopefully those start picking up interest also.

Meds that I felt\saw something to justify repurchasing; Cag, Reta, BPC_1576 and TB-500, MOTS-c and NAD+.

Odd thing about the NAD+ is, after the MOTS-C cycle ended, the NAD+ stopped giving me that boost a few weeks later. So, I don't know if the there is a synergistic effect that requires to be running both, or did I get used to that NAD+ buzz.

As far as Reta goes, I love the outcomes I see in the bloodwork. But I think I will try Tirz when my kit is gone so I don't have to stack Reta with Cagri. Plus, my lipids have dropped so low, my free testosterone has dropped to barely normal levels. Iron and Vitamin B have dropped to.

Without human trials I think these are questionable; SS-31, Epitalon. These are like vitamins IMO. You hope they help in the long run. I'd love to think my run of Epitalon increase some telomeres. But without expensive testing or human trials, I don't it is worth taking on the outcome of a rat that used the Epithalon version of the drug.

Meds that I think are scams; Semax, and Selank. But I will say I took them subQ and not intranasally.

I also don't think I'd ever take Tesamorelin or Ipamorelin again. All I got from those were carpal tunnel symptoms in both hands that would wake me up in the middle of the night and keep me up for an hour until I could feel my pinky and ring finger again. I thought I developed Parkinsons or something when it hit and I hadn't seen that side affect before.

One more, Glow70+ I think that is just hype also. The level of BPC-157 and TB-500 is not enough to help with anything. All I ever felt was a sting.

Crikies, looking back I took a lot of crap to find only a few that I would buy again. The stuff can add up quick.

 

[FartfulCodger]

As I've said in other threads, this is THE MOST FUN HOBBY EVER. Documenting, calculating, and graphing are all part of that!

 

[Rtrain]

Am I being too much of a dork for documenting my research lmao

Planning to note when I reconstituted each vial, and then when I first pierce each aliquot for use, and when I discard it and why (finished vs. NASTY DISGUSTING EWWWW vs. accidental breakage). Maybe note how long it has been since reconstitution.

And then per aliquot, take notes of when I pinned?

I don't know what else to keep track.

In terms of routine, I'll take my weight and measurements on the morning of pin day. Saturdays, as of now. I've yet to get a smart scale.

I did get DEXA and labs, but it's just CBC, CMP, lipids, HbA1c, and thyroid stuff. I didn't think to check for iron, or vitamins, or anything else.

I too have notes all over my desk. I'm to the point that I need a filing cabinet!

 

[WLBLD]

Wow! I didn't even think of that. I'm still pretty low dose a bit over a month T&R nothing else. Just documenting weight through scale app. That's such a great idea tho!!

 

[Ruckus4519]

As I've said in other threads, this is THE MOST FUN HOBBY EVER. Documenting, calculating, and graphing are all part of that!

I’d love to see any examples of your setup!

 

[Ruckus4519]

I too have notes all over my desk. I'm to the point that I need a filing cabinet!

To be fair, everyone past a certain age should have one. Where else would you put all that tax paperwork?