Superchicken1 said:
Is it possible you have loose skin fucking with your perception and it’s not really flab? I have a son at 5’11” 160lbs who’s pretty muscular but he’s super lean at that weight. Can’t imagine dropping anymore. I have another at 5’8 and 145 but is built like a pit bull, 10lbs lighter he was 4% body fat and while he did have muscle, he was mostly just skinny. My point is you may need to work on adding more lean mass.
Bodybuilders use glp’s to cut, but they’re also solidly built. How long have you been training? The meso forums would be a better resource for you if you want to improve body composition.
Lastly, there is evidence going off and on the peptides can make them less effective at the lower doses. Something to keep in mind if you are wanting to cycle off and on. If you start at the lowest suggested dose and lose quickly, I’d cut the dose in half, giving yourself more room to dose higher later.
I’ve been consistently training for about two years, been lifting on and off for a number of years before that. Always been athletic, just hit a rough patch mentally in college. I would say I didn’t really know what I was doing training and nutrition wise until the last year or so. I 100% don’t have enough muscle, as I’ve been trying to lose all this fat for the last two years, so I’ve never had an opportunity to do a proper bulk.
I don’t know if it’s fat distribution genetics or what, but it’s not loose skin. I 100% have an inner tube of fat around my midsection that I can grab. Even though I have lost around 50-60 pounds, it’s been very slow and I am young with elastic skin, so I don’t think I have much loose skin, if any.
My goal with this substance is to overshoot a sustainable day to day bodyfat, get down to around 10%, and then start a lean bulk. I may use it again in the future if I find it to be very helpful with minimal sides, but I would prefer to get muscle on my frame, raising my TDEE to a point where cutting isn’t so difficult, and being more satisfied with my physique at a higher bf%, where I don’t have to use any substance to maintain my body.
Getting down to 180 was pretty easy, to get to 160 I’ve been eating 1500 cals, walking 4 miles a day, and strength training 3-4 times a week. Obviously a horrible experience that left me constantly tired, hungry, and in a bad mood. I know I can get down to ~150 on my own, but ideally the peptide will just make it less painful of an experience. My biggest issues when cutting is constant hunger, food noise, and impulse control. Seems like I would be a very good candidate for the drug and if I decide to try it out and then don’t need it in the future, seems like the potential long term effects of one or two cycles is negligible, especially compared to something like testosterone.