A couple big things really stand out off the bat. Even w/o seeing your estradiol levels, I can say for sure that you're using far too much AI, and your on-cycle estrogen levels are far too low. Estrogen plays a large role in anabolism, and cutting it short greatly reduces anabolic potential. Also, estrogen DOES have a role in lipolysis to some degree too. At the doses of test you're using (w/o yet seeing your on and/or off cycle estradiol levels), I'd say that 12.5mg/day of aromasin is sufficient, especially with supplementing 25-50mg/day of proviron with it. In fact, 12.5mg EOD is what I'd usually recommend for a typical ballpark 500mg/wk of test dosage, but I'd also add in nolva. I think you'd be much better served by reducing aromasin down to 12.5mg/day (or even less) and adding nolva at 20mg/day.
The other big thing is diet. I'd say there is far too many carbs being consumed and at the wrong times IMO.
Being a type I, you're basically going to need to use one of the longer acting slins no matter what, so Lantus at a relatively low dose is good to maintain just sub-basal insulinic activity throughout the day, and Humalog is the obvious choice for fine-tuning BG around meals. Since the activity of lantus is pread out almost over the course of a full day, its activity/unit time is very low, and it'll play little to no role in fat gain. However, your meals are structured so that you have lots of carbs in each meal, and your protein intake is relatively low. While on, I take in at least 2g/lb of protein. I do this not only to always be in a hyperaminoacidic state to provide raw material for the increased protein synthesis that comes along with using anabolics but also because excess protein will be utilized via mitochondria instead of direct carbs, when the ratio of the 2 is skewed such that protein predominates. You'll notice that you can tolerate a much lower bg level while consuming mass amounts of protein and few carbs, and this is because amino acids are being utilized for energy and this puts less of a burden on the glucose in serum as an energy source.
I'm not sure where you have cardio in there, but it should be first thing in the AM on an empty stomach IMO, and the subsequent meal should be strictly protein and fat only. I'd avoid using humalog within 2 hrs either side of cardio. The real anabolic effects of Humalog come from about a 1.5hr window immediately pwo (resistance training) anyway. You should, as best you can, avoid meals that contain many carbs in addition to fat, as the carbs will necessitate your using Humalog, and the presence of fat means that it'll be stored...no questions asked. That's why a high protein diet is far superior, especially for your situation. Protein with fat is fine, and protein with carbs is fine, but carbs with fat should be avoided at all costs.
When utilizing Humalog pwo, I only go IM so as to greatly increase the activity onset, which reduces the duration during which muscles are in a catabolic, glycogen-deprived state. Either way though, IM or subQ, using Humalog pwo should be followed by "just enough" carbs and an abundance of protein (bcaa's are great).
The general layout should be one where your diet in the morning and early afternoon is predominated by protein and fat.....your pre workout meal contains some carbs and protein, and your pwo meal contain just enough carbs and an abundance of protein. This splits the day into 2 "phases"; the first is the lipolytic phase, where the body is primed to utilize fat stores for energy and NOT further store fat. The 2nd phase is the anabolic phase, where carbs are utilized mainly to restore depleted muscle glycogen stores, and an abundance of amino acids are used to mediate the high rate of protein synthesis that follows resistance training.
I know that if you'll shift your macro intake to one similar to what I've laid out, it'll be much easier to lose bf, and at the same time, be just as easy, and likely much more so, to gain LBM (mainly by providing the body with more protein).
Your use of Humalog throughout the earlier part of the day will likely be reduced a great deal, due to the reduced carb intake in exchange for amino acid metabolization.
using less AI and instead incorporating nolva should really help you to keep systemic estrogen at a much more favorable level but at the same time prevent estrogenic activity at all the sites where it's unwanted (via tamoxifen). Many people have found that using nolva at higher doses (20-40mg/day) along with cardio and a clean diet can really reduce estrogenic fat deposition (lower/lateral pecs, love handles, etc). Also, with the lower dose of AI, and thus higher systemic estrogen, LBM should also be easier to attain.
The only real concern with this is kidney function. As we age, kidney function decreases gradually. if your kidney funtion test (mainly BUN here) are in normal ranges, then I wouldn't be too worried about the shift to a greater % protein intake
Geebee52 said:
OK Einstein1905, off we go!
1) I'm using humalog with each meal 6 times a day, that is 2 to 6 IU each time, except breakfast and pwo) trying to do it for b'bg purposes at the same time : i.e. 8 or 10 IU upon waking up before whey protein drink (and oats later for breakfast), 10 IU (I went till 20) pwo before quick sugars + L-glutamine + BCAA (and whey proteins + oats 10 mn later). Since April I have been getting Lanthus as well (12 IU for the day in one shot). I'm a type 1 diabetic but I'm getting fat.
2) Off cycle I'm not getting any test. On cycle I had 200 mg prop EOD or 250 omnadren 2x/week. But it was always stacked with another roid (deca-duraboiln, dia, anapolon, equipoise). I'll start a new cycle to-morrow. I get self-made proviron and aromasin (with Chinese powder) and I'm not sure about the quality of it especially proviron (I don't get horny) : 25 mg aromasin 1 or 2x/d, same for proviron.
3) My BG is increasing during my cycles : very quickly first then it will stay the same (high). When I stop, it's nearly cut into half, very quickly. But after a few weeks, while off, my BG is again fairly high (not as high as during cycles). If too much humalog doesn't lead to insulino-resistance, it's good for me. What about lanthus ? I only decided to use it because my morning BG were bad during cycles (usually they were OK).
4) Now that you know it all, do you think I could use slin for b'bg purpose, without getting fat ? Non diabetics can gain as far as 10 kg a year, I don't. Why not ?
5) Food (macro intake) :
prots : 31 % (220g/day) ; sugars : 62 % (440g/d) ; fats : 7 % (40 to 60 g/d)
6 meals ; on training day each meal 37 g prots, 76 g sugars (60g only for last one) ; on rest day each meal 29 g prots , 102 g sugars (60 only for the 2 last ones)
fats : included in fish or meat plus hemp oil, canola oil, nut oil
breakfast : 10 to 20 g whey proteins, 2 egg whites, 1 whole egg, 80 to 100 g raw oatmeal, 200 to 500 ml orange juice, 1 teaspoon hemp oil, 1 tablespoon canola oil
morning snack : 10 to 20 g casein-whey-egg proteins, 100 to 150 g raw oatmeal, orange juice
lunch : 200 g fish, 300 g (weight cooked) brown rice (or basmathi rice, or whole noodles, or kamut noodles), veges, a fruit, 1 soja yogurt, 1 tablespoon nut oil, orange juice (with 10 g raw oatmeal when needed)
afternoon snack = same as morning snack
dinner :200g meat (turkey breast, lean beef filet, chicken leg ...), low index sugars (lentils, chickenpeas, splitpeas, beans) or same starchy food as lunch, 1 soja yogurt, 1 tablespoon nut oil, 1 teaspoon hemp oil
evening snack = morning snack with less oats
on training days : no evening snack, one snack only depending of workout timing
preworkout : 20 g whey proteins + BCAA
postworkout : 40 g quick sugars (dextrose or honey) + 10 g L-glutamine + BCAA then 100 g oatrmeal + 20 g whey proteins.
I'll post my blood works later;
