HGH is basically magic and has drastically improved my metabolism

[BatmanVAR]

I'm one of those guys cursed with a slow metabolism. I've been training and tracking my calories for 30 years, so I know what I'm doing, so no I'm not tracking my calories wrong. But historically, any time I ate above 2200 calories a day I gain fat. It didn't matter how active I am or how much I lift, my metabolism is just slow. I was a former chubby kid who was overweight despite eating less food than all my skinny friends.

In the fall of last year I finished a cut. I was down to 1500 calories a day and the scale didn't move for a month, so I decided to do a lean bulk and added HGH (started at 2IUs a day and titrated up to 4).

Started at 1800 calories, scale didn't move. 2000, same thing. 2200, 2500, 2700 - same thing. I am now eating 3000 calories a day and my weight isn't increasing. Literally eating double the calories I was when my cut ended.

Yes I know I just need to eat more and that's not the point. The point is that for 30 years I would basically gain fat if I smelled food, but after adding HGH my metabolism has been working in overdrive. I love this shit.

I think despite the scale not moving I've actually recomped quite a bit because my abs and legs look noticeably leaner than when I started.

 

[sim]

I've found HGH to be a cheat code too. Even with reducing cardio and caloric intake staying same or slightly higher it's easy to maintain bf% and even lower it a bit.

 

[RockyP]

There is a sweet spot for the dosing that’s different for everyone and will be influenced by how you’re eating (mostly carb intake). If you were to push to 6 or 8 iu you might see some movement on the scale due to water retention. But that can be mitigated with diet / electrolyte adjustments. Jay cutler famously said that the right dosage of GH was “as much as you can afford.” He was not wrong. The only caveat being keeping an eye on fasting blood glucose and not exceeding 9 iu / day (if you are at / under 100 kg in bodyweight) as that can risk cardiac remodeling at those dosages.

 

[Swedishsteel]

No bloat?

 

[BatmanVAR]

Y

There is a sweet spot for the dosing that’s different for everyone and will be influenced by how you’re eating (mostly carb intake). If you were to push to 6 or 8 iu you might see some movement on the scale due to water retention. But that can be mitigated with diet / electrolyte adjustments. Jay cutler famously said that the right dosage of GH was “as much as you can afford.” He was not wrong. The only caveat being keeping an eye on fasting blood glucose and not exceeding 9 iu / day (if you are at / under 100 kg in bodyweight) as that can risk cardiac remodeling at those dosages.

Yeah I've tried pushing to 5 but I get pretty bad CTS so I can't