So a quick update:
After about 5.5 weeks on cycle, I bumped up my doses and added bold cyp:
600/400/400/40 test C/NPP/bold C/MENT A. The cut went fantastic. I dropped from 247 on July 5th to 233 by Aug 10th, and have been maintaining about 233 since then. I have gotten stronger and faster in the gym all while dropping ~2-3% BF. The MENT was fantastic for NPP related my mood sides, even at only 40 mg/wk (42mg to be exact). I should be running more or less maintenance cals until mid October, working on a recomp and hopefully getting to 10-11% BF (currently I am about 13%)
4 days ago I stopped NPP and started running Tren. My current cycle is:
600/400/400/40 test C/tren A/bold C/MENT A. I recall one member on here saying that he was good with NPP/MENT, but for some reason tren/MENT made his mood sides worse. So far I feel exactly the same as I did with the NPP, but I have only been running tren for 4 days.
8 weeks in, this has been one of the most smooth cycles I have ever run, even though I am running far more this cycle than I have ever run before. I have only 2 sides that I am really dealing with: a little bit of gyno (which is under control, not getting better but not getting worse) and mild to moderate acne. No ED issues, no BP or RHR issues, no mood issues (most common side for me), no increased or decreased appetite, no increased water retention or bloat, not even excessive nose bleeds that I usually get, even when running test only.
I think this has more to do with REALLY cleaning up my diet rather than the gear or supps I am using, although the supps certainly help mitigate some issues.
Also I will be getting bloods done in about 2 weeks.