03-10-2022, 07:29 PM
Hiya Solstice!
Welcome I'm guessing you'll be on oral E for awhile as you graduate to more higher doses, patches and injectable E are both amazing sources of Estrogen, if you can also source implant based E that would be new as it is available but hard to come by
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmacokinetics_of_estradiol
Progesterone is kinda added in at T3 either rectally or oral and there are benefits to both usually that's the consensus with getting the most gains and getting there can depend on the individual it took me a little longer than most but if you ever read my thread you'll see why
Lotus's thread is amazing (HIYA LOTUS!!) I read it from cover to cover over the span of a month it has a wealth of knowledge and her thought process changing overtime was quite a fun read but I love the science of it all.
Weight cycling is a bit difficult it takes about 11 years due to fat cell life cycles, your literally waiting on them to die and be replaced as their total number is fixed... unless you do some err massive weight gain forcing a split. We replace about 8.7% a year and that is with optimal hormones and things like no smoking, environment etc. So if you do weight cycle it might not matter in the short term but longer term around 2 years you can play with it just do it small and keep to checking measurements, like if your waist outpaces everything stop and go down, with luck you'll keep it everywhere else and the one rule is to only gain or lose 1lb at a time weekly as too fast and it'll go right to the tummy, while too quickly down will take it from the assets as well.
I'd also like to chime in on Finasteride, it's usually a starter blocker, if you can get a complete blocker like Decapeptyl SR 11.25mg (triptorelin pamoate) you won't need a DHT blocker. I suffered from a very very bad case of Post-Finasteride Syndrome its not pretty and can literally give you suicidal feelings, depression and anxiety in the long term and suddenly stopping. Though in my case I was on it almost 3 years so you might be fine for awhile.
Welcome I'm guessing you'll be on oral E for awhile as you graduate to more higher doses, patches and injectable E are both amazing sources of Estrogen, if you can also source implant based E that would be new as it is available but hard to come by
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmacokinetics_of_estradiol
Progesterone is kinda added in at T3 either rectally or oral and there are benefits to both usually that's the consensus with getting the most gains and getting there can depend on the individual it took me a little longer than most but if you ever read my thread you'll see why
Lotus's thread is amazing (HIYA LOTUS!!) I read it from cover to cover over the span of a month it has a wealth of knowledge and her thought process changing overtime was quite a fun read but I love the science of it all.
Weight cycling is a bit difficult it takes about 11 years due to fat cell life cycles, your literally waiting on them to die and be replaced as their total number is fixed... unless you do some err massive weight gain forcing a split. We replace about 8.7% a year and that is with optimal hormones and things like no smoking, environment etc. So if you do weight cycle it might not matter in the short term but longer term around 2 years you can play with it just do it small and keep to checking measurements, like if your waist outpaces everything stop and go down, with luck you'll keep it everywhere else and the one rule is to only gain or lose 1lb at a time weekly as too fast and it'll go right to the tummy, while too quickly down will take it from the assets as well.
I'd also like to chime in on Finasteride, it's usually a starter blocker, if you can get a complete blocker like Decapeptyl SR 11.25mg (triptorelin pamoate) you won't need a DHT blocker. I suffered from a very very bad case of Post-Finasteride Syndrome its not pretty and can literally give you suicidal feelings, depression and anxiety in the long term and suddenly stopping. Though in my case I was on it almost 3 years so you might be fine for awhile.