Basically, my 3x EliteFTS shirts were beginning to hang off of me last week.  I put a pic on Instagram and pretty much looked like a crossfitter with a shirt that was too damn big.  Not that crossfit is bad; I mean, I support gay rights as much as the next guy. *zing*  Like I was going to pass THAT ONE up.

It is now the end of the 2nd week of TRT and I am feeling the beginnings of starting to fill out - a bit fuller, rounder and just feel "tighter".   Of course, I continue to get leaner by the week so I anticipate that starting TRT will also keep my weight from plummeting now that I am bottoming out as of last week at 217.5.  Looking in the mirror at 217.5 was starting to have me believe I was going to need to get to 200 to be pretty lean but now that my hormone levels are coming up it seems a lot more promising that I will be in pretty good condition at about 210 and REALLY good condition at 200.  For the record, I have no clue where I will end up or maintain but it will be great condition no matter where I land.

I have added some carbs back into my diet as of this last week and this has not only helped me to fill out more but also to kind of spike my metabolism, as well.  I was starting to run too low calorie for the last couple weeks and wasn't feeling as warm.  Since the addition of only about 80g more carbs, the difference is night and day.  That "stringy" dieting feeling is gone and yet my weight is dropping quite well even with the addition of TRT dosing.  I obviously don't anticipate as much of a weight drop on the scale over the next 2 to 3 weeks but I do still anticipate dropping - even if it is only a pound or so, give or take.  Right now I am down roughly 23 ish in 5 or 6 weeks - I lose count, but I know I have 10 more weeks to my goal so I still have a lot of work to do.

I am still doing my 3-day split every week but doubling up back and chest just about every 3rd or 4th week, only.  I am going by instinct with this one because I planned to hit back and chest twice this week but after adding in super sets (within the same muscle group) this week I am brutally sore so I will hold off until next week to double up.

Cardio is actually enjoyable and those that know me, know I don't say that very often.  I am only doing 20 minutes post workout twice a day (M and F) and doing outdoor cardio in my neighborhood 3 days a week for 45 minutes.  This is kind of a HIIT style because I long stride to the top of the neighborhood at a grade of roughly 12-14% and it is about 7800ft in elevation so I am sucking air pretty good.  I then hurry and very quickly come back down to go up again.  I do this rotation 4 to 5 times in 45 minutes.

Skipload is a much higher fat Skipload right now and I am not forcing any of my meals.  Where I might usually eat 2 Cricket burgers I only eat one and some fries and I am done.  Same goes for breakfast where I have bacon, sausage, raisin french toast, eggs and tater tots.  I eat until I am full but not miserable.  I usually only get about 3 or 4 meals on an all day load with some minor snacking in between of pretzels and sometimes nacho flavored Pringles which for some reason I just love right now.  I am getting plenty of fluid on load days and this also helps to not hold a lot of water into the following day.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!