I am just starting month two of EV. I'm about 2 onthes and two weeks into my AA. Although my AA is a low dose, it acted FAST, especially once the injections began weekly.
Before I could lift a lot, having been in the army. My mother in law attributed it to laziness at first, which was needless to say, no fun, and quite a few arguements to get people to understand that even though the muscles *appear* to be there, I definitivly have lost upper body strength and can no longer try.....what was once fifty pounds feels like 200, and what was once 20lbs now feels like 100. Not sure if that makes sence, but ya....lifting heavy stuff no longer is viable. I have somewhat opera arm going on at rest, but i notice if i flex (which i still do as a larger upper rm mass makes me feel not so passable) I can still see the mass and tone of my muscles.....actually, looking down now, they are no longer as toned as they once were. But this can be attributed to no longer working out like I once did prior (ex special forces, ya you read that correct! Even as a commo geek, you needed to use your arms daily! No lie, I can prove it if challenged on here.....). Now if I was thrown into the same mix with my old colleagues, I would say that I might not be able to perform as well physically, but would still do it, if that makes sence.
I'm just wanting these upper arms to deminish quite fast. As they have been. I want *all* muscles to go away in my physique upper body wise, really. I notice my shoulder sseem smaller, but could just be attributed to other changes....either way, my end goal arm wise, is to have nce slender, feminine arms like a model. Nothing against muscular, toned women, I just dont want that. At the moment, I feel like Xena Warrior Princess with Jon and Kate hair lol. The muscles can go away....right along with facial hair. I find if I focus on what I *can* change, the other stuff like fat redist, and breast growth, facial changes, will be a surprise as I am not so *uber fixated* on them. Took me a month to draw that conclusion, because daily, its a "whats different whats different" game that I *know* annoys the wife, because it was starting to annoy me and I am who is doing that heh.
But if I were to put an actual % f strength drop this early, I am going to say its around 15% to be conservative, and 35% liberal. So most likely somewhere in the middle. As for atrophy, I am going to ask my Endo come sept what AA dose will help increase it, as well as a conjunction of now limited protein. Before, protein was the name of the game. Now, not so much, dependant upon the ingestion variables/rates.
Best of wishes to you all!
