Hi!
I found so much information in this forum that I thought it would be fair to share back my first run. I'm 55 years old, 5.90 feet. Has never done any sport, fitness or cardio in my life, and 6 months ago found myself pre-diabetic, 35% body fat, 236 pounds weight. So I changed my diet, went through keto, low carbs, intermittent fasting, omad, and now around 800-1000 calories deficit 7/7days. And of course I started hitting the gym after a few months walking fast pace five miles every day. I dropped more than 40 pounds, weighing around 192 pounds now, and 27-28% body fat. It's a scale that gives me these numbers, so I don't know how much it's accurate, but the drop is accurate nether less.
I am looking to drop 20 more pounds, and I'm sure I can do it by just by sticking on my diet and weightlifting every day. A clean loss. But I was curious about DNP so I decided to give it a try, more for the experience than for the necessity.
My pills are dosed 250mg of crystal DNP, but I don't know how reliable is my supplier. Here is my first week:
8 June 250mg morning 8am 191.80 pounds
9 June 250mg morning 8am 192.90 pounds
10 June 250mg morning 8am 192.70 pounds
11 June 250mg morning 8am 192.00 pounds
12 June 250mg morning 8am 193.80 pounds
13 June 500mg split 12 hours 194.90 pounds
14 June 500mg split 12 hours 194.90 pounds
Side effects: Nothing the first 4 days, a little hot from the 5th day, now I'm just wetting a bit my pillow at night, but really not that much. Not sure if hunger increased, my diet didn't change much, I just added 2 cups of fruits daily, really not a big deal. I can still fast 20 hours a day. Gym is harder, I can't maintain my sets, after 20min I don't have much energy left. Still can do a full hour, but after each set I feel dizzy for 20 seconds.
I'm disappointed not seeing any weight loss, I understand the water retention can mask the fat loss, so let's see how it goes in a week or two.
Today will be my 3rd day at 500mg and side effects so far are minimum. Maybe I have a high tolerance, maybe my batch is weak or under-dosed. I will move up to 750mg tomorrow, split doses 6am, 2pm and 10pm. I don't know how long I will do this run, 3 pills/day will be my maximum limit to stay safe, so it will depends on the side effects I guess.
Any thoughts?
I found so much information in this forum that I thought it would be fair to share back my first run. I'm 55 years old, 5.90 feet. Has never done any sport, fitness or cardio in my life, and 6 months ago found myself pre-diabetic, 35% body fat, 236 pounds weight. So I changed my diet, went through keto, low carbs, intermittent fasting, omad, and now around 800-1000 calories deficit 7/7days. And of course I started hitting the gym after a few months walking fast pace five miles every day. I dropped more than 40 pounds, weighing around 192 pounds now, and 27-28% body fat. It's a scale that gives me these numbers, so I don't know how much it's accurate, but the drop is accurate nether less.
I am looking to drop 20 more pounds, and I'm sure I can do it by just by sticking on my diet and weightlifting every day. A clean loss. But I was curious about DNP so I decided to give it a try, more for the experience than for the necessity.
My pills are dosed 250mg of crystal DNP, but I don't know how reliable is my supplier. Here is my first week:
8 June 250mg morning 8am 191.80 pounds
9 June 250mg morning 8am 192.90 pounds
10 June 250mg morning 8am 192.70 pounds
11 June 250mg morning 8am 192.00 pounds
12 June 250mg morning 8am 193.80 pounds
13 June 500mg split 12 hours 194.90 pounds
14 June 500mg split 12 hours 194.90 pounds
Side effects: Nothing the first 4 days, a little hot from the 5th day, now I'm just wetting a bit my pillow at night, but really not that much. Not sure if hunger increased, my diet didn't change much, I just added 2 cups of fruits daily, really not a big deal. I can still fast 20 hours a day. Gym is harder, I can't maintain my sets, after 20min I don't have much energy left. Still can do a full hour, but after each set I feel dizzy for 20 seconds.
I'm disappointed not seeing any weight loss, I understand the water retention can mask the fat loss, so let's see how it goes in a week or two.
Today will be my 3rd day at 500mg and side effects so far are minimum. Maybe I have a high tolerance, maybe my batch is weak or under-dosed. I will move up to 750mg tomorrow, split doses 6am, 2pm and 10pm. I don't know how long I will do this run, 3 pills/day will be my maximum limit to stay safe, so it will depends on the side effects I guess.
Any thoughts?