Just started testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) and gained fat

[prudens]

Just started TRT and gained fat

Hi,


I started testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) last week at 150mg/week, and now I notice my definition is gone... I was at 10% bf, and still around 10% bf, but my definition is totally whack... Is that a sign of estrogen?? I don't have any anti-estrogen pills.

 

[Megatron28]

Bloatedness is a sign of high estrogen. You can't lose all your muscle definition in a week -- even if you were weightless in Earth orbit for a week. Get a lab test for estradiol. Although it is unlikely that it spiked up huge in just one week. Read the testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) stickies for where and what lab test to get.

Maybe you just need to drink more water?

 

[prudens]

Drink more water will make it more bloated won't it? :O

 

[Megatron28]

Gotta flush the estradiol out of your body. 8-P

 

[tiredguy]

could be estrogen, or you're just retaining water. too much salt this week or something?

Hi,


I started testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) last week at 150mg/week, and now I notice my definition is gone... I was at 10% bf, and still around 10% bf, but my definition is totally whack... Is that a sign of estrogen?? I don't have any anti-estrogen pills.

 

[prudens]

Ah, I think the drink more water thing worked!!! Gonna get my estrogen checked anyways next week. What tests should I be doing other than estrodiol?

 

[Megatron28]

Ah, I think the drink more water thing worked!!! Gonna get my estrogen checked anyways next week. What tests should I be doing other than estrodiol?

And you were giving me shit over that advice!!! Noobs...