JimmiRyd3r
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I am in my early 40's, have been having minor peri-menopausal symptoms here and there for just over 3 years: brain fog, difficulty recalling info, difficult remembering new info, some shift in the menstrual cycle, hot flash once, skin becoming looser, and the most certain thing, fat gain in the belly. Basically, getting old.
I am on a keto diet, the overall weight I can keep to comfortably is between 53kg - 57kg (116 - 125 lbs), at my 5 ft 1 frame, at about 22-25% body fat.
With the help of some 11-KT (11-Ketotestosterone) most of that peri-menopausal symptoms were eliminated. I had been training 3x a week with stable results, but since last October I no longer have access to a gym or a club, and the fat has increased with my body weight at to 61kg (134 lbs) and despite being on a ketogenic diet, training on my own has not been the same as training in a club. At my height, I plain hated being a fat runt.
Drastic times calls for drastic measures, so I trawled the internet for information on fat loss strategies: watched what videos there are on youtube, gauged users' experiences and their dosages and course durations etc. I have in the past tried thermogenics without success, calorie restriction, upping my fibre intake, drinking more water, going vegan... nope, none of that really worked.
I have no access to clenbuterol or all the components for the ECA stack, and as my family is prone to high blood pressure, I want to stay away from stimulants. I am training and eating keto, what then?
My options are getting narrower, so I plucked up the courage and ordered some heavy duty diet pills online. Yes, this is the yellow stuff that pretty much everyone advice against: the poison, the weed killer, the oxydative phosphorylation uncoupler, the one that can cause death. Yes, I bought DNP. AND NOW I ALSO SEE WHY IT HAS A REPUTATION.
Two dots that I did not join whilst I was reading up on this stuff was the reported tachycardia (on formal, non-broscience webpages, but uncommon on forums), and how ATP is not made.
Knowing how some people have not had good experiences (dying of hyperthermia) with this substance, I took a proportionally smaller dose. Big dudes at approximately 200lbs take 200-250mg as a sensible dose, so, 50mg first dose for me, if all goes well, up it by another 50mg to a daily total of 100mg. That ought to be safe, right?
Day 1: At 50mg I felt fine. No heat, no side effects. So 5 hours later I took the extra 50mg. Still no heat, the heart was beating a little harder, feeling pretty run down like I had flu brewing. And I do have a not-insignificant sore throat after a visit to a bar to celebrate a friend's birthday. I drank only water. No caffeine, no stimulants, no alcohol.
Day 2: At 50mg, all is well. Again, about 5 hours later I took another 50mg. Same side effects - heart beating harder, not faster, and feeling run down, tired.
Day 3: Reconsidering dosage
"Everyone's different" - this has been said so many times and I can only emphasise this again. The same training volume plus ketogenic diet together were no longer keeping my weight down at my age. Using DNP as a temporary aid to re-set my body fat set point is my choice after a lot of consideration. DNP is no joke. 100mg per day is the very maximum that for my height and weight I am prepared to take, and even that is questionable as I can feel my heart beating harder in my chest. I hope that the sharing of my experience adds to the information out there on the internet.
I am on a keto diet, the overall weight I can keep to comfortably is between 53kg - 57kg (116 - 125 lbs), at my 5 ft 1 frame, at about 22-25% body fat.
With the help of some 11-KT (11-Ketotestosterone) most of that peri-menopausal symptoms were eliminated. I had been training 3x a week with stable results, but since last October I no longer have access to a gym or a club, and the fat has increased with my body weight at to 61kg (134 lbs) and despite being on a ketogenic diet, training on my own has not been the same as training in a club. At my height, I plain hated being a fat runt.
Drastic times calls for drastic measures, so I trawled the internet for information on fat loss strategies: watched what videos there are on youtube, gauged users' experiences and their dosages and course durations etc. I have in the past tried thermogenics without success, calorie restriction, upping my fibre intake, drinking more water, going vegan... nope, none of that really worked.
I have no access to clenbuterol or all the components for the ECA stack, and as my family is prone to high blood pressure, I want to stay away from stimulants. I am training and eating keto, what then?
My options are getting narrower, so I plucked up the courage and ordered some heavy duty diet pills online. Yes, this is the yellow stuff that pretty much everyone advice against: the poison, the weed killer, the oxydative phosphorylation uncoupler, the one that can cause death. Yes, I bought DNP. AND NOW I ALSO SEE WHY IT HAS A REPUTATION.
Two dots that I did not join whilst I was reading up on this stuff was the reported tachycardia (on formal, non-broscience webpages, but uncommon on forums), and how ATP is not made.
Knowing how some people have not had good experiences (dying of hyperthermia) with this substance, I took a proportionally smaller dose. Big dudes at approximately 200lbs take 200-250mg as a sensible dose, so, 50mg first dose for me, if all goes well, up it by another 50mg to a daily total of 100mg. That ought to be safe, right?
Day 1: At 50mg I felt fine. No heat, no side effects. So 5 hours later I took the extra 50mg. Still no heat, the heart was beating a little harder, feeling pretty run down like I had flu brewing. And I do have a not-insignificant sore throat after a visit to a bar to celebrate a friend's birthday. I drank only water. No caffeine, no stimulants, no alcohol.
Day 2: At 50mg, all is well. Again, about 5 hours later I took another 50mg. Same side effects - heart beating harder, not faster, and feeling run down, tired.
Day 3: Reconsidering dosage
"Everyone's different" - this has been said so many times and I can only emphasise this again. The same training volume plus ketogenic diet together were no longer keeping my weight down at my age. Using DNP as a temporary aid to re-set my body fat set point is my choice after a lot of consideration. DNP is no joke. 100mg per day is the very maximum that for my height and weight I am prepared to take, and even that is questionable as I can feel my heart beating harder in my chest. I hope that the sharing of my experience adds to the information out there on the internet.
