Rome,
I posted my original post to put my ass out there to hear other's opinions and I appreciate the kick in the ass. Even if it's not what I want to hear its what I need to hear. I work in medical field and push PT 8 hours a day. I agree you have to hold yourself accountable and it is empowering to make changes by your own will. I have gone from meat and potato diet in the twenties to nearly vegan in late twenties to now adding meat daily into my diet. The change is something I need to work on. And yes, I think I underestimate my diet cheating. Weekend inconsistency and over eating in general. I have written my diet down yesterday and plan to continue. I do this with my workouts and sleep/injury log so why not the diet too.
Pretty much cutting the coffee to sips here and there when tired at work, eating correctly for a couple days, slight increase or arimidex, drinking water and hitting the cardio the past two days nearly eliminated the swelling to nearly noticeable. I probably didn't need to up the arimidex but did slightly, more mental than anything.
And I don't want to be thought as of taking AAS to compensate. I truly feel as though a person should eliminate all limiting factors of healthy muscle growth prior to considering AAS. You know I bought my cycle a year ago and haven't touched it until now as I wanted to wait until I was ready and consistent with everything else, diet, training and sleep. I also chose to use trt dose and creep up as apposed to hitting 500mg/week immediately. I do recognize my habits are away from where I want and my ankles swelling was at testament to that. I messed up I guess. I'm glad to be pointed on the right direction. Really. And I'm glad I posted to begin with.
Yes, move this to the newbie section. I was originally going to post it there but posts there get much less replies. I got you to reply didn't I? And maybe that's what I needed. Heck, Mike Arnold also tore into me. How many can say that?