I posted a review a couple weeks ago as I was tapering off Thyrotabs. I'm doing the final writeup now. It's pretty similar to the previous one, but this one has final numbers and pictures.
This review is of a stack of Thyrotabs, Cytolean, and SizeON.
Stats
Starting
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 218lbs
Waist Measurement (taken at belly button): 40"
5 weeks:
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 207lbs
Waist Measurement: 36.5"
I don't have BF calipers, so I don't know what my bf is. You can look at pics though. Any guesses for before and after?
Diet
Daily Calories: ~2500
Fat: ~60g-75g
Carbs: ~100-150g
Protein: ~200g-275g
The numbers varied each day, but always added up to 2500 calories. Some days were more carbs, other days less (depending on obligations).
For the first week, I had to take a somewhat unexpected trip down south. As a result, I didn't eat as well as I should have. This was also about a week into the stack. During this time though, my weight didn't rise, even though I really thought it would. I went down there at 218 and came home at 218. This was after eating southern fried foods (which are delicious). This past weekend, I had to help a friend move across the state. As a result, I didn't eat as well as I had hoped.
Typical day consisted of:
Breakfast: Eggbeaters with grated cheese, hot sauce
Snack: Almonds, or PB, or protein shake
Lunch: 7oz grilled chicken, hot sauce, green beans
Snack: chicken breast, some peanut butter
Pre-workout: ON whey + milk (water makes me sick with it)
During workout: SizeON
After-workout: whey + pb + oats + milk
Dinner: chicken breast, green beans
Before bed: ISS Matrix Casein
Friday nights I had a cheat meal. I also would have a few beers. No drinking other than a few (1 or 2), one night a week.
Training
I have been following Rippetoes.
Workout A: Squat, Bench, Deadlift
Workout B: Squat, Standing Press, Pendly Rows
With dips on Mon, Wed, Abs on Mon, and Barbell Curls and Tricep pushdowns on Friday.
I also do HIIT running on Wed, Sat, Sun morning before breakfast. I also play Soccer with friends on Tuesday evenings.
Supplements
Gaspari Thyrotabs
Gaspari Cytolean
Gaspari SizeON Grape
ON Gold Standard Whey Protein
Fish Oil
generic Multi Vitamin
generic joint formula (Glucosamine, Condroitin, MSM)
Dosing
Day 1: 2 (it should have been 1, but I screwed up. my fault).
Day 2-3: 1 tab. Took half a tab twice per day.
Day 4-8: 2 tabs. 1 taken upon waking, the other 8 hours later. 2 Cytolean on waking, a third 8 hours later
Day 8-22: 3 tabs. 1 taken upon waking, the others spaced 5 hours apart. 2 cytolean on waking, a third 8 hours later
Day 22-now: 2 tabs. 1 taken up waking, then 8 hours later. 2 cytolean on waking, 2 more 8 hours later.
Review
Overall: I really liked this stack. I saw noticeable reduction in fat. My waist size dropped over 2 inches (I think when I measured this morning, I was really bloated from very high sodium intake this weekend). I also have noticed a real drop in fat around my chin and neck. My jawline is much more defined.
Just a side note, one thing I really liked about the Thyrotabs was that it came in individual sleeves (same thing that some OTC drugs are sold like, no idea what it's called). I was able to take a sheet of pills into work, without having to carry around loose pills.
I think most of the weight loss was in fat, as all my muscles are much more defined and pronounced. I have not lost muscle size anywhere, and in some spots (bis/tris, quads) have seen a definite size increase.
My gf has commented a couple times about my fat loss. She sees it mostly in the hip area (the V around the stomach and hips). A couple times she has mentioned that it is much more defined now.
I have gone from wearing an XL dress shirt to feeling comfortable in a M (with the exception of arms. the sleeves are tight due to arm size). I have also gone from 36" pants being a little tight to 34" pants (quads are tight in them though).
Fat loss: Very noticeable (see above).
Hunger: There were times when first starting the stack and then about a week into 3 tabs that I was very hungry all day long. The cytolean helped some with appetite suppression. I noticed on days when I didn't take cytolean I was much more hungry than usual. Usually in the evening, the hunger pains were pretty mild. It was mostly after lunch, seeing all my co-workers eating junk food, that the hunger pains were worst.
Cons: Price. I had to buy the stack from VS, since I was getting ready to go out of town for a while. Buy it from bb.com and it's much cheaper. Unfortunately if I had done that, I would have lost about 2 weeks and thus everything would be thrown off (I'm trying to time things specifically for a 2 week window around Christmas).
I don't think the Cytolean was as good as I had hoped. It did help with the appetite suppression, and the energy levels were decent, but I had higher hope for it.
The SizeON was a really good creatine. I didn't notice any bloating with it. It has a good taste. I sometimes forgot to take it on off days, just because I need 32oz of water with it, it was kind of a pain to drink that much before bed. I should have taken it to work with me.
My final thoughts: I liked the stack. Price is a bit expensive, but you can get it for cheaper.
If your diet and training is in check, you will see noticeable fat loss.
Now for the pictures:
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