Thanks to jkeithc82 and uhockey for chosing me as a tester for Melting Point and Sesamin combo by Scivation and Designer Supplements.
Product Information
Melting Point assists your fat loss endeavours on multiple levels. Not only will it liberate fat from your fat stores, but it will increase your body's efficiency at burning fat. It does this by increasing both the "mini-furnaces" present in the cell that are responsible for burning fat, and by increasing the fat burning enzymes that assist these furnaces. Lastly, as you probably have surmised, it also increases fat usage by promoting the proteins in the cell responsible for "wasting" energy. On top of these remarkable fat burning effects, it promotes general health by boosting the immune system, improving blood flow, exerting anti-inflammatory effects and promoting healthy cholesterol. Because Melting Point purely promotes fat liberating and fat burning, your hard-earned muscle tissue is spared. The effect Melting Point has can also improve insulin sensitivity, which will create a more anabolic environment for muscle building - particularly during carb loading or refeeding.
Complete product info:
http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/design/melt.htm
Sesamin Sesamin is a lipid and a special fiber that's extracted from harvested sesame plant (Sesamun indicum) oil.
The sesame plant has long been used as a food ingredient. The use of sesame seeds for culinary purposes date back more than 3000 years.
Although sesame seeds have been used for thousands of years to flavor food, the extraction and use of sesamin is a new practice made possible by food processing technology advances.
Sesamin oil is marketed as an all-natural and stimulant-free athletic performance enhancing supplement that builds muscle, burns fat, and improves athletic endurance and exercise performance.
Because sesamin extract use is new, little scientific study to date has substantiated its effectiveness, but existence science suggest that sesamin holds promise as a beneficial, health enhancing ingredient, and that it may help support healthy hormone profile, healthy muscle tone, healthy weight management, and healthy immune system function.
Complete product info:
http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/sv/ses.html
About Me
I have been working out for nearly 12 years now and have ventured into the competitive bodybuilding world almost 4 years ago. Prior to that I lifted 3 to 4 days a week and dabbled in endurance events. I even gave up lifting altogether for a while in order to spend more time on training for ½ marathons. Just as I was preparing to train for a full marathon, I met a competitive bodybuilder who has over 20+ yrs of experience and my entire world has been changed including my body
Currently I am already 12 months into my “off season” and I don’t plan on competing for at least another year. My goals right now are to put on more mass in my upper body while maintaining a fairly low bf% (which has always been a challenge). More specifically I’d like to stay around 15-16%. Being a female who has a meso/endo bodytype, it’s fairly difficult to stay lean despite my clean diet and I’ve noticed that slowly but surely my body is storing more fat. That is why I am looking forward to this supplement combo that will hopefully give me some good results.
My current stats are:
Age: 32
Weight: 128-130
Height: 5’ ½”
BF: 18.1% (Omron method)
Measurements:
Arms: 13”
Chest: 35”
Waist: 27”
Hips: 35 ½”
Thigh: 22 ½”
Calf: 15”
Supplement History
The supplements I take are:
Beverly International Glutamine plus BCAA’s (preworkout) *
Universal Storm Creatine (preworkout) *
Vanadyl Sulfate (pre and post workout)
7-keto (preworkout)
GNC Mega for Women Multivitamins (pm)
Magnesium(pm)*
B-Complex for Stress(pm) *
Total EFA(pm)*
LeanMC by Ergopharm(preworkout)
Protein supplements include:
Beverly Int'l Muscle Provider
Beverly Int'l UMP
ON Whey Natural
*one more brand which I can't list one here
I like to cycle all of my supps and currently I’m only taking the ones marked with an *
Diet
My diet consists of about 1500 calories made up of 60-80gC/170-200gP/30gF. Every 3 or 4 days I have a reefed day that is a 40/40/20 split. I will have a cheat meal a couple times a month but my refeeds are clean foods only usually.
A typical day for me is:
1. oatmeal pancakes w/ berries
2. pwo shake (whey and fruit)
3. chicken breast w/ mixed veggies
4. shake w/ EFA’s
5. turkey breast w/ mixed veggies
6. cottage cheese
A typical reefed day is:
1. oatmeal pancakes and an apple
2. pwo shake w/ yogurt and fruit
3. chicken, brown rice and mixed veggies
4. 2 slices of Ezekiel bread w/ almond butter
5. chicken, brown rice and veggies
Workout
Day 1. Chest/ light biceps and calves
Day2. Back/light hamstrings and abs
Day3. Biceps and Triceps/calves
Day4 Off
Day5. Quads and Abs
Day6. Shoulders/hamstrings and calves
I alternate my weeks between heavy (6-8 reps), moderate(8-12) and light(15+).
Cardio is done 4 days a week 30-40 minutes usually immediately after my training session or on an empty stomach in the morning. I do change my split around depending on how much time I have or what my schedule is like.
I have a workout journal with more pictures and detailed diet and training:
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...06#post9829406
These are very recent pictures just taken last week.
I must go cry in a corner now 
so did a 5th set
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