Will i really lose anything by stopping creatine?

[kvk1]

I'm tight on money at the moment and I want what I have to be spent on food and other essentials.

Now I haven't been off creatine in one form or the other (Mono, CEE...what have you) since I started lifting which was about a year or two ago.

Am I to expect drastic decreases in strength and endurance as people are making it out to be or will I be fine without it?

[DinoT1985]

You'll lose water weight and thats about it. You might lose a bit of strength but nothing much.

Could you spare $15 for 200 days worth?
http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/sd/creatine.html

[nutsy54]

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=100831

[kvk1]

Yeah, I'm a non-responder to mono. Otherwise I'd gladly use it as it's very cheap. The thing is I know i won't be stopping forever, just for around a month to get my finances in order.

I'm just looking for a prediction of what I can expect in that month as I'm sure somebody else around here must've been in the same situation where for some reason they had to stop creatine use for a small amount of time.

[kvk1]

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=100831

You know what...I figured. Haven't made a thread in a while and "search, noob" struck me after I hit post thread.

Thanks chief.

[triplewhammy]

It may be good for you to take a bit of time off of it anyway to get your own CP stores back up to normal. You will lose slight strength, a bit of water as well.

-triple

[Quimby]

Don't worry. You'll just lose the extra water the creatine made your muscles hold within. It might even prove a good decision, cause when you go on again it will give you a noticable strenght-boost...

[NO HYPE]

Am I to expect drastic decreases in strength and endurance as people are making it out to be

No. There is nothing DRASTIC about the benefits of supplemental creatine.

[Quimby]

No. There is nothing DRASTIC about the benefits of supplemental creatine.

True. But some will never realize...

[nutsy54]

You know what...I figured. Haven't made a thread in a while and "search, noob" struck me after I hit post thread.

No problem. . . If you had One question, you probably had More And you probably found some info in that thread you didn't even know you were looking for, huh?

[muscle_worker]

Yeah, I'm a non-responder to mono. Otherwise I'd gladly use it as it's very cheap. The thing is I know i won't be stopping forever, just for around a month to get my finances in order...

Thats fine man, but I thought that I would just add that you can find CEE on here for $20 also. About 200 servings or 400 for $36...

Im currently taking it, and its good.
http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/hp/ester.html

[Fatman2967]

beyond a century has it for 11 bucks after shipping

[theonlynick]

Yeah, I'm a non-responder to mono. Otherwise I'd gladly use it as it's very cheap. The thing is I know i won't be stopping forever, just for around a month to get my finances in order.

I'm just looking for a prediction of what I can expect in that month as I'm sure somebody else around here must've been in the same situation where for some reason they had to stop creatine use for a small amount of time.

I'm also a non-responder to most forms of creatine. I took a two month break from the gym to allow my arm to heal, and during that time I stopped taking creatine (which was ON's micronized creatine at 5g/day). I continued on with the rest of my supps (Myo, Anavite, and NOW Ultra Omega 3) while doing nothing but cardio, and once I went back to the gym, I learned that I never lost a drop of strength; only water weight. The only one that works for me is Con-Cret, but I rarely use it due to cost.

[NO HYPE]

beyond a century has it for 11 bucks after shipping

Negged on recharge for bumping sh*tty threads.

[DASBUNKER]

i wonder if op ever used creatine again..

[kvk1]

i wonder if op ever used creatine again..

Yes. + Strong bump.

Reminded me how fucking broke I was in 2007. Thanks for that.