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BlondeMomma1121
I had a baby (after 25 hours of labor they finally did a c section) 8 months ago.
Before I got pregnant, I was super active, did lots of cardio and 2 Ironman 70.3 races, lifted weights daily, did 2 cycles of var, I was in great shape. Looked and felt like a million bucks. I quit lifting pretty early into pregnancy bc I was super weak and tired and nauseous, and I quit running when I was around 5 months pregnant. As previously mentioned, my son is currently 8 months old, so that time plus 4 months means I haven’t really run in about a year, and haven’t really lifted in a couple months longer than that.
The time off a super strict regimen plus all those hormones plus pregnancy cravings, and I plumped up. I’m super unhappy about it. I look and feel gross and having a baby and no time to pretty myself up makes it worse. lol. Baby’s daddy is a Marine and is deployed so I have been mostly a full time stay at home mom until now, but I’m back in a job and have just started working out. I started slowly jogging last week. 3 miles, 4 days. I’m slow as hell but at least I’m doing it. I know the speed will come back if I keep putting in the miles.
My body is so soft right now and really want to get back into lifting. I have worked out a few days but am discouraged by how weak I am these days. I still have muscles and they are begging me to get big again. I miss being big and strong and muscular. I miss how it all feels, not just the way I looked. I am going through withdrawals of the feeling of a good steroidy muscle pump. The kind Arnold was talking about when he said pumping is like cumming.
So my question is how long do I have to wait before I can do another cycle of var? I’m 32 years old, healthy, no longer breastfeeding, and I’m on Birth Control. I know there are no shortcuts and it took me a year to get here and it’s going to take time to get me back, but I just feel so gross. I have heard that the general rule is one year of hardcore training and good diet before you start an anabolic steroid, but I have done 2 cycles in the not that distant past if that makes a difference. I just wanna get back on var NOW!