I'm @ day 28 of my first cycle. Today will be my last day on 30mg d-bol/ed and I've been running BD test-e @ 500mg/ew with the d-bol as well as 20mg lion nolva/ed. I'm planning on running the test for ten weeks with clomid and nolva for pct.

I seem to have stuck with weight gain of about 12 pounds and it looks like good quality mass. I'm bigger and my pants fit better but I haven't put a pond on in about a week. I seem to be stuck but I am eating like a pig with lots of protien. That being said, I'm not too worried about weight, but rather quality gains.

Question 1) People on the board say that it takes between 4-6 weeks for test-e to "kick in." What does that mean and why? I know d-bol is active quickly and probably can attribute my gains so far to that but how will the test-e differ and what am I looking for?

Question 2) Since I started my cycle before I had done enough research, I realise now that I'm not going to get ten 250mg shots out of each 10ml vial (I know why so y'all don't need to answer that one). However, it looks like I will only be able to get about 9 good 250mg sticks which would put my test cycle @ 9 weeks. OR.......I can lower my dose to a little under 500mg/wk and say, run 400mg/wk for ten weeks or drop it further to 350mg/wk or something to that effect. Any advice is GREATLY appreciated.