Quote Originally Posted by 1bigun11 View Post
Many "experts" will tell you that you have to lose the fat before you can start your cycle. I think if I would have tried that I would have gave up. I think I would have lost a ton of size and strength while I dieted down, would have had a ton of lose skin, and so forth. I also think psychologically it would have been hard on me, like you said, turning into a little skinny jerk off when I was used to being the biggest one in the bar (even if I wasnt in the best shape).

My "secret" is that I ignored the experts and jumped in the deep end right from the start. I stayed big (even got bigger) while gradually losing the fat. I wish that the Myth about having to lose all the fat first would just go away.

That's just my 2 cents. By the way, thanks for the encopuragement!
I guess the next obvious question then is were you into lifting/bodybuilding previously, before you got out of shape? Did you already have a good muscle base and just put on alot of fat on top of it? My guess is yes, because I couldn't imagine somebody putting on that amount of meat over the course of 16 months when starting from scratch.

I hear you about the bodyfat situation; i'm currently on my first cycle and was worried that my bodyfat is too high (16% or so now) - but seeing your pics and hearing your story is encouraging, so thank YOU for the encouragement!