How long

[austinite]

should one stay away from soda to help combat water retention?

One should stay away from Soda, period.

[Beastunleashed]

One should stay away from Soda, period.

Well said...

Iv just come off a 16 week cycle of Test E and it took about 4-5 week to kick in. If this is your first first cycle, don't think of the steroid of being like a pre-workout where you get all wired within 30 min. Day by day your mood, confidence, and strength will change.

Mentally I did not feel any different. Other then looking forward to smashing the iron in the gym, getting a comments of looking bigger, the comments after leg pressing 20 plates: " holy shit, I cant believe you did that" " that was impressive" etc. I think those kind of things change your frame of mind. I could be wrong but I don't think anything different happens in your brain.