My best advice would be try to eat something healthy that mimics the junk food you want like a quest bar maybe, and if that doesn't work focus on your end goal and don't give into your food cravings. It seems like you have perservered through alot of hard stuff so I know you definetely have it in you to overcome your cravings for junk food. How is your acne doing just out of curiosity? I remember you saying you got it pretty bad with certain compounds. I'm getting acne from my TRT dose any advice? I just figured I would ask about the acne cause that seems like a decent cycle and that you may have some good knowledge about how to combat acne if you can run a cycle like that with minimal to no acne.
What's your TRT dosage? My advice would be the usual, stick to long estered Testosterone, either Enanthate or Cypionate. Logically, or what makes more sense to me, the longer the ester, the better. Why do I think so? Because over a long period of time of being consistent and frequent with your injections, you could achieve very stable blood levels. Initially, when you present a new compound, or when you change a dosage (whether you increase it or lower it), you will or could experience some acne in the first 4-6 weeks, which is normal and to be expected, till you get stable blood levels. Afterwards, you should have no issues.
If you shoot up 150mg a week for example, idially I would split my injections 3 times a week. So 50mg on Monday, on Wednesday and Friday. If that's too many injections for you for the sake of such a small Testosterone dose, you could do Monday and Thursday. However, 3 times a week helps a lot I find for me. Once a week will definitely cause break outs if you are prone to it, even if you are shooting up longer estered EQ. So ideally 2-3 injections per week.
That being said, I personally use Aromasin because I find it is the easiest AI to dose and control. It's hard to crash your estrogen on it, and it becomes more effective the longer you use it. If you know you are prone to high estrogen, I would always include an AI whether blasting or cruising. Some people's body are just bad and suck at regulating estrogen. They convert too much Testosterone to E2 and causes issues such as oily skin and acne. Usually Aromasin should be used everyday, but if you find that an every other day dosage is working for you, than that's great. Aromasin is the easiest AI IMO to find your desired dose. It's just more friendly. Also taking it everyday just keeps things easier to track, more consistent with your body, and less fluctuations. Sometimes I feel that if I take my AI too far apart, estrogen fluctuations can affect me negatively. I take my Asin before bed as it makes people drowsy.
If you are using other compounds on TRT or during your cruise such as low dose deca, I would still try and use Cabergoline as Prolactin can raise problems as well.
Keeping very androgenic compounds low, or away from my cycle is my key to keeping less oily and acne prone skin. DHT is the main culprit to acne. Just causes too much oil production (oil glands produce more oil) and P. Bacterias to live there and cause infected zits. Bacterias live in oil, it's easy as that, and the white accumulation you see inside your zits, that's your white blood cells accumulating in one area trying to fight off the bad bacterias. So anything that converts to alot of estrogen, or that is very androgenic, will raise the chances of getting acne. This is why I always try to be smart about my cycles and not touch compounds that are useless to growth, and that will cause me expected complications in the future. Also using sane steroid dises rather than useless high doses, mainly on harsh androgens, will reduce those chances by alot.
For carbohydrates, they cause inflammation in your body and that is a known fact. So try to be very carful on your carbohydrate intake as excessive amounts will cause excessive inflammation. Mainly if you're eating simple carbs/sugars. I keep my simple carbs/sugars immediately after waking up, intra and post-workout.
I use specific body washes that have anti-bacterial properties as those help to keep bad bacterias living on your skin at bay. Benzoyl Peroxide is an extra as it helps to reduce oil production on your skin by drying it out a little. Start with low Benzoyl Peroxide % if you start using it to get your skin use to it, and slowly ramp up if you need more. Too much will cause your skin to dry too much and try to compensate by producing more oil. That could worsen things for you. I like using soft loofash, don't scrub like you are in war with your skin, but apply enough pressure to get dead skin cells off your skin. I loofash my back/shoulders/traps/chest and apply some on my face and scalp as well. I personally shower once in the morning after waking up and eating breakfast, and once postworkout. I wash my body both times using my special washes. I like Trisan and Benzac W.
Make sure you don't keep using the same towel and bed sheets/pillow case too often. Use clean clothes, and make sure you use detergents that don't make your skin sensitive when you wear your clothes. If you apply perfume, don't spray it everywhere on your body, you should look up online how to properly wear cologne, there are spots on the body where acne doesn't form where you can spray them.
I like staying cold, i open the window at night to prevent myself from sweating and being too hot at night, allow my skin to breath shirtless.
Keep away from too many chemicals, sodas, meats with hormones (organic is your best bet, anything you can get organic is better), and really fatty meats/cheeses/foods that have really bad sorts of fats (trans fats mainly). Sticking to the healthy fats will be so much better and more beneficial on your skin and other things in general.
Low dose of growth hormone has helped me to keep smooth skin. When i go too high on the dose, over 5units, i start breaking out because my body starts producing alot of IGF-1 and that also causes acne. So everything in moderation. I use generics, so pharmaceutical grade is better for you, cleaner. Anything pharmaceutical you are guaranteed to be putting in your body something clean and 100% what it says it is. SERMs such as Raloxfine give me acne when blast or cruising. Ran it fir 6 months at 60mg a day to try and reduce my gyno, when i took it out, my skin got better.
Keeping your liver healthy, is really important as it cleans your blood from toxins. I personally don't do it, and only do on orals, but a natural liver support everyday year round such as LiverCare (Liv.52) is amazing for you 2-3x a day. On orals I would add TUDCA and leave TUDCA in after the done using the oral for the same duration you used it. Helps get your liver back to healthy and to prevent issues quickly.
Supplements I take are Omega3s, Multivitamins, Vitamin D3, Calcium Complex in the morning and these are all organic. At night before bed after my last meal, I will take Magnesium and Zinc. You could add 1 LiverCare pill in the morning and at night. If you run an oral, you could do 3 pills, and add 300mg TUDCA in the morning and at night.
If you get bad breakouts, antibiotics are a quick fix to help keep acne under control, but make sure to stop what is causing the acne, because if you don't, when you have to stop your antibiotic course, the acne will come running back to you. I would take BioK Probiotics with any antibiotic that kills healthy bacterias in your stomach, as you need them and are essential to you. Organic yogurts have lots of probiotics too, having a cup in the morning and at night is good.
Keeping your stress levels low is really important too. Maybe taking Epsam Salt Baths once a week in warm water can help dry and exfoliate and release toxins from your skin and even assist in recovery. I use scented ones with eucalyptus, jasmin or citrus.
Basically less drugs you use, the less complications you will run in. Keep androgenic compounds low to moderate if you have to use them. Keep frequent injections for stable blood levels. Take your AI (and PA such as Cabergoline if you need to). Don't eat excessive carbs you don't need. Use special body washes and whatever information you retained and seemed interesting to you apply it. These are all easy tasks, and form into a habbit.
Anabolic compounds is what I mainly want now. I don't grow as well without compounds that aromatise such as Testosterone or Dianabol. Anadrol itself is doing a good job now, I will run it at moderate doses for 4-6 weeks, I am getting great results so far. Deca is amazing, low androgenic ratio, doesn't aromatise too much, 20% as much as Testosterone if I remember well. You can achieve very stable levels with it after 6 weeks of frequent weekly injections. NPP or short estered compounds easily cause acne for me as they peak so fast in the blood and fluctuate alot for me personally. If I use moderate doses of short esters I find I can manage well. EQ also I find it to be a good compound as it only aromatises half as much as Testosterone and is mild itself. When I absolutely need to use higher doses of Testosterone, I make sure I do frequent injections, I take my AI regularly, and that I don't go over what I need in dosage. If you know you are prone to acne, why harm yourself with high doses when you can achieve funner and good consistent results without being annoyed of sides effects.
With orals for me, the key is to keep my blood levels stable as these are devil compounds and cause strong fluctuations.
Making sure you take well deserved breaks for your body to let it recover and become healthy again. Crusing is important. Going blasting for months on end none stop is simply a way to call out on problems, so don't forget to give your body a break. Stop all drugs and only keep the ones you need for proper function. Let your body detoxify. You could do it with your diet as well, reducing proteins im general and food intake which gives your kidneys a break as well. This will only prime you by making you feel much better mentally and physically allowing you to get better gains next time you blast will less to no side effects. Also, donating blood when one steroids, it's a healthy thing to do, and you will feel much better the next day.
Apart of that keep your dirty hands away from your face and body, and don't pick at your pimples. Keep hydrated, water is the body's best detoxifier and cleanser!
This is whatever I could think from the top of my head! If you have anything you want to ask me go ahead. If those don't solve your issue, you can low dose accutane and everything will be solved easily. I know alot about this drug and could tell you more about it if you want. Cheers!
