nolva will not make you lose water, taking AI will. In my case nolva did affect my strength-i was paranoid about gyno for no reason so i was taking it at 20mg a day and i noticed that i felt not motivated in gym, kind of like you would hit weight when on hangover...I stopped taking nolva and got my motivation back and notice making prognoses every week (around week 3 i started getting stronger). when i took HCG ( last two weeks of my cycle) i got symptoms (achy nips)10 days of nolva took care of it. IMOP do not introduce any additional serms or AI if it is absolutely necessary. You will get best result if you run test alone without help of serms or ais ( semrs for pct ais on cycle if needed) . You should know serms are for PCT not on cycle support unless you are getting sides....If you want to control bloat your best bet is to use aromasin ( stay away from research labs liquid forms of ai, get the real deal in a pill form) just go easy on it, you still need estrogen to get big and strong and you dont want problems in your libido department. Diet- keep it clean low on sodium, stay away from salty foods that will help a bit with water retention. Drink lots of water.