Newb here, how do you not gain weight in trt?

[Jbryand101b]

Hello everyone. So I’ve joined this forum in hopes of getting some help on not putting on water weight from test.

I’m currently injecting 120mg test E each week and every time I start, my weight shoots up around 10lbs from water retention.

How does one stop this without crushing estrogen?
More potassium?

I’d really like to be able to stay on trt without that extra 10lbs.

 

[Systemlord]

How does one stop this without crushing estrogen?

Water weight gain when first starting on TRT is actually very common and in most cases resolves itself after one to three months.

You’re making an assumption that your weight gain on TRT is estrogen related and I can assure you it’s not. Estrogen decreases fat mass and increases muscle mass.

Women during menopause, see a significant reduction in estrogen and an increase in weight gain.

I took an AI on TRT once and crashed my estrogen levels for a period of two weeks. I had accumulated a lot of belly fat that seem to come out of nowhere.

Your weight gain on TRT is from testosterone induced sodium retention via the kidneys, testosterone, which tells the kidneys to hold onto more sodium and sodium carries water.

Decreasing your testosterone dose or injecting smaller doses, more frequently may remedy your issue.

Vitamin D lowers estrogen, vitamin C and DHEA increases estrogen, calcium decreases estrogen.

When I was over supplementing vitamin D (absorbs calcium,) I was getting hot flashes because vitamin D and calcium both lower estrogen.

 

[Jbryand101b]

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction

 

[Systemlord]

You could also switch to testosterone enanthate instead of cypionate as bodybuilders over the years have used this to decrease water retention.

 

[Melody68]

Hello everyone. So I’ve joined this forum in hopes of getting some help on not putting on water weight from test.

I’m currently injecting 120mg test E each week and every time I start, my weight shoots up around 10lbs from water retention.

How does one stop this without crushing estrogen?
More potassium?

I’d really like to be able to stay on trt without that extra 10lbs.

I started Test E 4 months ago; don't worry about the water weight, it won't last long. In my case it was gone in a couple months. Systemlord is correct when he says smaller doses injected more frequently could help. I like to inject in the morning, so rather than inject twice a week in morning/evening, I inject every 4th morning (easy to do, marked on the calendar). Right now I'm taking a total 80mgs/week; 120mg sounds a bit high to begin with. I believe one of the most important tenets of this forum is that "less is more" ie, more T is not necessarily better.

 

[Jbryand101b]

I started Test E 4 months ago; don't worry about the water weight, it won't last long. In my case it was gone in a couple months. Systemlord is correct when he says smaller doses injected more frequently could help. I like to inject in the morning, so rather than inject twice a week in morning/evening, I inject every 4th morning (easy to do, marked on the calendar). Right now I'm taking a total 80mgs/week; 120mg sounds a bit high to begin with. I believe one of the most important tenets of this forum is that "less is more" ie, more T is not necessarily better.

I’ll go down. I started at 1/2 a cc cause when I was going to am office for injections that’s what they were doing.

 

[Guided_by_Voices]

What is the issue the water weight is causing? Is climbing your sport or do you compete in a weight class sport? If you were low in salt/sodium and T causes you to retain it, that would be a good thing and suggests you need more salt in your diet. It is hard to give advice without knowing what practical issue you are trying to resolve. Creatine is known to cause water retention however there is more evidence all the time that it is a must-have supplement (search for the examine.com research summary on it posted by Nelson IIRC) so water retention is not necessarily bad assuming a dangerous blood pressure increase does not come with it.

 

[Jbryand101b]

I’m an endurance athlete, being lighter is going to be better.