18-09-2011, 23:43
Isabelle,
I hope SP works out for you! It seems to be working well as an anti-androgen for me so far. I sometimes get one of those deep, huge, painful red pimples on my chin at the time I ovulate (does that mean that my estrogen is too high at the time of ovulation?) and it started to happen this cycle. Fortunately it never got bad at all and went away very quickly. That's never happened before... Usually once they start, they don't hold back and end up getting really big and typically take a couple weeks to fully go away. This time there was just some minor soreness and it was completely gone within a few days. Also, that whisker-like hair I sometimes get under my chin has not come back at all this cycle. So, so far so good. I'm just making sure I keep a close eye on the potential cellulite issue!
Onto my two-week update...
Above - 30" (+ 3/4"!)
Fullest - 30 1/2" (+ 1/4")
Below - 26"
Waist and hips are the same as original measurements
Weight - 89lbs (yay!)
I was starting to get very discouraged at the fact that I was feeling all these things going on in my breasts but had no soreness or any signs of fullness. As I posted in my response to Isabelle, I woke up one morning early in the week to discover it seemed that I was getting a deep, painful pimple on my chin. At that point I was ready to give up but I thought I would wean myself off the herbs while taking maca to balance me out and take a break for a while. I found that after taking just one maca (525mg) I began experiencing crazy tingling. It was a tingling feeling different from the tingling I get from the other herbs. I could tell that the pimple was actually not going to be bad at all so I decided to continue with my regular program and begin taking maca regularly with it. After just two days of that, I started noticing my nipples were very sore and sensitive and I had very slight tenderness in my breasts. Now I have some pretty decent soreness going and noticeable fullness. I've also experienced a 3/4" increase in my above measurement and 1/4" increase in my bust measurement. I'm fitting into my bras almost as well as I did while on birth control, but they don't look as nice and full as they did while on bcp. Still though, I'll gladly take what I can get! I'm now taking 2 maca caps for a total of 1050mg per day and plan to add one more in a few days.
I'm planning on adding in a protein shake every day. I ran out of my collagen tablets early in the week and am reordering some from vitaminshoppe.com tonight. I kind of have to wonder if it's helping with NBE at all but it seems to be helping my hair and nails, so I will keep taking it. I'm also toying with the idea of cycling SP and WY using the program Wahaika posted on his site. I will either do that or just take it all throughout my entire cycle. Since I'm getting so much other stuff in WU I'm not sure if it would really make sense for me to cycle anything. I've also decided that I'm going to begin Noogling again and just fit it in while I can, making sure to at least to it once a day. It may not be enough to make a difference in size, but I feel it will at least help improve the shape. And last but not least, for most of my 2nd week I've only been taking 4 WU tabs per day. This was mainly because I had to ration what I had left until my new order arrives, but it seems to be doing well for me anyway. I will add the 5th one back in once my new bottle arrives. I also ordered a bottle of the WU massage cream. I don't really know whether it "works" or not but I know I grew the most last time while I was using it.
I hope SP works out for you! It seems to be working well as an anti-androgen for me so far. I sometimes get one of those deep, huge, painful red pimples on my chin at the time I ovulate (does that mean that my estrogen is too high at the time of ovulation?) and it started to happen this cycle. Fortunately it never got bad at all and went away very quickly. That's never happened before... Usually once they start, they don't hold back and end up getting really big and typically take a couple weeks to fully go away. This time there was just some minor soreness and it was completely gone within a few days. Also, that whisker-like hair I sometimes get under my chin has not come back at all this cycle. So, so far so good. I'm just making sure I keep a close eye on the potential cellulite issue!
Onto my two-week update...
Above - 30" (+ 3/4"!)
Fullest - 30 1/2" (+ 1/4")
Below - 26"
Waist and hips are the same as original measurements
Weight - 89lbs (yay!)
I was starting to get very discouraged at the fact that I was feeling all these things going on in my breasts but had no soreness or any signs of fullness. As I posted in my response to Isabelle, I woke up one morning early in the week to discover it seemed that I was getting a deep, painful pimple on my chin. At that point I was ready to give up but I thought I would wean myself off the herbs while taking maca to balance me out and take a break for a while. I found that after taking just one maca (525mg) I began experiencing crazy tingling. It was a tingling feeling different from the tingling I get from the other herbs. I could tell that the pimple was actually not going to be bad at all so I decided to continue with my regular program and begin taking maca regularly with it. After just two days of that, I started noticing my nipples were very sore and sensitive and I had very slight tenderness in my breasts. Now I have some pretty decent soreness going and noticeable fullness. I've also experienced a 3/4" increase in my above measurement and 1/4" increase in my bust measurement. I'm fitting into my bras almost as well as I did while on birth control, but they don't look as nice and full as they did while on bcp. Still though, I'll gladly take what I can get! I'm now taking 2 maca caps for a total of 1050mg per day and plan to add one more in a few days.
I'm planning on adding in a protein shake every day. I ran out of my collagen tablets early in the week and am reordering some from vitaminshoppe.com tonight. I kind of have to wonder if it's helping with NBE at all but it seems to be helping my hair and nails, so I will keep taking it. I'm also toying with the idea of cycling SP and WY using the program Wahaika posted on his site. I will either do that or just take it all throughout my entire cycle. Since I'm getting so much other stuff in WU I'm not sure if it would really make sense for me to cycle anything. I've also decided that I'm going to begin Noogling again and just fit it in while I can, making sure to at least to it once a day. It may not be enough to make a difference in size, but I feel it will at least help improve the shape. And last but not least, for most of my 2nd week I've only been taking 4 WU tabs per day. This was mainly because I had to ration what I had left until my new order arrives, but it seems to be doing well for me anyway. I will add the 5th one back in once my new bottle arrives. I also ordered a bottle of the WU massage cream. I don't really know whether it "works" or not but I know I grew the most last time while I was using it.