What I wish I knew 2 years ago

That the honeymoon phase fools you into thinking 10 compounds all work. Strip it down and retest.

That I should have tracked ONE metric consistently for a year rather than eight metrics for three weeks each.

That most of what I attributed to a compound was actually better sleep hygiene and a coincidentally good training block.

That recovery peptides don't replace rehab. They make rehab more productive. Skipping PT and running TB-500 is a fast road to re-injury.

That lower doses with longer duration nearly always beat higher doses over short windows. Nearly always.

That body recomp is 80% kitchen. The peptides don't override the macros.

That feelings aren't data. DEXA twice a year is the best lie-detector money can buy.

That IGF-1 trends matter more than single IGF-1 readings. Single numbers are just noise.

That nootropic stacking is 90% placebo layered on one actually active compound. Isolate first.

That rebound is real and starting GLP-1 without an exit plan is how you end up back where you started plus 8 pounds.

That if you feel something on day 2, it's probably bac water placebo. Real TB-500 takes weeks.

That chasing the newest compound is almost always worse than optimizing the basics you already run.

That reading more and posting less is a fine way to use this place for a long time.

That my internal medicine training didn't prepare me for the actual day-to-day of this stuff. The forums did.

This thread is exactly what I hoped. Bookmarking.