Personal Logs & Journals
Track your journey.
How to write a good log (template) — read before starting yours
Pinning this because we've had a flood of new logs lately and half of them skip the stuff that makes a log actually useful later. A good log is one that YOU can look back on in 6 months and reconstruc
First Selank run — 3 days in, just starting a log
Decided to commit to a log. Using Selank for anxiety that spikes in the afternoon. Stack: - Selank 0.75mg intranasal 2x/day - 6 weeks Baseline afternoon anxiety average 6/10.
Cagri + Sema cycle, week 8 — combo GLP-1 log
Running cagrilintide + semaglutide combo. 38F, 5'6", starting 182 lb, goal 150. I've done sema solo before, hit a wall at around 165. Wanted to see if adding cagri breaks the plateau behavior. Stack:
Full blood panel log — 12 weeks on stack, before/after labs
Going to post an actually rigorous before/after blood panel log. Running Tesa + BPC for 12 weeks with before labs, week 6 labs, and week 12 labs. Will post all numbers, not just the interesting ones.
First vial ever — started last weekend
Hi all. Ordered BPC-157 for a nagging golfer's elbow that won't quit. Did my first pin yesterday. Hands were shaking haha. Going to try to keep this log updated. 31M, 5'10", 175 lb. Elbow has been ba
ACL reconstruction recovery log — month 4 through month 10
Graduated from formal PT at 4 months post-ACLR. Doc cleared me for 'normal activity' but I know the graft is still immature and I want an edge on the remodeling phase. Starting a peptide log for month
Long cycle mass recomp log — volume, weights, measurements weekly
Running a longer cycle. 32M, 6'1", 205 lb, ~14% bf. Trained 12 years. Want to put on quality tissue without getting fat. Goal: 215 lb at ≤15% bf in 16 weeks. Baseline: - Weight: 205.2 lb - Waist: 33
Tesamorelin for visceral fat — DEXA-tracked 12 week log
VAT crept up despite weight holding steady. Doc confirmed via DEXA I've got 1.1 lb visceral fat, which is high for my frame. Going to run Tesa specifically to target this and track with DEXA at baseli
Selank intranasal 6 week log — anxiety tracking
Running Selank to see if it touches my low-level background anxiety that's been dogging me for months. Baseline: - Self-rated anxiety at 3pm (2 weeks): 6.5/10 avg - Sleep onset (min): 35 avg - Racing
Achilles tendon recovery with BPC+TB500 — full metrics log
Tweaked the left achilles 4 months ago running hills. MRI shows tendinosis, no tear. Tried conservative rehab for 10 weeks with marginal results. Time to bring out the tools. Goal: back to running 20
Starting sema tomorrow — building my log
42F, 5'5", 212 lb. Highest weight ever. First GLP-1 experience. Going to start a log now with baseline so I'm ready. Baseline: weight 212.4, waist 43", A1c 5.7. BP 132/84. Planned stack: - Semagluti
Epitalon 3-month cycle log — sleep, skin, mood
Running a classic epitalon schedule — 10 days on, long off, repeat quarterly. This is cycle 1. 52F, going to track subjective stuff since those are the claimed wins. Schedule: - Epitalon 10mg subq da
Microdose tirzepatide for recomp — not weight loss — 10 week log
Not running tirz for weight loss. Running it at microdose because of metabolic benefits and appetite regulation for a lean bulk. 34M, 6'0", 186 lb, 12% bf. Stack: - Tirzepatide 1mg/week - No other co
Trying microdose tirz for glucose — just started
Not for weight loss. A1c crept to 5.8, fasting glucose consistently 99-105. Doc ok with trying low-dose tirz off-label. Stack: - Tirzepatide 1mg/week - 8 weeks, retest A1c Baseline: A1c 5.8, fasting
Meniscus tear rehab — BPC subq + local log
Medial meniscus tear, small, non-surgical per ortho. Knee swells after hiking. Running BPC protocol 8 weeks. Me: 41M, active hiker. Baseline pain with squat 5/10, swelling after exertion 4/10. Stack
Slow sema log — deliberate 0.25mg/week — 12 week update
Running sema slower than the standard schedule on purpose. I'm not in a hurry, I want to minimize side effects, and I lose weight easily without dropping muscle so the slowest dose is fine. 36F, 5'7"
Tirzepatide weight loss log — 20 weeks, biweekly weigh-ins
40M, 5'11", starting weight 248 lb. Been heavy my whole adult life. Tried every diet, lost 30 lb twice, gained it all back plus some both times. Ready to try something different. Goal: 200 lb by end
Semax intranasal 10-week log — cognitive and mood tracking
Been meaning to run a proper Semax log for a while. I'm a software engineer, desk job, high cognitive load. Lately I've been struggling with sustained focus on harder problems — I can do 30 minutes th
GH axis stack 3-month log — strength, sleep, fat — full data
Running a 90-day log on a GH axis stack. Goal is recomp: hold weight, drop visceral fat, improve sleep quality, see what happens to strength numbers. Me: 38M, 5'10", 192 lb, ~18% bf per DEXA. Been tr
Sleep stack log — what I'm feeling at week 6
Sleep has been garbage for about a year. Oura averaging 6h10m, HRV tanked from a prior ~55 to ~34, too many wakings. Trying a stack focused on sleep architecture rather than chasing the GH axis. Stac
Retatrutide log — stopping early, side effects (week 5)
Starting a reta log. 45F, 5'4", 198 lb. Want to lose 45 lb. Have tried sema (worked but plateaued at 178) and tirz (worked but plateaued at 172). Going full experiment with reta. Starting dose: 2mg/w
Lower back / SI joint log with BPC — 6 week log
L5/S1 disc stuff plus chronic SI joint pain. Managed for years with PT and conservative stuff. Wanted to try BPC systemic to see if it moves anything. Baseline: - Morning stiffness 1-10: 6 - Pain sta
First peptide cycle — what's actually happening (BPC+Ipa)
First time doing any of this. 29M, lifted for two years on and off, tendinitis in both elbows from doing too much volume too fast. Going to run a simple stack and see what happens. Stack: - BPC-157 2
Full labs pre-cycle and starting a GH secretagogue log
Got a full fasted panel yesterday to set baseline. Starting ipamorelin + CJC no-DAC this week. Baseline: - IGF 162 - Fasting glucose 93 - ApoB 102 - hsCRP 1.2 - Liver panel clean - Testosterone 640
Shoulder tendinitis log, week 1 only so far
Posterior shoulder tendinitis from years of volleyball. Going to log it. Baseline: overhead reach 5/10 pain, sleep disturbed 3x/week. Stack: - BPC-157 500mcg 2x/day - 6 weeks
BPC-157 for rotator cuff — 12 week log (FINISHED, wrap-up inside)
Starting this to keep myself accountable. Tore something in my right rotator cuff back in October throwing a medicine ball (yes, stupid). MRI said partial supraspinatus tear and tendinopathy, no surge
Cerebrolysin 20-day course log — cognitive post-concussion
Post-concussion symptoms 6 months out from a bike crash — brain fog, word-finding, fatigue. Formal rehab done. Running a standard cerebrolysin course to see if it moves the needle. Baseline: - Self-r
Started TB500 for chronic plantar fasciitis — day 4
Plantar fasciitis in left foot for 18 months. Orthotics, PT, night splint, rolling — nothing has fixed it. Stack: - TB500 5mg/week subq, split 2.5mg x 2 - BPC-157 500mcg 2x/day subq - 8 weeks Starti
Completely new — starting my first cycle this week
24M, lifting 3 years. Read this forum for months before posting. Minor knee tendinitis from running. Going simple: Stack: - BPC-157 250mcg 2x/day subq - 6 weeks, see what happens Going to update whe