GH axis stack 3-month log — strength, sleep, fat — full data

Day 14: weight 194.2, Oura avg 7h05m, HRV 46, resting HR 60. Waking up hungry as hell every morning. Water retention visible in face and hands.

MK675 hunger is no joke. The 'moon face' from the water retention calms down around week 4 for most people.

The dream intensity is a huge MK tell. Some people love it, some people find it disturbing.

Day 28: weight 195.1, Oura 7h20m avg, HRV 51, RHR 58. Face puffiness ~70% of what it was at week 2. Sleep depth is legitimately different — I'm dreaming way more vividly and waking up more rested.

HRV going from 42 to 51 in four weeks is a real signal. Not placebo.

Fair point, let me get a strip. Will update.

Day 42: 196.3 lb. Squat session PR'd at 385 for a triple (previous 3RM was 365). Bench up to 295 for a double. Oura 7h15m, HRV 54. Tingling in hands in the mornings now — classic carpal tunnel-ish. Annoying but not debilitating.

Worth posting morning fasting glucose. MK is known to push it up.

Fasting glucose measured this morning: 107. Was 91 at baseline. Not catastrophic but definitely trending up. Will keep an eye.

107 fasting on MK is normal territory. Watch the trend. If it creeps over 115 you might want to reconsider.

PRs at 38 years old on a recomp cycle. This is what the compounds are for.

Day 56: weight 197.0, squat 405x1 (lifetime PR), bench 300x1 (lifetime PR), DL untested to save recovery. Sleep still excellent. Fasting glucose 104 this morning — stable. Carpal tunnel tingling reduced, not gone.

Would be interesting to pull IGF-1 mid-cycle, you should be spiking hard right now.

Got labs today. IGF-1: 284 (was 158). So roughly doubled. Fasting glucose 108 in the lab draw (slightly higher than my home strips). Everything else normal.

284 is in the territory where you're getting the anabolic signal without running into the really aggressive side effects. Good spot.

Day 70: 197.4 lb. Sleep metrics stable (7h15m, HRV 53, RHR 59). Carpal tunnel mostly gone now — body adapted I guess. Strength work still feels great on the bar.

MK doesn't really need a taper pharmacologically but psychologically the step-down helps some people. Good plan.

Day 84: 198.1 lb. Starting to think about the taper. Plan is drop MK to 5mg for two weeks, then discontinue, keep Tesa running for another week, then cut both. Want to track what happens to sleep and hunger during the taper more than anything.

Day 90 — FINAL DATA (before taper obs):

Weight: 192 → 198 lb (+6) DEXA redo: 18.1% → 17.4% bf, VAT 0.8 → 0.6 lb Squat 1RM: 365 → 405 (tested) Bench: 285 → 300 (tested) Sleep: Oura 6h45m → 7h15m avg, HRV 42 → 53, RHR 62 → 59 IGF-1: 158 → 284 Fasting glucose: 91 → 108 A1c: not re-pulled yet

Subjective: skin tighter, face fuller (not fat, more like hydrated), training felt great the whole way. Hunger was a lot. Will do one more update in two weeks after taper to close it out.

Clean data. Appreciate the discipline of keeping opinion out until the wrap-up. This is how it should be done.

Another one for the example log list.