I was advised to start a progress thread.
standard personal info:
43 years old
5'11.5''
170 lbs
eat clean, mostly unprocessed, low sugar, no drugs, no alcohol, no smokes
Workout 3-5 times a week.
Ehlers-danlos hypermobility syndrome
Pre-PE:
I measured myself a lot when I was growing up after I learned I was far above average. I had this book given to me that was basically explained all aspects of puberty. I must have been in like 4th or 5th grade. It said the average adult male was 6.4 inches erect. At the time, I was already 7 inches although I measured from the side which isn't completely accurate. I remember in 6th grade we were having a sleepover and one of the guys bragged about being 5 inches and I replied, 'that's nothing, I'm 7.5 inches', to which he replied 'That's impossible!' I had this ruler I would keep between the mattress and measured myself very often. It had new markings whenever I measured higher. By HS I was measuring at 8.75 inches, although again, from the side. Hard to say what the BPEL was. I never measured girth back then.
Fast forward years... At some point I measured BPEL and came up with 8 inches length. I remember measuring MSEG at at least 5.25 inches. Something to keep in mind though.. I had been chronically masturbating for many years and had some level of ED. When I was watching *naked people stuff* I didn't really focus on being fully hard and I'd start and stop often and go for hours, basically edging. I did this until roughly March 2023 when I was part of a mass layoff. I decided I needed to reassess my life. The previous 4 years I was working 6-7 days a week, 12 hrs a day and didn't take my vacation days. Work was a nightmare. I spent my days working and then watching *naked people stuff*. And so I vowed that I would never sit at my computer and do that again. I would never sit and spend hours looking for new material. I said I'd only masturbate every other day in the shower and not spend more than 15-20 mins doing it.
I also vowed to reassess my relationship with camgirls. However.. while March and April were very good, my spending was low, and I started to notice my EQ improving, this gave me the confidence to participate in a 'dick rating' sale from one of my favorite camgirls. My pictures were pretty bad but due to my size, I got good feedback. And this motivated me to step up my game. Better angles, better lighting. And with each progression, I got better and better feedback. Now, one key thing to note is that I was measuring 8.5 inches BPEL at this point. And MSEG of 5.5 inches, 6 inches at the base. This was mid May 2023. I hadn't done any PE at that point. So, it seems like not chronically masturbating made me realize more of my true size. I did dozens and dozens of dick ratings, I was pretty hooked. It was interesting to see what the girls (camgirls and adult industry girls) thought. However, this was kind of a disaster for me. I spent a lot of money on all these ratings and I was subbed to way too many creators on OF now. So then I started chopping my sub list down again. Going forward, I pared down to a handful of my favs and only sending pics and vids to them periodically.
Starting PE:
I've kept a spreadsheet since I started although I didn't really keep meticulous measurements. I bought a bathmate hydromax9 in December and started experimenting with it on 12/4/23. It doesn't look like I was doing kegels or jelqs at that point until mid Dec. I was just very gradually building up the pressure and how long I used pump. I was being cautious. Note that I was never going into pump erect. Always from completely soft. And I never combined jelq and pump. Again, being cautious. Despite that, on 12/21 I nearly passed out while water pumping. I had finally gotten to where I was pumping a bit more aggressively, so that really ruined my confidence in the safety of pumping and I swore that I wouldn't pump again unless I had a pressure gauge.
So, for the rest of December, I only did basic jelqing. I continued that through Jan 2024 and started adding in some SSJ (or attempting anyway) and end Jan. I was consistently doing kegels and they seemed to work. I kept at that, nothing particularly aggressive through Feb. In March, I started adding in stretches for some reason even though I didn't care for more length. By end of March I was doing tunica stretching and diversifying my jelqs to more advanced ones. On 3/29/24 I finally got a 2" mityvac and started doing combined jelq and pumping. I was only doing 5Hg which I handled just fine. The tube was too small unfortunately so I was mainly getting length. I actually measured 9 inches out of the tube early on. Got the 2.25" tube and I'd say by mid April I was roughly doing the 5x5x3 program. 4/25 was first time going up to 6Hg. And I tried 7Hg on 4/29. And 8Hg on 5/4 which I will explain further below. All tolerated well. I would say 4/27 was first day I was doing the entire 5x5x3 movements.
I'll post more when I get time about actual sessions and some measurements. I'm kind of right on the brink of hopefully getting a new job..
standard personal info:
43 years old
5'11.5''
170 lbs
eat clean, mostly unprocessed, low sugar, no drugs, no alcohol, no smokes
Workout 3-5 times a week.
Ehlers-danlos hypermobility syndrome
Pre-PE:
I measured myself a lot when I was growing up after I learned I was far above average. I had this book given to me that was basically explained all aspects of puberty. I must have been in like 4th or 5th grade. It said the average adult male was 6.4 inches erect. At the time, I was already 7 inches although I measured from the side which isn't completely accurate. I remember in 6th grade we were having a sleepover and one of the guys bragged about being 5 inches and I replied, 'that's nothing, I'm 7.5 inches', to which he replied 'That's impossible!' I had this ruler I would keep between the mattress and measured myself very often. It had new markings whenever I measured higher. By HS I was measuring at 8.75 inches, although again, from the side. Hard to say what the BPEL was. I never measured girth back then.
Fast forward years... At some point I measured BPEL and came up with 8 inches length. I remember measuring MSEG at at least 5.25 inches. Something to keep in mind though.. I had been chronically masturbating for many years and had some level of ED. When I was watching *naked people stuff* I didn't really focus on being fully hard and I'd start and stop often and go for hours, basically edging. I did this until roughly March 2023 when I was part of a mass layoff. I decided I needed to reassess my life. The previous 4 years I was working 6-7 days a week, 12 hrs a day and didn't take my vacation days. Work was a nightmare. I spent my days working and then watching *naked people stuff*. And so I vowed that I would never sit at my computer and do that again. I would never sit and spend hours looking for new material. I said I'd only masturbate every other day in the shower and not spend more than 15-20 mins doing it.
I also vowed to reassess my relationship with camgirls. However.. while March and April were very good, my spending was low, and I started to notice my EQ improving, this gave me the confidence to participate in a 'dick rating' sale from one of my favorite camgirls. My pictures were pretty bad but due to my size, I got good feedback. And this motivated me to step up my game. Better angles, better lighting. And with each progression, I got better and better feedback. Now, one key thing to note is that I was measuring 8.5 inches BPEL at this point. And MSEG of 5.5 inches, 6 inches at the base. This was mid May 2023. I hadn't done any PE at that point. So, it seems like not chronically masturbating made me realize more of my true size. I did dozens and dozens of dick ratings, I was pretty hooked. It was interesting to see what the girls (camgirls and adult industry girls) thought. However, this was kind of a disaster for me. I spent a lot of money on all these ratings and I was subbed to way too many creators on OF now. So then I started chopping my sub list down again. Going forward, I pared down to a handful of my favs and only sending pics and vids to them periodically.
Starting PE:
I've kept a spreadsheet since I started although I didn't really keep meticulous measurements. I bought a bathmate hydromax9 in December and started experimenting with it on 12/4/23. It doesn't look like I was doing kegels or jelqs at that point until mid Dec. I was just very gradually building up the pressure and how long I used pump. I was being cautious. Note that I was never going into pump erect. Always from completely soft. And I never combined jelq and pump. Again, being cautious. Despite that, on 12/21 I nearly passed out while water pumping. I had finally gotten to where I was pumping a bit more aggressively, so that really ruined my confidence in the safety of pumping and I swore that I wouldn't pump again unless I had a pressure gauge.
So, for the rest of December, I only did basic jelqing. I continued that through Jan 2024 and started adding in some SSJ (or attempting anyway) and end Jan. I was consistently doing kegels and they seemed to work. I kept at that, nothing particularly aggressive through Feb. In March, I started adding in stretches for some reason even though I didn't care for more length. By end of March I was doing tunica stretching and diversifying my jelqs to more advanced ones. On 3/29/24 I finally got a 2" mityvac and started doing combined jelq and pumping. I was only doing 5Hg which I handled just fine. The tube was too small unfortunately so I was mainly getting length. I actually measured 9 inches out of the tube early on. Got the 2.25" tube and I'd say by mid April I was roughly doing the 5x5x3 program. 4/25 was first time going up to 6Hg. And I tried 7Hg on 4/29. And 8Hg on 5/4 which I will explain further below. All tolerated well. I would say 4/27 was first day I was doing the entire 5x5x3 movements.
I'll post more when I get time about actual sessions and some measurements. I'm kind of right on the brink of hopefully getting a new job..
