Definitely bring it up with your doctor. And, stop drinking, switch to a BP-lowering diet, stop eating added salt and processed foods. And keep up working out. Meditate. Switch jobs if yours sucks/is stressful.
I was measured with a wrist device at 155/95 almost 2 years ago, and freaked out. Did all of the above, including visiting my doctor, and my average is down below 130 now. I want to delay being on maintenance meds for as long as possible, so all of those changes are worth it to me.
253 this morning. Trusting the process.
And I had a good leg workout yesterday with energy to spare. So I must not be killing myself too bad. I was dreading trying to lift with no energy or power.
The endocrinologist saying he thinks less fat = more testosterone has seriously boosted my motivation. Before this I thought every 10 lbs. got exponentially harder to lose. Now there’s a glimmer of hope that losing might actually get easier, at least for a while. I don’t care if it’s not actually true, I’m running with it.
In case you wanted more boost, this isn’t some original theory he’s come up with here: it’s widely known and has been for decades.
Reading that makes me feel hornier already.
The thing that wasn’t clear to me was the mechanism he “seemed to believe” was responsible for this. The way I read your first post was he had some unconfirmed suspicion about a novel role that fat played in the breakdown of T. Maybe he does (which seems reasonable), but I’m probably just not reading your post correctly. In terms of mechanisms that are definitely known, aromatase (expressed in fat cells) converts androgens into estrogens, so that’s probably what he meant. I had forgotten just how grotesque this feedback loop is and had to look:
Any effects of increased T will almost certainly be offset by the fact that at a lower body weight you need to eat even less to maintain a consistent caloric deficit.
Sorry to burst your bubble.
Thanks for all the advice here from everyone, darebee site seems legit. I signed up for an intro class with orange theory as it seems like a good fit for what I’m trying to do and I like the treadmill/rowing components, plus there are lots of attractive ladies there so that’s a bonus
Beat 30 minutes for the 5k today with a new PB of 29:09
This wasn’t even a flat out 5k attempt for me; instead it was a tempo run in the 2nd week of an 8-week 5k program. So I think I can shave at least another minute off of my time by the end.
Very nice. IIRC, you have one of the higher-end Garmin watches - are you using one of the built-in Garmin programs or something else?
I do have a Garmin watch, but I’m using a different program: Intermediate | Hal Higdon
My favorite part is the 400m repeats.
Did my first class yesterday and it was alot but i went ahead and signed up. I enjoyed the treadmill and rower and should be a good fit for me.
Nice! There are a few friends I see posting about OTF and seem to love it. From the little I’ve looked into it, definitely seems to hit your use case pretty well.
What do example workouts look like?
its 30 min treadmill and then 30 mins that has a bit of rowing, like yesterday we did 1200m total on rower broken up into 3 sections, in between each row its a bunch of squats/planks/other stuff with weights so i think its a good mix
@Vict0ar no worries about negativity, I want to get in overall shape as well as I want to get back into running so this will help me move towards that as well while also shaving some fat and getting some work on the upper body. I think also they have some classes on the schedule that are more like 45 mins of the lifts and stuff to focus upper body so I’ll check those out too.
Sustenon or cyprionate. I was only on TRT for a few months which is why I went off of it. I want to see if I can lose weight and get in shape naturally and hopefully boost my testosterone some.
The best part right now is I’m losing weight and my face looks skinnier than it has in years. On test even when I lost a bunch of weight my face was all puffy.
Just do what you enjoy. Actually working out is 95% here. Which workout is 5%.
Speaking of. Another update. Still getting fatter and not working out regularly. Until this week it’s been a short run once or twice.
I just don’t enjoy running, I’m really hoping the elbow will hold up to some more workouts soon.
I’ve been resting it for 7 months now. I’m not sure what else I need to do. How has it not healed yet.
Tried the bike on Tuesday. Run today. If I hit the bike again tomorrow I’ll be on 3 workouts for the first time in a while.
Between once a week and once every two weeks. The sustenon was great because it smooths out and doesn’t spike like cypionate. They use it for TRT in the UK, but doctors here can’t prescribe it.
I don’t recommend it. If I’d never done it, I’d probably be over 300 right now instead of 220. I think my left nut is never going to fully bounce back. Also it changed my personality. I learned to manage the road-rage type stuff early on. But the horniness is really annoying if you don’t have a steady and willing partner. And the face puffiness sucks.
I’m a lot happier as myself. Just trying to figure out if I can possibly lose weight w/o it.
Grunching, but hoping to benefit from the collective knowledge here. I’m 6’ 3/4" 185 with reasonably low bf. I was a college athlete and have a decent weightlifting base, but have struggled to add additional weight in the past 10 years or so. A big part of that is almost certainly under-eating protein and not being consistent enough, but I’d welcome any suggestions from the hive mind re: effective training schedules/programs for someone in my position. Ideally, I’d love to add 10 pounds but five would be a victory as well.
Best of luck to everyone else on your training goals.
What sort of workouts have you been able to stick with regularly? What’s your latest experience with regular full body lifting?
I have done/could do 3-4x/week weight training. More than that is pretty challenging given my work schedule. I would likely be most successful/consistent with something that I could jam in during the 45-minute window right after my kids go to sleep. Most recent max lifts: 225 bench, 340 squat, ?? deadlift. I do have some long-term back/knee injuries that make me reluctant to regularly squat/deadlift at insane weights, but I won’t totally rule anything out.
The answer is probably just “do the intermediate version of Starting Strength,” but you’re all more knowledgeable about this than I am at this point.
