Weight Loss Thread

Maybe he eats a lot of tofu?

Burren said:

Maybe he eats a lot of tofu?

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Negative, but not near as much red meat as I probably should. Burger (in a meal not like hamburgers) eggs, chicken, cheese is like my normal protein but I'm amazed I'm not a blimp because I do eat too much processed shit and carbs.

I'm very proud I got a 10lb box of cookie dough bits like for blizzards at the discount grocery and it's only 1/4 gone in like almost 2 months. Just one-2 palms most but not all days as my sweet fix.

Blood tests were before I did try to up my veggy count and slowly work on getting our diet changed. I actually didnt eat eggs for a long time got burnt out on them when for a while I was having 12 a day from the farm. Still working to find better veggies I like than just carrot/peas or the carrot/pea/corn/green bean frozen mixes. Raw broccoli or even cooked is great but gives me bad stomach pains if it's not very very well done. Salads just an invitation to too much dressing, I hate the more bitter goofy looking greens and most other lettuce is nutrient empty.

Guess maybe get back on sweet potatoes but I got sick of those too, especially since sometimes only giant ones at grocery store makes it tougher to nuke them and be evenly soft.

Sludig said:

Negative, but not near as much red meat as I probably should. Burger (in a meal not like hamburgers) eggs, chicken, cheese is like my normal protein but I'm amazed I'm not a blimp because I do eat too much processed shit and carbs.

I'm very proud I got a 10lb box of cookie dough bits like for blizzards at the discount grocery and it's only 1/4 gone in like almost 2 months. Just one-2 palms most but not all days as my sweet fix.

Blood tests were before I did try to up my veggy count and slowly work on getting our diet changed. I actually didnt eat eggs for a long time got burnt out on them when for a while I was having 12 a day from the farm. Still working to find better veggies I like than just carrot/peas or the carrot/pea/corn/green bean frozen mixes. Raw broccoli or even cooked is great but gives me bad stomach pains if it's not very very well done. Salads just an invitation to too much dressing, I hate the more bitter goofy looking greens and most other lettuce is nutrient empty.

Guess maybe get back on sweet potatoes but I got sick of those too, especially since sometimes only giant ones at grocery store makes it tougher to nuke them and be evenly soft.

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This is a good start. You don't have to go overboard - like eating 30 plants a week - but the mix of things is great for the body.

Cad said:

Your T is relatively low but your estradiol is high? Not trying to be an asshole but are you significantly overweight? Thats usually how guys end up with high estradiol, but if you are a high-aromatizer of testosterone then if/when you went on TRT your estradiol would be through the roof which isn't fun.

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That’s what my thought seeing this bloodwork. Glucose over 100 is bad also. Pointing to an improper diet. 95 being normal is generous... Fixing the diet, the weight the exercice would go a long way to normalize T.

Gurgeh said:

That’s what my thought seeing this bloodwork. Glucose over 100 is bad also. Pointing to an improper diet. 95 being normal is generous... Fixing the diet, the weight the exercice would go a long way to normalize T.

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Hey now, we covered I'm no blimp, would like to drop another 5 or so to 190. After that just building more even muscle because I have biceps and a few other groups that have done somewhat nice from farm chores, but then the rest that are noodles because it's farm > standing around day job > little gaming and crash. I'm just kinda in the wrong thread because more helpful replies seem to happen here, had originally wandered in asking about something for my wife.

Cardio I think is still my biggest weakness. I could have pushed harder but first time in a treadmill and ages, did a 14 minute mile @6% grade including fighting getting the unfamiliar treadmill to where I wanted it.

To throw another in I may have low key undiagnosed problems into things. Like 8 years ago I had an echocardiogram and I forget what they called it. Said I essentially likely have a slightly deformed valve, or something along those lines where there's a little problem. At the time I wasn't in a place to pursue going into full stress test and other very $$$ suite of tests as I was transitioning back to my current job from sheriff. Wish I recalled more if I ever got around to pursue asking about it more. Not in a while but I used to kinda do the wake up at night feeling like my heart had stopped or something kinda a gasp. Times when my heart will briefly race for almost no reason or doing something pretty minor. All these things are rare/less severe than they were.

Furry said:

Repetition and being hungry can be used as tools to train yourself to like new foods or learn new habits. If you know salad dressing is a problem on salads, force yourself to eat calorie free dressings. A nice vinegar mixed with mustard is simple and works on a salad. I do the same thing toemissile does, but I’ll get spring mix arugula and what not also depending on how I feel. I’ll make tacos and put stuff like that on instead of cheese.

I was raised a food monster eating garbage and snacks all day, and I had to force myself to learn to eat new foods and green things in general. It wasn’t a fast process, but now I love eating veggies.

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A really stupid reason to struggle with veggies. I hate going to the store, out of the way, and pretty much limited to walmart or Reasors which is overpriced and maybe even worse quality. I hate constantly freaking out trying to make sure I'm eating everything fresh veggy wise in the fridge before it goes bad. Finally trained wife to do most of the shopping, but in my ideal world I'm going to the grocery store like twice a month. So I like frozen/shelf stable.

Sludig said:

A really stupid reason to struggle with veggies. I hate going to the store, out of the way, and pretty much limited to walmart or Reasors which is overpriced and maybe even worse quality. I hate constantly freaking out trying to make sure I'm eating everything fresh veggy wise in the fridge before it goes bad. Finally trained wife to do most of the shopping, but in my ideal world I'm going to the grocery store like twice a month. So I like frozen/shelf stable.

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We eat a lot of the frozen steam in bag vegetables. Mostly broccoli and some pepper mixes but there are others.

Gurgeh said:

That’s what my thought seeing this bloodwork. Glucose over 100 is bad also. Pointing to an improper diet. 95 being normal is generous... Fixing the diet, the weight the exercice would go a long way to normalize T.

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Testosterone isn’t coming back in any meaningful way through diet and exercise. That’s not how it works.

Burren said:

Testosterone isn’t coming back in any meaningful way through diet and exercise. That’s not how it works.

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I didn’t even check before posting because it seemed so obvious from an observationnal point of view. And indeed you're wrong. And there are dozens of studies pointing to that especialy for middle aged men...


If you've never thought :'damn those fatties are low T’, I don’t know what world you live in.

Gurgeh said:

I didn’t even check before posting because it seemed so obvious from an observationnal point of view. And indeed you're wrong. And there are dozens of studies pointing to that especialy for middle aged men...


If you've never thought :'damn those fatties are low T’, I don’t know what world you live in.

https://academic.oup.com/ejendo/article-abstract/168/6/829/6659681

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Cool, give it a shot. Let me know how much it helps.

Gurgeh said:

I didn’t even check before posting because it seemed so obvious from an observationnal point of view. And indeed you're wrong. And there are dozens of studies pointing to that especialy for middle aged men...


If you've never thought :'damn those fatties are low T’, I don’t know what world you live in.

https://academic.oup.com/ejendo/article-abstract/168/6/829/6659681

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I mean, getting to a healthy weight is obviously going to improve everything, but it's not moving the test needle very much. Eyeballing it, that's what? a 100-200ish ng/dl increase for most groups while also raising shbg? Not nothing, but not sure that's a boost that's going to fix your issues if you were already having them.

Cad said:

One funny thing I can report is that we walked like 20k-30k steps per day in Japan but I wasn't able to make it to any real gyms while I was there (did play some tennis with some guys, but no weight lifting), and I don't really walk in Texas aside from the house to the car or the car to the store.

Didn't have any trouble walking whatsoever, all day long, up anything. Got home after 24 days of no lifting, went to the gym the first day back... felt like I was going to die, legs were KILLING me from not lifting during that time. Walking burned some calories I suspect but my muscles were adapting that fast to no lifting.

Go lift weights boys!

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Yeah, if you've only got time or energy for one, weightlifting is probably better for you. Pretty sure I've read that powerlifters have crazy vo2 maxes even though they barely move.