Deeinflorida
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Thank you
Super congrats. On a similar journey myself. I topped out at about 243 in 11/22 at a biometric screen. Bloods were pre diabetic. I was insulin and exercise resistant. Old stuff wasn’t working. Kept hurting myself. I went scorched earth April of 23. Stopped all processed carbs, alcohol, etc and started tirz. By September I was under180lbs.Hey everyone,
My weight loss journey started in September 2023, when I started on Sema. I was 369 lbs, 5'9", and 47 years old. I had been petrified to go to a gym because I imagined high school, getting picked on, etc.
Fast forward to now, and I am down 109lbs. I've been off the Sema since March when a friend who is a pro-bber offered to help me with the gym. I fought my fears and anxiety and joined the Y. I've been working out 4-5 times a week now since May. Hitting the weights, and I am going up with the weights every week. I love going now and look forward to it. I am glad I am making these changes in my life and I'm hooked.
I've been on TRT, 250mg/week since March 2023. In the last few months I've upped that to 300/week. I am also pushing 4iu of GH/day.
My weight loss on the scale has stalled out at 260. But, I've gone down 2 sizes on my waist, and 1" on my chest, 1" on my biceps...so I am growing. I am also following a bodybuilding diet-6 meals a day, high protein (yesterday I had 193g of protein), 2100 calories/day 40% carbs/25% fats/35% protein.
The problem is loose skin. I feel it happening. What can I do about it? Short of surgery...which is not in the cards right now until I have lost more. I obviously want to avoid surgery if I can. I do have some stretch marks on my belly.
And for the naysayers out there, the sema made it possible for me to feel like I could workout. It motivated me to do more. I am more than thankful to the peptide gods for saving my life.
Thoughts on the loose skin?
Super congrats. On a similar journey myself. I topped out at about 243 in 11/22 at a biometric screen. Bloods were pre diabetic. I was insulin and exercise resistant. Old stuff wasn’t working. Kept hurting myself. I went scorched earth April of 23. Stopped all processed carbs, alcohol, etc and started tirz. By September I was under180lbs.
Among the only drawbacks is now I can’t and don’t really drink anymore and I have a lot of good bourbon piled up ; ). Recent deca has me at 7% bf. And I do have loose skin. I’m 51.
Among the many things I’ve experimented with but seem to help are. Using a loofa glove in the shower seems have helped the skin be healthier and tighten a bit.
I was recommended a lotion called palmers body oil off Amazon that seems to help as well has shea and cocoa butter in it.
I also use retinol acquired through pct24x7 that has helped. I only apply it 2x per week.
My skin has been improving. I also use 3-4 IU gh daily (depending on cts sides). I think this has helped as well.
I am curious to see how it looks in September at the one year of my low weight of ~177. I’ve definitely added muscle.
Surgery may be required to make a big difference in the future. Keep in mind at our age, I’m 51. We would have elasticity loss anyway. Good luck. Keep it up.
Oh, I highly recommend getting your steps up to at least 8k a day along with lifting and true cardio a few times a week. It has really accelerated my fat loss and lifting progress.