buffaloindierock
New Member
Hi Everyone,
37/M here. Grew up a fatty, and finally am getting my shit together and I stumbled across this forum in search of ways to bring my body to where it SHOULD have been had I not grown up a fatty. I have lots to learn.
"Eat less, move more" - yup. Problem is that when you're fat and you successfully lose weight doing that - eventually you hit a wall where you keep the same diet but stop losing weight or even start gaining weight. I found I wasn't able to keep up - cutting calories, switching macros to proteins, and having to spend more and more time in the gym, running, etc before it was all too much. I was waking at 5am, I'd run for a few hours, go to work at 7:30 (shower there), get home at 6, hit the gym. I began waking up earlier. I began staying at the gym longer. I switched trainers. I just ran out of time each day.
Here's what's wrong with me: Due to a congenital heart problem, I was sheltered from all sports as a kid. My parents wouldn't let me go to the gym, and it was frustrating to be 18-19 at my cardiologist and the new guy (who I still go to) was like "you can do whatever you want, just stop if you feel true exhaustion" (and luckily I know that limit).
So as a kid, under this doughy exterior, I have twigs for bones. Thin bark for muscles. Since I grew up not doing much of anything, I made very little use of my testosterone as a pubescent kid, and every earnest attempt at hitting the gym (daily, for a year some time ago), even with guidance, resulted in no real gains to write home about. No amount of nutrition, changing up how I do my reps - ANYTHING made me do much more than grow a tiny bit of muscle and lose weight.
So - I need help from other sources. I learned that with proper TRT and exercise, I can break past the locked in "memory" my muscles always are stuck at. I can grow lean mass. Doughy kids that turn into doughy adults NEVER turn it around without things like TRT. I'm here to do that or else I'm destined for an early grave. Now that I'm not too heavy to hurt myself stepping up my exercise, I'm ready to work, and in order for that work to pay off, I'm ready to supplement.
37/M here. Grew up a fatty, and finally am getting my shit together and I stumbled across this forum in search of ways to bring my body to where it SHOULD have been had I not grown up a fatty. I have lots to learn.
"Eat less, move more" - yup. Problem is that when you're fat and you successfully lose weight doing that - eventually you hit a wall where you keep the same diet but stop losing weight or even start gaining weight. I found I wasn't able to keep up - cutting calories, switching macros to proteins, and having to spend more and more time in the gym, running, etc before it was all too much. I was waking at 5am, I'd run for a few hours, go to work at 7:30 (shower there), get home at 6, hit the gym. I began waking up earlier. I began staying at the gym longer. I switched trainers. I just ran out of time each day.
Here's what's wrong with me: Due to a congenital heart problem, I was sheltered from all sports as a kid. My parents wouldn't let me go to the gym, and it was frustrating to be 18-19 at my cardiologist and the new guy (who I still go to) was like "you can do whatever you want, just stop if you feel true exhaustion" (and luckily I know that limit).
So as a kid, under this doughy exterior, I have twigs for bones. Thin bark for muscles. Since I grew up not doing much of anything, I made very little use of my testosterone as a pubescent kid, and every earnest attempt at hitting the gym (daily, for a year some time ago), even with guidance, resulted in no real gains to write home about. No amount of nutrition, changing up how I do my reps - ANYTHING made me do much more than grow a tiny bit of muscle and lose weight.
So - I need help from other sources. I learned that with proper TRT and exercise, I can break past the locked in "memory" my muscles always are stuck at. I can grow lean mass. Doughy kids that turn into doughy adults NEVER turn it around without things like TRT. I'm here to do that or else I'm destined for an early grave. Now that I'm not too heavy to hurt myself stepping up my exercise, I'm ready to work, and in order for that work to pay off, I'm ready to supplement.
