WindFish1993
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Hi guys,
While trying to get some answers I stumbled across this very informative post here:
Now, my situation at the time was strange. Somewhere around the age of 21 I started having some common low testosterone issues. I shrugged it off as just anxiety and stress from transitioning from college to work life. Then it persisted and at 23 I had decided something was going on and that someone my age shouldn’t have had ED. I got my blood test and was like 315ng/dl. I didn’t know about TRT or anything then but I knew it didn’t make sense that a fit guy, hitting the gym 5 times a week, eating decent (but I did like dessert) and sleeping well was having this issue. Fast forward a few more years and I ask for the bloodwork again, this time it’s a little more detailed and I can see I am still in the gutter, but I see my SHBG and estrogen are tanked too. My glucose was 101 which is borderline. Eventually I had enough and got TRT.
Now, about 10 years later after my initial test results I am 5 years on TRT but still not sure how I got here. I wasn’t fat, I never smoked, I barely drank, I slept, I had been weight training for at least 5 years at that point. But again I always loved dessert, my Achilles heel and I figured it must have been fine since I wasn’t overweight and I always stayed active.
Now, I’ve changed my diet a lot since then, mostly vegetarian, high fiber, good fats, etc. Still my SHBG remains low (probably from TRT), glucose is back to 85 when fasted but I had an ultrasound and found out I have a fatty liver.
I found the link posted here and now I feel like everything is sort of aligning, In college I was walking class to class, biking to and from school, I did less weights but I moved more. After college I had a desk job, I still hit the gym 4-5 times a week though. And yes I ate dessert often, but I always had a flat stomach. After reading the article though it sounds like you can’t just do the 1 hour and suddenly it fixes everything else you did poorly the past 10 hours.
Ok all that being said, my goal since getting on Test C + HCG has been to find out how to get off it. Now I think I’ve probably been spiking the hell out of my blood sugar, but still being in a deficit or state that prevents weight gain. I haven’t been moving as much throughout the day and then thinking it was okay to make it up later (ignorance I suppose). But now where do I go from here?
First is to definitely figure out if my meals are spiking my glucose and I’m thinking a CGM can help. Second is to start moving more in intervals.
But here’s where I want to get feedback. If my body is possibly insulin resistant then should I try to get something like metformin? Tirz? Should I run them alongside TRT for a few months then try to do a pituitary restart? I know before all this that my testes work, enclomiphene bumped my LH and Total T to the 1000s. I just think my liver was suppressing my hormones due to my unrealized poor lifestyle. Realistically, is there hope? I’d be happy to get at least mid range.
While trying to get some answers I stumbled across this very informative post here:
Now, my situation at the time was strange. Somewhere around the age of 21 I started having some common low testosterone issues. I shrugged it off as just anxiety and stress from transitioning from college to work life. Then it persisted and at 23 I had decided something was going on and that someone my age shouldn’t have had ED. I got my blood test and was like 315ng/dl. I didn’t know about TRT or anything then but I knew it didn’t make sense that a fit guy, hitting the gym 5 times a week, eating decent (but I did like dessert) and sleeping well was having this issue. Fast forward a few more years and I ask for the bloodwork again, this time it’s a little more detailed and I can see I am still in the gutter, but I see my SHBG and estrogen are tanked too. My glucose was 101 which is borderline. Eventually I had enough and got TRT.
Now, about 10 years later after my initial test results I am 5 years on TRT but still not sure how I got here. I wasn’t fat, I never smoked, I barely drank, I slept, I had been weight training for at least 5 years at that point. But again I always loved dessert, my Achilles heel and I figured it must have been fine since I wasn’t overweight and I always stayed active.
Now, I’ve changed my diet a lot since then, mostly vegetarian, high fiber, good fats, etc. Still my SHBG remains low (probably from TRT), glucose is back to 85 when fasted but I had an ultrasound and found out I have a fatty liver.
I found the link posted here and now I feel like everything is sort of aligning, In college I was walking class to class, biking to and from school, I did less weights but I moved more. After college I had a desk job, I still hit the gym 4-5 times a week though. And yes I ate dessert often, but I always had a flat stomach. After reading the article though it sounds like you can’t just do the 1 hour and suddenly it fixes everything else you did poorly the past 10 hours.
Ok all that being said, my goal since getting on Test C + HCG has been to find out how to get off it. Now I think I’ve probably been spiking the hell out of my blood sugar, but still being in a deficit or state that prevents weight gain. I haven’t been moving as much throughout the day and then thinking it was okay to make it up later (ignorance I suppose). But now where do I go from here?
First is to definitely figure out if my meals are spiking my glucose and I’m thinking a CGM can help. Second is to start moving more in intervals.
But here’s where I want to get feedback. If my body is possibly insulin resistant then should I try to get something like metformin? Tirz? Should I run them alongside TRT for a few months then try to do a pituitary restart? I know before all this that my testes work, enclomiphene bumped my LH and Total T to the 1000s. I just think my liver was suppressing my hormones due to my unrealized poor lifestyle. Realistically, is there hope? I’d be happy to get at least mid range.
