Hello all,
Finally stepping out of the shadows to introduce myself.
I'd like to use this introduction as a reference point for you kind people to gain insight as to any questions/issues I may have going forward.
Backround:
Male, 28 years old
Welp I have always struggled with excess weight my entire life. I was first introduced to the concept of dieting around the age of 11. I played little league football and would eat grilled chicken salads the night before our weekly games coupled with morning runs donning a trash bag in hopes of making the weigh-in. I believe I ended up lowering my weight through various sports and typical diet mentality. My memory is pretty horrific so I can't recall a lot of specifics and time periods tend to mesh together so forgive me.
My concerted effort to gain health (read Vanity) was around the age of 20 in college. I just started ordering and reading books on exercise and nutrition (the bad ones) and going to the gym 5-6 times a week. I followed Tim Ferriss's slow-carb diet which consisted of (lean protein, beans, vegetables) eaten every 4 hours. I will say this is the leanest I ever was and looked pretty good (no idea my bodyfat but maybe 25%, never had visable abs) I took tons of pre-workout supplements and fat burners and anything else I thought would help me out. Was always freezing and generally never felt great.
From there I kind of just kept digging through nutrition/workout books and websites trying to find the answer to my holy grail quest of looking ripped and feeling amazing.
Exercise-wise I did the standard nonsense any young man does when first going to a gym. My form was terrible and probably did more hard than good. Most recently I took another shot at the stronglifts 5X5 program and, as always, got discouraged when my strength plateaued at a pretty low weight (maybe 215 squat for a 200 pound guy). I was always deathly afraid of fat so when I would force myself to eat more in hopes of pushing through my plateau, I would start getting fat,and get frustrated and stop.
The last actual "diet" I tried was keto, did that for about 5 months in early 2017 until I was all the way down to 1400 calories a day feeling like ***t. I found Matt Stone and the "Eat for Heat" concept resonated with my forever freezing self so gave it a shot. This way of thinking lead me to this whole other realm of true health and what it really means. I know this is getting out of hand so I'll try and summarize the rest.
Started Peat 2 weeks ago and usually eat eggs, milk, oj, tbs of sugar in my 3-4 coffees, dried fruit, real sugar soda, coconut oil, butter, carrot salad, shrimp, scallops. Fats are < 1tbps a day each. Soda is once a day.
I'm here to hopefully heal my absolutely destroyed metabolism and feel great about myself while lowering my bodyfat. After ignoring my scale for a long time I just weighed myself and I am by far the largest I have ever been 235, was 190 when I stopped keto. I'm an accountant and work a desk job. Exercise has been super low, maybe some pushups at home and 1-2 mile walk a couple times a week.
If anyone wants any additional information (you masochist), just ask!
Oh worth noting is that I bought some Haidut supps (Vitamin K, Tyromix, pansterone). Experimenting with doses but right now doing 1 drop k, 2-3 drops Pan, 2-3 drops Tyro in the morning on various areas (chest, stomach, testes).
Thanks all.
Edit: Spelling
Finally stepping out of the shadows to introduce myself.
I'd like to use this introduction as a reference point for you kind people to gain insight as to any questions/issues I may have going forward.
Backround:
Male, 28 years old
Welp I have always struggled with excess weight my entire life. I was first introduced to the concept of dieting around the age of 11. I played little league football and would eat grilled chicken salads the night before our weekly games coupled with morning runs donning a trash bag in hopes of making the weigh-in. I believe I ended up lowering my weight through various sports and typical diet mentality. My memory is pretty horrific so I can't recall a lot of specifics and time periods tend to mesh together so forgive me.
My concerted effort to gain health (read Vanity) was around the age of 20 in college. I just started ordering and reading books on exercise and nutrition (the bad ones) and going to the gym 5-6 times a week. I followed Tim Ferriss's slow-carb diet which consisted of (lean protein, beans, vegetables) eaten every 4 hours. I will say this is the leanest I ever was and looked pretty good (no idea my bodyfat but maybe 25%, never had visable abs) I took tons of pre-workout supplements and fat burners and anything else I thought would help me out. Was always freezing and generally never felt great.
From there I kind of just kept digging through nutrition/workout books and websites trying to find the answer to my holy grail quest of looking ripped and feeling amazing.
Exercise-wise I did the standard nonsense any young man does when first going to a gym. My form was terrible and probably did more hard than good. Most recently I took another shot at the stronglifts 5X5 program and, as always, got discouraged when my strength plateaued at a pretty low weight (maybe 215 squat for a 200 pound guy). I was always deathly afraid of fat so when I would force myself to eat more in hopes of pushing through my plateau, I would start getting fat,and get frustrated and stop.
The last actual "diet" I tried was keto, did that for about 5 months in early 2017 until I was all the way down to 1400 calories a day feeling like ***t. I found Matt Stone and the "Eat for Heat" concept resonated with my forever freezing self so gave it a shot. This way of thinking lead me to this whole other realm of true health and what it really means. I know this is getting out of hand so I'll try and summarize the rest.
Started Peat 2 weeks ago and usually eat eggs, milk, oj, tbs of sugar in my 3-4 coffees, dried fruit, real sugar soda, coconut oil, butter, carrot salad, shrimp, scallops. Fats are < 1tbps a day each. Soda is once a day.
I'm here to hopefully heal my absolutely destroyed metabolism and feel great about myself while lowering my bodyfat. After ignoring my scale for a long time I just weighed myself and I am by far the largest I have ever been 235, was 190 when I stopped keto. I'm an accountant and work a desk job. Exercise has been super low, maybe some pushups at home and 1-2 mile walk a couple times a week.
If anyone wants any additional information (you masochist), just ask!
Oh worth noting is that I bought some Haidut supps (Vitamin K, Tyromix, pansterone). Experimenting with doses but right now doing 1 drop k, 2-3 drops Pan, 2-3 drops Tyro in the morning on various areas (chest, stomach, testes).
Thanks all.
Edit: Spelling
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