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edamame26

edamame26

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Hello,

I've been using tirz for some time to manage pre-diabetes and sleep apnea. Earlier on, I dropped a significant amount of weight (roughly 100 pounds). My weight tends to stay in the 240-250 range. For 3 years now, I've been working out 7 days a week. My routine is mostly bodyweight movements (plenty of pushups, crunches, squats) plus stretching. I've built decent muscle tone, though there's still some fat left. I'm 6'2" and can't seem to break below 240, but my goal is to get to around 220. This year I began sermorelin and trt. Starting TRT was the best choice I've made; it made a huge difference for my stress levels and mental well being. I want to give KLOW and Reta a try to see whether they help.

Finding this site has been great, there's a lot of useful information here.
 
edamame26 said:


Hello,

Been on tirz for a while for pre-diabetes and sleep apnea. Lost a lot of weight before that (about 100 pounds). I hover around 240-250. Been exercising 7 days a week for 3 years. Mostly bodyweight exercises (lots of pushups, crunches, squats) and stretching, I have decent muscle tone, but still have some fat. Cannot seem to get below 240 (I'm 6'2") and I'd like to be around 220. I started sermorelin and trt this year. TRT was the best decision I've made, made a huge difference in stress and my mental well being. I'd like to try KLOW and Reta to see if they help.

I am glad I found this site, lots of helpful information.

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Have fun along the way!

With Klow, everything comes in one shot, so there's no need to pin 4 separate things.

It's been 8 months of use for me.
 
edamame26 said:


Hello,

Been on tirz for a while for pre-diabetes and sleep apnea. Lost a lot of weight before that (about 100 pounds). I hover around 240-250. Been exercising 7 days a week for 3 years. Mostly bodyweight exercises (lots of pushups, crunches, squats) and stretching, I have decent muscle tone, but still have some fat. Cannot seem to get below 240 (I'm 6'2") and I'd like to be around 220. I started sermorelin and trt this year. TRT was the best decision I've made, made a huge difference in stress and my mental well being. I'd like to try KLOW and Reta to see if they help.

I am glad I found this site, lots of helpful information.

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Greetings, another old guy here! I'm 54, and I've been dropping pounds on Mounjaro since December of last year. Started at 330lbs (150kg), and I'm now at 270lbs (123kg). I stand 6'1" (186cm) and my goal is to get slightly below 200 so I can see a "1" as the first digit on the scale once more.

So far I haven't really incorporated any exercise, but a 24 hour gym sits within walking distance of where I live, so I plan to join up. At last I feel well enough that a few gym sessions each week seem doable.

Paying retail for Mounjaro wasn't something I wanted to keep doing (weight loss coverage through insurance isn't commonly offered here in Japan), so I made the switch to gray reta. Really happy with it.

Wishing you the best of luck on your journey!
 
SaulMichaels said:

Hello everyone! This week I have an appointment scheduled to talk about TRT. I haven't made up my mind yet.
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Hope your TRT appointment goes well. My bloodwork was done a few times and showed testosterone around 285...now it's about 600 and I feel much better. For a while I was on injections. Intra-muscular (ouch), and lately I've made the switch to the daily gel...which is much better, and I haven't had the dropoff that came with the weekly injections. When I began, the injections did cause more acne (mainly on my chest), and that cleared up after a couple of months. The gel has been much better.
 
tekkit said:

Greetings, another old guy here! I'm 54, and I've been dropping pounds on Mounjaro since December of last year. Started at 330lbs (150kg), and I'm now at 270lbs (123kg). I stand 6'1" (186cm) and my goal is to get slightly below 200 so I can see a "1" as the first digit on the scale once more.

So far I haven't really incorporated any exercise, but a 24 hour gym sits within walking distance of where I live, so I plan to join up. At last I feel well enough that a few gym sessions each week seem doable.

Paying retail for Mounjaro wasn't something I wanted to keep doing (weight loss coverage through insurance isn't commonly offered here in Japan), so I made the switch to gray reta. Really happy with it.

Wishing you the best of luck on your journey!
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Nice work on shedding the weight...199 is a solid target to aim for. My own approach to exercise was gradual at first — only 5-10 minutes per day. These days I put in roughly 20-30 minutes each morning, and it has simply turned into something I do every day. A few months back I began using Hinge Health's app to help with my back, and now it's part of my daily routine. It's an excellent app, with plenty of specific exercises designed to ease pain and stiffness.
 
I found myself in the same boat as you, though I'm on the shorter side. TRT has been part of my routine for many years, and I added tirz a couple of months back, which helped me drop a decent amount of weight. The first stretch saw a big drop, but I figure much of that was water. These days it's slow and steady, and that's exactly how I prefer it. A poor diet was behind a lot of my issues, and tirz has been a massive help with that.

GH secretagogues or ghrelin agonists are things I haven't experimented with, but one thing I can state with certainty is that TRT changes the game. Across the years it benefited me in exercise tolerance and body composition, and it also sharpened my mental clarity. When I began, my T sat at roughly 250 pg/nL. My protocol is 100mg each week, and I peak near 1000 pg/nL with a trough around 600 pg/nL. Going supraphysiological was never my aim. I simply wanted to reclaim some of the vigor I had when I was younger, and I got a good deal of it back.

I don't mean to pull the thread off track, but here's something for the younger readers who may see TRT as a cure-all. If you aren't dealing with genuine hypogonadism, then weight loss, exercise and smart supplementation can raise your T numbers on their own. The moment you begin TRT, you're in it for good, and your own production shuts down. Given the cons that come with TRT, it isn't a step to take lightly, even with all the pros.

In any case, welcome to the forum edamame!
 
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