Meat_Peterson
New_Member
Hi All,
I'll try to give a background about myself, as well as some recent lab results and a discussion about my goals and experiences so far. I'll also include the peppy's that I'm currently running.
I'm a 37 year old male who has struggled with obesity my entire life. Looking back, we never really did have good food choices in my home as a kid. I never really learned proper eating habits and nutrition in my younger years. Luckily, at 14, I started playing football and began to have an obsession with weight lifting. I also wrestled, and transitioned into indoor track to throw the shot. I competed in a few amateur strong man competitions in HS as well. I graduated, 6'3 335 and ended up going to college, played football there as well. My college journey was cut short, mainly because of poor decision making and lack of guidance when I needed it most.
I continued training, competed in more strong man competitions and raw power lifting. This whole time though, I was considered obese. However, I was very strong. Bench press was 505 at age 21, Squatting and dead lifting well into the 700 range as well.
A neck injury in 2010 derailed my competition journey. I never sought treatment for this neck injury. I suspect it was a C7 disc issue, as I had constant deltoid and forearm numbness that transitioned into my hand. This was an uncomfortable few years, which lead into Opiate usage. Opiate usage ended up becoming a full blow an addiction over time. 2012-2014 was pretty horrendous. Poor decision making, prioritizing all the wrong things and nuking any meaningful friendships I had in my life. An accidental overdose prompted a response from the local police, first officer on scene was my old HS quarterback. A great man who I credit for saving my life. I was transported to a local hospital that I was formerly employed at. I was fully prepared to be discharged and go back to my shit head ways. One of my former coworkers contacted my family, and they came. At this point we didn't have much of a relationship, but they still showed up. This was not the first time my family had seen this type of event. I ended up moving in with my dad for a few months. I told him I could not be trusted with money. I slept on his floor, and I went through full on opiate withdrawal. Over the course of a few weeks, I was able to sleep. I started to eat better. I started walking, being outside, and enjoying being solely focused on myself. I remained out of work for about 4 months. January 17 2024 marked 10 years free from opiates for me. Luckily I never went down the rabbit hole of Methadone or suboxone. I did it on my own, somehow. Ended up rebuilding my friendships, one of which lead me to an employment opportunity as a rigger, traveling the US, Canada and Mexico.
When I was on the road, I ballooned up to 394 pounds, the heaviest I'd ever been. I was thicc, in all the wrong places. I ended up changing employers in 2017 and was on a ladder restriction due to my weight. I made a change, and by using conventional methods I was able to get down to 291. Over the last 5 years I slowly crept up to 321 pounds. A few months ago (Jan 25), I decided to try Triz, starting at the common trial dosages.
From that time, I've gone from 321 to 299.2. I have lab work (Belong to a telehealth men's clinic) from 10/1/24, and more recent labs from a few weeks ago. Results are attached to this post.
These are the compounds I'm currently using.
Tesamorelin 1MG 5x weekly
Tirzepatide 7.5 MG 1X weekly
Enclomiphine 12.5 MG 1X daily
Cialis/PT141/ Oxytocin troche 1/4 troche daily
Boron, 12 mg Daily (To combat my high SHGB) You'll see in the lab work.
D3/K2 combo, 10KIU daily
I've attached my most recent lab work to show the improvements over the last few months. The previous lab work is from 10/4/24 I think, the older results are in the column to the right. I also went for my first Dexa scan last week, but I'm not sure that will be of any use as it's my first one. I will do another in 6 months in share the results.
Positive trends noted in the lab work:
Lipid panel, huge improvements in every single marker.
Testosterone, Free and total, as a result of the Enclomiphene monotherapy.
LH/FSH, for the same reason as noted above.
A1C has improved.
Vitamin D has improved.
C Reactive protein has improved
Insulin has improved
Apolloprotein B has improved
Negative trends I noticed:
Reduction in IGF-1 (as a result of being on Enclomiphine) Hoping the Tesamorelin will help with this. I've also just had my first kid, so my sleep has been totally fucked.
My SHGB is SKY high. 12 MG of boron isn't even making a dent in this. If I can get this lower, my free testosterone will improve. However, nothing my mens clinic has offered has lowered my SHGB.
As I said, I attached the lab work if you want to view it. This is all paid via cash through the mens clinic I use. I mainly use them for my labs, all the pharmacies they use are extremely expensive. As an example, 48 MG of Tesamorelin was 1300 dollars.
As far as how I feel. It's the best I've felt in a very long time. Tirzepatide has totally changed my eating habits. No desire to eat out. No desire to snack late at night. I crave Meat and protein shakes and that's about it. My only complaint is that It took me a while to figure out the constipation. I use hemp fiber protein powder to meet my fiber goal. I take stool softener with my meals, and I take Magnesium Glycinate as well. It's saved my turd cutter, cause that thing was roached for a little bit.
Most recent DEXA scan shows that 266 would be an ideal weight for me as I currently carry 207 LBS of lean mass. So that's my goal. Trying to hit 250 grams of Protein daily. Meat always has been, and will remain the cornerstone of my diet.
This was a long post, if you made it this far, thank you. I wish you all well on your journey.
I'm all ears for any coaching or reccomendations, be it dietary, supplements, life, hit me with it.
I'll try to give a background about myself, as well as some recent lab results and a discussion about my goals and experiences so far. I'll also include the peppy's that I'm currently running.
I'm a 37 year old male who has struggled with obesity my entire life. Looking back, we never really did have good food choices in my home as a kid. I never really learned proper eating habits and nutrition in my younger years. Luckily, at 14, I started playing football and began to have an obsession with weight lifting. I also wrestled, and transitioned into indoor track to throw the shot. I competed in a few amateur strong man competitions in HS as well. I graduated, 6'3 335 and ended up going to college, played football there as well. My college journey was cut short, mainly because of poor decision making and lack of guidance when I needed it most.
I continued training, competed in more strong man competitions and raw power lifting. This whole time though, I was considered obese. However, I was very strong. Bench press was 505 at age 21, Squatting and dead lifting well into the 700 range as well.
A neck injury in 2010 derailed my competition journey. I never sought treatment for this neck injury. I suspect it was a C7 disc issue, as I had constant deltoid and forearm numbness that transitioned into my hand. This was an uncomfortable few years, which lead into Opiate usage. Opiate usage ended up becoming a full blow an addiction over time. 2012-2014 was pretty horrendous. Poor decision making, prioritizing all the wrong things and nuking any meaningful friendships I had in my life. An accidental overdose prompted a response from the local police, first officer on scene was my old HS quarterback. A great man who I credit for saving my life. I was transported to a local hospital that I was formerly employed at. I was fully prepared to be discharged and go back to my shit head ways. One of my former coworkers contacted my family, and they came. At this point we didn't have much of a relationship, but they still showed up. This was not the first time my family had seen this type of event. I ended up moving in with my dad for a few months. I told him I could not be trusted with money. I slept on his floor, and I went through full on opiate withdrawal. Over the course of a few weeks, I was able to sleep. I started to eat better. I started walking, being outside, and enjoying being solely focused on myself. I remained out of work for about 4 months. January 17 2024 marked 10 years free from opiates for me. Luckily I never went down the rabbit hole of Methadone or suboxone. I did it on my own, somehow. Ended up rebuilding my friendships, one of which lead me to an employment opportunity as a rigger, traveling the US, Canada and Mexico.
When I was on the road, I ballooned up to 394 pounds, the heaviest I'd ever been. I was thicc, in all the wrong places. I ended up changing employers in 2017 and was on a ladder restriction due to my weight. I made a change, and by using conventional methods I was able to get down to 291. Over the last 5 years I slowly crept up to 321 pounds. A few months ago (Jan 25), I decided to try Triz, starting at the common trial dosages.
From that time, I've gone from 321 to 299.2. I have lab work (Belong to a telehealth men's clinic) from 10/1/24, and more recent labs from a few weeks ago. Results are attached to this post.
These are the compounds I'm currently using.
Tesamorelin 1MG 5x weekly
Tirzepatide 7.5 MG 1X weekly
Enclomiphine 12.5 MG 1X daily
Cialis/PT141/ Oxytocin troche 1/4 troche daily
Boron, 12 mg Daily (To combat my high SHGB) You'll see in the lab work.
D3/K2 combo, 10KIU daily
I've attached my most recent lab work to show the improvements over the last few months. The previous lab work is from 10/4/24 I think, the older results are in the column to the right. I also went for my first Dexa scan last week, but I'm not sure that will be of any use as it's my first one. I will do another in 6 months in share the results.
Positive trends noted in the lab work:
Lipid panel, huge improvements in every single marker.
Testosterone, Free and total, as a result of the Enclomiphene monotherapy.
LH/FSH, for the same reason as noted above.
A1C has improved.
Vitamin D has improved.
C Reactive protein has improved
Insulin has improved
Apolloprotein B has improved
Negative trends I noticed:
Reduction in IGF-1 (as a result of being on Enclomiphine) Hoping the Tesamorelin will help with this. I've also just had my first kid, so my sleep has been totally fucked.
My SHGB is SKY high. 12 MG of boron isn't even making a dent in this. If I can get this lower, my free testosterone will improve. However, nothing my mens clinic has offered has lowered my SHGB.
As I said, I attached the lab work if you want to view it. This is all paid via cash through the mens clinic I use. I mainly use them for my labs, all the pharmacies they use are extremely expensive. As an example, 48 MG of Tesamorelin was 1300 dollars.
As far as how I feel. It's the best I've felt in a very long time. Tirzepatide has totally changed my eating habits. No desire to eat out. No desire to snack late at night. I crave Meat and protein shakes and that's about it. My only complaint is that It took me a while to figure out the constipation. I use hemp fiber protein powder to meet my fiber goal. I take stool softener with my meals, and I take Magnesium Glycinate as well. It's saved my turd cutter, cause that thing was roached for a little bit.
Most recent DEXA scan shows that 266 would be an ideal weight for me as I currently carry 207 LBS of lean mass. So that's my goal. Trying to hit 250 grams of Protein daily. Meat always has been, and will remain the cornerstone of my diet.
This was a long post, if you made it this far, thank you. I wish you all well on your journey.
I'm all ears for any coaching or reccomendations, be it dietary, supplements, life, hit me with it.
Last edited:
