Hi, All I'm R. I've been reading around Reddit trying to educate myself on these subjects and found a very subtle clue that led me here. I'm glad too, as although I like reddit for some stuff, like lurking and troubleshooting tech issues, it can be annoyingly oppressive. I like researching things. When i was a young man i got a job at a health food store and found nutrition interesting. then like 2 weeks into it the warehouse style intl food grocery my store was inside of was burned down by an arson.
that sucked but my interest was peaked. I'm from in and around NYC and in that region there was a store named Vitamin Shoppe. I started working there at one of their flagship stores and it had a big lending library which, as an employee, i could freely borrow books from. (the internet was a thing, but i being poor, i had only my dreams, and those books. lol)
anyways, i've held such interests ever since and kept up to date on many things over the years. from bro-science places discussing gear and now peptides, to places like curezone discussing alternative therapies. I find it all interesting and have made use of certain tools over the years along with diet.
The trouble i got into was towards the last few years of a 10 yr stint living in Philippines. I've always hated hot temperatures, summer being my worst season, so one may ask WTF?!? yah i know, but i met a wonderful woman there. her father was an engineer and inventor in alternative energy. i have interest and skill in that area also. plus i'm an only child living on own for years, not much in the way of extended family, i leaned toward starting my own family around my new family.
I don't regret that choice for what it did for my sons life but at some point i had to acknowledge that the place was killing me and i would never adapt to the climate. (that whole thing about 3 years to adapt didn't work for me. and as for the trouble..
I wasn't overweight there. I'm a mesomorph so i know if i fuck around i will find out. I had known sugar is a drug and a problem for many years so i rarely consumed sugar or sweets, drink only water and unsweetened coffee, and mostly fast all day for at least half of my days (some days if hungry i would eat in the am. no big rule to it) but something shifted in my metabolism..
for one, sweating my brains out for years, i think it messed up my electrolytes. partly because when i got back stateside. a dentist wouldn't work on me because of high BP so i went to a doc and found out about that. at this point i had already gained some weight in last 2.5 years as i was preparing to get my fam out of the phils i gave up on the heat and was holed up in one room i could afford to use air conditioning in. (for years we suffered with only a fan to sleep. but like i said i gave up already) visa issues with my wife held us there. should have done the fiance visa and not gotten married there. so i was mostly holled up in a room learning how to trade capital and crypto markets, and being like a prisoner i had much time for it..
Trouble part II: I got sick with some tropical bug that, after the main sickness left a sinus infection that didn't wanna leave. I used antibiotics longer than i should have. I think it messed me up. my digestion changed and trips to the bathroom were never the same as all of my life before that. This is my bigger suspect to the problem. after that nothing changed with my diet but i started gaining some weight and atempts to tune things up didn't work like they would have in the past.
so i'm back in America a few years now. It's better here as it is easier to have the diet i prefer ranging from Ketovore to sometimes having some carbs but low end and specific mostly. (not just going totally degenerate in my choices) also, again, i very commonly do one meal a day style fasting but eat more on days i feel i need it. I legit feel great when i'm actually in ketosis and intermittent fasting comes easy. i'm not torturing myself to do it.. but i am stuck. nothing is really happening weight wise.
For june my wife and son went back to visit family. i had a whole month. i changed alot of things. tweaked suppliments. low dose reta. 1.5 mg per week. (.5mg MWF) targeted the drinking. yah i didn't mention it before but it had not changed before and after my metabolism change. not to defend it either, i know reducing/eliminating can only help, but just to provide context, it was always low carb style. whiskey with water (ocasionally a single beer with that for taste but rarely) and drinking only nightly, not all day long. (my sleep aid)
Results have been promising. the needle now moves downward. I drank a few times the first week while waiting for my reta.. and in the 3 weeks after only once. since they are back a few times more (also i took about a week off reta) but now i drink less nights than i don't which is a big improvement. also i quit smoking, 1 year july 1st! although i still chew nic gum, but that was the hardest thing i've ever done (and still a battle in my head even if i never smoked one yet since then)
so this thing is a work in progress but I am taking steps. Thanks if you got this far. Also I found what i was looking for in coming here right away (you all know what that is) so thanks to all for that.. but I see value in the idea of the help and support and the experience of people in here so i figured i better get this written already and plan to stay for that. sorry for the inconsistant caps. i dread typing and part way through i just figured to type the least painful way for me and really be genuine rather than fake it and not really make the effort in sharing so much.
I know my dose is really low but i value being careful and safe and not like somebody on forums of steriod dot com or some such. I can adjust as needed.
Also, last thing i forgot to add. about my theory regarding sweating, electrolytes, and BP. Before i even knew i had BP i had deveoped fairly bad cramping. when i got back here the drug they gave me (METAPROPOL i think. don't know spelling) makes it even worse. i've battled with taking it and been on and off. I get that some people need drugs (maybe i do) but i don't like being given them as a life sentance. I'd rather avoid if possible. I'm hoping this approach will help with the BP also as i have read.. I'm hoping that i can find a way to not forever be on a GLP also. but if i need to stay on something, this sounds like way more benefits than being tortued forever with painful cramps on the BP drug. Regards!
that sucked but my interest was peaked. I'm from in and around NYC and in that region there was a store named Vitamin Shoppe. I started working there at one of their flagship stores and it had a big lending library which, as an employee, i could freely borrow books from. (the internet was a thing, but i being poor, i had only my dreams, and those books. lol)
anyways, i've held such interests ever since and kept up to date on many things over the years. from bro-science places discussing gear and now peptides, to places like curezone discussing alternative therapies. I find it all interesting and have made use of certain tools over the years along with diet.
The trouble i got into was towards the last few years of a 10 yr stint living in Philippines. I've always hated hot temperatures, summer being my worst season, so one may ask WTF?!? yah i know, but i met a wonderful woman there. her father was an engineer and inventor in alternative energy. i have interest and skill in that area also. plus i'm an only child living on own for years, not much in the way of extended family, i leaned toward starting my own family around my new family.
I don't regret that choice for what it did for my sons life but at some point i had to acknowledge that the place was killing me and i would never adapt to the climate. (that whole thing about 3 years to adapt didn't work for me. and as for the trouble..
I wasn't overweight there. I'm a mesomorph so i know if i fuck around i will find out. I had known sugar is a drug and a problem for many years so i rarely consumed sugar or sweets, drink only water and unsweetened coffee, and mostly fast all day for at least half of my days (some days if hungry i would eat in the am. no big rule to it) but something shifted in my metabolism..
for one, sweating my brains out for years, i think it messed up my electrolytes. partly because when i got back stateside. a dentist wouldn't work on me because of high BP so i went to a doc and found out about that. at this point i had already gained some weight in last 2.5 years as i was preparing to get my fam out of the phils i gave up on the heat and was holed up in one room i could afford to use air conditioning in. (for years we suffered with only a fan to sleep. but like i said i gave up already) visa issues with my wife held us there. should have done the fiance visa and not gotten married there. so i was mostly holled up in a room learning how to trade capital and crypto markets, and being like a prisoner i had much time for it..
Trouble part II: I got sick with some tropical bug that, after the main sickness left a sinus infection that didn't wanna leave. I used antibiotics longer than i should have. I think it messed me up. my digestion changed and trips to the bathroom were never the same as all of my life before that. This is my bigger suspect to the problem. after that nothing changed with my diet but i started gaining some weight and atempts to tune things up didn't work like they would have in the past.
so i'm back in America a few years now. It's better here as it is easier to have the diet i prefer ranging from Ketovore to sometimes having some carbs but low end and specific mostly. (not just going totally degenerate in my choices) also, again, i very commonly do one meal a day style fasting but eat more on days i feel i need it. I legit feel great when i'm actually in ketosis and intermittent fasting comes easy. i'm not torturing myself to do it.. but i am stuck. nothing is really happening weight wise.
For june my wife and son went back to visit family. i had a whole month. i changed alot of things. tweaked suppliments. low dose reta. 1.5 mg per week. (.5mg MWF) targeted the drinking. yah i didn't mention it before but it had not changed before and after my metabolism change. not to defend it either, i know reducing/eliminating can only help, but just to provide context, it was always low carb style. whiskey with water (ocasionally a single beer with that for taste but rarely) and drinking only nightly, not all day long. (my sleep aid)
Results have been promising. the needle now moves downward. I drank a few times the first week while waiting for my reta.. and in the 3 weeks after only once. since they are back a few times more (also i took about a week off reta) but now i drink less nights than i don't which is a big improvement. also i quit smoking, 1 year july 1st! although i still chew nic gum, but that was the hardest thing i've ever done (and still a battle in my head even if i never smoked one yet since then)
so this thing is a work in progress but I am taking steps. Thanks if you got this far. Also I found what i was looking for in coming here right away (you all know what that is) so thanks to all for that.. but I see value in the idea of the help and support and the experience of people in here so i figured i better get this written already and plan to stay for that. sorry for the inconsistant caps. i dread typing and part way through i just figured to type the least painful way for me and really be genuine rather than fake it and not really make the effort in sharing so much.
I know my dose is really low but i value being careful and safe and not like somebody on forums of steriod dot com or some such. I can adjust as needed.
Also, last thing i forgot to add. about my theory regarding sweating, electrolytes, and BP. Before i even knew i had BP i had deveoped fairly bad cramping. when i got back here the drug they gave me (METAPROPOL i think. don't know spelling) makes it even worse. i've battled with taking it and been on and off. I get that some people need drugs (maybe i do) but i don't like being given them as a life sentance. I'd rather avoid if possible. I'm hoping this approach will help with the BP also as i have read.. I'm hoping that i can find a way to not forever be on a GLP also. but if i need to stay on something, this sounds like way more benefits than being tortued forever with painful cramps on the BP drug. Regards!
