New member intro: From the editorial "we"

[Moneybags2598]

Hello folks! I've spent most of my "forum life" surfing car modding forums, computer tech forums, BBS (early 90's dial-up) to find local folks with common interests and the exchange of shareware 😉. Now I've entered the stage of my life where my interests have shifted towards improving health, improving energy to keep up with my kids, and that's why I'm here - to learn about options to help with improving my health.

Anyhow, I'm a mid-40's male and have been in NC for 20 years. Got my first house here, got married here, had kids here and added pounds here. I work in tech, so my lifestyle is somewhat sedentary, but I do try to get in my steps, bike and include some weight training. I'm 5'9" and 205 lbs, so borderline obese (I was 140 at the end of High School and in Freshman / Sophmore year of College). Naturally, I'm finding that even with a balanced diet and some exercise, I cannot lose the extra weight (visceral, mostly around the stomach). My dad and all my uncles (his brothers) all have the same shape, so this is partially genetics. I do not drink or smoke (those things really aren't fun anymore), but the added weight has increased my blood pressure (diagnosed with hypertension in 2020), causes GERD and also have borderline high cholesterol as a result.

I recently started hormone replacement therapy under the guidance from my Doctor for low T to help with energy and muscle composition, did a sleep study (dad has apnea), and get to have my first colonoscopy soon! Hooray! Getting older sucks, but communities like this can help learn, exchange ideas and figure out solutions that can help with situations like mine.

 

[beingthere]

Welcome, start slow, read a lot, get your bloodwork done then carefully choose what you need. Take everything with a moderate circumspection, unless you want to spend big money on pharma quality, grey is the way to go but all guarantees you receive from grey vendors might or might not materialise. It is a dynamic market, stick to compounds that were thoroughly researched and tested, preferably on humans. Learn the steps to keep things aseptic, safety is important especially when you plan injecting weird things into your body

 

[Moneybags2598]

Welcome, start slow, read a lot, get your bloodwork done then carefully choose what you need. Take everything with a moderate circumspection, unless you want to spend big money on pharma quality, grey is the way to go but all guarantees you receive from grey vendors might or might not materialise. It is a dynamic market, stick to compounds that were thoroughly researched and tested, preferably on humans. Learn the steps to keep things aseptic, safety is important especially when you plan injecting weird things into your body

Thanks! Reta, started at 0.5 mg, 5 days later (maybe minor disruption to food noise), 1.0 mg (small to moderate disruption to appetite / food noise), and then 5 days later (today) 1.5 mg. Taking it very slow to observe my personal reaction, appropriate dosing to get the desired affect & impact for weight loss. If I achieve 10 lbs loss / reduction of visceral fat / belly fat in 3 months (that being the rate), I'm a happy camper. That's 40 lbs in a year, which is insane for my starting point and near my target! Took me my 30's and 40's to get to this point...