Want to lose 40 pounds

[noggin]

Male 5'9 SW200 CW185 GW160

I started my tirz journey around 3 weeks ago. I've lost 15 pounds but have another 25 to go which I'm hoping can be done without too much muscle loss. I lift weights 9-10 hours a week but the lethargy + difficulty eating enough protein definitely makes it difficult. I'm hoping it's possible to get to 160 but I'd take 165 instead gladly if it means not too much muscle loss. I have enough stockpiled for a year at current dose (with another 2 years otw) but I expect to titrate as I go (although 3 weeks in, 2.5mg still completely kills my appetite and I struggle to eat 1500 calories)

Hopefully things go well. Thinking of stacking tesa as I mostly have visceral fat

 

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I'd be a bit surprised if you have "mostly" visceral fat. At 5'8 and SW of 270, near 50% BF, I "only" had 10lb of visceral fat per my DEXA scan. Remember, not all abdominal fat is visceral.

I'm about to start tesa because my visceral fat isn't going down as quickly as the rest of my fat, and it's some of the most unhealthy to have, but I would temper your expectations on how much impact it's going to have in totality.

 

[noggin]

I'd be a bit surprised if you have "mostly" visceral fat. At 5'8 and SW of 270, near 50% BF, I "only" had 10lb of visceral fat per my DEXA scan. Remember, not all abdominal fat is visceral.

I'm about to start tesa because my visceral fat isn't going down as quickly as the rest of my fat, and it's some of the most unhealthy to have, but I would temper your expectations on how much impact it's going to have in totality.

Okay, good to note. Yeah I would probably agree it's moreso abdominal than visceral fat so I'll keep my expectations low. Although another big reason I'm interested in Tesa is to prevent loss of muscle mass while losing weight and hopefully prevent lethargy since my workouts have gone down to 1-1.5 hours from 2-2.5 because of extreme tiredness midway through

 

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Yeah, HGH increase should hopefully help with that! Are you going to stack with ipa? My tesa and ipa are actually out for delivery right now, though I think I'm going to wait until Monday to start, just to keep the 5 days on 2 days off pretty easily aligned.

 

[moonpies4misfits]

I'd be a bit surprised if you have "mostly" visceral fat. At 5'8 and SW of 270, near 50% BF, I "only" had 10lb of visceral fat per my DEXA scan. Remember, not all abdominal fat is visceral.

Maybe I should get one of those scans. I have a feeling I have a lot of visceral fat because my belly is mostly firm, not soft and squishy. I've also lost 30lbs (halfway to goal weight) but my waist mostly looks the same.

Did your insurance cover the DEXA? My insurance is crap so I'll probably have to pay out of pocket. I did have a hysterectomy back in my 30s and because of that I'm higher risk for osteoporosis, so maybe we can finagle it to where they approve the scan for bone density.

 

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Maybe I should get one of those scans. I have a feeling I have a lot of visceral fat because my belly is mostly firm, not soft and squishy. I've also lost 30lbs (halfway to goal weight) but my waist mostly looks the same.

Did your insurance cover the DEXA? My insurance is crap so I'll probably have to pay out of pocket. I did have a hysterectomy back in my 30s and because of that I'm higher risk for osteoporosis, so maybe we can finagle it to where they approve the scan for bone density.

Unfortunately not, I had to pay out of pocket. From what I can find prices seem to range from $100 to $300 depending on the amount available to you locally, competition, etc. Thankfully I am on the low end of that.

 

[moonpies4misfits]

Unfortunately not, I had to pay out of pocket. From what I can find prices seem to range from $100 to $300 depending on the amount available to you locally, competition, etc. Thankfully I am on the low end of that.

Ok, that's actually not as high as I thought (still not cheap though). I live right on the edge of a major city so I've definitely got options. My calcium levels are a bit elevated, so I can try and see if I can get my doctor say hes checking for osteoporosis, which may not be a bad idea anyway. If not, I'm about to refill my FSA card in January so I can use that lol.