Feel like a neutered dog at 26.

[nxckf]

Also just noticed you don’t have a lot of carbs in your diet other than sweet potatoes and honey. Try eating 500-700 more calories in carbs and see how you feel. Don’t feed into the BS that carbs make you fat. They’re the body’s preferred energy source.

Yeah I don’t buy into that, my carbs are around 250-300g rn. Which for my activity level and my size seems okay. Don’t want to go overboard and eat more than I need due to taking the GH. Have tried pushing the food higher and rate of strength gains didn’t correlate as much as rate of fat gain. On training days I definitely have more high GI carbs like rice, honey, dates, rice cakes, bananas, etc. That screenshot just happened to be on a rest day where I was trying to keep the carbs mostly slower digesting such as the veggies and sweet potatoes.

 

[just some dude]

when i crushed my cholesterol it was just like when i cut out animal fats

maybe you are focusing too much on cholestrol deprivation (ex: statin) rather than ldl receptor upregulation (ex: repatha)

 

[SuperJew]

Eggs wouldn't be jacking up your cholesterol like that.
Any signs of sleep apnea?
Do you work construction or something very taxing?
Any periods of depression or severe anxiety in your history?

 

[bananafeet]

I'm not an expert. But that SHBG being high could be making it hard to get enough free testosterone (even tho it's normal).

Seems as you've tried everything if I were you I'd try the following:
1. Abdomen scan for fatty liver
2. Proviron/mesterolone to crash SHBG
3. Vitamin C (fruit juice) and red meat to increase iron stores. Cook with a cast iron pan
4. Get checked for sleep apnea

Maybe you're actually depressed and have been pushing so hard you have compartmentalized it. You obviously are very driven but sometimes that can be a healthy coping mechanism . I'd point more towards anxiety and hyperactivity as a coping mechanism. That's why you're successful .

But bro I'm just a dude. Hopefully you figure this shit out

 

[Elektrobot]

You've got come pretty obvious things in your bloodwork to fix

Fix them

Your SHBG is high, which can cause symptoms of low test.

Stop the low carb BS to fix that and try boron

no processed food

Your body doesn't have a receptor to tell if food is processed or not. This does not matter. Only the macros matter.

If anything, calorie dense processed foods are what your skinny ass needs right now.

diet consists of beef

You have high cholesterol. Replace your beef with chicken or other low fat meat. Get rid of any saturated fats in your diet. Start taking an omega fatty acid supplement. You need healthy fats, not beef fats.


Your bodyweight says you aren't eating, and your cholesterol says the food you are eating is the wrong food.

These are easy fixes my dude. Eat more, eat CORRECTLY, train hard, and sleep.

 

[nxckf]

You've got come pretty obvious things in your bloodwork to fix

Fix them

Your SHBG is high, which can cause symptoms of low test.

Stop the low carb BS to fix that and try boron



Your body doesn't have a receptor to tell if food is processed or not. This does not matter. Only the macros matter.

If anything, calorie dense processed foods are what your skinny ass needs right now.



You have high cholesterol. Replace your beef with chicken or other low fat meat. Get rid of any saturated fats in your diet. Start taking an omega fatty acid supplement. You need healthy fats, not beef fats.


Your bodyweight says you aren't eating, and your cholesterol says the food you are eating is the wrong food.

These are easy fixes my dude. Eat more, eat CORRECTLY, train hard, and sleep.

250-300g carbs is low carb?
I have been taking boron for 4 months- did not drop SHBG. Switched out the beef for chicken, consuming avocados and nuts for healthy fats now instead of animal fat. As far as eating more, you can only gain so much muscle in a short amount of time being natural. So what is the point in adding a bunch of bodyfat and becoming less insulin sensitive by pushing more food? I used to be 50lbs heavier, and i’m stronger at this weight than I was 50lbs heavier. I’m gaining weight but at what point are you eating extra just to gain fat? I’m not supposed to be 200lbs at 5’6 or 25%bf for no reason. I understand that I’m small but what does reaching a higher scale number really mean if it was just fat? I’m not going to add 20-30lbs of lean contractile tissue in a year- that’s just simply not even possible. As much as I wish it was.

 

[nxckf]

Eggs wouldn't be jacking up your cholesterol like that.
Any signs of sleep apnea?
Do you work construction or something very taxing?
Any periods of depression or severe anxiety in your history?

I do have frequent wake ups and have been told by my partner that I snore like crazy sometimes although it got better when i got leaner. I work a blue collar job carrying ladders and pulling cables all day, def had a crazy family life growing up where I was in a state of depression- but doing better now. At least I think.

 

[bananafeet]

Lol bro is working construction, has a family, is going to the gym and wonders why he is tired.

Bro you need a rest. You can't do everything lol

Maybe check your resting cortisol levels and get a sleep test done. Frequent waking, snoring and daytime fatigue are classic examples of sleep apnea. It fucked me up majorly before I figured out what was happening

 

[nxckf]

Lol bro is working construction, has a family, is going to the gym and wonders why he is tired.

Bro you need a rest. You can't do everything lol

Maybe check your resting cortisol levels and get a sleep test done. Frequent waking, snoring and daytime fatigue are classic examples of sleep apnea. It fucked me up majorly before I figured out what was happening

Lol, you’re probably right man. I’m hard on myself to hit all my marks daily and I feel guilty when I rest. That’s probably biting me in the ass. I have a sleep study scheduled in a few weeks, hopefully that will answer something.