jp2code
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- Feb 10, 2018
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I'm 52, and I've been lifting since 18 or 19.
A while back on Tiktok, I learned that eating refined-sugar-rich foods like enriched white rice is about as bad as donuts or white bread. That made sense to me because I often got uncontrollable diarrhea and really sleepy after having a meal or snack with these in them.
I haven't gone Keto, but my diet now has much less of these refined sugars. And that has helped.
Yesterday I came across another Tiktok (amazing source of information) saying that insulin levels along with lower testosterone levels in men over 40 can be the cause of excessive weight gain, particularly around the belly. I've got that, big time! I've been struggling with getting my weight under control. But it did NOT say what to do to fix that.
My calorie-counting app (I've used it on my phone for about 5 years) still shows that I am hovering around 2500 calories a day.
I go to the gym 5-days a week, Monday - Friday. 30-minutes of cardio followed by about 45-minutes of lifting. I'm typically a sweat ball after the cardio, and my body temperature stays up during my lifting, so I continue to sweat the whole time.
I supplement with Vitamin D, a calcium/magnesium/zinc pill, and creatine.
I've already got enough muscle. I'm 5'9, 225-lbs, and probably 25% bodyfat. At 52, I'm not really looking to get bigger, but I would like to get much leaner. Steroids make me a little leaner while I am on them, but I am also gaining muscle. After the cycle is over, I just wind up being a bigger version of myself.
Is there a way to manipulate insulin so that my body burns more calories and creates more testosterone?
Here is a fuzzy picture. I'm not worried about anybody identifying me.
A while back on Tiktok, I learned that eating refined-sugar-rich foods like enriched white rice is about as bad as donuts or white bread. That made sense to me because I often got uncontrollable diarrhea and really sleepy after having a meal or snack with these in them.
I haven't gone Keto, but my diet now has much less of these refined sugars. And that has helped.
Yesterday I came across another Tiktok (amazing source of information) saying that insulin levels along with lower testosterone levels in men over 40 can be the cause of excessive weight gain, particularly around the belly. I've got that, big time! I've been struggling with getting my weight under control. But it did NOT say what to do to fix that.
My calorie-counting app (I've used it on my phone for about 5 years) still shows that I am hovering around 2500 calories a day.
I go to the gym 5-days a week, Monday - Friday. 30-minutes of cardio followed by about 45-minutes of lifting. I'm typically a sweat ball after the cardio, and my body temperature stays up during my lifting, so I continue to sweat the whole time.
I supplement with Vitamin D, a calcium/magnesium/zinc pill, and creatine.
I've already got enough muscle. I'm 5'9, 225-lbs, and probably 25% bodyfat. At 52, I'm not really looking to get bigger, but I would like to get much leaner. Steroids make me a little leaner while I am on them, but I am also gaining muscle. After the cycle is over, I just wind up being a bigger version of myself.
Is there a way to manipulate insulin so that my body burns more calories and creates more testosterone?
Here is a fuzzy picture. I'm not worried about anybody identifying me.