Baron's Journey to Single-Digit Bodyfat

Discussion in 'Health and Fitness' started by Baron, Jan 25, 2019.

  1. Visaria

    Visaria

    Oh i intend to. I'm consulting an endo atm and going for some more blood tests.
     
    #271     Mar 3, 2019
  2. Baron

    Baron ET Founder

    I've done it several different ways. Twice per week is my favorite setup. Injecting a small amount everyday sounds good in theory but trust me, you'll feel like a pin cushion after a while and will grow tired of that really fast, especially since some injections will inevitably hit a blood vessel under the skin and will leave a bruise. Injecting everyday virtually guarantees that you'll have a couple of gnarly visible bruises at any given time.
     
    #272     Mar 3, 2019
  3. Baron

    Baron ET Founder

    So I did some calculations today based upon my DEXA scan. Without getting into the boring details of the math, I figured out that for every 1% of bodyfat that I need to lose, that equates to 1.85lbs of fat. So if I'm at 12.9% now, and I'm wanting to lose 4% more, that would put me at 8.9% which would equal 7.4lbs of fat total.

    There's 3,500 calories in a pound of fat, so 7.4 lbs x 3,500 cal = 25,900 calories. So I will need to burn an extra 25,900 calories while keeping my daily calorie intake right around my maintenance level of 1,800 calories per day in order for me to achieve my goal.

    So then I decided to figure out how much cardio I'd have to do to burn that off. Honestly, I hate cardio, so realistically I'm never going to do more than 30 minutes of steady state cardio, which usually ends up being 300 calories per session. So if you divide 25,900 calories by 300 calories per session, it comes out to be 86 days straight of cardio, which is almost three solid months. Wow, that's sort of an eye-opener. I've been doing some walks and other random activities besides weight training, but these numbers tell me that I will have to get serious about expending extra energy if I'm going to reach my goal by the mid-July timeframe.
     
    #273     Mar 3, 2019
  4. Baron

    Baron ET Founder

    For whatever reason, Testosterone Propionate isn't an approved medication here in the U.S. The only ester the FDA approves here is Cypionate.
     
    #274     Mar 3, 2019
  5. Baron

    Baron ET Founder

    Once you get on TRT, you'll never want to go back to your old self, that's for sure.
     
    #275     Mar 3, 2019
  6. Visaria

    Visaria

    Assuming this is correct, why not just skip the cardio and reduce your calories down to 1200 a day for a mere 43 days...6 weeks...
     
    #276     Mar 3, 2019
  7. Visaria

    Visaria

    I really don't like the idea of injecting deep into the body. If I can avoid TRT, I will.
     
    #277     Mar 3, 2019
  8. Visaria

    Visaria

    Having said that, I've heard it's really something. Apparently increased sex drive, more aggression risk taking, greater muscle building potential, lots of benefits!
     
    #278     Mar 3, 2019
  9. Pekelo

    Pekelo

    #279     Mar 3, 2019
  10. luisHK

    luisHK

    U can inject Test propionate subq. Hardly deep nor much of a hassle, even done daily. From memory although not quite as good injecting every 2 days also gives one quite steady test levels.

     
    #280     Mar 3, 2019