You already have relatively high estrogen levels, but there is not one-size-fits-all approach to estrogen; high for you could be low for me and vice-versa. I don’t know if injecting more testosterone would really help you here… T converts to E via Aromatase Activity, so more T will give you more E.
I don’t have an SHBG level right now. I got the labs that I could afford at the moment.
As for the weight loss efforts I’ve tracked macros to the gram for months and added conditioning to the end of the workouts. If I go too low in food intake my workouts suffer and recovery is nonexistent. I feel stuck.
Have you considered upping fats and lowering carbs? A healthy fat profile tends to help with Testosterone production.
Training in a deficit is always shitty. Do you have the capacity to continue eating how you are now, but increasing your activity level to make up the difference - burn more calories? This is known as “G-Flux”
Some reading on this, if you are interested
TL;DR: Train more to burn more calories - if you eat in a 500cal/day surplus, train in a way that will burn 3,000cal/day. If you eat the same (maintenance), train in a way that will burn 2,500cal/day.
2K cal should do it for weight loss at 250lbs starting. If not, you either need to lower calories or add more caloric burn ie more workouts or cardio. Your macros are 40/40/20 which is pretty standard for muscle building. You could try less carbs and more fats as @Andrewgen_Receptors recommended.
Yeah, sounds about right. I’m trying to change that.
It leaves me with a chicken or the egg question though. As I understand it estradiol has the effect of essentially making it hard to lose fat, while the fat acts as an accessory endocrine organ causing the aromatization of T to E2.
Hormones aside, the action is the same. Also I think that low e2 causes issues metabolizing fats. I’ve seen it theorized that high e2 causes aromatization in order to help burn that extra stored fuel. Makes sense, but I’ve not seen anything concrete
