Addressing those two things are actually Step One when it comes to improving health and physique. Nobody said you need to “drop everything”. You just need to use a better plan.
For sure that’s a lot to juggle, and congrats on the baby, but there are plenty of effective training plans that require two workouts per week (like this) or only 15-20 minute sessions a few days a week (like these) instead of trying to fit in four or five 90-minute workouts per week.
Nutrition is just as simple with bare minimum planning. This is a basic approach.
You don’t install a top of the line sink and faucet when the pipes underneath are rusted and leaking. You address the unsexy, boring, fundamental problems first. Nevermind the fact that, by crossing from TRT into steroids, you’re introducing a huge legality issue. Getting busted would sort of interrupt school, family, and work.
Honestly, I’m thinking that running a cycle at 22 likely started the whole snowball. Gaining 20+ pounds of mostly bodyfat in the last two years hasn’t helped anything. Sorry to sound like a dick, but yeah. The bright side is that both of those things are fixable with work, as previously mentioned.
Joint pain definitely sucks and can screw up training, but your current plan (what we’ve heard about it) doesn’t really sound too joint-friendly due to excessive volume. You don’t need five exercises per bodypart.
Bro, if I could blow my own trumpet, I’d never leave the house. Wait, what?