Yup. It’s really frustrating but just not my normal “me” to be confrontational about stuff most of the time. Wife got pissed at me a few days ago because a contractor screwed up some fan blades at our house and just flipped them over (to a different color) to cover it up. I’m like ehh who cares, she’s like call his ass and make him buy us a new fan, haha. Which, I didn’t do of course.
Sounds dumb but it’s shit like that every day, all the time. I can’t tell if it’s I just don’t care about most stuff enough to argue about it or what.
I can’t imagine the back acne I’d have on 500mg a week though.
Hmmm yeah might have to order one of those. The wife literally popped a pimple on my back this afternoon that was so big it squirted in her eye and nose. Literally. Not quite the facial I was going for.
Couple things on the acne. My dermatologist saw my acne, knows it’s caused by T, and he told me to use Stridex pads. I know it’s chemical but shit, it works wonders. I just got the regular strength ones.
I’ve been getting this crazy cystic acne - huge fucking pimples on my face that barely come to a head and last for weeks. I haven’t been great about using the pads every day but let me tell you, as soon as I see one of those fuckers I give it a good wipe with the pad. It has stopped the last two right in their tracks. Instead of centimeter pimple, it just stayed this little red bump. It works on my chest and back too but I have to do it every day.
Also if you’re almost 100%, don’t mess with your dose! I know you followed my thread for a while. I am the prime example of why you shouldn’t fuck with your dose. Easiest way to throw all your shit off track for four months.
Third of a year? The reason has to be good. Otherwise it’s not worth it, especially if you’re finally satisfied with how Mr. Happy is working.
I’m about to get some proactiv lotion and put that shit all over my back every night if this keeps up. Any time I had acne as a teen that stuff would knock it out, but it bleaches my sheets and clothes so I guess there’s that as a negative
I could probably use stridex pads on my shoulders at least if it doesn’t settle down
I ordered the scrubber thing @dextermorgan mentioned earlier so I’m going to try that first once it gets here… just using the loofa on a stick thing I’ve been using lately seems to be helping. My back feels way less greasy at least… guess we’ll see if that translates to less acne
Yeah I guess I’ll stick with the dose I’m on for a while and see how it goes. I’d still like to see what a 500mg dose feels like for a few months but kind of hate to waste the T until I’ve made some progress in the gym. It almost seems like a waste otherwise. The thing is I need to add HCG soon for fertility purposes so I guess that technically is going to be a dose change. Hopefully one that doesn’t last forever. We’ll see I guess
FYI about that. It’s almost as good as bleach if it comes in contact with fabric. That shit ruined all my towels and sheets. Make sure to use it in the am, and wear a white undershirt or something.
Oh and more T does not necessarily mean more acne. When I raised my dose, my acne calmed down - especially the cystic acne - now back on my correct lower dose and the acne has returned.
Depends who you ask. My opinion is maybe minimally long term it could? There aren’t enough really any long term studies that I’ve seen at those doses to really know for sure. I’ve seen some people post about knowing people that have been on those doses for decades and they are fine but that’s not really a study or anything
Well… today was day 1 of being “unemployed”. Pretty awesome actually. Washed a couple of cars and that was about it.
My employer is an automotive supplier and the whole industry is shut down right now, so pretty much everyone is doing temporary lay offs, etc. until the OEM assembly plants can get back up and running.
I’m getting this week off for “free” (full salary is paid like normal). Next week I have to use a week of vacation time (and full salary is paid then too obviously) then after that I have to decide whether I want to use another week of vacation time or file for unemployment for however many weeks that it’ll take for everything to get back to normal. I’m leaning towards taking the unemployment because it’s $950 a week with the new federal benefits that was passed a week or so ago. That way I can hang on to my vacation time. The company has a policy that you get paid out for any vacation time remaining when you quit or get fired or get laid off… so if I can hang on to it I’d get paid out for it in the end one way or another, or I’ll get to use it, and still get the $950 a week for unemployment in a few weeks on top of that.
So… I dunno. But I’m going to have a few weeks to a month or so free it looks like.
Maybe I’ll finally start trying to find a way to work out. I’m not going to a gym right now but could probably find something to do that’s better than nothing.
This thing seems to actually be working. The spots I have left are going away and I don’t have any more of the big nasty ones that explode. We’ll see… maybe it was just me getting used to the new dose, not sure. Probably a combo of the two things honestly.
Read your log. Wealth of information in here. I think I’m too dumb to have grasped it all. Will reread again. I’m starting a log of my own, first time with me. Would appreciate your input. Seeing your test panel definitely makes me feel like I went lightly on my own panel. Being laid off sucks for sure. But health is the greatest wealth. We’ll get through it.
I started HCG yesterday for fertility reasons. Doc told me to expect 2-3 months before my sperm count is up so I’m hoping it doesn’t take much longer than that. We’ll see I guess. It’s kind of weird to be doing something to try to make babies after trying not to for so long.
Also had some couldn’t get done issues last night but it was before taking the HCG. I’m glad it was before, otherwise I would have been blaming HCG for it. Not sure why, just wasn’t feeling it I guess. Oh well, hasn’t happened in a long time so I’m calling it a fluke for now.
Unemployment has been pretty awesome for anyone wondering. I can see how people get “stuck” in government programs though. It’s kind of shitty that even though I’d like to be doing side work or something to make some money while I have all this free time, I CAN’T because it would take away my unemployment benefits. So dumb but I don’t know what a better answer would be. I should be back to full time next Monday though, so I guess my month long vacation is about to come to an end.
Anyways. TRT. I’m still doing 210mg/week Mon/Wed/Fri dosing and 500 IU’s of HCG 3x a week. I’m actually not hating the HCG any more. I was superrrr tired the first week or so of taking it, not 100% sure that was the cause but I seem to be doing better now. I feel pretty good after I got through the first 7-10 days. Sensitivity is probably as high as it’s been in recent memory so things are good. My hands feel a little swollen but nothing crazy, probably some extra e2 that I’m still getting used to.
I’ve been tracking my food lately mostly because of @bkb333 and I’m averaging about 1450 calories a day. Still pretty low but slightly higher than I was expecting. The swings are pretty bad between when/how much I’m eating though. One day I’ll have a crazy fast food meal that’s 1300 calories for lunch and hit 2000 calories and some days I’ll forget to eat until dinner and eat a ton of ice cream or candy which has my calories pretty low but it’s all carbs/sugar. I’m sure some consistency there would be a good thing for me
Weight wise I’m still stable at 170lbs these days. I’d like to drop a little but I probably need to think more about gaining some muscle instead.
Overall, things are kind of same ol for me these days. I guess that’s a good thing though.
Geez dude, I’m still so rattled by how little food you eat. 1450 has to be bad for your health. I’ve heard guys shouldn’t go below 2000. I flirt with that line when trying to get shredded (1900 ATM, and have gone as low as 1750 before), but I think you should really try hard to get that total intake up higher.
I would start by making sure you eat early in the day. Have something planned out like overnight oats with protein/fruit/PB that you can easily consume, and force yourself to eat it. Once you turn that into a habit, start doing the same thing with lunchtime, and then dinnertime.
Just getting on a consistent 3-meal-a-day schedule will do so much for your physique, your energy throughout the day – and will control leptin (the hunger hormone) so you aren’t driven to binge on fast food and junky sweets.
From my experience, it’s way harder to eat well when you eat inconsistently. That’s why I’m not a big fan of intermittent fasting.
Once you get on a schedule, you’ll be shocked how much your nutrition dials in.
One related book that I love, if you’re interested, is Atomic Habits (I like this one more than Power of Habit, but both are good reads). Great way to spend some of that newfound downtime! I know not working would be driving me nuts.