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jsmith72

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Dylan,
Hey man I just watched your 2 part series on HGH pros/cons of use on YouTube. Thanks for posting it man and sharing your knowledge. My cousin is an Army Special Forces soldier and swears some of his buddies have had major quick recoveries from using HGH after some horrific injuries in battle. He recommended it to me for improved overall health and maybe to get me back on my feet from persistent lower back issues and being sedentary for the last 10 years. I truly feel defeated and weak and need help feeling alive again. My diet and exercise has sucked my whole life also, although I’m changing that slowly now. Age seems to be catching up to me now and all of my bad eating, sleeping and lack of exercise habits have me way behind where I would like to be now.

I’m a business owner myself (Sales with a pretty sedentary lifestyle since 2005 when I started my business). In 2005 I was roughly 215-225 lbs. and really my whole adult life (moderately fit/mostly rode mountain bikes to stay healthy) then I started my business, stopped all exercise, picked up the fork and gained 50lbs over the last ten years (I’m 43 now at 280 lbs.!!). My doctors have told me I have metabolic syndrome and need to lower my sugar and sodium intake. They recommend the Mediterranean diet or just low carbs and no sugar, exercise, etc.

So my desire now is to get my shit together, lose weight by eating better and exercising as much as possible but I have ZERO energy and even if I find I have energy I seem to injure my back rather easily, and feel so effin fatigued man! I had lower back nerve block injections 3 times last year to keep myself going. They do help me by the way but I still have to be very careful with it or I’ll be bed ridden for at least days or sometimes longer.

I took synthetic Testosterone (prescribed to me by my Doc for about one year in 2014, then I just decided to stop, I was just worried about long term risks using this synthetic substance) So after a year of being off T injections I went back to my urologist just 3 weeks ago who has now put me on HCG (1.5ml 3x week for 4 weeks, to “kick start” my nuts working again producing Testosterone he says) and also take half of a 50mg Clomid pill twice a week forever after to keep my T levels up. I like this more natural approach to a normal testosterone level of hopefully around 800-900. Without help my T levels will vary from 200-300. But since I just started this method we don’t know yet where I am (I go do labs again next week to see). Anyway I’m hoping raising the T levels again will help me feel better again also. But also hoping HGH can get me further than the Testosterone alone.

Ok so my questions are below regarding HGH. Just wanted to give you some background on me first.

1. If I’m borderline Type 2 diabetic or have Metabolic Syndrome will taking HGH help that or make it worse?
2. Where can I buy good quality HGH? How does one verify it is legit? My cousin in the ARMY said his buddies told him to tell me to go to NAPSGEAR.ORG and to buy a brand called Hygetropin. Your thoughts?
3. I understand ml’s best since that’s what is on the syringes! What dosage is enough to be safe, yet see good results? I want to lose 50lbs and get really fit for once in my life! Just want to have some nice muscles and feel well but not be a real serious body builder.
4. How long should a cycle be for someone like me?
5. I basically have no muscle mass now, if I exercise moderately (3x week for an hour) will I see big results over the cycle? I just want definition and a flat stomach again. Would love for my wife to notice me in shape once again.
6. Any recommendations on Cardio vs. Weights? Any programs you recommend? I have a nice home gym collecting dust right now.

Bro I'm sorry for this lengthy and wordy message, I’m just desperate for help and you seemed to be a trustworthy person just trying to help in the video. Any advice you have for me is welcomed! Thanks in advance for your help.
Sincerely,

JSmith72


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Welcome to AR. What is your approx body fat percentage right now? And I don't think you mentioned your height? If you are border line type 2, you could easily bring that threat down by diet exercise and weight loss. If you are feeling that fatigued, have you gone to your primary Dr to get some bloods done? That is really important. I'm not talking about T level bloods either. A regular blood screen panel that they give you for a physical.
 
Welcome to Adrenaline Rush jsmith. You have come to the right place to get your goals on track. Everyone above has given you the best advise at the moment considering your BF% and energy levels. You really need to get the ball rolling with your diet and exercise before you think about gear at all!! Blood work and posting up what your diet looks like would be a perfect starting point

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Welcome to AR ! The advice given so far are all accurate. The ppl here at AR will guide you in the right direction! As they guided me Good luck bro!
 
And I don't know how long it's been since your servicemen buddy's told you to go buy hyges brand HGH, (but those are not even being manufactured right now to my knowledge.) If there are any out there, they are either, leftovers, out dated ones, or total fakes.
Keep in mind when taking HGH, one side effect that can come on to you is lethargy. That's the last thing you need right now. You need to lay us out your diet. and be totally honest about what you are eating and how much. How many meals you are eating act….. Diet is the biggest asset to having a good body.
 
Hello brother, and welcome to adrenaline rush! We are glad to have you and certainly can help aid you in your journey to turning your life around.

I think you are getting way ahead of yourself with some of the things you are wanting to do. GH is no miracle drug, and it is not going to produce any profound effect on you whatsoever. The effects are very slow and take a long time to make a difference, however in your current condition your first priority needs to be getting down the right diet and exercise program first and foremost.

Once you have a good solid plan going, there are other options for you that I would recommend like looking into sarms. They are going to give you a much more dramatic effect than running GH alone, and won't be near as costly. They also don't carry side effects and can be extremely effective for fat loss, endurance, strength and muscle mass.

First and foremost is that diet, and then I would be more than happy to help you setup a sarms cycle
 
@JM750- my height is 6'1". My body fat is 20% according to one site's BF calculator (only asked me my height and waist line). I've had blood screens and thyroid tests which showed normal for almost everything but Sugar and Triglycerides were very high though. To be honest I've been feeling a little better on the Clomid and HCG my doctor put me on. I feel some life back in my muscles without doing anything else so far.
 
Can you post up a pic of yourself? You can crop the face out of it. I'm thinking 20% is a bit low. I got a feeling its higher than that. I could be wrong.
 
Thanks BigBusiness and all of you guys who've replied to my original post. Thanks for your replies and supportive comments. According to my Doctor's advice my diet to get my sugar down is supposed to be "no sugar, leafy greens, beans, lean meats, lots of water". Far off what my diet is now for sure.

Time for confession...
I still have really bad sugar cravings so I have one cup of coffee every morning with a generous portion of Coffee Mate's Italian Crème. Other than that I drink sweet tea (stevia sweetener) and water only. I pretty much eat turkey sandwiches on wheat daily with chips for lunch. Dinner is the worst because out of convenience we just grab fast food or eat out at restaurants. I know it's all crap food no good for me. I'm sick of it and want change.


If you guys have food advice and exercise advice to help me get off the couch regarding weights/cardio or anything else I'll take it! It's embarrassing putting this all out there but I have to say I'm impressed already at the supportive replies (none negative to me and my situation I've gotten myself in) I've gotten so far. I was worried coming here being so far behind the shape you all seem to be in. Looks like I have found a good community of good guys. I sincerely appreciate it and hope to learn here and develop a new lifestyle to feel better!

Sincerely,
Jsmith72
 
My blood pressure is and always has been really good. I was told during a physical a few years ago my resting blood pressure (lying down right after exertion) after exercise is high though so I was told to try and not ever just stop exercising without a cool down.

Right now I'm only taking Crestor 10mg daily for high cholesterol. Also on a 4 week HCG cycle (per my doc) 1.5ml 3x week plus Clomid 25mg 2x week.
 
Thanks BigBusiness and all of you guys who've replied to my original post. Thanks for your replies and supportive comments. According to my Doctor's advice my diet to get my sugar down is supposed to be "no sugar, leafy greens, beans, lean meats, lots of water". Far off what my diet is now for sure.

Time for confession...
I still have really bad sugar cravings so I have one cup of coffee every morning with a generous portion of Coffee Mate's Italian Crème. Other than that I drink sweet tea (stevia sweetener) and water only. I pretty much eat turkey sandwiches on wheat daily with chips for lunch. Dinner is the worst because out of convenience we just grab fast food or eat out at restaurants. I know it's all crap food no good for me. I'm sick of it and want change.


If you guys have food advice and exercise advice to help me get off the couch regarding weights/cardio or anything else I'll take it! It's embarrassing putting this all out there but I have to say I'm impressed already at the supportive replies (none negative to me and my situation I've gotten myself in) I've gotten so far. I was worried coming here being so far behind the shape you all seem to be in. Looks like I have found a good community of good guys. I sincerely appreciate it and hope to learn here and develop a new lifestyle to feel better!

Sincerely,
Jsmith72

Please look into my diet and nutrition thread, which will help you get a good diet plan together bud. As always we can also help with any specific questions you may have

http://adrenalinerushforum.com/showthread.php?6585-Diet-and-Nutrition-basics-101
 
Thanks RickRock, that's very encouraging brother. I'll get serious with the diet. Any advice on what to begin with regarding weights or exercise? Then at what point should we talk about the SARMS you mentioned?
 
You will NEVER have to worry about being chastised here. Thats not fucken happening! Period. It's really up to you brother. When you are finally fucking sick and tired of being over weight, and really want to change, only then will you change. There is NO magic pill. It's will power and drive. And once you start seeing the scale drop, it will only give you more drive.

I wasn't quite as heavy as you, but I was horribly out of shape 3 yrs ago. If you go into my profile, click on "pics of me" and you can see what I used to look like and how I am now. That should give you some inspiration.
Actually, here is the link to my pics.

http://adrenalinerushforum.com/album.php?albumid=8

BTW, I'm 51 yrs old
 
Are you enrolled in a gym at the moment? If not, do you have any cardio equipment at home? Not sure what state you are in, so running jogging or walking may be hard in the cold if you are not at a gym.
Trust me when I tell you. You can do this man. It is mind over matter. It is all in how much you want it.
 
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Just took these pics on the patio. 280lbs. I guess I'm lucky because my weight (although mostly in the mid-section) gets distributed evenly all over my body. Most notably in my face and stomach though.
 
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