Hey Everyone,
I wan't to pose a question out there because I am getting more educated day by day and I'm starting to question myself. I'll give you the back drop to the story [if you wan't to skip this - go right to the second paragraph]. I have an endomorphic body type (so bulking is not my goal). I'm 42yrs, 5'11 on TRT: Test-C 200mg per week (with 1mg of Arimidex split in half twice a week to keep the E2 in control) I have 20+ BF. I know the 20(+) is high and I'm actually too embarrassed to say what it actually is. Have mercy bro(s) I've been through some shit in life, in the last couple years and I'm coming out into the light. I'm hitting the gym 4~5 days a week weights+cardio for 2hrs a day. My mission is to decimate body fat with extreme prejudice, to get back to some form of the man I used to be. I also know being on TRT with those BF numbers is not ideal. But understand the TRT isn't just for aesthetics. With T at 285 I felt like the walking dead for the last 2yrs due to being undiagnosed by my incompetent general practitioner doctor. He actually had the numbers (when I went back to look at my historical chart) for 2yrs and didn't tell me this was low. I mean when I was 20/30-something I didn't even need to know about this stuff (simply meaning I had energy, muscles were hard, eating plant based diet with lots of cardio to balance the endomorph; everything was firing on all cylinders). Fortunately I've been training since I was 16 and I know the difference between what I was and what I am now; and was intuitive enough to do my own research and challenge my doctor. My body reacted well to the T. After 4 weeks I was at 900 but my E2 was at 100 (hence the Armidex), and daaammmn did I need that Arimidex. I felt like a stuffed sausage walking around holding a shit-ton of water weight. So we got that all worked out. The thing is that I also have pre-diabetes/metabolic syndrome. Thats another thing my incompetent-fuck of a doctor didn't define for me. He just said loose some weight and the bad numbers will come down and your T will go up.. Dumb MF.. its almost impossible to break the cycle of metabolic syndrome to get you reversed into the right direction once you have it, and I mean I cleaned up my diet. Obviously tossed out the junk food & alcohol started eating a shit-ton of cruciferous vegetables, etc.... but nothing. The TRT has helped. I'm in the process of recomping and I'm running SR 9009 + Cardarine stack to help with the metabolic syndrome. So on to the main question:
I'm wondering if a Keto diet is the right thing for bodybuilding and/or my situation (endomorphic body type with pre-diabetes/metabolic syndrome). Typically I would have thought a Keto diet would be good for getting rid of metabolic syndrome/pre-diabetes.
The rules of it seem in line: no sugar | 20grams of carbs a day | more protein (not toooo much.. I learned that) | high fat.
I think the first two rules seem in line with my goals and situation but its hard as hell to find foods that are high in fat. Yeah.. I know avocados, nuts, good oils, etc. But the thing is I also question is high fat really good for your heart and liver? Here is the other thing, after 2 weeks on keto the scale barely moved. I think I was so carb deprived that after two weeks my body is resisting. So I said fuck it.. I gave myself a cheat day what do you know I lost 2lbs. Its just fuckin strange. Also know with an Endomorphic body type your weight could swing 2~3lbs every day its just the way it goes. Could be water weight, could be fat, could be a full fuckin moon that does it.. I don't know, its strange but those are the conditions of an Endomorph type.
I just question if I'm really doing the right thing with my diet altogether (even given my situation). Any advice would be appreciated.
I wan't to pose a question out there because I am getting more educated day by day and I'm starting to question myself. I'll give you the back drop to the story [if you wan't to skip this - go right to the second paragraph]. I have an endomorphic body type (so bulking is not my goal). I'm 42yrs, 5'11 on TRT: Test-C 200mg per week (with 1mg of Arimidex split in half twice a week to keep the E2 in control) I have 20+ BF. I know the 20(+) is high and I'm actually too embarrassed to say what it actually is. Have mercy bro(s) I've been through some shit in life, in the last couple years and I'm coming out into the light. I'm hitting the gym 4~5 days a week weights+cardio for 2hrs a day. My mission is to decimate body fat with extreme prejudice, to get back to some form of the man I used to be. I also know being on TRT with those BF numbers is not ideal. But understand the TRT isn't just for aesthetics. With T at 285 I felt like the walking dead for the last 2yrs due to being undiagnosed by my incompetent general practitioner doctor. He actually had the numbers (when I went back to look at my historical chart) for 2yrs and didn't tell me this was low. I mean when I was 20/30-something I didn't even need to know about this stuff (simply meaning I had energy, muscles were hard, eating plant based diet with lots of cardio to balance the endomorph; everything was firing on all cylinders). Fortunately I've been training since I was 16 and I know the difference between what I was and what I am now; and was intuitive enough to do my own research and challenge my doctor. My body reacted well to the T. After 4 weeks I was at 900 but my E2 was at 100 (hence the Armidex), and daaammmn did I need that Arimidex. I felt like a stuffed sausage walking around holding a shit-ton of water weight. So we got that all worked out. The thing is that I also have pre-diabetes/metabolic syndrome. Thats another thing my incompetent-fuck of a doctor didn't define for me. He just said loose some weight and the bad numbers will come down and your T will go up.. Dumb MF.. its almost impossible to break the cycle of metabolic syndrome to get you reversed into the right direction once you have it, and I mean I cleaned up my diet. Obviously tossed out the junk food & alcohol started eating a shit-ton of cruciferous vegetables, etc.... but nothing. The TRT has helped. I'm in the process of recomping and I'm running SR 9009 + Cardarine stack to help with the metabolic syndrome. So on to the main question:
I'm wondering if a Keto diet is the right thing for bodybuilding and/or my situation (endomorphic body type with pre-diabetes/metabolic syndrome). Typically I would have thought a Keto diet would be good for getting rid of metabolic syndrome/pre-diabetes.
The rules of it seem in line: no sugar | 20grams of carbs a day | more protein (not toooo much.. I learned that) | high fat.
I think the first two rules seem in line with my goals and situation but its hard as hell to find foods that are high in fat. Yeah.. I know avocados, nuts, good oils, etc. But the thing is I also question is high fat really good for your heart and liver? Here is the other thing, after 2 weeks on keto the scale barely moved. I think I was so carb deprived that after two weeks my body is resisting. So I said fuck it.. I gave myself a cheat day what do you know I lost 2lbs. Its just fuckin strange. Also know with an Endomorphic body type your weight could swing 2~3lbs every day its just the way it goes. Could be water weight, could be fat, could be a full fuckin moon that does it.. I don't know, its strange but those are the conditions of an Endomorph type.
I just question if I'm really doing the right thing with my diet altogether (even given my situation). Any advice would be appreciated.
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