Hey guys, first of all thanks for all the info posted in this section as well as around the board. It's been extremely valuable to me.
To begin, I'm 26 years old. Training for quite a few years. Diet is not perfect however I'd like to claim that it's pretty damn good. I count my macros and my calories in nearly all my meals and eat what I'd like to think is a well balanced diet for this lifestyle. I train 5-6 days a week, and have somewhat respectable lifts.
A few months ago I went into my doctor's to ask for bloodwork done. Mainly to see if I was safe to start running gear and to establish a baseline. However also because I felt like I had low T. My sex drive is minimal at best, which is pretty shitty for a newly married 26 year old guy. It just isn't cutting it.
Bloodwork came back and I look healthy. Nothing out of range, however my LH levels were 1.1 on a normal scale of 1.1 to 8.8 as well as...
My test levels were 11.1nmol/l on a scale of 8.4 - 28.8. Doctor told me this was in range. From the research I've done, that seems to be in range.... For a 70 year old. I'm a fit 26 year old, I asked myself "how is this normal"? My wife is down to have sex basically as much as I want, and I'm basically not interested 99% of the time.
I asked for him to refer me to an endo. Months of waiting later, led me to today where I went for a visit with the endo. She told me relatively the same thing. "men with low T are usually obese, have splotchy facial hair and little muscle". I fit into none of those categories. But still have low T. A little help doc?
She said they don't treat men unless they are under 10nmol/l. So I'm 1.1 away from possible TRT. For one, this is bullshit. I'm riding the line. Just give it to me. But nope, you don't need a sex drive at 26. That's only for old men.
So her plan is to send me for blood work again and go over it with her in a couple weeks. Today is Monday June 3rd and I'm planning to get bloodwork done Friday morning before work.
I've got to lose 1.1nmol/l on my test levels to have any shot at getting TRT. So my plan is... Reduce Sleep, Calories and fats.
I usually sleep 8 hours a night. Gonna cut that down to 4 for the next 4 night. Cutting calories down to 1250 is my plan, extremely low fat and an hour+ of cardio a day.
Shit is going to suck. But only for 4 days. Gotta drop about 10% on my T levels. Let's see if it works.
If it doesn't, I'll be approaching a source that is well reviewed on this board to hopefully supply me with their "prescription pad" and I'll be taking things into my own hands.
Just gonna log here and see what happens. Here goes nothing!
