05-12-2015, 02:07 PM
Realise this post has become more about exercise, but thought you might appreciate hearing about what I am experiencing on the weight loss side of the equation.
Before I started my NBE I had a successful weight loss programme in place and managed to loose over 45lbs in just a few months. Once I got started, that slowed but wasn't too worried as I seemed to be gaining in the areas I wanted. However, it was becoming apparent that it wasn't just the girly bits that were growing it was the male bits as well!!!
So..... as an experiment I went cold turkey and just took reishi and v low dose FG to maintain things. In part to confirm another line of thought I had, but also to find out what was happening to my weight. Guess what? It started to creep down again.
But then I started to get a bit of boobie greed and as I thought I had learned what I needed, I carefully adjusted what I was going to do and got back on the programme! Woohoo! Except, not woohoo.
In spite of my calorie intake and exercise now at a level that from past experience should have some serious weight falling off me, it isn't. I have just done a weigh-n-measure, and everything has shot up! To say I am disheartened would be an understatement.
I knew that tipping the hormone balance over to boobie growth would make weight loss harder. I accepted that and just reasoned it would take me a bit longer, but at least I would be making NBE progress at the same time. However it appears that (for me at least) it's going to be a simple choice. Loose the weight or do NBE. Seems I cannot do both!
Now I realise we are all different and I suspect I may be at the extreme end of this. But my experience does show that shifting the hormone levels into the girly zone does make weight loss harder and perhaps keeping a closer eye on testosterone levels might be an idea? It's been shown that low T can cause depression and lethargy and lower stamina as well as make towards weight gain. Perhaps in our drive for boobs n curves we could be making things more difficult that we need to?
I will be honest, I am sitting here staring at the screen not really wanting to contemplate the implications but it looks like I have some serious thinking to do. But the hard fact is I need to get my weight down for health, and I have to say that although I am making real progress in the chestal area, having them sitting on top of a very male belly is not quite the effect I was hoping for. Not a happy bunny at the mo :-(
Huggy
Before I started my NBE I had a successful weight loss programme in place and managed to loose over 45lbs in just a few months. Once I got started, that slowed but wasn't too worried as I seemed to be gaining in the areas I wanted. However, it was becoming apparent that it wasn't just the girly bits that were growing it was the male bits as well!!!
So..... as an experiment I went cold turkey and just took reishi and v low dose FG to maintain things. In part to confirm another line of thought I had, but also to find out what was happening to my weight. Guess what? It started to creep down again.
But then I started to get a bit of boobie greed and as I thought I had learned what I needed, I carefully adjusted what I was going to do and got back on the programme! Woohoo! Except, not woohoo.
In spite of my calorie intake and exercise now at a level that from past experience should have some serious weight falling off me, it isn't. I have just done a weigh-n-measure, and everything has shot up! To say I am disheartened would be an understatement.
I knew that tipping the hormone balance over to boobie growth would make weight loss harder. I accepted that and just reasoned it would take me a bit longer, but at least I would be making NBE progress at the same time. However it appears that (for me at least) it's going to be a simple choice. Loose the weight or do NBE. Seems I cannot do both!
Now I realise we are all different and I suspect I may be at the extreme end of this. But my experience does show that shifting the hormone levels into the girly zone does make weight loss harder and perhaps keeping a closer eye on testosterone levels might be an idea? It's been shown that low T can cause depression and lethargy and lower stamina as well as make towards weight gain. Perhaps in our drive for boobs n curves we could be making things more difficult that we need to?
I will be honest, I am sitting here staring at the screen not really wanting to contemplate the implications but it looks like I have some serious thinking to do. But the hard fact is I need to get my weight down for health, and I have to say that although I am making real progress in the chestal area, having them sitting on top of a very male belly is not quite the effect I was hoping for. Not a happy bunny at the mo :-(
Huggy