Lack of drive, binge eating, low testosterone.

[Stormblood]

Thank you.

I was thinking of doing a square, I’ve done sun squares before and they were awesome but i’ve heard Mars and Saturn squares especially can be harmful, i’ve an afflicted natal Mars too, would you recommend it as a positive influence?

I have done them before without issues. However, they can invite conflict in the areas of your life where:

1. Aries is on the cusp
2. Mars is placed
3. The House Mars is transiting

For example, if Mars in your 4th house, you can have arguments at home. If Aries is on the cusp of the 10th house, you can have strife at work.

This usually happens when:
1. The energies aren't handled properly
2. Transiting Mars in on an aspect of fate

Conflict is not always a bad thing. Like square aspects between planets, when managed properly, they give you the necessary opposition that promotes growth. Someone without squares in their chart will have less external opportunities for growth and will have to create their own opportunities internally.

I don't know if I'm making sense to you.

 

[MercuryWisdom]

I have done them before without issues. However, they can invite conflict in the areas of your life where:

1. Aries is on the cusp
2. Mars is placed
3. The House Mars is transiting

For example, if Mars in your 4th house, you can have arguments at home. If Aries is on the cusp of the 10th house, you can have strife at work.

This usually happens when:
1. The energies aren't handled properly
2. Transiting Mars in on an aspect of fate

Conflict is not always a bad thing. Like square aspects between planets, when managed properly, they give you the necessary opposition that promotes growth. Someone without squares in their chart will have less external opportunities for growth and will have to create their own opportunities internally.

I don't know if I'm making sense to you.

Yes, I understand, thank you. There’s a really good date upcoming for mars square so I’m lucky.

 

[Stormblood]

What exactly happens to people who "can't handle" thurisaz? Is it the same as with people who use nauthiz or saturn and don't know how to deal with hardship?

The description of the rune shows all the effects of it. If you can't handle something, it means you can't fully control how its energies manifests, meaning undesired effects of the rune may manifest. This can involve anything from beneficial all the way to harmful effects but still within the domain of what the rune rules.

I hope it's clearer now.

 

[Stormblood]

Unfortunately this is not quite how it works.

Whenever you fry foods, you have carbs, which is just a chain of glucose molecules, and also hot fats.

There's different ways to fry things.

Deep frying is considered the most unhealthy for obvious reasons. Couple that with unhealthy oils such as seed oils and nut oils (i.e. sunflower, rapeseed, palm, peanut) and we know all the bad about it.

Stir-frying (also known as shallow frying) is completely different and is considered the second healthiest after steaming food, provided you use healthy oils like cold-pressed, extra-virgin olive oil and cold-pressed, extra-virgin coconut oil. Or just animal fats, preferably organic and grass-fed.

Air-frying can also be done literally without any oil nor animal fat. There's still not much research available about it but it defeats any argument about fats blending with carbs, for example.

Another thing is that carbs digestion needs to be slowed down by eating carbs with adequate amounts of fats and protein. This is to avoid insulin spikes that convert most carbs into body fat to absorb it as fast as possible. Body fat is not desirable and, beyond the 6-12% mark (in men, not so sure in women but the mark is generally higher), it has no benefit for the human body. In fact, it slows down your metabolism.

Muscle mass, on the other hand, speeds up your metabolism as it takes more energy to maintain.

 

[Stormblood]

Yes, I understand, thank you. There’s a really good date upcoming for mars square so I’m lucky.

Yeah, I meant to say about Tuesday in my original reply.

It looks riddled with mistakes I just can't type too well on a phone.

 

[The light of the sun ☀️ with heagy gravity of ear]

I have done them before without issues. However, they can invite conflict in the areas of your life where:

1. Aries is on the cusp
2. Mars is placed
3. The House Mars is transiting

For example, if Mars in your 4th house, you can have arguments at home. If Aries is on the cusp of the 10th house, you can have strife at work.

This usually happens when:
1. The energies aren't handled properly
2. Transiting Mars in on an aspect of fate

Conflict is not always a bad thing. Like square aspects between planets, when managed properly, they give you the necessary opposition that promotes growth. Someone without squares in their chart will have less external opportunities for growth and will have to create their own opportunities internally.

I don't know if I'm making sense to you.

Budget... Quit Any prior drugas/chemicals You we're taking... Due to financial capability or needing to choose between price drugs or good/water.

 

[Niko_is_666]

I’m also suffering from binge eating and it feels psychological, last year when I was away from home and family I used to starve a lot and eat high caloric food when I had the chance, due to having a stressful full-time job and working out, and lack of food and constant starvation I lost about 12-13 kgs, now I returned to home and I have more access to food but I got accustomed to junk food and also the psychological hunger feeling from starvation I can’t feel okay unless I’m eating junk food it feels like a “fix” and kind of an addiction.

I have gone through a similar junk eating spree, you are not alone. What I did to tackle this, was to drink one or two glasses of water whenever I would get the craving to eat junk food. But you can add other things to the list, such as fruits, dry fruits, and there are also a good amount food preservation recipes available on the internet to make healthy snacks.

Junk food and junk entertainment changes the brain and makes it revolve around dopamine receptors.
To change this, we just need to make sure the brain remains detached/away from these extensive dopamine releasing activities to reduce the number of these receptors. It's like 'not giving water to a caged living being even though it begs for it'. Dopamine is the "water" for these receptors.

We want these extra number of unhealthy dopamine receptors to reduce, to not exist.
"Cravings" happen when these receptors are asking/begging for that dopamine release. No dopamine or lesser produced dopamine than the desired amount by these receptors = brain begins to change and adapt to the newer number of dopamine receptors[which is lesser], result would be visible in the cravings, where the craving will be less intensive.


The easiest way to get out of this excessive dopamine reward system is to gradually distract the brain with an activity/task that is less intensive than the one you crave for. It's a gradual process, the lesser intensive activity should be done for an XYZ period before moving onto to an even lesser intensive activity, because this gives the brain time to lower the amount of these receptors and as well as adapt to the lowered amount of these receptors. This period for adaption can be of 1 week, 2 weeks, or even 3 weeks. it's up to you to test it. With each period one should begin to notice the change, they will notice that they are more happier, and feel better in the less intensive tasks which they considered boring or a burden.

Here, drinking water or eating something that has lesser fat, sugar, sodium and carb[this is always high in junk food] to fill our stomach is a less intensive task, which means you successfully reduced a number of these receptors. I believe getting rid of junk food addiction is a lot more easier, as it is correlated to your stomach, or the natural protien craving of the human body. Protien is very important for the human body, which is why if the protien intake is insufficent for the day, one will always feel hungry and this is where these junk food disorders usually stem from. So definitely take a look at your protien intake in your diet, if it's lower than what is recommended for your age, you have found the cause, and where it all began from.
And drinking a glass of water or eating a healthy food is not only less intesive task against the dopamine receptors, but it will also work as a fooling mechanism against the mind and the body's natural protien craving, killing your hunger/craving for a short period. One can use this to delay their body's unatural or natural cravings until their main diet is cooked and ready to eat.

Good Luck.

Hail Satan!

 

[MercuryWisdom]

I have gone through a similar junk eating spree, you are not alone. What I did to tackle this, was to drink one or two glasses of water whenever I would get the craving to eat junk food. But you can add other things to the list, such as fruits, dry fruits, and there are also a good amount food preservation recipes available on the internet to make healthy snacks.

Junk food and junk entertainment changes the brain and makes it revolve around dopamine receptors.
To change this, we just need to make sure the brain remains detached/away from these extensive dopamine releasing activities to reduce the number of these receptors. It's like 'not giving water to a caged living being even though it begs for it'. Dopamine is the "water" for these receptors.

We want these extra number of unhealthy dopamine receptors to reduce, to not exist.
"Cravings" happen when these receptors are asking/begging for that dopamine release. No dopamine or lesser produced dopamine than the desired amount by these receptors = brain begins to change and adapt to the newer number of dopamine receptors[which is lesser], result would be visible in the cravings, where the craving will be less intensive.


The easiest way to get out of this excessive dopamine reward system is to gradually distract the brain with an activity/task that is less intensive than the one you crave for. It's a gradual process, the lesser intensive activity should be done for an XYZ period before moving onto to an even lesser intensive activity, because this gives the brain time to lower the amount of these receptors and as well as adapt to the lowered amount of these receptors. This period for adaption can be of 1 week, 2 weeks, or even 3 weeks. it's up to you to test it. With each period one should begin to notice the change, they will notice that they are more happier, and feel better in the less intensive tasks which they considered boring or a burden.

Here, drinking water or eating something that has lesser fat, sugar, sodium and carb[this is always high in junk food] to fill our stomach is a less intensive task, which means you successfully reduced a number of these receptors. I believe getting rid of junk food addiction is a lot more easier, as it is correlated to your stomach, or the natural protien craving of the human body. Protien is very important for the human body, which is why if the protien intake is insufficent for the day, one will always feel hungry and this is where these junk food disorders usually stem from. So definitely take a look at your protien intake in your diet, if it's lower than what is recommended for your age, you have found the cause, and where it all began from.
And drinking a glass of water or eating a healthy food is not only less intesive task against the dopamine receptors, but it will also work as a fooling mechanism against the mind and the body's natural protien craving, killing your hunger/craving for a short period. One can use this to delay their body's unatural or natural cravings until their main diet is cooked and ready to eat.

Good Luck.

Hail Satan!

Thank you for this

 

[Ol argedco luciftias]

Supplements to strongly increase testosterone in a natural and healthy way.
Boron, Zinc, Magnesium, tongkat ali, tribulus terrestris, ashwagandha, powdered beef liver. The beef liver pills I have are from New Zealand cattle, not the zombified sick American cattle. A fish oil or a blend of omega 3, 6, and 9 oils. Vitamin D3 but make sure that it also has vitamin K with it. Vitamin D3 without vitamin K can cause clogged arteries, the vitamin K works together with it and makes it absorbed and used safely and correctly. The vitamin D, K, and fish oil should be taken at the same time because D3 is fat soluable, or it should be taken with some kind of fat like olive oil or milk. For somebody who is very deficient in vitamin D which most people are, you can take 30,000 or 40,000 IU per day for 1 or 2 weeks to refill your body's storage of this, and then 10,000 IU per day as a regular dose. Or just start with 10,000 per day and it will build up from the deficiency but it will take longer. But it has to have the K, and has to be with other fat.

Also good to have a vitamin C, preferably with flavenoids which will often be from Rose Hips. Because basically vitamin C is a synthetically created chemical called Ascorbic Acid, but this is not the full vitamin and does not work on its own. Naturally, everything that contains vitamin C is also full of the flavenoids and both of these need to work together. Taking just a vitamin C pill requires flavenoids to already be in your body, so if you do not have a lot inside you already, then the pill will not help much and will not be absorbed well. For this reason it is important to take a vitamin C pill together with something like orange juice or fresh fruit so you have the natural flavenoids with it. You can also find Liposomal Vitamin C which is surrounded by the same phospholipid layer that our cell walls are made from, so this is absorbed very easily.

A collagen supplement like either capsules of powdered collagen, or I like Vital Proteins brand chocolate collagen powder which tastes exactly like hot Chocolate except it is all collagen protein and no sugar. The collagen is not necessarily going to increase testosterone, but you likely need more of that too. Also consider that the majority of health problems and immune system disorders that most people have now are caused by the wrong kinds of bacteria in their guts, or things like food particles or bacteria going through the walls of the stomach or intestines where they then create an immune system reaction and inflamation. This collagen not only is what your knees and joints are made from so a collagen supplement directly helps to reverse arthritis and knee pain by healing and repairing these areas, but also the walls of our stomachs and intestines are covered in cells that use collagen to create these barrier walls.


Magnesium is one of the most important minerals that almost everybody is deficient in, and most people should be taking every day. It is used in around 600 different processes within the body. If I go 2 or 3 days without taking a magnesium supplement, the stiffness and pain in my muscles and my back would be so bad that I could barely move, and also bad dehydration in the intestines. There are many different forms that you will find for a magnesium supplement, and all are basically absorbed more strongly into a different area of the body. Magnesium threonate is strongly absorbed into the brain. Magnesium citrate is strongly absorbed in the intestines and also in muscles. Magnesium oxide is not absorbed very easily, and can cause you to suddenly need to run to the bathroom if you are not used to it, but you will see this the most often because it is cheapest. Magnesium glycinate is probably the best form because it is absorbed very easily in your muscles, and also in most areas of the body. I would try to find both magnesium glycinate and magnesium citrate.

I have been taking the magnesium almost every day for years and it is necessary for me. For several months, I have been taking 10mg of boron, tongkat ali pills, powdered beef liver pills, and collagen almost every day, and after about 2 weeks I noticed a strong improvement. Recently about 1.5 months ago, I have added the zinc, fish oil, vitamin D3 and K, tribulus, and ksm ashwagandha extract almost every day, and there was instantly an enormous improvement. I have seen warnings to not take ashwagandha every day of the year, and only take it for 1 or 2 months then stop taking it, so I will tell you this same warning but I do not actually know why or what the bad effect would be.


If you don't want to buy all of these, you can focus on Magnesium, Zinc, Boron, fish oil or omega oils, vitamin D3 with K, vitamin C. And increased diet of high protein and collagen and some fat. You can also add a beef liver pill or beef organ pill but make sure it is a high quality source. I also take a methylated multivitamin which puts all of the vitamins into a form that is much easier to absorb.

 

[AFODO]

Idk if anyone said it but semen retention is the best testosterone booster according to some studies. Not no fap but specifically retaining both spiritually and physically the energy and semen when masturbating. So no release in any ways at all, this builds up the energy and boosts testosterone production.

 

[Stormblood]

Idk if anyone said it but semen retention is the best testosterone booster according to some studies. Not no fap but specifically retaining both spiritually and physically the energy and semen when masturbating. So no release in any ways at all, this builds up the energy and boosts testosterone production.

I think someone mentioned release is necessary at times, not just for procreating, but I don't believe daily release is necessary for most people, regardless of sex drive. High sex drive has many necessary outlets beyond semen release. People are ruined by porn nowadays because all they due is waste semen and sexual energy through excessive sexual activity instead of focusing on personal growth and community betterment.

 

[TheVoiceOfVictory]

Considering the financial troubles, what I have to offer may be what you are looking for. I could tell the whole journey, but, that is likely for a better time.

From overly complex, I have just tried to keep things on the simple end, though, the results are not simple, and fine tuning these habits has taken me many crashes, and many attempts to get everything in place as it must, and make it flexible enough to where I can make it succeed with a variety of resources, including time.

Diet

Mode: day A day B, every 7th to 8th day, take a break to get things like dairy, extra protein in you and things generally to raise proteins and fats. Not recommended to eat crazy stuff like cookies, cake, and the like, as this is waste of calories, considering we have a goal(s) we are trying to attain here.

Day A
1/2 cabbage green or purple, purple is better in my opinion, fresh
2-4 apples
Water throughout the day, bubbly diet sodas, teas, and coffees are good too. I generally limit myself to 1 coffee with creamer, or a tea with an artificial sweetner and creamer to make something of a one off milk tea
I hold off on water an hour or some more before beginning meditations and yoga, among other exercises.
I generally always eat in a 30 minute to 1hr window sometime after I get dressed and that is generally it for the day.

If at all you're feeling faint, I would recommend eating more and drinking more water, and as I have noticed in myself, eventually the body, mind, and likely soul as well adjust from the "needing a fix" feeling that you are trying to overcome. I have been there, and the less excuses you make, the better. Understand, in the case of weight loss, less is more, but you have to do it right so you aren't killing yourself instead of actually just losing weight and building your physique like you want to. I am still doing full physical workouts every single day, and only skip days if I am absolutely exhausted as soon as I am off work, unfortunately lots of stuff can get skipped on those days, but I try to eat a little more to atleast eek out a half rep workout session.

Note you see 3 of Day A and 3 of Day B, if you feel comfortable stretching this sequence before your more relaxed eating day, be my guest, but be very careful. I do notice a mood shift nearing and especially if I pass the 7th/8th day, especially if you have it designated and you are expecting it. Good food is good haha, but again, less is more counts here, and the goal here is to lose weight first, then gain muscle after your body has transformed in the direction of weight loss, if of course, that is truly what you wish.

Day B
1/2 Cabbage
2-4 apples (adjust amounts to what works for you ultimately) But I have accomplished alot in the less is more environment surrounding a goal that is all about losing weight, not gaining it.
800-1000 calories of protein, be it some kind of roasted meat as a good example. Not from dairy, or anything else. If all you have is protein bars, well, I have been there too, and I hope the best for you if that is how you accomplish that. The roasted meat, like a store bought rotisserie chicken portioned out to that calorie serving is a better specific example, though again, could be deli meat, try to not push the fats too hard, they aren't bad, but, less is more here when you are trying to lose weight.
Again, eaten all at the same time, drinks throughout the day to keep hydrated. I have run it down to around 500 calories of protein a day, but, I bumped it up.

7th/8th Relief Day
I eat a lot of meat, sometimes a sandwich, though fried chicken is cheap enough and generally hits the spot with bbq sauce, I mix up the calories and I generally eat till I am full. I allow dairy on these days, maybe even a protein bar if I want to torture myself. Protein shakes are good sometimes, but any of those bars/protein powders are still a trip to the indigestion zone, and atleast on my end, cause me a lot of grief, I would rather just drink a cup or two of whole milk, and be totally fine. I still eat the apples and cabbage. Again, I try to eat this all at once, then, generally nothing for the rest of the day besides keeping hydrated, as I will still be doing Yoga, Meditation, and other exercises that require a generally not full stomach.

Then reset to Day A, and repeat. It is hard at first, and learning to say no to others when they offer you food you should not be eating can be difficult, but you eat every day, and I would say the cabbage and apples fill you up well, whole packs of celery are good too. If I have celery, i eat a whole pack(bundle of stalks) per day.

So, no I do not eat the cabbage and celery by itself. Generally I dip it in a bunch of ceasar dressing and balsamic vinaigrette, I mix cayenne hot sauce into the ceasar at times too and I really love it. Other sauces I would permit as well, but those 2 are my choices.

That is what it is, and with my workout I will mention, you should be able to take that and the diet, along with some good resolve if you truly want to accomplish the goal(s), and be able transform your body to where later down the road you can focus more on tuning your muscles and physique after the fat is burned off.

The workout.

I have done alot before developing this workout, I believe the Gods had eventually lead me to the diet and the workout routine after I had struggled in a good way to get set up on both with regularity that allow me to do the workouts to completion while still allowing me to accomplish my Spiritual Goals to include but not limited to Yoga(s) and Meditation.

From start to finish and adjust your reps to what you can handle, AND what you can do every day. Since the weightloss set up allows for it to eventually be moved to the background so you do have time to do Spiritual advancement, you need to focus on what you can do readily and complete without too much struggle, every day. You can mix things up as well, but I try to train everything, every day, and for me it has been working quite nicely.

I do ONE set of each, and the reps, I keep around 15 for some, and others near 30, the weight and reps may differ for anyone using this, so do not use my rep as some golden standard, because it is not. Like I said, weight and reps can be adjusted, and everything should be easy enough to complete the whole track of workouts once, every day. Difficulty can be increased gradually over time.

Legs
Bodyweight squat jumping
Bodyweight squats
Bodyweight lunges

Core
Hanging leg lifts, v raises, or knee tucks. Eventually the V raises will come if you cannot do them immediately. The Hanging Knee tucks are an excellent way into eventually getting to the lifts/raises, V raises, and other workouts of higher difficulty.
Leg raises on your back
Knee tucks on your back
If you do not have a place to do hanging exercises, raise the reps on the leg raises and knee tucks after you get comfortable with them.

Shoulders
dumbell overhead press
dumbell side flys
dumbell front flys
barbell upright row ( I keep my hands centered more in the middle)
If you can do handstands in your house, I would do these. Eventually you can train for handstand pushups, which I would recommend over the dumbell work, but likely if I had the choice I would add the handstand work to the dumbell work. Crow stands keep you closer to the ground but still allow for training the wrists, shoulders, and balance.
dumbell shoulder shrugs, I use heavier weight for these, but when I use lighter, I shrug up and down with a certain rotation, like moving the shoulder back then up, forward, then down, or in the reverse of that

Lats/Back
Bent over row, I use heavier weight for this, make sure the back is straight and you have your other arm somewhere planted for good support.
Pullups if you have a place to do them, I will always recommend pullups and chinups, play with the grip and notice how it effects how the muscles engage, eventually one handed pullups can be attained. Losing weight helps get to this as well and gives a new starting point to accomplish new things with the lower weight.

Biceps
dumbell hammer curl
standard dumbell curl
barbell bicep curl
Pullups and row exercise also work these

Triceps
bent over dumbell tricep extension
overhead dumbell tricep extension
overhead barbell skull crusher (my favorite), but prefer doing them laying on a bench, current situation does not allow.
overhead barbell press

Chest
Pushups, for me, is all I do, considering my situation
But if you have a bench you can do some great workouts like pec flys
dumbell chest press
bench press
and so on, one day again hopefully for me but I'm making this work


I do ONE set of each of these, and you can see some overlapping areas as well. If anything, especially if you have a small leg problem you are trying to overcome, double up on the leg workouts, and settle with that. Unweighted squat jumping has done some incredible things to my legs over time, though later I may try to tackle this with a weighted vest. Ultimately, you want to be able to do these every day, I accomplish this in about a 30 minute period of time minimum, maybe an hour maximum, without rushing, but generally, constantly moving, but with stability, and an efficiency i have gained with experience.

If anything, try it one by one, workouts that is, and first see how your body reacts, and lift weight that you are not only comfortable with, but is easily manageable. You can always work up later after discovering yourself better. Be very patient, because even with light weights there will still be results. Don't worry about building muscle, as it will probably happen as you lose the weight, and you can get your body fat as low as you are comfortable with, before figuring out a way to integrate more good calories into this same diet for muscle growth if that is your goal later. But that is immaterial here, where the focus is weight LOSS, rather than gaining.

Don't step on the scale, just get away from it. Stay away from the mirror too. Focus on just doing. Getting the tasks done. Building the energy. Getting the habits in place. You aren't lying to yourself by staying away from these, just switching your focus to what matters more, especially when starting out. Check yourself out and flex on yourself more later when you have actually attained good results.

Modify this to your comfort, but as far as it goes, this is what i do personally, and it has worked wonders. Everyone is different, and my body and experience may differ from others here or there, but I can tell you, with confidence, that this works.

Some days are harder than others. Some days you may not have the energy to pull through. These days, i eat a bit more and I reduce ALL of the reps on my workouts by HALF. If a day is so crazy I lay on my bed and I almost immediately fall to sleep, I just do that. There will be the next day, and I am still on the diet, so it will help you to continue to lose weight anyways, even if you have some necessary rest days for workouts. This I have noticed, with the Spiritual side of things, even research on the ToZ, if you are already in the habit of doing these things constantly, advancing constantly, the days missed are far and few in between the actual days you're actually hitting, and truly making real progress, even if it just baby steps at times. It is not a goal to miss days, but life happens, be reasonable with yourself.

I do not mean for this to feel overwhelming, but, it is what it is, and if I wrote about how I got to this point, well, we would be here for a long time because it has taken a lot of fighting to find a good way to tackle this.

I have been fat before. A few times now lol, but every time i come back to strike at dieting and continuing to hammer forward in my progress, ultimately towards the Godhead, I make it a bit farther, and now I have finally developed into the dietary plan I have created, evolving it into a lifestyle, and enjoying the fruits of my labors (which continue! they don't end just because you reached your goal, thats another part of what makes life so great, theres always something to work on, some how, some where, etc). I am happier living this way, rather than eating pizza and other stuff for months and then feeling like shit about myself after, it began to be that, when I ate the pizza, I started to feel that way before i was even finished with it, since I knew eventually what would become of myself. Its more worth it to make the better choices for the right reasons and not be feeling shitty about ourselves in some endless cycle. We have to get up and do something about it, and cheers to you if thats what you really want to do. There is a lot of tasty food out there, and dieting doesn't mean we have to throw it all out, but in the weightloss portion of dieting, less is more. Until you get to a point to where more calories and muscle building is a goal after you have cut down to a good bodyfat %.

I still eat quite a bit on our Zevist Holidays, thats in the cookies and cake department too lmao, but I still maintain workout schedules every day, at minimum half reps for everything. I also still keep my physique at this point. I believe a limitation on the days of feasting if you will, likely should be pursued if you have a goal to accomplish, or refrain from stuffing yourself with anything but lots of protein as the top priority, which I also do haha.

Some notable effects within the first month of this, though, I have been dieting a decent amount of time now, has been that acid reflux pretty much goes away and the pukey overwhelming feeling that comes with it. This would happen to me, even when lying down, it was terrible. 10/10 do not recommend, but we are far away from that now. My energy levels shifted for the better, and perhaps that is that the body is really starting to excavate and burn off the fat. The fat is of course burned off in a % from everywhere on your body, spot loss is not a thing. This is another reason why i have avoided the scale for the most part and introduced the mirror later on in moderation. The scale can become a habit that can be more destructive, similar to the mirror, and in the beginning as you already know where you are, and so you need to do the work on where you want to go. Hyperfocusing on how you look now kind of hurts moving forward where you actually want to be I have noticed, but at the same time, do your best to feel good that you are now making the right decisions to move forward and improve yourself. Moderation is important here, and it is a combination of finding what is wrong, then formulating a solution to fix what is wrong, then living in that solution, perhaps finding better ways from there.

If there is health issues involved, which in my case fortunately there has not been, you could go to a doctor to ask on this first.

As far as how far to go, I am personally going to go until I am comfortable with the results, as low as possible without any negative side effects. I would imagine this would vary from person to person. Then reintroduce higher amounts of protein and carbohydrates to begin shifting to steady muscle building on a level where the body is better suited for the task.

That is my bit on that, I will be interested in testing muscle growth after I have dropped my weight even more, that will be a new experience considering I have never been this light with as much muscle as i have accumulated. With low fat percentage it will be easier to zero in on muscle groups and imbalances that I wish to rectify and grow.

I am not gong to take away from the recommendation of supplements, but I have done without, only relying on eating and drinking well. Protein powder is pretty expensive in those tubs too, along with protein bars.

Take Care, I have been meaning to post something like this for a little while now, so now I have. I hope that with some good reasoning in applying what I have posted, some good can come out of this for you and others here.


Hail Satya.
Hail Zeus.
Hail Andras.