Sure, Andreas! A story I hope motivates those on this site. You can turn your health around - even if you feel it is a lost cause. For those younger, maybe a cautionary story to stay fit.
I went through my computer to provide a pictorial journey of my body and health transformation.
So, we start at the beginning of my health journey at age 58 years. I had not worked out since my college years and bit-by-bit over the decades, I had become complacent with my dad bod. Wait - - not a dad bod - which is kinda sexy - I was truthfully obese! I decided to change and asked my son to take a front and side pic of me. He asked why? I told him because I was going to change myself and wanted a pic to remember the old me - he laughed and said, āSure, - you look gross, and it wonāt happen.ā
Eating less and walking 3 miles most days I lost 30 pounds in about 4 months. I was pretty skinny now.
So, I took a pic the day I started working out to put on muscle. I can see nowā¦ why everyone thought I had cancer due to the sudden weight loss. It seemed to me by gaining muscle I could put those rumors to rest.
But, after doing consistent muscle resistance exercise for 3 yearsā¦ I was more in shape - finally a dad bodā¦ and a bit of arm definition, but lacked real strength or muscle definition. I had plateauedā¦ stuck.
My blood panel for testosterone was at about 420ā¦not crisis levelā¦ just short of it though! My previous physician said you are getting olderā¦ thatās what happens. Done with that!
My new physician said TRT takes you to a higher within range normal. Here is a pic the week before starting TRT. Again, I wanted to document the change. Boy did I change.
Gym for 3 years age 61 years ā 2019
I use once weekly injection in my thigh 200 mg 1 ml Cypionate testosterone - with 1 mg anastrozole (now 5-years).
Image of within 4 months I could see significant muscle growth and toning of fat.
I grow out my beard and put on 25 pounds of meat.
Energy and libido greatā¦ felt fantastic. But I was having the beginning of arthritis, memory decline, dysphagiaā¦ crepey skin. TRT was not slowing my aging. I started researching and locked onto rapamycin. My same physician, who had gotten me up to 1,400 testosterone (upper normal range) after a year, looked at my rapamycin research and said - no real side effects - if you donāt feel good - stop and it will wash out in a week. So, I started my rapamycin journey in August of 2020. After 3 months of rapamycin weekly use of 6mgā¦ I began losing a pound off my weight every few days and by the end of the month lost about 20 pounds. Most of that weight loss was from invisible, visceral fat around my organs. Yet my arms, chest, thighs, and butt had all the muscle. TRT brought me muscle size - Rapamycin compacted those muscles and shredded me ā pure muscle and no marbleized muscle or extra fat in my body.
Continuing TRT 200mg/1ml weekly and rapamycin 6mg weekly I have grown in strength ā lifting more weight than ever and increasing my workout load every 3-4 months. After several years - I am very tight and strong compared to my beginning pics. My biological tests (Glycan -inflammation and TruMe-DNA Methylation) say I am between 40 and 50 years. Arthritis gone, skin toneā¦ memory off the charts. Feeling amazing.
I think the images give a good overview of my changes from heavy to thin to muscular to tone shredded. Everyone makes choices for health, energy and strength I believe the TRT and rapamycin have put me into a very healthy weight and size.
You can be thisā¦ strong, healthy, pain free, energetic and quick mindedā¦
or this!
