Thank you for the reply. I will always prefer a honest truth to any thing else.
Yes lotus isnthenforum super star. She has all the knowledge and im very thankful she shares it.
i have read the boobie growth notes and bout halfway through the aa thread. Kinda dreading reading through all 400+ pages of project x though lol. To be honest though I been reading this forum party much every free minut I get for the last 3 weeks.
Yes weight loss is becoming a big goal aswell for me. At my highest I was 430 pounds. I am down to 349 now. Growing up I was always head and shoulders taller then the rest of my class. I was 100 pounds in 3rd grade but I wasn't fat just tall and heavy bones I guess. I did one of the body fat % calculations and if I was to tone down to 0%fat I would still weigh 230 ish pounds. That's if I did that with out working out. I seem to grow muscle as fast or faster then I loose weight. For the reccord I started the year with a snug 54 waist and I'm now in a loose 50.
It's interesting that I never put the idea of estrogen causing weight gain together befor you mentioned it. Kinda takes me back to my early 20s just before I started gaining weight. I used to eat garlic by the bulb like candy. I resently learned that garlic is high in estrogen. Kinda think that's why I developed gynecomastia and had very few friends lol. I unfortunately burned all the tast buds that can tast garlic off so I can barly tast it now.
Yes I am/was on metforman. Have been for about 7 years. I was loosing weight when I got hit with diabetes and after I started taking it I got different side affects then what normal people get. Supposedly it's supposed decrease appetite and help you loose weight aside from increasing cell insulin sensitivity. From what I gather it does this by also increasing T in the system. Unfortunately it had the opsite affect of the first to. I couldn't stop being hungry. I would eat the big meal and still be hungry. Last month I stopped taking it cause I couldn't handle it any more and have been looking for a replacement. I will give Berberine a look and see what it has/does.
The thought behind taking FG wasn't strictly for NBE, but more as a anti diabetic as I read it works with insulin well. Was only planning 2mg a day at most. From what I read I would have to take almost 9mg a day to get any real sort of NBE benefit. The funny part is the FG and MSM arrived today after I left for work.
Last blood work was for diabetes and my a1c was around 7.5. Never had hormones checked. My last doc didn't think it was nessary. I have a new natural path I need to book an appointment as I didn't have insurance for a while. Considering my new direction they may ask for the hormone test.
I wasn't planning on inhibit T any more then I allready do with my regular daily activity. I have almond milk with my morning cerial allready so that's really about it.
Inreally wish I would likenthe tast of vegetables. Other then Romain and raw spinach most are hard for me to endure the smell and tast. Especially broccoli and Brussel sprouts. They make me gag and barf at just the smell.
I would like to try keto but I got to shrink my stomach before I try fasting I think. Also need to cut way back on caffeine.
Yes I knew about the fiber vs carb thing. Another good food for that would be pinto beans. One of my fave. Going to be hard to give up my favorite mexican foods.
As for exercise it's going to be hard to do with a dislodged vertebra in my lumbar and missing a bunch of my miniskus in my right knee. I'm hoping the msm will help with the knee. Also developing ostio arthritis in most of my joints.
I got a calcium citrate + from Costco the other day and it has most of what you were saying. I need to go back and get some vit c to help the msm I think? my last blood test did indicate I was starting toward a fatty liver. How do you take milk thistle? Extract or pill?
So if taking any phytoestrgen is a not good idea atm, would pumping and massaging still be ok? I still would like some guidance on what size cups to get.
I have been massaging quite frequently and most notably while taking very hot showers. I haven't seen much any growth but today I did notice a couple things. For the first time I was really able to feel the disk that every one talks about. Something about a the hot shower really get the blood flowing. The thing is it's not behind the nipple but a 1 inch ish wide ring around the areola and it doesn't continue all the way under the breast either. Also is the hollow area behind the aerola normal?
Thank you Steve for sharing your experience. It really gives some perspective.