Burgers, pizzas, etc. They bloat me.
I love my mothers food. I feel refreshed. And I prefer lean stuff like chicken.
Why does home make me feel better?
It is quieter. More straightforward. And I am with family so it helps. I also eat much better.
There is a massive differnce between the processed shit that I eat. The restaurant stuff. And the home cooked one.
Just cook at home.
I am not going to do ozempic yet.
But I will simulate it with berberine and maybe put on a continuous glucose monitor
Very fascinating insights!
Prioritize exercise. Use it to correct sleep.
What worked is getting to a lower body/visceral fat percentage and weight.
I’m a firm believer in personal body fat (or liver fat) threshold hypothesis, because my own experience has been just that. Once I get to a certain body weight or body/visceral fat percentage, my fasting blood sugar stays around 70-88. My insulin resistance goes away. If I’m over my fat/weight threshold, I begin having fasting blood sugar of 100-110, along with other insulin resistance symptoms.
I consumed 500 calories less than my maintenance calories each day (consumed balanced macros, but prioritized protein because I love it), sometimes dabbled low carb, but generally felt safer and more sustainable in balanced macros), intermittent fasted 16/8, brisk walked or lightly jogged to maintain calories at deficit if I wanted to eat more (or felt like going for a light jog after work), lower caffeine intake (no more than 50mg for me because caffeine makes me transiently insulin resistant for hours say.. if I have a cup of coffee, followed by sugar crash once it wears off causing low blood sugar and insane cravings for carbs. This made it hard for me to stick to my calorie deficit), sleep 7-8 hours each night, avoid stressful situations.
If I was more overweight, or I just couldn’t muster through what I did, I probably would’ve opted to have Metformin to help me overcome insulin resistance and lose weight.. then maintain my weight indefinitely.
I love this exercise. I have been doing some of this at home. My traps pop out. I like the shoulders and the direction. Some more info on it:
I broke down recently. I need to loose weight. I want to run marathons. I want to lift weights. I just want to get to a stage where I have never been.
I was almost going to get on ozempic. Just do it, finish it off. I want to get to a new place.
There are some websites like
But I am going to give it one more shot.
Let’s see how things are.
Remember in Sophomore year, I thought I had Dyslexia and/or ADHD. I was constantly distracted. I then refocussed and ended up with a 4.0. I had to spend a lot of mental energy on remaining on track. But it had worked.
I remember a similar thing with Stronglifts back when I started work. Before that, it felt like I was distracted constantly. Had no vision, no plan. And didnt feel like I could dedicate myself to something as maybe something else would be around the corner. But, with Mehdi, I read and studied a lot. I got obsessed. And then I gave it my all. Commitment. And I kept that going for a few months. And it was glorious.
Then, again, I started to wander. Changed cities, etc. I couldnt keep my schedule. I lost track. ADHD. Got distracted again. Tried a bunch of things. Half hearted. Etc etc. Tried running a few times. Strength again a few times. Just did not work.
And YEARS would go by before I got back into focus. Thats bad.
Ultimately, I _did_ end up focussing on running and marathon. In this case, I had a 2 year goal and I was obsessed by the long term goal. MARATHON.
But, before I got in, I totally committed myself. No matter what, I would do it. And, critically, I pushed everything beyond a certain date.
The date was significant. Important.
okay, okay. I like this.
So, maybe the weight should be the goal? 180–
The 180 pounds is my MARATHON goal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
I figured it OUT!!!!!!!!! and its a 2 YEAR goal!!!!!!!!!!!
Fuck yea. I think I just had an insight.
TB12 is the health and wellness system developed by Tom Brady and his longtime body coach, Alex Guerrero. It emphasizes longevity, injury prevention, and peak performance through a combination of diet, exercise, hydration, sleep, and pliability training. Here’s a breakdown:
The TB12 diet is a mostly plant-based, anti-inflammatory approach with some lean protein. It’s not strictly vegan, but it limits processed foods, sugar, and certain inflammatory foods.
TB12 focuses on a mix of pliability, resistance training, and functional movements rather than heavy lifting.
Brady is serious about quality sleep as a key part of performance.
I lost it on that day. I drank way too much. And I ruined the week. I am genuinely sorry, brother.
You went to the depths on that day. The frequency of visiting the depth has gone down, but, you went there on that day.
I know you are frusturated with life and with lack of progress. And the businessness. You are worried about all kinds of health issues that might be brewing inside you. It feels overwhelming. But it is fine.
With the football theme, remember this, always:
Remember https://cnsnnts.wordpress.com/2023/11/26/runnings-impact-on-hdl-ldl/
There is research backing that. Similar to that, I have more research here. This shows that 4 to 5 days of exercise reverses everything!
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4272199/
Paul S Bhella *,†, Jeffrey L Hastings †, Naoki Fujimoto †, Shigeki Shibata †, Graeme Carrick-Ranson †, Beverley Adams-Huet ‡, Benjamin D Levine †,‡
PMCID: PMC4272199 NIHMSID: NIHMS615846 PMID: 25236519
The publisher’s version of this article is available at J Am Coll Cardiol
Sedentary aging has deleterious effects on the cardiovascular system, including decreased left ventricular compliance and distensibility (LVCD). Conversely, Masters level athletes, who train intensively throughout adulthood, retain youthful LVCD.
To test the hypothesis that preservation of LVCD may be possible with moderate lifelong exercise training.
Healthy seniors (n = 102) were recruited from predefined populations, screened for lifelong patterns of exercise training, and stratified into 4 groups: “sedentary” (<2 sessions/week); “casual” (2 to 3 sessions/week); “committed” (4 to 5 sessions/week); and “competitive” Masters level athletes (6 to 7 sessions/week). Right heart catheterization and echocardiography were performed while preload was manipulated using lower body negative pressure and rapid saline infusion to define LV pressure–volume relationships and Frank-Starling curves.
Peak oxygen uptake and LV mass increased with escalating doses of lifelong exercise, with little change in systolic function. At baseline, LV distensibility was greater in committed (21%) and competitive (36%) exercisers than in sedentary subjects. Group LV stiffness constants (sedentary: 0.062 ± 0.039; casual: 0.079 ± 0.052; committed: 0.055 ± 0.033; and competitive: 0.035 ± 0.033) revealed 1) increased stiffness in sedentary subjects compared to competitive athletes, whereas lifelong casual exercise had no effect; and 2) greater compliance in committed” exercisers than in sedentary or casual exercisers.
Low doses of casual, lifelong exercise do not prevent the decreased compliance and distensibility observed with healthy, sedentary aging. In contrast, 4 to 5 exercise sessions/week throughout adulthood prevent most of these age-related changes. As LV stiffening has been implicated in the pathophysiology of many cardiovascular conditions affecting the elderly, this “dose” of exercise training may have important implications for prevention of cardiovascular disease.
Keywords: aging, diastolic function, distensibility, exercise training, hemodynamics, ventricular compliance
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