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Bowie just qualified today without Higgins. Hopefully he'll be back for State. 25-6A with 3 teams at State: LT, Westlake, Bowie.

I got my 2. Surly meet-up?

Yeah, this was the initial dosage to see how I reacted (25mg a day). I took it years ago, but can't remember the results, and it was with a different doctor. I go back to the endo at the end of July to reassess. But I'm trying to get Arimidex or something sooner than that. I hate being on a plateau. I've had T shots in the past. I always end up having 2nd thoughts because I hear about how it could cause permanent infertility if continued. I don't have kids. I'd like to keep that door slightly ajar. I've read that HCG + T shots has a better chance of maintaining fertility, but I'm still nervous.

I don't do shots. I take Clomid, as I mentioned. Never had any ED problems, even with T below 200 total.

Pretty sure I'm retaining water. Can't feel it in my legs, but I drank a good amount of fluid yesterday and didn't go to the bathroom more than normal. My weight actually went up by .4 today. I was strict yesterday, and only had what I mentioned above. Maybe too much salt. My blood ketones did improve from 0.2 before to 0.7 today. Hopefully that will keep climbing the next couple of days.

Amazing!

I only remember going to that Wendy's once and having Junior take my order. I usually went to the Burger King in the business school.

I'm so sorry for your loss.

Total T up to 583 Free T up to 120.1 Estradiol up to 60 I've messaged my endo and asked if he thinks I should start an aromatase inhibitor. Waiting for a response. I still have another month before he wants blood tests, so I've pushed him a bit. Maybe he'll call me in for an earlier appt. Just started the Beef & Butter fast today. I'm skipping the butter coffee breakfast and just going with the 2 meals. If I'm too hungry, I'll have to add in a butter tea or something in the morning. Each meal consists of 8oz ground beef (80/20) and 3 tbsp of salted butter. I also salted the meat and added some garlic salt and black pepper while it browned. Tasted pretty dang good. But it seems everyone says that and by Day 2 they're sick of it. The macros are supposed to put you into deep ketosis and break stalls. I've been stalled out for a few weeks, and haven't been getting enough fat. This will be roughly 1800 calories with 82% from fat, and just 18% from protein. Only trace carbs. I'll keep y'all updated. It goes for 4 days.

That's just superior SEC baseball.

That Florida stadium is a morgue.

Another interesting video re: the war on red meat. And the speaker is pretty hot.

On Monday, I'm going to try the Beef & Butter Fast for 4 or 5 days to try and break this stall. I'm just not losing, but I'm not eating carbs. Everyone seems to have success on this modified LCHF fast. I don't drink coffee, so I'm just going to skip the breakfast and have the two meals. Breakfast 2 cups of coffee with a tbsp of butter in each Meal #1 5-8oz 80/20 ground beef w/ 3 tbsp butter Meal #2 5-8oz 80/20 ground beef w/ 3 tbsp butter Add plenty of water and electrolytes. From the experiences I've read online, people tend to lose ~1 lb a day after being in weeks/months long plateaus. After they stop this fast and go back to a regular Keto diet, they continue to lose, just not at that pace. I've read some people do this 4-day fast once a month to keep their diet going. I'm willing to give it a try. I'll eat about 1 pound of beef per day with 6 tbsp of butter. That'll be roughly 1600-1700 calories. I'll drink at least 68 oz of water, but likely closer to 100 oz. I'll add Lite Salt to the beef to get some sodium and potassium. I'll take magnesium pills. Dr. Bikman talks about adipose tissue: brown fat vs. white fat. We are predominantly white fat, the jiggly fat beneath the skin on our guts, hips, arms, etc. It's main purpose is to store fat. Insulin sends it there and tells it to keep it. Brown fat is in our thoracic cavity and wants to burn fat. Not for energy, but just to create heat. Insulin puts the clamps on that, while ketones promote it. And if insulin is kept low while ketones are elevated, then white fat can start to act like brown fat ("beigeing"). We can actually get our fat to burn fat. Bikman claims that this burning of fat for heat is considered waste. It's not really accounted for in the typical CICO approach. Instead of calories in doing one of 2 things (burned or stored), he claims there are 3 things (wasted). That's why a calorie is not just a calorie, and that the type of calorie matters. A lot of you have been saying that for awhile.

Nice run down of each song's lyrics and how they tie into the theme of the album, Black Death: https://genius.com/Ghost-ashes-lyrics Just click on the song titles at the bottom to navigate. Interesting tidbit: the vocals for Ashes is Forge's daughter.

Discovered Dr. Ben Bikman tonight. He talks a lot about Insulin vs. Glucagon, and argues against the idea that too much protein hurts a Keto diet.

Let's combine two things Surly loves: Keto & Arby's. https://arbys.com/build-a-meal This allows you to calculate the nutritional info sans buns. Just click a sandwich, uncheck the box for bun, and add to your meal. 2 half pound roast beef sandwiches: 820 calories 83g protein 53g fat 12g net carbs (8g from the sauce) ~3500mg sodium

I'm ordering my own T and E tests. Will get blood drawn in the next day or two. I don't want to wait till the end of July. It's been over a month. I should be seeing some changes on both fronts by now.

Pro Memoria has now grown on me. I'm waiting for Witch Image and Life Eternal to grab me.

2-0 FAU T1

I've only lost 4 lbs since May 17. My rate of loss has really slowed down the last couple of months. Overall, it's still probably within the 1-2 lbs a week rate everyone talks about, but that is really slow for me at my weight based on past experiences. I restarted Clomid for testosterone enhancement in late April. I've heard it can make you retain water. Could Clomid, combined with a boost in T, cause me to hold onto water weight as well as increase my appetite? Maybe my body is trying to find its new equilibrium.

Not on purpose, I don't. My "refeeds" are usually days I eat a lot of calories, not necessarily carbs. Some days lately, I just feel hungry and I'll eat 2-3 times + snacks. But I still keep it to protein/fat.

Hella weird how it took me less than 5 minutes to scroll Del Conte's twitter history and see that he tweets for each birthday of his wife and kids.

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See The Light has grown on me. I just caught myself humming it.

Joe Davis just hit a grand slam for Houston. 14-11 NC T8