Loosing Weight on Testosterone

[Guest fintube61]

Hi guys,

I'm on a a good diet (Paleo), eating clean (no grains, sugar, legumes or processed foods), and workout 4 times a week with weights. I invested in a Fitbit to track my progress - anyone want to be a buddy?

My clothes fit differently - I've gone from 44 to 38 inch waist since November.

But... the scale only budged about 10 lbs after top surgery in December and has not moved since.

Current body fat is hanging steady at 31%.

I really need to get to a better BMI by November - I am heading to Serbia for phallo and want get the best results possible.

Age is against me (I'm 50).

I'm finding it hard to believe that I'm putting on muscle and that is making all the difference.

Any other guys out there with similar weight stubborness after starting T? How did you break through the plateau

[JJ]

Actually I have heard people tell me that it is harder to lose on T because your body thinks you are going through puberty and need massive amounts for a growth spurt that isn't really coming and others swear it's harder.

I only know that I have lost 180lbs with around 160 of it on T in a little over a year. And stayed healthy too.

BUT I had to exercise massive amounts. First swimming a mile a day and then through fall winter and now into spring by hiking cross country in the national Forest behind my property an average of 21 hours a week. It can be done. I was bed ridden and had been for several years before I started T. I have regained atrophied muscle so the actual fat loss is probably around 200 lbs.

I would suggest keeping track of both exercise and what you eat on a site like livestrong.com. It makes it much easier to get a picture of what is happening and see any trends. I ate approximately 1200 calories a day. I ate things I like too and plan to modify it some but I'll eat like this for the rest of my life. I do have one day a week when I eat anything and everything I want. That keeps the metabolism up and the cravings down. I've posted specifics in a few other posts if you want more info or specifics or feel free to PM me.

I went from a women's 4 or 5x to a men's small-though some men's small are snug in the shoulders. My body is also completely different than it was at this weight before I gained all that. Wish I didn't have all this skin but overall I'm pleased with the results

I felt that losing all my female fat was the best way to masculinize. seems to have worked except that I forgot to factor in the weight of the excess skin when I figured BMI and am now underweight since i have about 35 lbs in excess skin so my real weight is right at 100 lbs which is too small for my large frame even at only 5'5"-But I can muscle up more by upping nutrition now that I am where I want to be.

Don't know if this helps but it is possible to lose on T.

Johnny

[Guest Sarahlee_58]

I lost 40 lbs (now at 205) with 1200 cal/day and 2 hrs of walking each day. But I started T therapy and weight loss stopped, Was losing 2 lbs/wk up until then. I'm going to up the cardio to try to get things going again. My goal is to make it to 185 by Christmas. Johnny, you are truly an inspiration!

[Guest Raging Shadow]

i lost weight by doing a Jillian Michaels power walking thing and usingLivestrong to wach what I eat. I didn't need to loose weight, but i was neering the edge of healthy BMI, so I went from about 23 to 20 ish. brought my cholesteral (borderline) down 40 points too

next goal: bye bye soda