All things health: nutrition, exercise, etc

[KoachKrab127]

Thanks for the write up. I’ve been roughly doing the same thing since the beginning of the year and lost about 10 pounds so far. Can’t get over the 202 hurdle for the past few days though.

Weight fluctuates. You might just be weighing yourself at a time when you are at your heaviest. A few days in a row, you might gain a little weight, and then all the sudden, bam, you lost 5 pounds. Not really…just the fluctuation makes it seem that way. Really, you just lost a pound. The best way to keep track of weight loss is to weigh yourself every day, at the same time every day, and then take the average for the week. Or, just weigh yourself once a week. Weighing yourself every day and not seeing progress every day can be disheartening.

 

[TOUCHDOWN!!TN]

Mega bump! Thank you!! I forgot this was even here!

I take D but it's cause of the calcium thing.

 

[TOUCHDOWN!!TN]

D2 or D3 ?
serious question, I have high calcium from blood test by an endocrinologist
maybe due to bad parathyroids. I’m lost but still working on it
GBO

 

[vollygirl]

D2 or D3 ?
serious question, I have high calcium from blood test by an endocrinologist
maybe due to bad parathyroids. I’m lost but still working on it
GBO

D3 and K2 for calcium absorption.

 

[GAVol]

Vitamin D

Anyone take supplements? Have their levels tested?

I take 4000 IUs per day and still struggle to maintain adequate levels.

 

[WestTennesseeVol]

Weight fluctuates. You might just be weighing yourself at a time when you are at your heaviest. A few days in a row, you might gain a little weight, and then all the sudden, bam, you lost 5 pounds. Not really…just the fluctuation makes it seem that way. Really, you just lost a pound. The best way to keep track of weight loss is to weigh yourself every day, at the same time every day, and then take the average for the week. Or, just weigh yourself once a week. Weighing yourself every day and not seeing progress every day can be disheartening.

Very true. I caught myself weighing multiple times a day and getting frustrated at the gradual increases throughout the day.

I just weigh myself every morning after my workout and before breakfast. May start just doing that every other day or so.

I’m definitely losing a lot of neck and belly fat, just the weight that wants to stick around.

 

[Velo Vol]

Mine were low even with all the time we spend in the sun in FL. Took some larger doses prescribed by the Dr and now supplement 4000 iu daily. Wife does too and both our levels are great.

Are there issues that it helps with? Or do you just take it because it's low?

I take 4000 IUs per day and still struggle to maintain adequate levels.

Is there a known reason?

 

[Velo Vol]

I take what's included in the calcium supplement, but not anything extra. I should try it, at least during the winter.

After I had a bone fracture a few years ago my witch doctor gave me a high potency prescription and I took it for a month. Didn't notice much difference. The prescription lapsed and the doctor didn't say anything about it again.

 

[GAVol]

Is there a known reason?

Not particularly and I don’t really suffer ill effects so far other than fatigue which I’m not sure ties directly to that vs a couple of other things. My son has low levels also.

 

[utvolpj]

Are there issues that it helps with? Or do you just take it because it's low?

Is there a known reason?

Dr just told me to keep my levels up so I made it a habit. That was years ago but I didn't see the harm and think it helps with overall health. Only things I take are vit d, zinc and synthroid. Figure that's pretty good for mid 40s

 

[TOUCHDOWN!!TN]

Thanks for the great discussion You folks have been great but I’m still at a loss and will continue with western medicine mixed with my food intake/exercise/vitamin r& mineral regiment. Soon to be 70 and in great health my fatigue is what got me going to an endocrinologis. The blood panel they do is much more detailed than my GP or Ortho docs perform.
My understanding about calcium, please correct me if I’m wrong but we have calcium that we intake into our body and we have the calcium from our parathyroid glands. Doc thinks my parathyroid(s) are over active and that’s causing my fatigue?? Jury is still out on that but doc did prescribe me Vit D2 and took me off of D3.
im still lost but if this doesn’t get straight I’m back to drinkin and smokin weed. And don’t get me started on statin drugs
GBO

 

[Velo Vol]

Thanks for the great discussion You folks have been great but I’m still at a loss and will continue with western medicine mixed with my food intake/exercise/vitamin r& mineral regiment. Soon to be 70 and in great health my fatigue is what got me going to an endocrinologis. The blood panel they do is much more detailed than my GP or Ortho docs perform.
My understanding about calcium, please correct me if I’m wrong but we have calcium that we intake into our body and we have the calcium from our parathyroid glands. Doc thinks my parathyroid(s) are over active and that’s causing my fatigue?? Jury is still out on that but doc did prescribe me Vit D2 and took me off of D3.
im still lost but if this doesn’t get straight I’m back to drinkin and smokin weed. And don’t get me started on statin drugs
GBO

I don't know anything about this but I'd read some articles like this if I wanted to know more.

Hyperparathyroidism - Symptoms and causes

 

[TOUCHDOWN!!TN]

I don't know anything about this but I'd read some articles like this if I wanted to know more.

Hyperparathyroidism - Symptoms and causes

Thanks

 

[weallvol]

Back in June of last year I was finally able to quit taking prilosec,which I have taken for the last 20 years for acid reflux. I did it by taking dgl licorice,ginger,turmeric,digestive enzymes and drinking raw unfiltered organic apple cider vinegar and water. I have had no problems since. That includes not having any of the terrible stomach problems that I suffered with for all those years. 3 GI doctors,several primary care doctors and countless test, no one could tell me why I was having stomach issues. The prilosec was causing nausea,pain,cramps and a general unwell feeling. Oh and by the way if you suffer from acid reflux or heartburn, it is caused by 'not enough acid in your stomach' not 'too much acid'... stop taking acid reducing medications

 

[KoachKrab127]

Very true. I caught myself weighing multiple times a day and getting frustrated at the gradual increases throughout the day.

I just weigh myself every morning after my workout and before breakfast. May start just doing that every other day or so.

I’m definitely losing a lot of neck and belly fat, just the weight that wants to stick around.

Face and neck fat were the first to go for me when I lost 50 pounds. I still have a little bit of stubborn lower belly fat that I’m slowly getting rid of.

 

[CAVPUT]

What are you in to?

Life is short. As the saying goes...health nuts will die of absolutely nothing but they'll still die. Everything in moderation and exercise daily.

 

[YankeeVol]

What are you in to?

Living life like IDGAF

 

[Go aeiou]

Thanks for the great discussion You folks have been great but I’m still at a loss and will continue with western medicine mixed with my food intake/exercise/vitamin r& mineral regiment. Soon to be 70 and in great health my fatigue is what got me going to an endocrinologis. The blood panel they do is much more detailed than my GP or Ortho docs perform.
My understanding about calcium, please correct me if I’m wrong but we have calcium that we intake into our body and we have the calcium from our parathyroid glands. Doc thinks my parathyroid(s) are over active and that’s causing my fatigue?? Jury is still out on that but doc did prescribe me Vit D2 and took me off of D3.
im still lost but if this doesn’t get straight I’m back to drinkin and smokin weed. And don’t get me started on statin drugs
GBO

I am allergic to statins. If you are not on them and have high ldl you need to get tesst and other to look at your arteries. I'm 70 and was walking 3 miles daily three years ago. 2 heart attacks and 4 bypasses. Blockage was 100, 100, 95 and 70% .
I apparently got my genes from my grandmother. Neither parent had a problem.
I haven't smoked in years. I'm told D8 is the way to go.

 

[ACvol3]

I take 4000 IUs per day and still struggle to maintain adequate levels.

I’m prescribed it.. don’t remember the quantities, but it has brought my levels up to where they need to be

 

[Velo Vol]

Israeli study offers strongest proof yet of vitamin D’s power to fight COVID

In June, researchers published preliminary findings showing that 26 percent of coronavirus patients died if they were vitamin D deficient soon before hospitalization, compared to 3% who had normal levels of vitamin D.

They also determined that hospitalized patients who were vitamin D deficient were 14 times more likely, on average, to end up in severe or critical condition than others.

 

[norrislakevol]

Like Velo, I was going to start a gym/workout thread. Glad this one is here already.

I am very different from many people in the fact that my metabolism is so high that I struggle to keep healthy weight on......even at 43 years of age. Runs in the family, some call it "the skinny gene". Through my 20's I stood at 6 foot 1 and weighed in at a whopping 140 pounds. I looked sick. Could eat everything I wanted, drink all the beer I wanted and never gain an ounce. I finally started going to the gym and lifting weights and only then was I able to gain quality weight. I am about 202 pounds right now. Wanting to gain a few more pounds and then start cutting for the summer. The hardest part for me about packing on the muscle is the diet. Even when I took steroids in the past it was a struggle to eat enough quality calories, and I eat at least 4 or 5 times a day.

I have tried to do some weak point training this winter. Concentrating on doing calves (a real struggle for me...have naturally small calves) and abdominals every day with my regular workout, and make sure I at least briefly hit biceps and triceps every other day to try to add a little more mass to my upper arms. I have long limbs and could use it. Right now I do: Day 1) Chest and Triceps. Day 2) Back and biceps. Day 3) Legs. Day 4) Shoulders. Day 5) Off day. Rinse and repeat.

Currently taking SARMS (stacking YK-11 and LGD - 4033) and Turkesterone, which is a natural, legal (weak) steroid found in plants and some insects. For any lifter out there that hasn't tried SARMS, you don't know what you are missing. They are legal and give you a tremendous boost in strength and some muscle gain as well with no negative side effects, unlike some traditional steroids. Many lifters are abandoning testosterone based steroids for SARMS. These experimental drugs were developed to combat chronic muscle wasting and osteoporosis. They have even put weight on AIDS patients. They are also very therapeutic. SARMS helped me quickly heal a minor rotator cuff injury, and lat injury.

 

[norrislakevol]

For those that don’t know, Diet Cokes are poison and I can’t believe they don’t come with a warning label similar to cigarettes.

I used to drink 2 or more DC’s daily until about 10 years back. I was very active, not heavy, and exercised daily yet my feet would ache whenever I was on them much. I was regularly buying new shoes thinking that was the problem. A BIL was a big DC drinker who also had foot trouble although he is a heavy man. He traveled out of country for a couple weeks where DC’s weren’t available and miraculously his feet quit hurting. Shared his experience and I quit them and within 3 days my feet quit hurting never to return. If Diet Cokes can cause this, what other damage are they on the human body?

Absolutely 100 percent correct here. Diet drinks contain aspartame. Aspartame, when consumed, reacts with the hydrochloric acid in your stomach to form small amounts of formaldehyde, which is not only a virulent poison, but is also a carcinogen.

Formaldehyde, aspartame, and migraines: a possible connection - PubMed.

 

[Velo Vol]

I am very different from many people in the fact that my metabolism is so high that I struggle to keep healthy weight on......even at 43 years of age. Runs in the family, some call it "the skinny gene". Through my 20's I stood at 6 foot 1 and weighed in at a whopping 140 pounds. I looked sick. Could eat everything I wanted, drink all the beer I wanted and never gain an ounce. I finally started going to the gym and lifting weights and only then was I able to gain quality weight. I am about 202 pounds right now. Wanting to gain a few more pounds and then start cutting for the summer. The hardest part for me about packing on the muscle is the diet. Even when I took steroids in the past it was a struggle to eat enough quality calories, and I eat at least 4 or 5 times a day.

Why?

 

[norrislakevol]

Why?

That's actually a valid question. Everyone has their own goals in mind. Some go to the gym to lose weight, some go to the gym to blow up into monsters, some go to the gym to be the strongest they can be. My goal is to be a very lean 205 pounds, giving me a good "V" shape with great muscle definition. Basically an NFL wide receiver build. I certainly don't look like I weigh 202 because almost all of it is muscle.

 

[KoachKrab127]

Here's a high-intensity interval workout I plan on starting next week. I think I'll do this twice a week and continue lifting weights 3x a week. I feel like I need to quit my moderate cardio, as I don't think it's helping me burn fat anymore.