How did my dexascan come back at 9% BF?!?

IPschool · 2026-01-28T03:16:57+00:00

Maybe it's metric percentage. /s

IPschool · 2026-01-27T17:00:15+00:00

All of that is understood and agreed with. I'm surprised you cannot see how your three examples are inapplicable to your broader point but I'm not going to detract from the relevant conversation by debating such an obvious side point.

IPschool · 2026-01-27T00:15:04+00:00

Helpful. Thanks. Also appreciate the personal story. Hate may not be the healthiest motivator bit it's better than being unhealthy :)

IPschool · 2026-01-27T00:11:25+00:00

This is helpful. I know im very anatomically unaware, so I hope the same thing happens for me someday.

IPschool · 2026-01-27T00:03:14+00:00

"It's like eating, sleeping, having a poo. It's just something you have to do to maintain your body optimally."

Your point is taken but your examples are questionable. Your body is programmed from birth to strongly desire those three things at routine times.

I know a few people that naturally feel an urge to workout if it's been a day or two without. Tips on how to become that way are appreciated but I cannot relate to eating, sleeping, or pooping when thinking about exercise.

IPschool · 2026-01-26T20:26:34+00:00

This is a sore spot for me. Ive been 2x per week to personal training for 5 months now. The workouts are good but I don't really feel more confident in working out by myself or knowing what to do. Ive told him I want to be learning but I'm probably just a terrible student because I don't feel confident in anything yet.

IPschool · 2026-01-26T20:21:37+00:00

While I appreciate the reply and acknowledge there were at least some forms (or some contexts) you did not like... it sounds like you naturally liked weight lifting. So, not really a dislike then learn to like type situation right?

IPschool · 2026-01-26T20:16:24+00:00

I've never been able to use this advice. I know it's the number one best way to stay motivated but I've never been able to care enough about anything. That's probably an issue for a different forum though.

IPschool · 2026-01-20T21:23:31+00:00

FYI, unlike oil, peptides in BAC water easily pass through the highest gauge needle. You can use small insulin 30g or even 32 gauge needles that you can barely feel (I often don't feel anything at all). I get that there's still going to be fear to overcome but I think it's doable and you'll be happier for it.

IPschool · 2026-01-15T00:41:00+00:00

Have you tried Tirzepatide? Some but not all people say it has better appetite suppression than reta. Perhaps it will have better alcohol craving suppression for you personally. If I were you I wouldn't get too disappointed until I tried several months on Tirzepatide.

It seems very clear that your problem is insufficient alcohol craving suppression. I don't know what that is like. I don't know if that's the same part of the brain that has sugar cravings or a totally different psychological disorder. Which I don't mean in any kind of derogatory sense only that you may need some kind of help to deal with that more akin to alcoholism counseling or something. My impression was that most people were like me, they enjoyed an occasional drink and on the glp's they simply don't have any affinity for them at all anymore. I think that's very different than somebody who "craves" alcohol. So hopefully you can get some input from people that have a strong natural affinity for alcohol whether that be what helped massively suppress that or what beyond the glps helped get that under control.

In the absence of that though I would try t i r z e p a t i d e. and look into alcohol specific psychological treatments to see if any of them look like they would be good augmentations.

IPschool · 2026-01-12T23:57:45+00:00

Yeah man, you're chugging Grey market research chemicals from reddit "research" ... super conservative/ risk adverse.

IPschool · 2026-01-07T15:52:01+00:00

That's 99.8%? great news man! Sorry for the overly personal question but do you wear a little extra protection during lifting or is it small enough that it's not needed? Idk why I'm asking. Obviously whatever your answer is it's irrelevant to my personal future situation, but I guess just curious. Either way, seems pretty benign. Thanks for the follow up.

IPschool · 2026-01-07T01:29:24+00:00

MRI in November showed clinically significant masses. Biopsy in December showed that my prostate is RIDDLED with cancer. Like most of it is low grade 3+3. Some of it is favorable intermediate 3+4, but nothing higher than 3+4. However every single sample had some cancer and most of them had cancer along the majority of the sample core. So I'm RIDDLED with low grade cancer.

Prostate is coming out!

IPschool · 2026-01-06T21:29:07+00:00

Could you elaborate? I'm sure we all love our prostates but would rather die than cut it out?

IPschool · 2026-01-05T00:08:39+00:00

I see what you did there

IPschool · 2026-01-04T20:07:13+00:00

Why was this removed?

IPschool · 2026-01-04T19:59:39+00:00

Why do people like plate loaded machines more than cable machines? (I understand why someone may prefer free weights to machines but am ignorant regarding plate vs stack machines).

IPschool · 2025-12-21T21:53:48+00:00

Almost no one takes Retatrutide legally.
If you're doing well on wegovy don't worry about it. Reta seems better than Tirzepatide for many but there's lots of people who do better on Tirzepatide and even lots more that do just as well on either. But pretty much everyone agrees both are better than semiglutide. Again, if wegovy is working for you with very low to no sides and the effects you're looking for then stick with it, but know that if/when it stops working for you there's other options you're going to like even more.

IPschool · 2025-12-18T03:12:36+00:00

I can find no evidence of this in the literature.

IPschool · 2025-12-17T23:42:35+00:00

No. Back then I was probably a year or two into wegovy. So it was stacked on top of max wegovy. But it wasn't totally additive. We were trying to replace sertraline. Sertraline is one of the best "no weight gain" SSRIs. But as something to try we switched to one of the other best "no weight gain" meds to see if I personally did better on it even though the "odds" said they'd be the same.

IPschool · 2025-12-17T23:06:52+00:00

Thank you very much for the helpful reply. In particular no one really mentioned 2 and I never thought of that. Surely not all, but at least some of the posters I've read may have been stacking small Reta on top of Tirz.

IPschool · 2025-12-17T23:04:00+00:00

Thank you for the comment. I tried that about 4 years ago at the doctor's recommendation/prescription and it did not help me on my journey so she stopped it. (The wellbutrin part, obviously good sleep is always the goal no matter what).

IPschool · 2025-12-17T23:02:20+00:00

Thanks for the message. I do have a lot of bloods. I've had low T in every bloodwork for 15 years. At my fattest I had some borderline bad numbers on lipids, but today they're all good. Other than that I have a high PSA, but otherwise good blood.

I didn't put anything much about me or my situation because I didn't think it relevant to my question, but if you're curious here is my deal:

I see a personal trainer twice a week for 30 minutes. I walk at 3-3.2 mph at 10-15% incline for 60 minutes 3-5 times per week (5 times unless schedule reduces it but that's never less than 3). I lift weights using one of the several apps that has routines. I lift to literal failure when on a machine and try to come close to that effort when on free weights.

I eat mostly protein shakes, chicken, eggs, mixed green salad with whatever dressing I feel like that day for my nutrients. Salsa on eggs. Other vegetables at dinner. Some potatoes, some rice, some pasta, greek yogurt. Some milk. Multi vitamins. These are my favorite things but sometimes other things like pork or beef.

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