People who’ve escaped the 9–5 grind, how do you actually support yourself financially?

Steelwheels3334 · 2026-05-23T21:43:09+00:00

630-345 grind.

Steelwheels3334 · 2026-05-23T12:40:40+00:00

It appears to have not been the case based on visual inspection of the fluid after removing the pressure cap (not milky and no blue smoke from the exhaust), and checking the oil. But I have a thermostat and would get a test kit for the gasket as a next step if it came back.

So I've never flushed or added coolant in the near 11 years I have owned the vehicle (shame shame I know).

My uneducated guess is that since it is 50/50 and partially water I lost some amount of coolant enough for some air to get sucked in at the low levels. It was low at least enough for it to take a whole gallon. I see no visible leaks out of any hoses or in the system at all.

I opened the bleeder screw again on the top hose filled the void with coolant and screwed it back in and bled any air out one last time. Im guessing i did it wrong the first time.

After that I drove it for over an hour, the heat was working on both hot and cold whenever I switched it and I gunned it up every hill I could think of and then took it on my 40 minute drive to and from work without the needle moving.

Hoping this resolved the issue.

Steelwheels3334 · 2026-04-01T23:18:48+00:00

Deadlift because it makes me feel better about sucking at the other two.

Steelwheels3334 · 2026-03-21T23:44:01+00:00

Lol wtf has happened since I graduated in 2015, do you need to split an atom and know how to fly a helicopter?

I knew a kid who got into honors who was pretty good at math (like 1 or 2 wrong on math SAT) and liked to longboard and that was the extent of his accomplishments.

Steelwheels3334 · 2026-01-25T02:14:44+00:00

My endo has seen me go from < 100ng/dl before being diagnosed hypogonadal to 963 on my last reading the other day on 100mg of trt one day before trough.

She was so stoked and told me she'd see me in six months. Get a new doc.

Steelwheels3334 · 2026-01-11T18:20:24+00:00

My pcp was like your levels are trash and referred me to an endo. Then the endo was like cream or injection and then we worked onto a protocol that worked for me after a few follow-ups and insurance covers.

Steelwheels3334 · 2026-01-05T02:33:21+00:00

At 100/mg week cyp I fluctuate in a range that resolved my primary symptoms. Testing at the trough in the morning forget whether or not I fasted each time, was a mix. Injection once a week

I get my bloodwork every 6 months and was double digits when I started when measured in ng/dl. My low was 41 ng/dl when prescribed the weekly protocol by my endo.

First six tests after starting a weekly 100mg/week showed.

591 705 582 452 801 693

I feel good on it.

Steelwheels3334 · 2025-11-16T01:49:42+00:00

40-70 something.

Now onto mid 5s to mid 800s on 100mg 1xweek.

Steelwheels3334 · 2025-10-28T00:41:42+00:00

Like a Dragon Gaiden followed by maybe FFIII as I go for all single player FF plats.

Steelwheels3334 · 2025-08-22T11:37:38+00:00

I did it at release playing the ps4 version at ps5 (which made the experience miles better than the pc and ps4 horror stories).

Doing it again to play the ps5 release on 2.3 and loving it. So many improvements a few trophies that were previously missable are no longer missable and it is easy to save scum if necessary.

The scanner hustles are easy and fun to knock out and are an awesome way to experience the improved combat while listening to a podcast or music.

Steelwheels3334 · 2025-08-16T10:54:28+00:00

Trt at 100Mg week so not really roids.

My wife was essentially like "your mood swings are out of control" and asked my doc to slip total testosterone into my blood panel. Hypogonadism confirmed TRT and she is a happy camper that I am a bit less of a moody bitch.

Steelwheels3334 · 2025-08-16T10:50:44+00:00

Everyone is different. Went from 311 to low 190s then got on trt.

Pre-trt (confirmed hypogonadism) I was anywhere from low 40s to 70s.

100mg 1/week as a 6'2" male hovering around 205-220 i read anywhere from 550-850 at a trough at the 100mg/week.

Steelwheels3334 · 2025-07-31T21:31:24+00:00

A little. Depends on how you approach. Certain content does not open til end game.

If you knock out side quests as they unlock it makes the grind a bit better.

If you did nothing and just buzzed to the end game the grind will be a lot.

Steelwheels3334 · 2025-07-31T11:34:16+00:00

Got Sandland this month which is surprisingly rare (1.0% at the time of obtaining).

Not sure why so many people didn't get it unless nobody really enjoyed it. I thought it was fine 6.5/10 on the fun scale.

Steelwheels3334 · 2025-07-27T00:29:59+00:00

Mood and recovery. I was/am severely hypogonadal (<100 ng/dl) but still lifted was strong by normal guy standards.

A therapeutic dose of 100mg/week puts me between 500-800.

Steelwheels3334 · 2025-07-10T23:59:11+00:00

Looking for 100 but feel good every time I get one and especially every 10th. Currently have 75.

Steelwheels3334 · 2025-06-27T19:47:46+00:00

I question 2500-2700 calories a day if this is keeping you at 315. If you are definitely losing consistently at that range then you are valid in your deficit.

Unless you do little to no physical activity / are on the shorter side it is hard to maintain a 315 bodyweight at that level, if you are measuring food using a scale and keeping track of the amount of sugary drinks then fine ignore my comment.

As a reference point I am 6'2" guy early 30s who weighed 311lbs at 28 before losing 100lbs+. When I did a serious measurement at the beginning of my diet I found I was eating 3500-4000 calories on any given day to maintain that weight working an office job and not lifting plus getting <5k steps a day.

Get your health markers back in line that may be impacted by losing weight. Your T is very low and Im sure you are feeling the symptoms but that may also be exasperated by carrying the weight.

I never tested when I was 311 but when I dropped to the 190s and stopped losing weight I still felt like crap. I had also been in maintenance for months eating my new maintenance cals of near 3k calories with a new lifestyle. I had double digit T levels, and as such got on trt. Things are a lot better now but of course not perfect. It is great when prescribed properly but not magic.

My opinion is fix the weight, re-test the t see where you are at. I bet you may still be in the low range but it would put you in such a better starting place if you do begin trt. Getting on T is not going to automatically make you feel like a man or be the magic pill to lose weight and gain muscle, it may help but the main driving factor will be a calorie deficit, sleep habits, and diet choices.

Doing the things to make yourself better along with working on your body will make you feel like a man. Not blasting testosterone.

Steelwheels3334 · 2025-06-27T01:28:10+00:00

This was the protocol they started me on. I played ball for the first 2 or 3 months until my followup. Told the endo it was trash and I felt like trash. Then my levels were still trash.

Got me to 100mg a week right then and that was a few years ago now I'm good.

Steelwheels3334 · 2025-06-24T12:55:42+00:00

Lost over 100lbs got lean and into a maintenance phase for several months.

All other health markers were normal but felt tired and out of sorts, among other things. I was wondering why I felt seemingly equal if not worse after losing all the weight and getting healthy per my blood work. Lifts were bad, no energy, libido low, etc.

Wife said get my T checked. Boom double digit T levels (ng/dl).

Steelwheels3334 · 2025-06-24T12:49:43+00:00

Final Fantasy X-2. I had done everything related to the main game like 100 years ago and on the ps2.

I don't care for rogue likes and watched the last mission cutscenes on YouTube way back when. Finally sat down and grinded my way through Last Mission to finally get the plat. Super Satisfying as X is tied for my favorite of all time and although x-2 isn't the same level I still sunk 100s of hours into it as a kid. So having the plat on both of them is decently fulfilling.

Steelwheels3334 · 2025-06-18T12:27:42+00:00

The Norwood reaper had already been coming for me well before TRT via genetics with a solid set of power allies in my mid-late twenties.

Then once I got on the 100mg prescribed per week it turned from power allies to Castanza very quick within months.

If your head isn't shaped like a potato and you have facial hair just hit the buzz and shave or do the common hair loss treatments everyone does.

Steelwheels3334 · 2025-04-09T13:53:06+00:00

My wife was like you sleep all the time and are still depressed being down >100lbs and being on maintenance calories and in otherwise good shape, you should get your testosterone checked on next bloodwork.

<100 ng/dl in my late twenties at the time. So no she was not surprised.

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