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Originally Posted by dutcholiver Look Guys, like I said it is not my diet! So I dont need to "wire my mouth shut" I have a B.S. in sport science and nutrition with a masters in physiology. Trust me, its NOT diet.
I am 200 lbs.
My Fat % is 11.2% - by 7 site bodyfat calipers
My recent lab results were:
TSH - 1.09 (range .35 - 5.5)
T3 uptake 39.0 (range 20 - 38.5)
T4 8.2 (range 4.4 - 12.5)
Calculated T7 (FTI) 3.2 (range 1.05 - 3.85)
Total Test 300 (range 240 - 800)
Free Test 7.9 (range 7.2 - 23.0)
IGF-1 220 (range 110- 290)
DHEA 260 (range 280 - 640) |
If you assume you know all there is about dieting because your a trainer, then you might want to open your mind a bit. If you don't like what I have to say, then ignore it, but I will have more tack(I promise) than the fellow whom says to "wire your mouth shut".....geez.
I had a trainer that has the same credentials you do, and I had very SLOW weight loss with her. I left her and read up on the subjects of INSULIN RESISTANCE, and decided her regiman of carbs at 40-50% was what was keeping me from loosing the weight, but this was only after some trial and error. She also had me taking in about 2500 calories per day, so my weight loss was SLOW. Fact is nutrition and weight loss technology are ever changing and what you learned in school 6 years ago is already outdated to a certain degree.
I got scientific about it and used a MED GEM to determine exactly what my Basal Metabolic Rate was, and it was 2100 calories per day and I weighed 242 lbs. So, I learned how many calories to cut, and how much I needed to work out. Now I weigh 189 lbs.
When I went to about 30% carbs(low GI), 50% protein, and 20% fat, the weight came off. I carb cycle as well and eat about 9-12 Carlson Fish Oil caps per day. Everyone is different, thus a case is made for metabolic typing.
I have found when I plateau, it is time to stop dieting for a couple of weeks and eat normally. I notice you are upping your calories one day per week. This is just not enough when in a plateau. The metabolism cannot be revved up with one day of high caloric intake.
With regards to your Thyroid, All the numbers you have, with exception to TSH(and it is fine, but that still means nothing), are worthless. You need FREE T3 and FREE T4 for an accurate picture of your thyroid production.
Despite what is being said, taking thyroid meds can cause suppression and eventually with long term use can cause atrophy of your thryoid glands. I followed one guy in a bodybuilding group that had access to free blood tests at a lab he worked at and he was doing very frequent tests and was not back to normal thryoid production (after a short cutting cycle using thryroid hormone) for over 3 months, as a matter of fact, I don't know if he every returned to full production.
Your T levels are at the low end, but that is normal if you are dieting hard and/or not getting enough rest. You can help crank up your T levels by changing your diet to about 40%-50% fat and doing HIT training and taking 90mg per day of Zinc. Your T levels could also be low if you have high E2 (do you consume soy products?).
Your DHEA levels are low, so you could benefit from 50 mg per day of DHEA capsules. This can help strengthen your adrenal gland which also can help get your T level up some since the adrenals are responsible for some T production. You might want to check into doing a cortisol saliva
test as it is possible that you suffer from adrenal fatigue, which generally goes hand in hand with thryoid disorders.
If you feel good, have good muscle tone, and do not suffer from poor Libido or ED, then you do NOT want to look at HRT just to obtain sub 10% body fat levels.
Your IGF-1 level is normal and you do not want to mess with taking growth hormone as suggested by someone else, unless you want to screw up your pituitary gland and have to deal with several months of rebound effect and then less than normal production thereafter, not to mention blowing away a load of money.
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