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[Call Me Blood]

Hey to all. I'm not sure just exactly how to put this out there so try to bare with me. I'm 5'10", 221 pounds, about 23% Body Fat, and already have a fairly bad temper. I'm just an 18 year old kid too so I'm not sure if I'm headed in the right direction. I lift every day and I add in about 30-45 mins of cardio on top of that. My 1RM on bench is 290, Squat 450, and deadlift 385. Now why I'm here is because I need everyone's help and with my limited amount of knowledge I'm going to try and not get flamed for being dumb. I have a very slow metabolism and no matter how much I study and change up my diet and workout routines I simply can't lose body fat. They say that your metabolism increases with more muscle mass? Not sure on that. But I'm here because I was hoping someone can point me in the direction of the thing that might be able to help me out. I'm open to all opinions and the reason I say I have a fairly bad temper is because I read some Anabolics cause aggression. For me that would be a killer. Also I am slightly wary of needles but I could bring myself to inject if it was worth it. Well hope I didn't piss anyone off for starting a thread like this. I'm definitely not looking for a miracle just an aide. I'm rather disgusted with how I look so I'm ready to take a different approach. I forgot to add in I don't mind gaining weight so long as it isn't fat. And thanks in advance for your guys comments and suggestions. Cheers!

Robbie.

[SlimmerMe]

Welcome Robbie.....

at 18 your best bet is to eat properly. Food is the chemical which transforms us the most. It is way too early for you to think of anything else. Food and cardio will do the trick.

Please go ahead and start a thread in the Diet Question Forum and post what you eat and how much and when. The guys there will help you out. May as well go ahead and start. Eventually we all end up in the Diet forum!

Hope you hang around and learn and enjoy!

[Call Me Blood]

I'll start one over there thanks. I kinda figured I'd get an answer like that but why not ask? You think they've got some sort of proven way to kick up my metabolism? Seriously. I started putting on tons of Body Fat when I stopped playing football and I can't really rejoin and do that for the rest of my life so there has to be another way.

[layeazy]

Theres plenty of information and knowledge here for you so when your ready next 6 years you should have an awesome first cycle...

[songdog]

To young come back when your 25 and you can controll your temper.

[lovbyts]

99.9% it's NOT your metabolism, it's diet. Sorry but there is no easy quick fix. Without diet first being key nothing else will help and in fact it is a lot more likely to hurt. At your age and being high body fat any AAS use you are more likely to get gyno (man boobs) and bad acne. You will put on water weight.

You need to learn to cut the junk, eat healthy and eat 6+ times a day. It takes a few months but after your body gets use to it you shed the fat quickly.

[Tigershark]

Too young.

[Call Me Blood]

That's the weird thing that leads me back to metabolism. I only eat 4 not 6 times a day, but my diet consists of high protein (lean meats) little to no dairy products. A wide variety of vegetables etc etc. I take in roughly 2000 calories per day give or take 200 and junk food is something I just don't eat. For a normal man you'd think you'd be able to drop weight but for me I look the same. So maybe there's one key element I dunno. Thanks guys for all the insight though. Hopefully I will be able to find something that can get me right before college. I hear will power is the best thing you can have there. As my Sensai used to tell me "Just Say No. Anyways, I'm heading to the diets section! Cheers!

[SlimmerMe]

Hope to see you over in the Diet Questions....

curious: have you tested your thyroid lately? low thyroid can really slow down metabolism.....just a thought

[Call Me Blood]

Thyroid.....? Never tested..... However the people on my mom's side of the family have a long list of differentiating Thyroid Problems. Thank you for the tip.

[lovbyts]

Defiantly get your blood work done, thyroid test because if your diet really is in check then agreed, it could be something else but you DONT want to guess and try to self medicate, you can easily make the problem worse.

[Tigershark]

defiantly get your blood work done, thyroid test because if your diet really is in check then agreed, it could be something else but you dont want to guess and try to self medicate, you can easily make the problem worse.

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