Hi All,
I am brand new to this forum. I happen to get a hold of ipamorelin, ostarine, and cardarine. I'd love some advice on how to use these with my goal in mind.
I apologize, this is going to be long and windy and rambly.
My goal is weight loss. I have a compromised metabolism, which makes losing weight very, very difficult. I'll give a little background.
I am a 42 year old female and am 5'5" tall. I have Hashimotos hypothyroidism and was diagnosed with this when I was 23. I have primary ovarian failure, which translates into early menopause. This is common with Hashimotos. According to my endocrinologist, I am post-menopausal. And I basically went through it during my 40th year. I also have high testosterone for a female. My cortisol is fine but my adrenals don't make enough of a certain enzyme (21-hydroxylase - this is related to my higher testosterone levels).
In my adult life I have sometimes struggled with my weight due to my super slow metabolism. But, mostly I have been able to keep my weight around 140lbs. I am actually pretty happy at this weight. It's not lean but at my height and general body makeup I wear size 4 jeans at that weight. I've never been super interested in getting shredded but I like to not have a lot of excess fat. As you can imagine, with being a size 4 at 140lbs and 5'5" this translates into me being a somewhat muscular woman.
Exercise-wise, I do a combo of resistance training and endurance training. I like to do HIIT workouts and really enjoy long distance running and cycling. I like being strong and doing pullups, pushups, planks, etc.
Diet-wise, I focus on eating whole foods high in protein, fruits, nuts, and vegetables and try to keep starchy carbs low unless I am doing some pretty intense endurance activity. I am definitely not a perfect eater and I enjoy my booze.
OK, so, with that, I will say that my weight is not ideal due to a shitty past year. Going through menopause so quickly caused some big issues with mood (now fixed) and also cause significant stress on my immune system (I got shingles last year). On top of that, my 20 year marriage ended. Coming through all this crap with about 40lbs of weight gained. I've been trying to lose it the way I always have -
with diet and exercise. However, I have had ZERO success over the past 6 months. My strategy was to have a caloric intake of about 1300/day 6 days a week and let myself have one day on the weekend where I just ate whatever, though that doesn't mean I have a day where I pig out. I just don't count calories and don't worry about it at all. This has not worked. I have lost no weight at all. It's been demoralizing. Over the past 20 years since I developed Hashimotos I've always been able to shed an extra 10-15lbs that would creep on using the aforementioned strategy.
So, I am about to embark on a VLCD. And I was hoping to get some assistance from some chemicals.
If you guys/gals who know how to use this stuff could advise me, I'd be very appreciative. I did buy these chems blindly so if you advise I should buy others I'll do so. I have a reputable source.
Again, sorry for being so long winded. I look forward to hearing from you folks.