What day is it?
I took my first injection of hormone replacement therapy today.
.17 ml of testosterone enanthate 3x per week. ChatGPT offers this:
Your Actual Dose
- 0.17 mL × 200 mg/mL ≈ 34 mg per injection
- 3 injections/week ≈ 100 mg per week total
👉 That’s textbook TRT and a very reasonable starting dose.
What to Expect at ~100 mg/week (3× weekly)
Weeks 1–2
- Subtle increase in energy
- Slight improvement in mood
- Libido may begin to improve
- Possibly mild water retention (usually minimal at this dose)
Weeks 3–6
- Clear improvement in libido and erection quality
- More consistent energy throughout the day
- Better mental focus
- Improved exercise recovery
- Fewer mood swings because of frequent dosing
Weeks 6–12
Stable testosterone levels with low estrogen issues for most people
Modest lean muscle gain
Easier fat loss
Increased confidence / well-being
It all sounds great….doesn’t it? In 3.5 months, I will do another blood test to check all my levels and adjust from there. I’m hoping to get my total T to around 1000 (20 year olds run 800-1100), from my current 560 (perfect for the average 54 year old guy).
We will see if I gain vs lose weight….
I’ve been upping old man blog posts, I think I’m into June of 2014. Recently, there was a post about Hearty.
Some great memories there. Hearty was a wonderful person and everyone that met him misses him.
The next round of posts I start talking about running. Ev was training for a marathon and I was out there running with her. I used to run a lot in my 30s…a ton. When Ev and I first started dating we went for a run, she couldn’t keep up, I think she quit after a single k. Times would change and I would gain 30-40 pounds and she would become stronger. She was thin back when I met her, but she would put on muscle, have Charlotte, regular 30-something woman stuff I guess.
So it’s the summer of 2014…at poker one of those nights Russett commented about how I mustn’t be able to keep up….and I’ve talked about this before, in posts yet to be resurrected…. that’s a word right there….
The thing was, Ev couldn’t keep up with me. She was in GREAT shape at that time and I was in the 240s…10 or 15 pounds heavier than I am right now typing!
I told Russett, she couldn’t keep up…it seems laughable…..
Lung mets….we didn’t know she was battling stage 4 cancer…had lung mets…she just couldn’t get the air.
It was around this time Ev would break down, cry in front of me for the first time ever…tell me there was something wrong….soon, maybe August.
At this time we are pounding out kilometers, 16-20 a session….she needs to take breaks often to catch her breath while fat Vic is ready to put another 1000 plus strides in….
I’m sitting here shaking my head, thinking about the last two long-term relationships in my life and how much they differ.
Likely why I cried for 400 days straight when I lost Ev and now I’m not sure I’ve been happier in 5 years. Not to say Mel and I didn’t have some great times but as a friend of mine recently pointed out, my time with Mel was an intermittent reinforcement/trauma bond. Lucky for me she was getting slimmer and slimmer on the reinforcement, and I was getting closer and closer to putting her stuff in garbage bags on the front porch.
It’s important to remind myself of these things because sometimes I think I miss Mel….she isn’t going to change…she never said sorry…she never would be, doesn’t know how to be….and if I’m alone for the rest of my life, it’s better than being insulted every….single….day.
and now….the weather…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P5n8YRY6Kw&t=15s
Shall we start with yours truly? Sure.
231.2 pounds, not including .16ml of T
lets do some measuring:
Arms: 16″
Chest: 44″
Waist BB: 43″
Waist hips: 41″
Thighs: 22″
Calves: 15.5″
Geezus…I know I have skinny legs, but my biceps are bigger than my calves!
Tonight I do legs…Oh wait….I just checked, and your calves and biceps are supposed to be roughly the same, which is true. I flexed my bicep to get to 16″.
still…leg day today.
Some of these measurements will go up, some will go down. I guess I’ll check again on Feb 1.
We can review the measurements provided by other contestants!
Krista has a scale…162.2 pounds….she needs a measuring tape…and a tape worm.
Jeremy is trying to gain weight….I’m going to have to drive up there in the summertime and check in personally. Tai Chi? How is that going? Gotta hit the protein, brother.
Russett had the flu, lucky.
Tbag has a tape measure, a scale, and a closet full of cheap workout equipment, and she is using it!
Slab is not happy! I see good things in the future for her and everyone else.
Including me….
I wrote everything up to the above spreadsheet this morning, and the part after just now before bed. I had my shot, it seems to put some bounce in my step. While walking into the grocery store I felt taller and while inside, I knew I walked taller…just the placebo effect?
I’m not sure. I think 8 weeks from now things will be clearer.
I can say this…the day was just a little bit brighter. The house is wonderful these days, and today felt just about perfect. I did legs! I wanted to do a leg workout, and I got it done. And hungry…ya, I ate my protein today.
I think my goal is to get lean strong…try for a 205-210….hard work, but I’m going to try…
The Quote of the Day
Work on Yourself, For Yourself.
I have been giving and giving for so long. I never put myself first….I lived another person’s life….
It’s time to get on with living for me.
