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  1. Female weight loss question

    It is hard to put this info into context without reference ranges for each value. CO2 is a marker of blood pH, it can fluctuate some, it being slightly off is not an issue. Free T4 and free T3 look like they are in range but on the lower side, assuming the reference range is similar to most...

  2. Female weight loss question

    There is little point to test estradiol, estrone, or total estrogen if a women is on hormonal birth control that provides a synthetic estrogen. Her levels are expected to be very low. The body is getting estrogen from an outside source, so it will not produce much of its own via a negative...

  3. Female weight loss question

    Thats great to hear, sounds like she is lucky to have you helping her in this case then. I know a low has been mentioned but I will repeat this more niche suggestion of testing the combination of Hs-CRP and leptin. Leptin is a main hormone that regulates our metabolism and it is released from...

  4. Female weight loss question

    I will expand on is that HIIT and lifting do not really burn much in the ways of calories. If you look up the values, an hr long lifting session will burn a similar amount of cals to walking on an incline treadmill for an hr. HIIT does not burn much due to the short duration, the after burn...

  5. Female weight loss question

    I will preface and say this may not apply to her but: Is she weighing herself 5-7 days a week first thing in the morning, in the same clothes, after using the restroom? Are you then using a trend line to determine she is in fact gaining weight over this time period based on the trend line? I...

  6. Female weight loss question

    I do wonder though, is she less active outside of the exercise? Just food for thought, but some peoples NEAT can really decline after exercise resulting in a 500 cal workout only resulting in 100-200 cals net caloric loss bc NEAT was decreased by 300-400 outside of the workout. I have seen some...

  7. Female weight loss question

    I do not disagree here. I think ensuring her total activity levels are higher with a step count can help. I start here bc its usually one of the bigger factors. Dedicated exercise really is a much smaller portion of our overall caloric output compared to BMR and NEAT. Especially in someone...

  8. Female weight loss question

    OP No matter what is going metabolically, inflammation, glucose, ect. None of these matter in the presence of a caloric deficit. Testing and addressing things may impact one's metabolic rate, so by all means explore those factors. But the simple answer to the fat loss issue ATM is your wife is...

  9. Female weight loss question

    I first want to apologize if this thread has turned to the tone of arguing or being negative. Neither were my intention. I do understand you were trying to be helpful. I do tend to take the philosophical idea that trying to be helpful and actually being helpful are not one in the same. So my...

  10. Female weight loss question

    Not saying this is right or wrong but this article does a good job going over the research on rT3, I have read all the references and they are represented well IMO, meaning they match what is written in the article itself: Invalid Link Removed I am asking a genuine question on how food...

  11. Female weight loss question

    She cant really go into menopause if she is on hormonal birth control, similar to a guy can really has low T levels if on a stable dose of TRT keeping his levels up, if that makes sense.

  12. Female weight loss question

    Btw I hope you are well and things have improved for you. I know your health history is a rough one.

  13. Female weight loss question

    I want to preface that this may not be correct and it could certainly be something else, like perimenopause for example but she is on BC. Outside of a major hormonal landscape change, like entering perimenopause or menopause, I would personally not look at her hormones as the root cause...

  14. Female weight loss question

    This is fair. I am 100% open to experience from qualified professions out weighing the current published data. I will admit there is not much data on rT3 in the peer reviewed literature ATM. I know many endocrinologists think the opposite and many agree with the points you raise. I am sorry if...

  15. Female weight loss question

    Thanks for sharing.

  16. Female weight loss question

    This seems super normal to me based on experience with clients. The social media campaign of 1,200 being too low is just silly. She is not very tall and if she does not have a lot of muscle mass, workout often, and move a lot during the day, then 1,200 seems realistic for maintenance. If she...

  17. Female weight loss question

    I doubt reverse T3 (rT3) is all that bad tbh. The alternative medical view on it has zero peer-reviewed scientific backing. It potency at the thyroid receptor (TR) is too weak to compete with free T3 (fT3). It functions more of a thyroid regulation mechanism, to be more specific, for a break on...

  18. Female weight loss question

    Doses would need to be pretty high though, 5mg or more, and taken within 8 hours of the test bc the half-life of biotin is pretty short.

  19. Slingshot thoughts

    Sets of 5 are whatever really when it comes to strength. Hard sets of 5 near failure are a great intersection between maximizing the muscle building stimulus per set while still heavily favoring strength for 1RM carryover. However maximizing strength is not the same as maximizing 1RM strength...

  20. Slingshot thoughts

    I dont train seriously enough or anything anymore for logs. I train more for health and maintenance now. Focusing more on relationships, career, and vacations now lol.
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