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02-12-2005, 07:56 PM
Hey, I just signed up for these forums. Basic story is I'm 18, I'm through playing football, and I need to lose some weight. The complication is, I'm growth hormone defficient, meaning I have to take synthetic growth hormones (somatropin) nightly. I quit taking them for six months in 9th grade at my doctor's request and they put me back on for life, but in that time interval I gained a solid 100lbs, and with my new smaller dosage (a maintanence dosage, just to keep the IGF-1 up and prevent the whole diabetes thing), I've been gaining ever since.
My question is how I should incorporate this into a cutting plan. Does anybody have experience with artificial growth hormones? I've heard of people taking them to look younger and bulk up, and I can say firsthand that it increases muscle density, but this isn't supplemental—I don't produce any on my own. Growing up I was taking something like 120mg towards the end—I'm not sure how I got this tall on synthetic hormones but I'll take it =). Anyway, now I'm only taking 48mg and I weigh around 350 lbs, which, while it was a positive attribute on the D line, is not gonna help me later in life.
It's a shot in the dark, but does anyone know of anything I should take into consideration before cutting? Without the somatropin I lose muscle mass at an alarming rate, but if I had more it would most likely speed up my metabolism. My endocrinologist is a dickhead who doesn't know my name after 11 years, so I really can't take his word for what I should be doing. Should I expect a slower process? Should I increase my cardio? Should I talk to the doc and discuss increasing the dosage? I know it helps me gain muscle mass, that stuff is pretty easy, but I don't really know about it making me lose weight. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
My question is how I should incorporate this into a cutting plan. Does anybody have experience with artificial growth hormones? I've heard of people taking them to look younger and bulk up, and I can say firsthand that it increases muscle density, but this isn't supplemental—I don't produce any on my own. Growing up I was taking something like 120mg towards the end—I'm not sure how I got this tall on synthetic hormones but I'll take it =). Anyway, now I'm only taking 48mg and I weigh around 350 lbs, which, while it was a positive attribute on the D line, is not gonna help me later in life.
It's a shot in the dark, but does anyone know of anything I should take into consideration before cutting? Without the somatropin I lose muscle mass at an alarming rate, but if I had more it would most likely speed up my metabolism. My endocrinologist is a dickhead who doesn't know my name after 11 years, so I really can't take his word for what I should be doing. Should I expect a slower process? Should I increase my cardio? Should I talk to the doc and discuss increasing the dosage? I know it helps me gain muscle mass, that stuff is pretty easy, but I don't really know about it making me lose weight. Any help would be greatly appreciated.