Weekly Q&A #14 + DHT
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33 year old here. How could I go about fixing a skinny fat (don't know how else to describe it) physique where I store most of my fat in the abs, hips and thighs, could be considered overweight (216lbs at almost 6'1" tall) with not much muscle mass in the best way possible?
Since last October I've been slowly but surely adding some muscle to my body (nothing spectacular) and I've been very consistently adding weight or reps at the gym, however my weight hasn't changed much so I'm not sure how I should be manipulating my daily calories and the fat in the previously mentioned areas seems untouched, though my stomach and hips do appear slimmer.
I don't want to drop calories too low for fear of crashing my metabolism and losing all energy in the gym but I'm not sure if I should be increasing them out of fear of just becoming fatter. There's history of diabetes in my family so I have concerns about insulin sensitivity. Apologies for the long writeup and thanks in advance!
Got bloods back as follows:
Total T: 650 Ng/dl (22.5 nmol/L)
Free T: 8.5 Ng/dl (294 pmol/L)
FSH and LH: 4 IU/L
SHBG: 69 nmol/L
Estradiol results not released yet
Other than boron, any thoughts on how I can increase my free T as a natty? Was on tongkat but did nothing