@evan-hinkle

Yeah we sound similar, I would attribute it solely to lifting if it wasn't persistent on weeks of rest. Ice cream sometimes works but I have more luck getting up at 3am and chugging some OJ. What is this about caffeine+K before bed? Why that combination?

an update, I slammed thyroid doses yesterday, like quadruple what I normally take (30mg desiccated cow thyroid x4) and it didn't keep me up, and I slept pretty well.

And funnily enough I've had this written in my notes app for months "Glycogen depletion and t3 supplementation to compensate" but not sure where I got it from, never read anything about it.

Sounds like the glycogen depletion concept is a lead. I understand glycogen depletion from the angle of what they teach you in A&P, how the body uses fuel stores in exercise. But not as a chronic issue or what that indicates

@izkrov Makes some sense. I think I am going to experiment with doubling, maybe tripling my thyroid dose to see if any other symptoms are relieved. I have trouble sleeping on the nights I lift as well, which I always attributed to stress, but perhaps this is related.

@izkrov How does thyroid "relieve" the liver?

Last couple of years I got way into powerlifting and noticed, following some week-long injury induced breaks, that my skin was impacted by how much effort I expended in the gym.

• On a really heavy leg day, especially ones where I was greedy and hit multiple exercises, in the next couple of days I might develop some acne around the lower corners of my mouth.
• Something else I noticed, was this wasn't as likely to happen if I restricted my food intake. I normally drink a half gallon of milk a day, and if I skipped this or a big meal (using the logic that my body has more important things to worry about than digestion, like repairing mussles) then I was less likely to get the acne.

I ended up trying a dried thyroid product for some other reason, and sometime around that time I stopped having the acne issue. Didn't put two and two together.
This last week, I skipped my thyroid dose for a few days, and went sicko mode on some zerchers. And guess what, I have a zit by my lip, first in months.

It seems to me, as acne is a symptom of dysfunction, not a self-contained issue, that this indicates a big lift induced thyroid deficiency.

I'd imagine its not that simple. Any thoughts on this?

HELP

55 minutes ago I was crackling with energy. Now I am a shell of my former self

I've popped some zinc, and a megadose of vitamin d. What else could I ingest to recover my chi, my prana??

To those considering jacking off=DON'T. The spiritual and nutritional cost is not worth it. I have ruined my week and tomorrow I get to attend divine liturgy and look my friends and family in the eye, and they will smell it on me, the jerkers remorse.

@BigusDickus I think yet to be discovered mind-body connection is falsely framed as "manifestation" or the law of attraction or whatever. Not some woo-woo thing, but physical, down on the molecular level. Lots of evidence supporting thinking of yourself as healthy makes your body operate in way that is more healthy than if you consider yourself unhealthy. Pain pathways not activating because some doctor tricked you into thinking you had knee surgery when you didnt. Basically stimulating your ANS with sheer willpower

@BigusDickus Yes the ANS

Do you believe you can consciously activate your ANS?

I’ve read The Secret and I believe that I can