DragonBits
Well-Known Member
That pic was about 6 years ago, I weighed ~150-155 lbs at the time, still overweight for 5.4 guy. I was on TRT for about 2 years at that time, I came down from 190lbs to a low of 150lbs. The shirt covers up a lot.
The pic was for a dating site profile, I took a fair amount of time framing the pic to look my best, for sure I was holding in my stomach
.After quitting TRT a few years ago, I gained back ~20 lbs to a high of 170, right now I am 165.
I first measured estradiol 3 years ago and it was <5.1 and then I weight 165lbs. Since then the only thing that boosted my E2 was clomid, and that only got it to 27.6 (TT 478), I was about 168 lbs, maybe 30% body fat.
After stopping clomid my E2 went back down to 7.3 and then in another test less than 5.0 while my weight hovered around 168-171.
I have read research that indicates fat is only a minor contributor to E2 and most E2 is aromatization from testosterone in the testicles. Fat is more a result of low testosterone than it is a contributor to low testosterone.
I certainly aromatize E2, but it's less than expected from whatever my level of TT is. With a high level of TT of 1389 ng/dl my E2 was 56.2, the highest I have ever seen it, but not so great when considering the TT.
BTW, my SHBG runs from 35-40, so that also limits the amount of free E2.
I will soon do some more blood test, I will post and am curious myself what it will show. I am guessing my TT will be around 600-800 ng/dl and E2 maybe 25, but that is a logical prediction. For sure I can't tell by any sort of body sense, I can tell when my TT is below ~450 ng/dl, but outside of that I can't sense how high it might be above ~600 ng/dl.
Maybe if my TT were ever at a supraphysiological level above 2000-3000 ng/dl I could "sense" it, but since I have never done that I don't know.
If I get the time, I should post some pics I had from when i was 190 lbs before TRT, it's a big change in body composition. I had a few shirtless body pics displaying body composition a girl I was dating wanted to take for her journal, a long story, but it was in 2010 maybe I weighed 155. It better displays my body fat at the time.
