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Hey Jeromy... Paul from Western Australia here! The good news is that type 2 diabetes can be well managed by losing as little as 10% of your body weight and exercise. I see you're planning to lose a heap of weight, which I'm in the midst of myself as I want to eventually lose 90lb or so. I've lost 26lb already, and this…

I am medicated for my depression, but ALSO use exercise, fish oil and vitamin D3 as part of my mental health regime. If you're in the northern hemisphere (I'm down south in Australia!) you will be heading into fall/winter and your daylight hours will be shortening. You may be lacking vitamin D3 in particular as a result -…

Thanks for being out and proud about who you are and the journey you've travelled/endured to get here. You're an inspiration!

Remarkably, some men just have low libidos! I have one friend who's perfectly comfortable with once a month or less... thankfully he's married to someone who feels the same :-) Now he may have a medical condition, such as low testosterone, which would indeed have him feeling tired all the time and not at all interested.…

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I think if you're feeling full *and* you seem to have good energy levels then you needn't worry too much. The key to me is your energy levels provided by the food you are managing to eat. If you find you don't have much energy when exercising then you definitely need more calories such as the nuts and avocado etc.…

Your trainer is right: you're over-training! The very *best* way to get past a plateau is to add weight training to your mix and drop some cardio, in *addition* to playing with your diet. I'd cut some carbs and do the weight training, and up the protein intake a tad.

I think whenever you embark upon some self-improvement program there are going to be people in your life, whether family or friends, who will feel challenged by your actions despite you never intending to make them feel that way! The old saying of "actions speak louder than words" is truly felt by most people, so while…

Barring genetic conditions, you'll find food intake is what drives the weight gain. What drives that level of food intake varies with each person... it could be addiction, self-medication, self-loathing... demons in the closet as you call it, you name it, there will be a rationale and something driving it. For *some* there…

Women should indeed lift weights - but it's mostly for building bone density as women are more prone to osteoporosis than men. Bones get dense in response to bearing weight. Running will naturally do this for the bones in your legs/hips/spine, which is good :-) BTW: cardio does *not* reduce your lean muscle mass as someone…

My partner and I are both here, queer and proud of it!