What can I do to lower HBC, HCT, and RDW-CD

Is that all diet based or?


Reps for real responses.

How fat are you?

Fasting/exercise will take care of most issues.

On a scale of 1 to 400lbs, bout tree hundo


I am 6'4 300lbs, 18-22% bf or there abouts.

Real response from someone that has done it several times and coached others through it.

1. Lower your drugs and/or pick your compounds better. This is ultimately the solution but won't actually help you immediately. RBC creation is a long and energy intensive process

2. Donate blood. Obvious.

3. Cardio. Avoiding this is what got you in this position to start with

4. IP6. This should be an absolute last resort. It work almost too well. It made me borderline anemic

I try to do IF, but sometimes the hunger gets me. Riding a bike makes you hungry, nomsayin?

Pics of 18% 300lb physique?

I have extremely low test, I do quarterly bloods for everything to see where I am. Long story short, I was 700 estrogen and 60 test in 2015.....been working on stability every since.I do every chance I can, I only do double RBC donations, Red Cross loves the fuk out of meBeen doing 3 mile walks daily, bust just recently started.Not sure what this is but I will research and see what its all about.....if the aforementioned options don't pan out.

Lold. No you’re not 20% at 300lbs.

I don't do pics, as soon as I post em it will be "omg u frauding" not here for hate, here for love and peace and advice from others.

Just being real.

So you're on TRT then?

Double RBC isn't any better. They take twice as much but they double the donation interval

A walk isn't really cardio dude. You need to actually challenge your CV system. Get your ass on the step mill or go run

Didn't know that about RBC donations, ill just do blood then, thanks!

When I hit the treadmill for the 3 miles its max incline at 3-4 speed. Still just started that so Dr wants new blood in 3 months, just seeing if diet would be the cause more so than bicycles,.

Drink more water, the “hunger” goes away srs. I do 18-20 hrs regularly.

i trust Mark -

https://www.marksdailyapple.com/popu...u-should-know/

You have low t and then claim a ridiculous mogging physique and then won’t post pics? How is that being real? That’s a great way to get hate. We can all tell you’re a fraud. Why even bring it up if you’re going to lie? Or are you just that delusional?

If you're downing loads of iron, it could. Red meat, spinach, cheap rice or cream of rice

This is primarily and issue of poor drug selection and/or too much and you being too fat and out of shape. Being harsh and blunt here but its the truth. Trying to fix this outside of improving those things is just a band aid

Quote where I said I have low T right now?

If you would use some reading comprehension I said back in 2015, its 2021 if you were not aware.

This is why I wont, because instead of helping you want to project your issues onto me about my frauding.......can we move along or do you want to argue with a stranger on the internet for a few more minutes?

Understood, I am aware I am fat, hold it in all the wrong places. High estrogen in the past caused lots of water and fat retention.....I am still on a road to goals, just thinking it was something minor and not so much major.

Fair enough!

No hate.

I dig his site, thanks. Will be doing some reading


Edit; For reference, I was 460lbs when i started to lose weight in 2014....finally did blood work in 2015 to find out I was all fuked in hormones.

Appreciate it, on spread, will find you soon.

If you find yourself in south carolina, im always down for a gym session.

well i'm sure eating the 15,000+ calories a day and sedentary lifestyle didn't help much!

“I have extremely low test, I do quarterly bloods for everything to see where I am.”

Doubt it, you won’t because you can’t. Project my issues? This is the misc. When you make an outlandish claim you prove it. It’s okay fraudbrah

What part are you located? Around Charleston right? I’m on spread with you too.

I’m on the GA SC border about 35 min away from Clemson.

Unless you're absolutely yoked, I got some bad news for you brah. 300lbs at ~20% bodyfat is fuarking huge.

Cereal answer: lose weight and get your hormones checked.

If you're on vitamin T, lower your intake for a while or go donate blood.

I went to medical school and I have no idea wtf these are:HBC, HCT, and RDW-CD
HBc usually refers to Hepatitis B core antigen, but I'll assume you meant HgB (hemoglobin)
HCT --> Hematocrit, usually always 3x your HgB
These two are affected by hemo-dilution/concentration...if you do these fasted/no water, the values will be higher

I'm not entirely sure what a high RDW means except that your red blood cells are of different size...which could mean a slew of things like thalassemia, iron deficiency, etc.

Can you post your values, be sure to include MCV (mean corpuscular volume).

Sounds like AIDS for sure OP srs.

RIP in peace.

Apple cider vinegar

no hate OP but there is absolutely no way you are 6'4, 300 lbs 18-22% BF. If you are just beginning to walk, no mention of lifting weights, having fuked up hormones makes this more unbelievable.


so the first step is being honest with yourself. Even if you had all of these things going for you, most people tend to underestimate their body fat % rather than overestimate. Truth is even if you lost 40 lbs, you'd probably still be obese (25%+ BF).

Walking is a good start, start off slowly and do what you can reasonably manage. I probably wouldn't run as cardio given how overweight you are. You can progress to speed walking and what not as well. I'd also recommend other forms of cardio like rowing/airbike as those are less hard on your joints and you get a decent cardio workout. Do what you can reasonably sustain for 30 minutes, if that is walking so be it, but it's progress over time is what you really want to see.

Set a goal for yourself, , i.e: 5 lbs/month of weight loss. By then you will be 240 lbs in a year which isn't bad. Maybe get that down to 220 and you're probably pretty good. No need to rush it, go on crash diets, do hours and hours of cardio, etc. Somewhere along the road I would get on a weight training program, strength is good and you want to keep muscle as well.

Not sure what I was eating in cal's but yeah, das it.

My son was my inspiration, don't want to be in a wheel chair when he graduates high school or his prom etc etc......just been hitting a few snags here and there. Covid really hit me hard.....was working with the Marine Corp at the time and even their gym was shut down......I got lazy and complacent.....just trying to get back into it.

Goal is 260-270 at/around 12-15% bf......I got a ways to go but I am focusing more and more.