[ShelaVenna]

Everything that can go wrong with this plan does. The mk677 is giving me obvious symptoms of high blood sugar. It’s a very uncommon side effect of this drug, but it’s possible. I knew I was already insulin resistant, and that’s a risk factor for developing high blood sugar from mk677. I could try switching to a diet even lower in carbs, and take the mk677 only at night, but I don’t think that’s good enough. I need to lose some body fat, and get my insulin resistance under control before I start taking it again. I weigh 132lb. I’m obviously not obese, but my body fat percentage is waaay higher than you would expect for my height and weight. I basically have no muscle. I don’t think I’m prediabetic, but I might be, if I’m being honest with myself. This has been a wake up call. I didn’t realize I was this severely insulin resistant. 

I estimate I need to get down to roughly 20% body fat to see a significant change in my insulin resistance. It will probably take me a bare minimum of 3 months to get there, and only if I reduce my calories even further, do a little more cardio, and become way more consistent with my weight lifting, which I have really been slacking on. I won’t start supplementing growth hormone again for at least 3 months, but hopefully my diet and exercise regimen will have increased my natural GH a little by then.