13 weeks into offseason

So as the new year rolls out and we all jump head first into our new years resolutions for health and fitness and what not.....I find myself doing just the same. Below are my most recent pictures and stats from yesterday morning.

192lbs, 14.8% bodyfat (got dunked Saturday for an official reading) also seems I grew an inch since last summer when I was last measured for height formally. I am 6'2" so go figure that!? Still getting taller at 29 years old it seems??

So we see below I am making some gains slowly but surely. Strength is way up over the past 13 weeks since my last contest. PR's being hit every week for the past 3 weeks and I love that. I cant say I see much size on my frame yet other then what the scale shows. I am up 12lbs since the day after my show which is not bad but still slower then I wish the gains would come.......which leads to the big news I got today....

I got my labs back from my routine quarterly blood work I just had done last week. My labs show that I have VERY low T levels unfortunetly. Most labs consider 300ng/dl for adult men to be clincally low. I am sitting at 160!! They find these levels in men 70+ years old! FML indeed!

I have had very low sex drive for the past few months but I attributed that to not getting full nights sleep mostly. I have been waking up 3-4x a night most every night and that I know can ruin REM sleep, GH release, Testosterone production etc. Figured it was just an acute thing is all. Now in hindsight I feel the low T is what lead me to poor sleeping. All my other hormone levels checked out just fine other then having very low neutrophil counts which my doc says is nothing to worry about unless I get sick often which I don't at all. What is really perplexing is that at my age and with my lifestyle why and how are my levels so low? Even with my background in Exercise Physiology I cant really pin down what would cause this?

On Thursday morning I speak with an Endocrine Specialist to see what he thinks upon review of my labs.

PS........Yesterday was once again my Sunday Splurge Supper and for this weekends Eat Feat I took on a challenge set my Jamie The Bear McDonald who is the #2 ranked eater in the world by APE. He did the challenge (made it up) last spring at Hash House A Go Go here in SD, CA. Took him 27 minutes to complete. Took me 54 minutes and I was hurting at the end!!

Breaded Pork Tenderloin w/ mashed taters, biscuits & gravy underneath and scrambled eggs on top
Thick Cut Giant Banana Pecan French Toast
Giant Cinnamon Apple Pancake w/ Fresh Fruit
Bacon Waffles and Sage Fried Chicken w/ 3 eggs

Freaking Delicious!!!