Well yeah obviously I have a naturally low metabolism because of the thyroid.. Right now I'm at about 15% body fat, and I reached that with the strict diet. It's not the same foods every day but its at 2200 calories every day with a 40p/40c/20f split. and as of now I lift 4 times a week each about an hour and do cardio right after for 15 minutes which works out to be about a mile and a half of running.. To be honest steve I'm not sure what you're getting at?? I already lift 4 times a week, have a stable diet, do cardio, and have not been anywhere near obesity for over a year. There's not much else I can do to improve my overall health.. My sex drive is non existent, my motivation for the gym is hardly there anymore, and my metabolism is in the shits.. I think it's got way beyond just my lifestyle. Plus my ancestry is Asian-Indian so we are known to have low testosterone and history of things like thallesemia. I would understand if my levels were slightly under, but the blood work showed that my thyroid and test were both siginificantly lower than normal..