I'm 48 and for the last 10 years I've been a beer drinking lard ass.  Had a physical and blood work done less than a year ago and thank God there was nothing wrong with me.  About six weeks ago I really got serious about changing my life health wise.  Started lifting, cut my alcohol consumption by 80%, and and eating low carb.  Weight is falling off of me, I feel strong, my body is looking a lot better.  It's been a great experience except that I've started having ED issues.   They started about 3 weeks ago.  It sucks.  Sex with my SO was really getting great again and then I hit a wall.  My question is, is there any correlation between weight loss, detoxification, or any of what I'm doing and ED?  I feel amazing so I'm very confused.  Just wanted to check this gun forum before I go see my Doc lol.  Thanks in advance.

Did you significantly decrease fat and cholesterol in your diet? Body synthesizes sex hormones from fat and cholesterol.

Also, your age is getting up there, where you'll likely need some help in this dept. Worth getting blood work to check T levels. Then maybe discuss TRT with doctor.

There is absolutely a correlation between weight loss and T levels.

I'm on TRT and get my levels checked regularly, if I'm dieting they'll come down a lot.
But that has more to do with your sex drive than performance, imo. I'd talk with a doc,
assuming you're good to go health wise some tadalifil/cialis will fix the problem while
you get to your target weight.

Didn't significantly decrease fat and cholesterol.  If anything I maybe increased due to eating more fatty fish and avocado.  Yeah I'll see the doc in a bit if this doesn't clear up.  It's confounding bc I feel really vigorous lately, like my dumbass, but fit, 28 year old self.  Thanks for the input.

Ok.  It's performance not drive.  I want to jazz the old lady all the time but my trumpet ain't going skiddidy bop bop.  Sorry was watching Cable Guy earlier and that jazz skat scene is stuck in my head.  Blood pressure is ok so I ordered some BlueChew.

Try cutting the remaining 20% beer for a couple weeks and see if it helps?

Just to check another angle. Are you watching any porn? Best to avoid porn completely.

If you are in a calorie deficit you might just be too wiped out to actually perform.

Are you lifting heavy relative to your one rep max? Are you eating plenty of red meat?

And this might seem odd, but does it still work if you look at a younger hotter chick than your wife?

Eating plenty of red meat.  My gf is 13 years my junior and I lust for her.  I want to bang her all the time but lately it's just not working.

Update my SO and I broke up for good.  We were more friends with benefits the last year or so.  Most of the time there was no foreplay, kissing, any of that shit when I initiated sex.  It was more like "hey if you want to bend me over do it now and hurry."  I got some blue pills but never got to try them with her.  I started dating a woman who is really into me not long after my original post.  It turns out I don't need the blue pills.  There was so much pressure with my ex and no foreplay that it was fucking with my heads.  I have taken some of the blue pills and they are fun, but the problem, it seems, was really my situation and the lack of affection, kissing, groping, that had me unable to get it up.  This gal is all over me and the sex is fantastic.  Just an PSA that it might not be you.  Still lifting but have hit a bit of a wall on weight loss.  Am going to cut more alcohol.  My upper body has really transformed.  Am I gaining as much muscle as I'm losing fat?

Good to hear it wasn't anything major. At some point, the "noobie" fat loss is going to stop. At which point, to continue losing fat you've gotta start really tracking your diet, especially macro nutrients. A recomp diet (replacing fat with muscle), basically involved keeping carbs low on rest days, and timing your big carb meals near your workouts (before and after). Any idea what your current BF% is around? Just a warning, getting too low on BF could have negative effects on the libido.

Im 50 and use the pills with regularity to keep things spicy

Try more cardio and diving more water.

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