Thread 76803215

>Who is /fat/ for?
For chip chuggers working towards a longer life and a better physique through meaningful hard-work, strategy, and dedication. This is not QTDDTOT, stick to questions on fat loss. Post height and weight when asking for advice.
Join our Fatty Contest: https://www.fattycontest.com/

>What do I do first?
1. Read https://physiqonomics.com/fat-loss/
2. Calculate your Body Fat Percentage: https://fitness.bizcalcs.com/Calculator.asp?Calc=Body-Fat-Navy
3. Calculate your TDEE: https://www.sailrabbit.com/bmr/
Remember to use bodyfat% and use Katch-McArdle Formula with sedentary settings or your TDEE will be too high.
4. Plan your weight loss: https://www.losertown.org/eats/cal.php
5. Track your nutrition with MyFitnessPal (better for packaged food), Cronometer (better for generic food/macros) or LoseIt (great for both).

>Now what?
Count calories, all of them.
Eat about 500-1000 less calories than your TDEE.
Buy scales, be accurate.
Learn to cook. Try to stick to lean protein and green vegetables.
Eat a lot of protein. 1g per lb of goal lean body mass.
Doing cardio, even just walking, will improve your health. There is no such thing as a healthy fat heart, but you can offset the risks.
Lifting weights will keep and gain muscle mass and burn fat much quicker. No lifting results in the body burning away muscle AND fat.
Drink more water.
Read the /fit/ sticky: https://liamrosen.com/fitness.html

>DON'T
Eat refined sugars, they're terrible for you regardless of calories.
Eat hyper-processed foods.
Drink your calories (alcohol, soda, starbucks).
Freak out over a weight loss stall. Plateaus can last up to three weeks.
"Reward" yourself. Cheat days cheat only yourself.

>Other resources:
Loose skin, gyno & stretch marks: https://weight-loss-side-effects.netlify.app/
Reddit wiki: https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/wiki/faq

Previous thread: >>76799510

Day 2 on mounjaro
Woke up with a bit of nausea but it went away
Ate a banana
Feeling low energy
2pm and only 100 calories in and I'm not hungry, this is mental
I should make some chicken breast for protein soon...

Keep going lads. It's all worth it.

Just hit 204 from 228. Feeling good. I think I'm going to lower the amount of weight I'm trying to lose weekly from 2lbs to 1lb because the cut is getting very aggressive, and I need to fuel for my runs decently. Grown men are not meant to be eating 1672 calories a day lol

I think I'm going to go down to 195 maybe, and then start a lean bulk

i hate fatsos so much its unreal

>>76803248
Looking good lad, nice progress keep it up

>>76803248
pull that underwear down a bit further

>>76803298
post pics or shut up

>>76803301
i mean
i haven't hit my gw yet but i can post dick pics if you want

so hungry...

just ate, made extra food.
i have to resist picking at it because it adds up.

>>76803420
keep resisting, bro.
i'm resisting eating sibce i've finished my calorie allowance early.

>>76803428
https://youtu.be/YZYx5IyCprc?si=RBWpiJLMDHNBLAhe

is it normal for your weight to stall when starting to exercise more? I've been mostly sedentary for a while now and was losing about 2 pounds a week just through diet, but since I've incorporated a 2-3 mile walk every day my weight loss has completely flatlined. My diet and caloric deficit has stayed the exact same (I'm counting calories/macros meticulously so I know it's not that). Is this normal?

>>76803477
When you lose enough weight, your caloric needs will start getting lower. So as you lose weight, you'll need to reduce calories as well. Or walk more. Or exercise more

>>76803215 (OP)
>loseit app updated to a new UI
>its freaking horrific, the complete opposite of the minimalistic former layout
>can't even properly check my macros without an extra 2-3 presses

why the FUCK, this shit is genuinely upsetting, there was nothing wrong with the past UI why? It's like steam all over again, I got super comfortable with this app in adding a shit ton of recipes and other shit, and even went premium, now im looking for other apps that aren't overdesigned. Fuark

Rice cakes r my best friends

>>76803485
I don't remember LoseIt ever being particularly minimalist desu, unless you mean their browser app which looks the same to me.

>>76803485
shit like this is literally what made me write my own locally hosted webapp. fuck the companies and their stupid ideas made by people not using their apps. they all deserve to fail.

Do you niggas think it's possible for me lose these love handles? Or I'll have to resort do surgery?

>>76803248
what’s the time gap between the two pictures?

>>76803531
this is like ur third time posting this

>>76803536
only posted on dead threads

>>76803485
mfp's browser diary is getting "updated" too with a whole new clunky UI. It's like they're trying to push people away from using it

>>76803477
Yes, walking is a full body excercise. The muscles start growing instantly in your legs. You're prooably losing fat, building muscle and retaining water for their use. 1 gram of glycogen ties 3 grams of water. Upping your protein a bit helps this.

>>76803526
Is it open sauce?

>>76803541
does that water retention persist even while doing keto? Based on what I'm eating my glycogen stores should be pretty depleted most of the day

>>76803523
It was nicely minimalistic compared to the newest update

>>76803533
July 28th to November 6th 2025. So a little over 3 months.

>>76803547
https://www.ironman.com/news/fat-most-misunderstood-fuel-source

You should give that a read.

>>76803579
mine still looks like the left one. might be an A/B test.

>>76803587
Don't shut the app down or let it update if you want to keep it that way man, I am jelly

>>76803592
it is updated.

>>76803583
will do, thanks

>>76803526
software devs have to constantly fuck around with different layouts using a/b testing to optimize for various arbitrary metrics that have little to do with what users actually want to justify their jobs so they don't get kicked out into a dead job market

>>76803582
damn, good progress. what's your method of losing weight?

>203 this morning
I CAN ALMOST TASTE IT
JUST 3 MORE TO GO AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH

>>76803607
I use loseit, and I just eat less, high protein meals and I run a lot. I've done about 250 miles of running since I started, and raced a half marathon, with another one coming up in a few weeks.

If you do a HM, you can basically eat whatever you want that day haha

>pretty sure I have acid reflux disease
Why am I supposed to bother getting in shape when my chest will always hurt and I'll die of esophagus cancer?

>be me 1,85m 101kg
>install fitness app
>ideal weight 74kg

yo what the fuck. how am i supposed to get this thin?

>>76803652
Eat less and cardio

>>76803648
You want the poor fellas carrying your pine box to die of snapped spines? Your fat would make even Hitler shake his head. Face it, no oven will fit you. Casket is the only option. We knoe you have no friends, and when you die no family member will attend your FUNeral. Just make it easier for the carriers.

>>76803672
I weigh 197 or some shit
If a group of 4 couldn't lift me they need to hit the weights

>>76803682
What if their excuse not to was
>acid reflux, sorry anon, RIP in peace with your fatbike
as they good ole brick your electric scooters' pedal to the metal while facing a random 6 feet deep hole.

>>76803531
impossible, just kys

>>76803652
Same height, got down to 90kg and people complimented me on my looks, don't worry about it just do it for your health

>>76803648
I thought I did as well and then I quit drinking and lost weight. turns out those two are pretty fucking hard on your stomach when it comes to acid reflux. I used to take omeprazole every day for years. Now I have no heartburn issues whatsoever and no longer take omeprazole. I found stress made the acid reflux worse as well, so if there's anything you can do to reduce stress in your life that should help too.

Fatty Contest
Name: TimmyGonnaDoIt
Current Weight: 104.7 kg

>>76803546
not yet, but it will be. pic related.
there's still some things that I need to iron out as well as create an actual initial setup phase but other than that it's been working pretty well for me so far.
>>76803602
I know, I've been in that hamsterwheel long enough. it's absolute horror.

>can't punch through 75kg
another week of plateau
it's over

>>76803602
Weboids are not people, and the only thing they """develop""" is suicidal ideation.

>>76803632
>normal ass workout titles
real men give their runs gay porn titles on Strava. call this shit something like 9.0 brooklyn bussy pounder anal penetration cycle or you'll stay fat forever (on god tho sick mileage)

I've lived my entire life obese and now that I'm trying to lose weight I'm really struggling
how do I stop feeling hungry as fuck and constantly thinking about food? I feel like I can't do anything but think about eating and planning what I'll be able to eat. It impairs my social and work life — will it be like this forever? Is this just how normal people live?

>>76804198
Was him being gay a work too?

>>76804255
Can you afford glp1s? Not saying it's the only option but people make unlearning lifelong habits super easy and it's really hard bordering on impossible. Otherwise I suggest learning some healthy self hate. Begin hating yourself as is and understanding it's not who you're supposed to be. Every meal is feeding into that shitty version of you. The fat you've stored is biologically intended for a journey or a great hunt and to keep you sustained. Your weight loss is that journey and you dont need extra food to fuel it because youve been doing that your entire life

>>76804290
I used to eat poptarts daily for years
I stopped and haven't had one in 2 months
Was easy as fuck

>>76804290
can't afford them no :( is it really that dire of a situation to unlearn these habits? I just want to live longer man

>>76804198
How does he have zero muscle definition? Is it because of the skin surgery or does he actually have no lean mass

>>76804310
Just do what I did and become massively depressed that you're turning 30 and still live with your parents and hope you're the kind of depressed that barely eats rather than overeats

>>76804310
I'm not sure how big you are, the bigger the harder it will be. But no matter how hard the payoff is you can do it, the harder it is the bigger the bragging rights

Unless you have access to psychedelics and a mentor for them, doing any resets will take time. I'm not saying you need to unlearn stuff, but rather learn new things. The whole journey to losing weight is about learning control and discover who you truly are, what you will be able to do. It's about total change. Crisis.

You've adapted yourself to a very bad situation. You've had no respect for yourself. Now is the time to adapt to something else. Time is also the key. Things will get easier with it, you will reach milestones through it. It will test not only your willpower, but everything that makes you 'you'.

Start by reading about human metabolism and hormones. Write down your goals, but don't do it straight away this instant. You need to think about them first. You need to plan. You need to be ready for the biggest change of your life.

>>76804320
Skin surgery doesn't hide muscles. He truly has no lean mass, he was a prepubescent boy under the exoskeleton of lard.

>tried to do 9000 steps today
got to 6000, legs feel exhausted. how the hell do i do this and still have time to goof around online, 6000 felt like it took all day

>haven't eaten like a pig for two whole days
are you guys proud of me?

Is there diminishing returns on calories lost via exercise or is 8 hours of walking meaning double the weight loss of 4 hours

>>76804447
Are you going to walk 8 hours in a row? Or split apart?

>>76804439
>anon just cause you didn't eat like a pig doesn't mean you didn't eat like you

>>76804475
dr nowzoomeramadanalan I don't understand. I stuck to your plan, it must be because I drank a lot of water!
>burp

>>76804447
It's not linear. After your muscles run out of glycogen your body starts using fat for the movement. Constant walking is an endurance excercise and burns fat efficiently. Your body gets more efficient at it (you can monitor your heart rate and even your walking rythm) and that lowers the energy demand a bit, but one usually starts going faster at that point which brings it naturally back up.

The thing is if such a long activity is wise. Muscles need rest and recovery, do you stay motivated to stay consistent etc. Consistency is the key here, no magic pills in this thing either.

>skip walking last 3 days
>walk today my usual 1 hour walk on treadmill
>feel good
fuck i always know i'll feel good after but starting and slogging through a boring hour is the hard part.

>havent had a cheat meal in 2 weeks
>want to cheat on my diet
>but all my junk food cravings are gone
>keep wanting to cheat on my diet but all the shit I would normally cheat with doesn't seem worth it to me
ex:
>$18 for a burger
>$8 for a sugar latte
>$2 for a mid donut
>$18 (+ an hour of driving) for fried chicken

>>76804546
I've been doing a thing where if I get a big craving for fast food, I'll do up all the calories/macros and try to make it as "healthy" as possible while also being what I consider a cheat meal, then set it a week ahead on my meal plan. If I'm still craving it by that time then I'll get it and it's incorporated in my plan to account for it. 9 times out of 10 the craving is gone by that point and I'll take it out of my plan for something more healthy

chicken breast is unnatural and demonic

>>76804634
Smart!

wat if i weigh 180 lbs and need to lose 200 lb how do i get negative weight its very important

>>76804634
this sounds gay as hell
the point of cheat meals is that they taste good and are convenient, even if unhealthy
i dont want to have to fucking cook

>>76804675
you must've misread my post. I still plan to go to the fast food place for the cheat meal, but instead of 2 patties on my hamburger it'd be one patty, shit like that

hey fatties
just wanted to pop in and say that calorie counting is for gay retards
if you're fat you should be at home starving, you have had enough food.

>>76804714
All this did was make me horny, thx anon.

>>76804546
>want to cheat on my diet
>but all my junk food cravings are gone
>keep wanting to cheat on my diet
sooo your junk food cravings aren't gone at all, then

Is anyone else really tired doing intermittent fasting, or being at a deficit in general?
Im feeling exhausted after being awake just 12 hours, its really hard waking up and if I don’t need to wake up I can sleep 12 hours easy

>>76804736
I've mainly been tired because I'm fucking bored. Really highlighted how much of my time was spent ordering and eating shitty food to pass the time.

As for your feeding windows, I've found that an early window works best for me. I've been doing 7am-3pm

>>76804745
I’m doing alternating day fasts, and it’s definitely a physical sort of tired, not just mental

>>76804723
Nah I know what he means. It's different. Junk food cravings are a thing and they're more common early on, when one has been eating junk food daily. On the other hand, once you hit a month or so in you don't feel pulled by junk food but you might feel bored or empty and thus have a vague urge to "cheat" just to make the boredom go away. At least, that's how it is for me.
The solution is to replace it with something healthier like an addiction to exercise but that takes time.

>>76803215 (OP)
22 lbs of fat down boys lets get it. What about you guys, hows the progress, hows the journey going ?

>>76804914
day 50, 26lbs, 24lbs remaining

>>76804919
ayyyyy lets go big guy, lets get it. gotta push just a little more. Its ridiculous just how fast you get accustomed to the new eeight and how greedy you get once youve tasted some of that lean self. No cheeseburger nor kfc tastes better than the sweet taste of victory. How about loose skin ? Are you dealing with any ?

>>76804320
ozempic cause muscle loss

>>76804914
I lost all my post vacation weight and now its timd to bulk :)

>>76804270
now that's what i call commitment to a bit

>>76803215 (OP)
>165lbs at 5'7
Should I just fast on water and coffee till I get to 150lbs and build from there, I'll lose some muscle but at least I could maingain for a bit without being fat at like 22 percent fat

Is eating 2 times instead of 3 a day a good way to lose weight?

>>76804933
i was only 188lbs to start with, i'm dealing with it before it gets to that point
used to be 140lbs a few years ago, might keep going after that point, depends on how i look when i get there

>>76804961
without counting calories you have no way of knowing if you're eating above your maintenance, even if it's only one meal a day
just nut up and use the calculator

>>76803248
im 204 and i look fat with a stomach

>>76804966
I mean i went down from 214 to 204 in a few weeks.

Not eating until the machine says 115.

>>76804977
machine?

>>76804997
The feel good or feel bad machine in the bathroom.

>>76805001
115 is a bit low no?

>>76805002
I'm Australian.

>>76805008
okay thats nice, 115 is still very low

>>76805011
Prolly in kilos mate

>>76805008
want to go to the arcade in Brisbane bro

>>76805011
The mirror disagrees.
>>76805018
Never been to Brissy, but I was thinking of going on a roadtrip to Surfer's Paradise to try out the Wendy's there.

>>76805002
115 pounds is lean for a 5'5-5'6 male that doesnt lift or just started lifting

Is pepsi Max really that bad?

>>76805050
I drink about 5L a day.

>>76805050
Every drink is bad except for water

i dont wanna be pudgy anymoreeeeee

>>76805072
I get so sick of water

>>76805088
Water's the best damn thing I've ever consumed

>>76805050
nah it's fine.
if you drink loads, that be bad due to all the caffeine. the artificial sweeteners can cause diarrhea too.

>>76805072
Milk, kombucha, coffee, tea

Apparently adult onset peanut allergies are a thing??? Did my draconic borderline mental illness feeding habits and extreme reliance on peanuts Fuck me over?? Ive had small coughing fits for the last year and its only gotten worse today I legit had to go out and chill for a fucking minute one of the people I work with said "lol that happens to adults here have an Allegra" and it HELPED? I feel as if I have been stabbed in the gut a good half of my "breakfasts" are a tiny spoon of peanut butter. What the fuck is chicken or beef next??? A cunt I went to school claimed to get sick when he ate beef

Fatty Contest
Name: Dzonathan Gavert
Weight: 98.35 kg

Overall progress:
https://tinylink.net/1Jdoy

Motivational Song of the Day:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo0Gi4ts8pk

>>76805109
nice grout, bro.

>>76805096
I prefer your mums squirt

>>76805109
Apply yourself dude. Your recent progress has been pathetic, and december is closing in.

>>76805108
lmao, imagine peanut butter being too spicy for you

>>76805119
Aye. Lessons have been learned
>I dont need 200g of protein
>Sub 1.5k kcal is a must
>Peanut butter is satan

11.35kg to go
48 days left
0.23g per day

This will be nasty.

>>76805144
>11.35kg to go
>48 days left
You've already failed. No chance you're making that. Especially considering you at any point thought eating fucking peanut butter was a good idea.

>>76805104
>milk
You're not a child
>kombucha
Alcohol
>coffee and tea
Caffeine addictions aren't good

>>76805163
Even if that's true, every day will be spent trying.

>>76805186
I'll believe it when I see it. You've lost 1.2kg in the last 4 weeks, at 28.4 BMI, with margin for water weight error.
Fucking prove me wrong.

>>76805199
You're on! I have a femboy in this thread rooting for me. I wont let him down!

how much weight will you lose in november?

>>76805219
At least 5 pounds

>>76805219
:(

>527 calories breakfast
it's over

6'4" 500 lbs. I am only interested in hearing from anyone who has lost 200 or 300 lbs. Starting from 400, 500. How much weight can I reasonably lose in a month and how in terms of calorie count and exercise? I am capable of walking an hour a day and can track calories.

Please only people who had starting weights in the high 300s, 400s, 500s, and who got down to mid to low 200s.

>>76805224
same I didn't lose any weight last week.

>>76805219
7kg.

>>76805241
from 350 here, if you just eat 1200 calories a day you can lose like 40-60 pounds per month. This is what Dr. Now does on 600 pound life.

If you can actually just eat a calorie restriction, you can just get onions and eat it like 3 times per day and it will make sure you don't die on weight loss.

>>76805246
Whats your weight at the start of the month, and how are you going to do it??

>>76805241
57lb in just under 3 months of anywhere between 900-1500 cals, no gym, only my job. 25lb in September, 13lb last month but already 8lb down in Nov, I had a plateau last 2 weeks of oct

>>76805254
122kg.
I am going to not eat until the machine says 115.

>>76805252
Have you done that?

>>76805260
You taking any GLP-1s?

>>76805269
my meal replacement word corrected to onions. But, on the TV show they just eat vegetable stir fry.

Meal replacement is like rice flour, chocolate, and whey protein, with vitamins. I am on and off it right now, I will eat it once a day.

I like having egg for breakfast, I will eat 2-4, then 400 calories of carb for lunch, and 400-800 calorie for dinner -- like a 6oz piece of beef or chicken and vegetables.

You can have 2 options here, you do CICO (calories in calories out), where you just count 1200-1500 calories a day and eat in your limit. Or you can learn how much each food costs calorie wise, and count each food you eat and try to make normal meals in your budget. The latter takes a while, compare to CICO you can just eat a bag of chips for the day.

>>76805276
Nope

>>76805260
what app?

I'm finding my main weakness times are the weekends and right after work, any advice?

>>76805289
It’s called MY Weight

>too lazy to cook
>hungry
>buy a 2.5 pound rotisserie chicken for $7, eat the entire thing throughout the day
feels good to be a ketochad
chicken breast is awful btw

>>76805302
Chicken breast is the best. I spread duck fat on it and chuck it in the air fryer, same with my pork sirloins

>>76805241
Depends how strong is your psyche.
If you have the spine to go sub 1.5k kcal and do 10k steps a day then you can expect 10kg (22lbs) / month easily.

>>76805305
chicken breast is fucking dry as shit unless you undercook it and it always tastes terrible, you're a retard lying to yourself
wild chickens have like 40% of the breast size as modern broiler chickens, like every other animal 70% of the "calories" inside a chicken come from the fat, the reason the breast is disgusting is because it's been artificially bred to be as big as possible since retards are anxious of dietary fat.

>>76805309
I look worse than that before pic and I'm like 25kg lighter. How screwed am I when it comes to loose skin?

>>76805318
Don’t care, still eating chicken tits

>>76805318
Dietary fat makes you fat but also chicken breasts tastes totally fine. How are you retards cooking yours so that they are that dry?

>>76805332
>Dietary fat makes you fat
how do retards like you still exist in 2025

>188.8 for a single day then back to >190
it's over

>>76805319
Depends if you pump or not.
I'm sitting at 98 right now and when I look at my belly while doing push ups I see an unholy udder. If you have it even worse than me then make peace with the fact that you'll be a morbid sugar glider. Still better than being a morbid fat ass

>>76805294
Stuff yourself with low-caloric foods.

>>76804956
>165lbs
>22 percent fat
are you sure this is a real estimate?
have you ever lifted weights in your life? if yes, your plan is good but you've never lifted in your life the skinnyfat solution is lifting while maximizing proteins without eating over their TDEE.

>>76805318
It’s more that you just can’t overcook it or it will be dry as shit. Ez no fail possible mode
>super hot stainless or cast iron pan 1 tbsp oil
>throw in seasoned breasts 1 min
>flip, season other side, cover and turn heat to low for 10 mins
>after 10 mins turn off heat and leave another 10 mins covered
Perfect juicy breasts literally every time. Alternatively learn how to poach them in broth then shred for soup. Even when I’m not cutting something like a chicken parm, chicken Kiev etc absolutely slaps.

I still usually just use thighs because they’re cheaper and easier lmao

When I'm hungry I eat a very small amount of food just to blunt the hunger pains so it feels like I'm being stabbed by a spoon instead of a knife

>>76804956
if you haven't spent years lifting then 22% fat at 5'7 is like 140-145 pounds lmao

>>76805346
Shit I meant season other side before you flip but still foolproof

>>76805345
Everyone on this board horribly overestimates LBM. 22% body fat at 165lb sounds accurate for 5’7”.

>>76805104
>Milk
>150 calories per cup
>skimmed milk
>83 calories per cup
too fucking much.

>>76805348
I did wrestling for several years and also have lifted for over a year now

>>76805108
F
they might have made a tick that causes peanut allergy just like the tick that causes meat allergy.

>>76805219
4lbs

>>76805353
A glass of milk is a fine snack. It’s not like soda or juice, the fat and protein fill you up. To each their own though, ultimately it’s if the calories are worth it to you

>>76805353
so true xister instead of drinking 150 calories of vitamin and nutrient dense milk I would rather stuff myself with a cup of rice, that way I can get my daily doses of arsenic and heavy metals

>>76805407
i total 1 cup of milk a day because i love it but let's not kid ourselves. drinking calories is so ngmi that it is in the OP.
i put some milk on the gorillion coffee cups i drink throughout the day.
and stuffing your face with bread or rice is also ngmi behaviour because they're just empty calories and you need to maximize your nutrients when you're in a deficit.

>>76805416
I drank 2 cups of whole milk (sometimes more) every day for the last 6 months and I lost 20 pounds
sorry your diet is trash

>drinking calories is so ngmi that it is in the OP.
lmao

>>76805264
I ate.

>>76805407
>and heavy metals
THROUGH THE FIRE AND THE FLAMES WE CARRY ON

i drink my calories because i am an alcoholic

>>76805417
>20 pounds in 6 months
you're only proving me right

>>76805424
I need some scotch whiskey right now.

>>76805219
2 pounds hopefully, then i'll be in the healthy BMI range

did anyone try the diet noodles shit?
>>76805419
F

>>76805219
Aiming for 25 but I’d be happy with at least 15

>>76805219
4kg.
I am not in a rush.

>>76805433
>you're only proving me right
yeah and I only had 20 pounds to lose
sorry I never let myself get to 300

>>76805318
i'm glad i like chicken breast. taste and texture is better than the other cuts to me and the macros are great. maybe american chicken is all weird because of the hormones or whatever.

>>76805446
sure thing, buddy.

>>76804914
I'm under 90kg for the first time in like 10 years, smooth progress so far
>>76805219
at least 3,5kg, up to 5

Fatty Contest
HeavyObject
75kg

hit goal weight today, but I'll hold off the champagne until another week confirms it
still got some fat to lose, but I'll spend the rest of the year recomping or maingaining or whatever and go back to cutting in 2026

>>76805492
GOOD SHIT ANON

The hunger is constantly following me, never letting me rest. Yet the world around me is full of nourishing fruits, vegetables, and crafted meals. I am trapped in a prison, unable to satiate this void.

>>76805530
hunger isn't real

>>76805437
>diet noodles
do you mean shirataki noodles? I have some at home, haven't cooked with them yet.

don't think I'll ever lose the weight
food is the only comfort I have in life

I just bought 19 boxes of different christmas cookies and donuts. December 1st can't come soon enough.

>>76805622
Good.

it's always nice in the beginning
hoping for under 150 early december before it slows down
I'm having a somewhat easier time this go around because I'm not really craving carbs(not on keto or anything, just low carb) like I did last time

>>76805437
I try shirataki noodles once every few months, didn't manage to make them not feel like chewing on cut up rubber bands yet. This time I bought them in rice form.
I also bought high protein udon but haven't tried it yet. Might be nice to have a full portion of noodles with like half the carbs if they taste alright.

>>76805492
N I C E
I
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>>76805492
good job, do you have a before/after picture ?

>>76803215 (OP)
>just lose weight bro :)

>>76805749
He forgot to lift.

>>76805749
>don't lift
>don't get a haircut
>don't shave properly
>don't take care of your skin
>wear your old worn out t shirt
gee I wonder why he doesn't look like a model
he also looks good enough to get cute girls with all of the above but /fit/ isn't ready for that discussion

>>76805799
Self dev for pussy is cuckmaxxing. I haven't shaved in over 10 years.

Having a massive ZZ Top Gandalf doombeard is fun. Attention from both sexes changed dramatically. Men give me space everywhere, even the most bulky prison tat homos. The most interesting behavior I've witnessed number of times is how betacucks get triggered instantly, and there's no logic to it. Women aren't as open to expressing their interest, tho. It's still there, but like there was this aura of unattainability. Once they've gulped enough liquid courage they can get forward, more often even handsy. The line goes around the age of 25, below that the women are openly very submissive, flirty and eager to please.

Ofc the beard just compliments masculinity, I'm tall with broad shoulders. The added mystery translates to danger and protection at the same time, and is nice for an introvert.

lost 3kg water weight in a day from 122 to 119 feel so relieved damn

>>76805883
>tfw can't grow a massive ZZ Top Gandalf doombeard

>>76805883
isn't it a bother to wash and not to get food on while eating?

>>76805749
bro skipped genetics day

>>76805916
Posy your face and body. You won't.

>>76805918
ur right lol im not going to dox myself over an internet argument
L bozo

>Another 120 hour fast done
>Eating 750 calories today
>Will fast tomorrow
>Will eat 750 calories on sunday
>In the last 3 weeks I have had 7 meals, OMAD
>All ranging from 750-1500 calories
The hunger is LONG gone. That's the easiest part about this. The lethargy, brainfog, sleep quality, cravings, nearly passing out every time I stand up, and utter lack of muscle endurance is the difficult part.
I wouldn't recommend this.

>>76803579
This nigga eats raw lentils and 800g eggs

>>76805219
hopefully 3 kilos to cross the 60 kilos barrier

>>76805922
I don't get how you guys are trouble sleeping when fasting, the one thing I miss from the time I fasted for up to a week was just my head hitting the pillow and then blacking out for 12 hours because I was so exhausted.
(I don't miss the fact that I HAD to sleep for 12 hours a day to not feel like I was going to literally die)

>>76805920
Peak ngmi

>>76805911
I'd say it's a tradeoff. You save time by not shaving, but sure the grooming takes time. It's fun to oil and braid it at times tho. And having it it totally groomed and braided while wearing a suit is just something else. It really does help in a business setting. It not only makes you assertive, but automatically gives weight to your words. The food part? Just eat civilized. The beard doesn't change that. If you usually get food on your shirt with a beard it just stops on the hairs instead of the fabric. Overall you get used to it. We were meant to have them.

>weigh myself at middle of the night pee
>weigh myself in morning after morning pee
>1 pound less
feels like cheating to be super dehydrated weighing in the morning

>>76805937
How heavy were you then? Because I'm aiming for underweight. I'm 4-5kg off. It gets WAY harder the lower you go

>>76805941
Obsessing over the scale... NGMI
Obsess over the mirror reflection.

>>76805941
that's literally how MMA fighters cheat their way into lower weight classes. they sweat and dehydrate themselves before weighing. such a stupid system.
but
>weighing before morning shit
>weighing again after morning shit
>know exactly how fat a shit it was
feelsgoodman.jpg

>>76803215 (OP)
>John 6:28-29
Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye BELIEVE on HIM whom he hath sent.

>eat 4 eggs and 3 protein bars
>820 calories before 7 am
It's already over.

finally
after over a month, my inflamed front delts rendons are healed.
now i can train front delts again

>>76806062
>rendons
tendons*

>>76806062
>>76806065
>do front raise hold with a band
>hurts when i disengage the muscle again
i spoke too soon

>>76806129
6 months minimum cursed

>>76803215 (OP)
How do you guys have energy during a cut? I'm significantly weaker in the gym without a pre workout meal, I'll see if switching the order and times of my meals to get carbs just before I go to the gym helps but if that doesn't work then it's going to be a miserable 2-3 months.

>>76806177
No one like cutting it's miserable.

>>76805219
2kg would be nice, I guess. I'm in no hurry.

>>76806163
fugggg

>>76805219
Down to 200 from 220ish almost have abs would be nice to get down to 185, but shooting for 190-195 for november.

>>76805219
2.1kg lost in november so far(I re-started late october)
if I can lose 4 more I'll be happy

>>76803652
>163lbs
I am 6ft 1 and have 163lbs of muscle mass and 8lbs of bone mass. what the fuck? I would have to be on my deathbed starving to hit 163

>>76805319
if you have tit folds(like me) you're fucked
belly skin is whatever it matters less than people think

>>76805309
>from startled prey eyes to hunter chad gaze
based good work keep it up

>haven't eaten like a pig for two and a half whole days
are you guys proud of me?

>>76806244
yes. very proud. keep it up!

>>76806227
what's a tit fold

getting so horny lately that my compression shorts have precum stains... tfw dick leaking like a pussy... its so fucking over

>>76806341
you're almost at the peak of that shit, give it a few more days and your libido will die down and you'll stop leaking like that until the end of the month

>>76806059
Why are you earing memebars? They're just candy

>>76806358
Probably because they taste like candy bro

>>76806362
Wtf is a candyman doing in /fit/, should he be in /x/ or /b/?

>>76803485
I had to switch from my fitness pal because of it slowly getting shittier and shittier over the years. As soon as they removed the barcode scanner on the free version I downloaded chronometer. It's not great but it does the job

>>76806382
>doesn't just have an excel spreadsheet he does himself
bro? you want the chinese to know what you eat?

>>76806382
>freeware communist
peak ngmi

>>76806323
saggy titties
this guy
>>76805309
doesn't have them
this guy
>>76804439
has them(and you don't have to be that fat to have them)

I POOPED TODAY!!!!!

>>76806397
nice! Ever since starting keto all my poops have been greased up and fire out of my asshole like a cannon

When I was a fatty I never really realized how much a gap there is between 12% BF and 20% for aesthetics. Any one under 25% was "skinny" to me.

I've gone from 104kg to 74kg in 4 months and when I tell people that they don't believe me.

>>76806397
congratulations!

>>76806434
Epic dude, that’s a good hustle and impressive to lose that quickly when you didn’t start at an obscenely high weight

>read anon's post about how anons here overestimate their bodyfat
>check the three pinches method
>can easily underestimate bodyfat by 4-8%
>tfw i'm actually 30% bodyfat not 23
>tfw have to lose double the amount i intended to
it's over

>>76806434
height?
that cut is pretty harsh and hard to believe unless you're super tall and/or have been starving yourself a lot.

>>76806455
nothing changed but your perception. you should be happy that your glimpse of reality is now closer to that of the truth. apart from that nothing has changed just keep going retard

>>76806452
Thanks anon.
I'll say this; losing weight is a lot easier when you're jobless and live by yourself with no social commitments.
You can do whatever the fuck you want with regards to your diet/exercise/schedule without anyone to critique or tempt you.

>>76806462
178cm, there was fasting involved along with 10k steps a day and body weight exercises every second day.

>>76806455
by the way that probably also underestimates your body fat if you used to be sedentary or more fat than now since you will have more visceral fat

>>76806466
the time i have to run this diet for to reach my goal weight just doubled.
it fucking hurts. i already had to diet for 5 months...
>>76806476
it's even MORE over?
idk if i can make it.
this month has been the most i've ever stuck to diet in my whole life.
1,500 calories oer day. 500 deficit.
the past week was hard. i've been getting the hunger more often but i stuck to the diet because i believed this means it is working and 5 months are not THAT long.
now idk if i can make it...

>>76806506
1500kcal is honestly very easy unless you're making some mistakes
>eating too much or too little protein
>wasting your carbs on stuff like plain rice
>eating breakfast
>not drinking black coffee
1500kcal of lean-ish meat + veggies/fruits for your carbs + enough fat to not have hormone issue is plenty if you spread it over two meals later in the day

>>76804659
gotta take a trip into space anon

>>76806519
>>eating too much or too little protein
i do do this

>>76806519
What's wrong with eating too much protein?

i went from 212 to now 195 pounds in last 3 months - from 39 to 36 inch waist and literally no one notices. seems like i'll have to get to 185 pounds.

although i feel like women have started to be nicer to me

>>76806532
depends how far you take it, somewhere between will make you miserable to will make you starve to death

>>76806547
>make you starve to death
How can you starve to death while eating food?
What?

I'm a fat woman (74kg,162cm) working on losing weight. Wtf do I do about the flabby arms? My arms have a 34cm circumference, mostly loose skin because I lost around 15kg already.

What kind of exercises should I do to make my arms look a bit less like a curse upon my body? Should I lose all the fat first or build muscle as I go?

I was force fed as a kid/teen because my mother has always been fat and couldn't accept the existence of a non fat female inside the house and it feels like I'll spend the rest of my life dealing with this shit

>>76806539
>tfw gained 0.2kg in the last 5 days

>>76804967
I run and my legs are pretty big. My calves are large as well. I can't wrap both my hands around my calve at it widest point. So I do have a lot of weight down low. Ass pretty thick too.

>>76806555
google "rabbit starvation" or "protein poisoning"
you need to specifically eat only protein, not something like keto where you also get fat

>>76806557
You should've started lifting already to recomp. Do bicep, tricep, deltoid, shoulder, trap, upper back and pec excercises... Just hit every major and minor muscle group of your body min. 2 times per week. Do you have the golden gym possibility, or will you be DYELing at home?

>>76806446
>>76806411
Thanks bros! I love you guys <3

>>76806557
work out as you go, there is absolutely no reason not to lift. just do ss :^) and add accessories you enjoy once you get the hang of it. having a base of muscle will greatly improve your results and raise your bmr. you cant target fat loss in the arms but you can build some muscle in them to make them look less flabby

>tfw no fat short gf to mold into cute shortstack so that she can leave me to get pumped and dumped by chad when she gets hot
why even live bros

Day 3 on mounjaro
Had a protein shake when I woke up
Power washed the outside of my home
Have to force myself to eat something now because I'm not hungry
I'm gonna make it this time bros this is a miracle

>>76806602
Get lean and jacked so you are the chad in the story

>>76804914
I've gone from 272 to 255 after two months of consistently lifting weights and counting calories. Hoping to be down to 220 in march for when my first kid is born. I don't want to be a lazy couch potato dad.

>>76806627
hate to break it to you, you ngmi... taking the easy way out just means your an eternal lardwhale on the inside

>>76806628
anon is (reverse?) architect. he enjoys the process of molding.

>>76806627
you can make it!

>>76805241
you should look up this dude mass of man. He's doing exactly that

>>76806645
I am gonna make it bro. Trust me. I've been obese since childhood and I'm 33 now. I've lost and gained weight back countless times. This feels completely different. I'm eating 1000 cals a day, most of that from protein shakes, and I feel zero hunger or desire to eat garbage. I eat an apple and feel satisfied.
I'm sure this is what naturally skinny people feel like everyday. I feel like a normal person.

>>76806627
Don't get too cocky bro. I lost 20 pounds on ozempic and then it just suddenly stopped working for me.

>>76805294
find something to keep you busy during that period of time. once I started going to the gym after work I stopped snacking entirely

fatties and former fatties getting uppity about other fatties taking wegovy is peak crab. we should all just be encouraging each other surely

>>76806682
Did you up the dose? Why don't you try tirzapetide or retatrutide.

>>76806577
>>76806593
Thank you. You are angels

>>76806686
Self hating fatties. They think obesity is a moral fault. Like faggots who think being gay is a sin.

>>76806702
no, not a moral fault. trauma induced habbit. and using magic pills for it doesn't rid the trauma or the habbits. same as putting them on chemically induced coma

>>76806761
>trauma induced habbit
this
it's usually used to cope with something else
still, willpower > than it but that's easier said than done obviously

>>76806538
if you're around 6ft you're just going to look like a slightly smaller version of your fat self until you reach like 170-180lbs. Then you get to the point where even 5 lbs is a significant noticeable difference.

>>76806770
they already have all the help they can access. therapists, pt's, nutrionists you name it. for some reason they don't seem to really want to change. now thanks to drugs they will never have to, the ones that could do it natural won't because drugs are so hyped. roiding, magic pill, trannies... all same shit

>>76806627
Power washed. You’re British! You showed your hand!
>t. Scottish expat

okay so I finally ordered some creatine but i got jewed into getting a pound of bcaas for 10 bucks. What are they for and when is it best to take them?

>>76806698
Haven't been for quite a while.

>>76806824
Creatine would indicate you workout, so it's an ok supplement for just that. Nothing as dramatic as creatine, but helps with lean mass gain.

>>76806455
probably the best way for you to estimate your current body fat is with the Fat free mass index calculator. The average person is likely around 16-18, 1-2 years of lifting should have you between 18-20. Mess around with the body fat% until you get into the range that you fall within and that's probably what body fat% you are. when I started I thought I was probably around 25% body fat. Turns out I was likely at 30-35% body fat instead, because I'm just now reaching the actual 20% bodyfat threshold.

>>76806844
Checked. So many people try to complicate things, when it’s all really simple. It’s super basic. Creatine before u workout, protein shake as soon as you’re done working out. If you want to be fit do the below:
>don’t drink, if you have to, do it one day a week
>lift weights 4x per week
>try to get 10k steps a day if you can
>eat less than 2500 calories a day (or less depending on your height
That’s it

How do you actually keep with omad? Should I just start gooning again to keep my dopamine high than relying on food. This is miserable. I go to bed very early so I don't overeat, and have coffee, but not sure what else to do to keep with it, you're telling me I need to do this for 6 months.

>>76806919
How long have you been doing it? I find it gets really easy after 3 days. Stupidly easy, even.

My creatine has "epicatechin" in it. Based or cringe?

>>76806914
>lift 4x
I do 4x on anything but legs for 1-2mo heavy

>>76806919
lol gooning was the only way I could do omad too.

Instead of doing omad just literally eat some boiled eggs and oats when you get hungry early in the day and ride that until night. Its so much easier than starving and that shit will only be like 400 calories max anyway.

For me I can wake up at 9 and not really get hungry until like 2 or 3 so thats when I eat. Just gotta do what works with your body. Trying to stick some some rigid omad program won't work if your body doesn't like it.

>>76806919
>0mad
Thats recovery

>>76806919
sounds like IF might be more your thing then; find a window to eat i.e. 8am-6pm and stick to that.

>>76806914
been doing exactly this except 2000 cal instead of 2500 and I've dropped 20 lbs and went from 30%+ body fat to 20%. So simple and easy

>salad with 3 tomatoes and 1 bell pepper
>~600g total
>120 calories
god bless veggies

i am impatient
not because i want to eat more food, i'm fine with my current diet
or because i'm not seeing any results yet, i already have
just because it's a waiting game at this point and i want to be lean now

>>76806965
hop on fasting if you can handle it. it produces the fastest results.

>>76806965
Learning to go through the restless periods can be very teaching. It'll get a lot worse at times. Lean mass gaining, plateaus, deloads...

I failed to have my scheduled rest day

>>76806555
Anon is talking about stuff like rabbit starvation/protein poisoning, which idk if you really need to worry about desu.

The name comes from how some individuals would 'starve' to death in deep winter back in the day because all they could get was lean rabbit. They'd die of malnutrition with their bellies full of rabbit meat because you actually need a certain amount of fat to properly process everything and the meat was so lean they couldn't properly absorb nutrients from it.

With modern access to cooking oils plus nuts or whatever I have a hard time seeing it come up for people in this thread unless you're only eating something like plain, oven baked chicken breast for the bulk of your calories, and that could be solved by leaving the skin on.

>stand up
>pants falling down
>sit down
>paints strangling my waist
ASDFASDFASDGDSAASDFSASDFFS
MAKE UP YOUR FUCKING MIND, PANTS
I AM MAD
I'm eating junk for lunch today which makes me sad but I'm going to make up for it by having eggs and sweet potater for dinner tonight.

>>76806824
>he fell for the bcaas jew

>>76806969
the plateaus are crushing my spirit right now. Maybe it's because I'm walking more than I ever have and the muscle growth is outpacing the fat loss, but I should be losing 2 pounds a week solely on the caloric deficit and I've gained 3 pounds instead

>>76806990
pull your pants up before sitting down

>>76807008
but then the fabric bunches around my fat thighs and cuts off my circulation

>>76807013
id take the thigh strangulation over the waist strangulation any day desu

>>76807008
I do do that and it helps some, I'm just still annoyed by it.

I'm trying out suspenders today and that seems to be helping. It's certainly been way better than my belt.

>>76806976
>With modern access to cooking oils plus nuts or whatever I have a hard time seeing it come up for people in this thread
I don't think a fatty has ever died from rabbit starvation in the history of fatty-kind.

>>76807044
lol they absolutely havent.

>>76806519
>veggies/fruits for your carbs
How much of that do you even consume in a day? Like fruits i could kinda see myself eating 500cals worth because thats like 5 bananas, but you'd need to shovel large bowl fulls of salad to get the equivalent in veggie calories.

>>76803215 (OP)
day 5 of my 42 day fast.
I forgot to make my snake juice before work today but i feel fine.
I picked up 2 additional shifts at my lifegaurding job because I would just sit in my apartment and do nothing otherwise. This way i can walk laps all day and listen to a book in one earbud.

I can't go back to college with my natty gaurd benfiits until i stop being private pyle. The powerlifting phase wasn't worth it. I would give up my 365 bench to get rid of my gut and stretchmarks any day

>>76807102
so far I am down from
6ft 2 (6ft 1.5) and 282 to 244

Fatty Contest
Iggy
185.2 lbs

>looking more handsome by the day
I know ill never be "girls falling over themselves" handsome but if I can just be "girls won't immediately reject me just based on my looks" handsome I will manage

>>76807145
Post face and body

>>76807151
I will post body eventually but never my face

>>76807151
don't post, we're still in NNN

>did 2 workouts a day at a deficit
>looking better
>get hella stressed and cranky and not know why
>refeed doesn't fix it
>allegedly cortisol rises and stays high when doing shit like this
>cortisol is catabolic
>:(
>intend on taking 1 day break
>1 day turns to 2
>2 to 3
>tendons hurt
Looks like it's a week at about 100-200 below maintenance and resting for me boys.
also
>turns out doing 45 minutes max incline walking on the treadmill actually burns insane calories(???)
Still eating as healthy as can be and going to go full autist routine with it by never deviating except for like, dinners. So apples and eggs and a beef patty every day and then a high veg dinner. Going out with a woman and getting dinner together is different in that macros should be similar. This shit's easy now that it's a lifestyle shift.

>>76807205
>turns out doing 45 minutes max incline walking on the treadmill actually burns insane calories(???)
That's legit all I do. Though my incline max is 10 on my treadmill

>>76807205
>>turns out doing 45 minutes max incline walking on the treadmill actually burns insane calories(???)
There's a good reason mountain people don't get fat as often. Hiking/rucking is like the most effecient cardio you can do.

whos got the best food prep advice and instructions?
Americas problem is that niggas dont cook whole foods
my problem

>>76807102
u are not fat enough to need let alone survive such a long fast

Fatty Contest
LeanAndStrong
92.55kg

>>76807308
get an air fryer
I can basically just season random stuff and toss it in there for easy meals

>>76807308
it's far from exciting but lean ground meat is by far the cheapest, easiest to make, and hardest to fuck up.

1lb lean ground beef/chicken/turkey
taco seasoning / japanese bbq sauce / some other low cal sauce
serving of rice or roasted sweet potatoes
microwaveable vegetables

super easy to weigh and portion out, keeps well in the fridge, doesn't taste completely horrible. Just make sure you track the calories in the seasoning packs / sauces

>>76807379
this. it's so dumb but works amazingly well.

>>76807308
>>76807410
My personal favorite is

1lb ground chicken breast
2 tsp japanese bbq sauce cooked in with the chicken
200cal basmati rice
half a hass avocado diced up
red pepper flakes, sesame seeds

Makes 2 servings of ~700-800 calories each. Around 45-50g protein, healthy fats, carbs. You can add steamed broccoli too for more volume. I eat this like 1-2x a week. Can always sub out the rice for cauliflower rice or something else if you want to avoid carbs.

The damn weight yo-yo of death won't release its grasp on me but I will hit 10% body fat by the new year

>>76807421
You won't

>>76807007
At some point you need to stop staring at the scale daily and change to weekly and seeing the trend. When doing a recomp it's quite hard to say when you're retaining water, gaining muscle or losing fat, because it's all happening simultaneously under the hood. That's a good moment to start staring into a mirror to catch details and reflect on how you're feeling. As the homo in me would say: you're a lonely sailor who got away from the smug filled shore into open seas. Suddenly you notice the starry sky, a familiarity. No more gps, no radars or maps, you sense where you are, where you're heading.

>>76807005
10 bucks for 1.1 pounds seemed cheap no?

>>76807107
With that mantlet round up you might just say a solid 7'. 10' would be pushing it, some might start asking questions.

>>76806919
OMAD is kinda suboptimal because you tend to stuff yourself with a large meal(even if only to get enough protein in) and keep your stomach stretched.
For me, intermittent fasting with a short feeding window(2-4 hours) is much better. Break fast with a small meal, and then eat a second one after like 3 hours, maybe snack on some fruit or something in between.
Regardless if doing OMAD or intermittent fasting, make sure your eating window is later in the day, so you go to sleep like 3 hours after eating before you get hungry again.

>>76807509
10 bucks for something you don't need seems expensive. But I'm not gonna crucify you for that. Name of the game is fucking around and finding out. 10 bucks to stay motivated and trying out things is cheap. And you'll gain some benefits, if not for anything else then a placebo effect.

>>76807526
>intermittent fasting with a short feeding window(2-4 hours) is much better
that's what I've been doing. IF works so well with keto too since the food is so satiating

finally found "diet" noodles that don't actually suck
I tried the konjac based ones(those have texture of literal rubber) and pea/lentil flour based ones(once cooked they turned into pasta-shaped mush) before, but these pre-cooked udon noodles from Aldi actually have a texture of real noodles, or actually better than regular pre-cooked udon which is usually too soft
they use pea flour but also extra wheat gluten for the texture
the calories aren't that much lower than regular ones, but they have way better macros, some fiber too
great way to satisfy carb cravings

>>76807584
In mighty Nordics we have protein pasta with 16g of mighty protein. They're mighty good. Mighty.
Thor.

>>76807584
>16g carbs
NGMI

>>76807611
ketoschizo pls go and stay go

>>76807517
maybe but I am autsitic.
should i say 6ft 1 or 6ft 2?
I am insecure about my height desu. It is silly but I want to be 6ft 4

>>76807653
You greedy fuck

>>76807356
I think i'll survive desu. I will re evaluate at 2 weeks or if I am literally gonna die. Day 6 starts in 3 hours

>>76807655
I was my adult height at 12 years old and I got bullied senseless for it and when it would have benifitted me to be tall I was no longer tall

>>76807659
Thats hilarious bro. Big kids who get bullied by small kids are the ultimate betas

>>76807668
>manlet bullies me
>beat the shit out of manlet
>zero tolerance policiy by baber boomers

rinse and repeat until I sent a kid to the hospital at 14 and the kid had to have surgery because I beat him so badly

zero tolerance policies are retarded

>>76807653
I think the insecurity is worse than the actual height.

>>76807671
sounds like you are a retard I can see why they bullied you

>>76807677
We're all insecure here

>>76807682
my mom had me at 42 I didn't really have a choice in the matter

>>76807756
>>76807756
>>76807756

>>76807758
Low effort

>>76807762
forget your warning?
I'm confused, are you deleting the thread or not, janny?

Jump on scales, exactly the same as last week. I'm giving it another 24 hours for scale to go down.

I'm always conflicted between my brain knowing that it will take time, years even, for progress and another part of me wanting progress now

>>76803215 (OP)
12lbs over the top of my age/heights ideal weight.
Somehow 8' wider around the waist than when I was within the top range, though I look okay when standing straight (with a shirt on).
I don't drink anything but water, black coffee, and milk and occasionally (once a week max) go out for drinks. I eat, mostly healthy and tend not to snack. Given I'm poor I doubt I eat my daily calories either.
I "work out" but only moderate stuff. Not sure how I keep getting fatter. It goes without saying I should exercise more/harder tho, so maybe that's where I should start.
Mainly blogging here to sort my thoughts.