“Normal” weight is bullshit, btw. Get where you feel comfortable and confident.
While i appreciate the encouragement, the cold hard fact I've learned, with 20 + years of weight loss battles, is that I fall solidly into a category of someone whos BMI is accurately predicted by the NIH website. In fact, I'd be willing to bet that most individuals do.
I know people talk about muscle mass and bone density throwing off BMI values, but I'd bet the vast majority of the population do not lift/have the muscle enough to fall in this category.
I'm starting more and more to ascribe to the adage "Most people are fatter than they realize."
But, I also don't think that's an excuse to not pursue lifting or strength goals. I can finally do 5 x 5 Dips on parallel bars, and I'm pretty sure I'll be getting back to doing pullups soon after I've mastered inverted rows. I mostly focused on total fat loss this year, with calisthenics as a supplement for strength, and was going to focus more on muscle building in 2027.
Previous time I lost 40lbs by just staying under 1300 cal/day + the walking pad during raids and the two gym days. Gym days are 15min on the stair master at a level that kicks my ass, then ~45min of weights. I'd like to lose weight because I don't particularly enjoy being a fat, ugly piece of shit and the fat part is kind of the only thing I can fix, but I apparently don't hate being fat as much as I enjoy pounding down another pouch of decorating frosting. Almost made it through buying groceries without some this time, but my "nothing matters anyway" brain won in the end.
As for the GLP-1s, I don't really want, nor can afford, to spend $1000/mo just to get ozempic pussy and go blind trying to accomplish something I can do for free if I wasn't a dumb loser. I need to just stop fucking eating, but easier said than done when stuffing my face full of sugar is the only thing I have to look forward to every day.
Man, I can totally sympathize with this. Too often in the past, I'd go cycling for hours with friends, and then throw away that progress by stuffing myself with pizza.
I can tell you, for me, that limiting my net carbs to 50G or less per day, has an amazing effect at curbing hunger. But also remember to drink a lot of water and to get some keto friendly electrolyte powder mixed into it once or twice a day otherwise you'll dehydrate yourself extremely fast as your body wont retain much fluid.
You really do have to look at your weight loss journey like this:
I'm pretty sure that, once I've attained my ideal weight, I can generally get enough physical activity to maintain: I've had years of experience where I would eat like shit, but stay the same weight for months on end. Didn't lose weight, but didn't gain either. You should be checking the scale at least once per week.
