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Trying to lose a few pounds eating slightly less and exercising slightly more. Not really seeing progress so far but at least I'm no longer gaining weight. Thinking about buying a condo with a gym in the building just to make things more convenient.
Get on the peptides.
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If I eat whatever I want, I oscillate between 260 and 270 pounds. I'm also tall with very broad shoulders so this isn't as bad as it sounds. I'm pretty physically active too so a lot of that is muscle.
Point is, if I watch my diet like a hawk and eat no breakfast, a small snack for lunch, and a reasonable dinner, I seem to level out at 260 pounds, making me wonder why I bother. To actually lose weight I need to be in enough of a deficit that it makes me feel terrible and cuts my cognitive ability roughly in half.
A friend of mine once said that once you're 40 a diet is now mandatory but no longer effective, and that's about right.
ETA: I did try retard and it shifted everything down about 20 pounds, such that I plateau'd at about 240 and stayed there no matter what.
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