Over the next couple months the main reason I'm here is to learn more and make my decision on if I want to get into GLP-1s. Losing weight fine without them is something I've been able to do before, but weight loss still interests me, along with some of the other problems they may solve for me.
A stable weight is what I've been, office work included, for years, right up until the last ~2-3 years. Actually eating every day and eating out less is the major change I made. A combination of probably getting older and just not caring is what lead to significant weight gain. An experiment was run last year and after the water weight 25 pounds came off (a bit over 35, though 10 of those were nothing but instant water weight) over a few months (4-5?) thanks to calorie counting. How I was accomplishing that is not something I like, but an accurate idea of the intake needed to maintain, gain or lose weight is what the experiment did get me. I stopped, and some of the weight came back, but now that I'm a couple years over 30, my perspective is: whatever is necessary has to be done, so that a healthy weight is maintained as 40 approaches, cutting down the health issues this can bring. My joints are the particular worry.
I'm 6'2", and currently 280-285. Years of being 245-255 came to an end. The heaviest I weighed myself in last year was 295. Seeing as for years that previous stable weight still came with a good bit of a beer gut, no idea what my goal weight is, I haven't been a 'healthy' weight since shortly after college. A rather large frame for my size is what I have. At 210 I had been previously, muscles pretty well built and zero visible fat. Before muscles were built, 190 was the lowest I got to, and that's roughly the line at which you start wondering whether something is wrong. Some time was spent doing labor, but the last some years have been spent in an office job, not working out, and not exercising much beyond walking - mostly a joint-pain precaution (low impact treadmill). That the 'stable' weight wasn't actually as stable if any remaining muscle mass went while the weight stayed the same is my suspicion. Much muscle mass is what I expect I don't have, so closer to 190 as a final goal weight is probably right, but something I'd decide once I see how things are going when 200 gets close, and once a bit of muscle-building gets decided on. Heck, less muscle than I did at 190 might even be what I have.
Drinking was quit last year, and recently smoking was quit. A very heavy drinker is not what I was, but definitely enough to have it affect my weight gain. Hard liquor almost exclusively is what I drink, so somehow my brain filed it as less fattening than plain beer, never mind that alcohol can power engines and calories are a unit of energy. Nothing to drink has passed my lips over the past year. Quitting smoking and drinking while on a diet was not the plan. While on suboxone, the smart addict carries on smoking - the whole point being one battle at a time. Now, a position I'm in is one where how much more time gets spent heavy, and how uncomfortable that is, is what I care about, over 'winning' it the traditional way.
Diet-wise, picky is not what I am, but lazy is what I am. Frozen foods and sandwiches a lot is a bad habit of mine. Lasting longer and requiring less shopping is the appeal of the former. Cold wraps mostly is what I recently switched to, dodging bad lettuce the best I can in these runny times. Simply too much is what I eat on average these days. Far larger meals were what I ate before, though back then eating wasn't a daily thing, and a pizza or something would get panic eaten instead. Baby steps. When eating became a daily thing a couple of years ago, sugar also got quit for the most part as a lot of sugar feels fine, and no sugar feels fine, feel fine going from no sugar to a lot of sugar, but going from a ton of sugar to no sugar is not something I adjust to well. Because of that, a small soda the next day is encouraged by a large soda the day before. So cutting it out is what I did. Very rarely does something like a high calorie snack on impulse get eaten. A bear market is what my gas station loyalty points are in.
So, in general, learning about glp-1s, snooping on people's experiences, and plotting out my plan for my next overall improvement in well being is why I'm hear. 2 lifestyle changes down 1 to go I guess.
Nice to meet everyone.
A stable weight is what I've been, office work included, for years, right up until the last ~2-3 years. Actually eating every day and eating out less is the major change I made. A combination of probably getting older and just not caring is what lead to significant weight gain. An experiment was run last year and after the water weight 25 pounds came off (a bit over 35, though 10 of those were nothing but instant water weight) over a few months (4-5?) thanks to calorie counting. How I was accomplishing that is not something I like, but an accurate idea of the intake needed to maintain, gain or lose weight is what the experiment did get me. I stopped, and some of the weight came back, but now that I'm a couple years over 30, my perspective is: whatever is necessary has to be done, so that a healthy weight is maintained as 40 approaches, cutting down the health issues this can bring. My joints are the particular worry.
I'm 6'2", and currently 280-285. Years of being 245-255 came to an end. The heaviest I weighed myself in last year was 295. Seeing as for years that previous stable weight still came with a good bit of a beer gut, no idea what my goal weight is, I haven't been a 'healthy' weight since shortly after college. A rather large frame for my size is what I have. At 210 I had been previously, muscles pretty well built and zero visible fat. Before muscles were built, 190 was the lowest I got to, and that's roughly the line at which you start wondering whether something is wrong. Some time was spent doing labor, but the last some years have been spent in an office job, not working out, and not exercising much beyond walking - mostly a joint-pain precaution (low impact treadmill). That the 'stable' weight wasn't actually as stable if any remaining muscle mass went while the weight stayed the same is my suspicion. Much muscle mass is what I expect I don't have, so closer to 190 as a final goal weight is probably right, but something I'd decide once I see how things are going when 200 gets close, and once a bit of muscle-building gets decided on. Heck, less muscle than I did at 190 might even be what I have.
Drinking was quit last year, and recently smoking was quit. A very heavy drinker is not what I was, but definitely enough to have it affect my weight gain. Hard liquor almost exclusively is what I drink, so somehow my brain filed it as less fattening than plain beer, never mind that alcohol can power engines and calories are a unit of energy. Nothing to drink has passed my lips over the past year. Quitting smoking and drinking while on a diet was not the plan. While on suboxone, the smart addict carries on smoking - the whole point being one battle at a time. Now, a position I'm in is one where how much more time gets spent heavy, and how uncomfortable that is, is what I care about, over 'winning' it the traditional way.
Diet-wise, picky is not what I am, but lazy is what I am. Frozen foods and sandwiches a lot is a bad habit of mine. Lasting longer and requiring less shopping is the appeal of the former. Cold wraps mostly is what I recently switched to, dodging bad lettuce the best I can in these runny times. Simply too much is what I eat on average these days. Far larger meals were what I ate before, though back then eating wasn't a daily thing, and a pizza or something would get panic eaten instead. Baby steps. When eating became a daily thing a couple of years ago, sugar also got quit for the most part as a lot of sugar feels fine, and no sugar feels fine, feel fine going from no sugar to a lot of sugar, but going from a ton of sugar to no sugar is not something I adjust to well. Because of that, a small soda the next day is encouraged by a large soda the day before. So cutting it out is what I did. Very rarely does something like a high calorie snack on impulse get eaten. A bear market is what my gas station loyalty points are in.
So, in general, learning about glp-1s, snooping on people's experiences, and plotting out my plan for my next overall improvement in well being is why I'm hear. 2 lifestyle changes down 1 to go I guess.
Nice to meet everyone.
