6 foot male, 31, 250 lbs currently
Backstory: I had been a little overweight since high school, hovering in the 200-220 range. I worked out a lot in my 20s, usually weightlifting about 3 times a week. 4 years ago I finally decided to really start losing weight through calorie counting and I found it incredibly easy. I was eating around 1500/day and probably overestimating on MyFitnessPal. If I was hungry outside of work, I would usually go for a run and eventually working out became a way to suppress hunger.
I dropped from 220 to 165 in about 5 months. I stayed that weight for a while, maybe a year, but wasn’t really happy with my body. I started pushing myself to train for a marathon before I was ready and unsurprisingly messed up my leg. Couldn’t walk for a few weeks, and wouldnt be able to run for even longer. afterwards I completely stopped working out and counting calories, and started drinking a lot more.
I ended up gaining about 100 lbs in a year. It was kind of hard to believe, because I didn’t really feel like I was eating that much. But as I gained weight I would get depressed about getting fatter and drink more which led to eating more, which led to getting fatter, rinse and repeat.
Anyway, about 4 months ago I decided to make a big change. I started walking to work both ways which is about 45 minutes each direction. I lift 2-3 days a week. I have a Fitbit which tells me I burn about 3600-4000 calories a day. On my fitness pal I usually stick to 1800-2000 during the week, up to 2500-3000 on weekends (which is a lot but for a guy my size and activity level should still be a deficit). I’ve cut drinking way way down but not out entirely (no beer and only a few drinks on weekends). And I’ve only lost 10 lbs in 4 months, most of that right at the beginning .
I think I completely fucked my BMR with all the rapid weight loss/gain. What can I do? Or am I doomed to eating 1400 calories a day for the rest of my life if I want to look like a normal person? And won’t that mess my body up further?
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