My weight loss journey started around March last year, when I weighed in at my heaviest (around 250 lbs/115 kgs). I decided enough was enough. I started counting calories, eating less often and tried to move around more. I lost about 20 lbs/10 kgs between March and November.
In November, I started learning more about low carb/ketogenic diets, and decided I wanted to try it out, because I wasn't wholly satisfied with the speed of my weight loss. Between November and July(ish), I lost 55 lbs/25 kgs more, and weighed in at 176 lbs/80 kgs.
I was delighted with my progress, but I had grown to resent food. It became unnatural, restrictive, social eating was almost completely out of the equation, plus I developed some negative behaviours (extreme carb counting, starvation behaviour, food obsession etc..) and being that I naturally love fruits and vegetables and other whole foods, I decided to switch back to a "normal" diet, no longer counting carbs, but generally just focusing on not over-eating, eating whole foods, and staying at a 500 kcal deficit for a continued weight loss (my goal weight is around 150-155 lbs).
Today, I weigh in at 168 lbs/76.5 kgs and my BMI is no longer overweight, which I am delighted with. My question though is what should I do now? I still have around 10-20 lbs more that I would like to lose ideally, and I would like to be around 15% BF.
Should I go back to a low-carb/ketogenic diet to just get it over with, or should I just add some more exercise to go along with my existing diet (I'm naturally quite a sedentary person, very little physical activity)?
Appreciate any advice you can give me. Cheers!
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