Hey everyone,
A little backstory about me: I was always overweight growing up. I peaked probably somewhere in the range of 280-300 lbs (I stopped weighing myself once I reached 280). I lived a fairly sedentary lifestyle, had a poor diet & a ton of problems at home.
I started working a physically demanding job & going to the gym, and I ended up dropping down to 160 lbs (this probably was over the range of 1-2 years). I was probably around 25 years old at the time. A year later in college, a friend and I were trying to bulk up. We started doing fairly intense strength training and I ended up around 200 lbs. Some of this definitely came back as body fat.
I struggled to try and cut back down. I would up my cardio, go into a deficit or try a diet/fasting, but nothing seemed to work (I also wasn’t entirely bothered by my weight so I approached these things fairly passively). I sat at that weight for probably 4-5 years.
Then I started gaining weight. After hitting 210 lbs, I decided to take things more seriously. I upped my exercise regimen—I do a 45 minute walk every morning (about 2.5 miles), 1 hour strength training 5-6 days a week (though gyms are still closed in Ontario, but I have a decent setup in my garage with bench/rack/dumbbells/barbells), and 30 minutes on the Peloton 5-6 days as well. I started making healthier eating choices and started intermittent fasting again. After weighing in this morning, I was horrified to see I was now over 220 lbs.
I’ve fortunately gone through most of my fitness journey fairly passively. I used to track calories/macros for years (I currently don’t anymore, I have a good idea of nutrients because I used to do it so obsessively but I’m sure you’ll recommend to start again/get a food scale—I should). Going to the gym and eating relatively well carried me through, but it’s obviously no longer working. I need help to take control because what I’m doing (and what worked before) is no longer working for me.
33/M 5’9” 220.5 lbs
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