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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op - I think I do have pretty decent habits - I’ve been on noom for awhile and track my eating pretty religiously and it’s not hard for me to stay at the bottom range of my calorie requirements and rarely exceed them.

I dont have a sweet tooth and am not much interested in desserts, I rarely drink, I don’t drink soda, eat fast food only occasionally, etc My problem has always been portion size and not going for seconds.

13 years ago, I had a bit of an issue with my heart and I very successfully lost 20-30lbs… and when I stopped being vigilant it crept back up, and since the pandemic I haven’t been able to make a dent. I’m more vigilant than I was 12 years ago, and like I said I struggle to lose 5-7 and last time I would lose 5-7 over the course of 7-8 weeks, have a few weeks of plateau and then go on to lose another 5, plateau, etc… this time the plateau is brief and is followed by an increase and I wind up back at square one.

I’m convinced my body chemistry has just changed as I’ve aged. I am fairly active - I do believe there is a difference between being fat and being unhealthy - I ride a bike to work several days a week, I hike, I never get less than 11k steps a day, etc and aside from slightly high blood pressure my heart is healthy - no cholesterol, no sign of diabetes etc My parents and grandparents were extremely long lived… But my ankles and knees hurt, I have apnea and as active as I am, my weight is definitely keeping me from being more active - I don’t want to be walking with a cane by the time I’m 55.

I feel like I could be healthier if I lost the weight, but I worry about the cost, shortages and the sense of being tied to something. I actually sleep like a baby with my cpap but that obligation to always have it and feel like I can’t travel or camp or visit friends or go overseas without it drives me crazy. The shot would probably allow me to ditch the cpap (my doctor has pretty confidently said losing 40 pounds would take care of the apnea symptoms) but it just sucks to think I’d be replacing it with another obligation.

It would also just be so demoralizing to lose the weight, feel great and then get slammed with a rapid increase. Especially if the reason I have to stop is beyond my control (shortages, cost, rfk jr)

I’m a guy and I also wonder if there’s a difference between men and women. [/quote]

Have you tried strength training? You have the same reservations that I do about taking a drug for weight loss. I'm not saying it's bad for everyone, but I am trying diet cleanup and strength training first. Having a solid muscle mass foundation will supposedly help one lost weight, but more importantly it will definitely help you as you age.[/quote]

Yup and I enjoy it. Core too. My concern with the training is that I’m actually building mass and upping my calorie requirements which makes it harder to figure out the right balance for weight loss. So I try to stick to body weight training instead of lifting, and try to improve my vo2max. And I think I’m a very muscular person who has coated himself in fat - I’m quite strong, and I think I have to be to drag around all this weight doing the stuff I want to do. I guess my goal is to be lighter and smaller, so I can be as active as I want -[b] my knees really can’t deal with any more weight, even if it’s more muscle[/b]. [/quote]

I don't understand what you're saying. If you weight train and lose weight, you have a higher chance of losing fat and retaining muscle. If you have bad knees, then you probably lack muscle around your quads and hamstrings. And if you don't weight train and lose what little muscle you have in your legs, then your knees don't stand a chance to all the cardio you're doing.[/quote]

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