I'm going to chime in with my own progress I've made over the last few months, and it shows a slightly different path than what the author took. I started at 2

I'm going to chime in with my own progress I've made over the last few months, and it shows a slightly different path than what the author took. I started at 220 pounds. I am currently 220 pounds. The difference? My body fat percent has gone down 5 or 6% (from high twenties to low twenties), I have muscles where there were none before. In the end, my goal weight is still below where I am, but if I had just cut my diet, I would have not made the same kind of progress I have with exercise. (specifically, with a trainer who pushes me harder, with appointments that force me to show up). To be fair, I still have a gut, and that'll be lost by diet, but the huge progress I've made is entirely attributable to exercise.