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I can only speak for myself, but I stopped being obese and out of shape when I stopped being broke. I began to eat fewer calories of higher quality food, hit m

I can only speak for myself, but I stopped being obese and out of shape when I stopped being broke. I began to eat fewer calories of higher quality food, hit my macros, and prevented muscle loss by going to the gym a few times a week. It was a feedback loop with my social environment. Expectations of me changed when I finished school, and I didn't really think anything of it until I saw some results which only reinforced the new habits. Everyone was supportive and from there lots of other stuff in my life got cleaned up as well. I don't even drink as much as I used to. I can't be alone in feeling this way. For me it was finding good people, being happy with my career, and not being so stressed out all the time as a result.

tired-turtle 3y ago
This is, regrettably, unattainable for many in the US (economy).
nradov 3y ago
High stress, poor sleep quality, alcohol abuse, and obesity all reinforce each other in a feedback loop. Breaking out of that vicious cycle often requires a complete lifestyle change including a new environment and different friends.
- sublinear 3y ago
  Well yeah. I moved away to a different region of the country and into a nicer neighborhood.
maxglute 3y ago
After 10 years of natural lifting, my maintenance calorie at sub 20% body fat is higher than when I was obese, normalized/settled at ~35% body fat around the same weight. Easier to maintain weigth and appearance than ever. And apart from hammering down some protein shakes, I eat whatever, like obesity days. That said eating clean does do wonders for my performance and energy levels. Ozempic probably has much greater gen pop appeal since it's a pill, and probably what one needs to stay on if they need to stablize below their natural setpoint. But sometimes I wonder if segments of population wouldn't be better off with a few dollars of testosterone and one day at gym a week before resorting to Ozempic. If only more longintunal research was done on moderate test usage. Arguably most slight-modest overweight people would look much better recompositing to more muscle at their current weight. That said I do have make an slight effort to be 5-10lbs shy of my setpoint weight during less active periods of winter. That few extra lbs is when I start experiencing health issues like gastric reflux and increase in blood pressure.

tired-turtle 3y ago

This is, regrettably, unattainable for many in the US (economy).

nradov 3y ago

High stress, poor sleep quality, alcohol abuse, and obesity all reinforce each other in a feedback loop. Breaking out of that vicious cycle often requires a complete lifestyle change including a new environment and different friends.

sublinear 3y ago
Well yeah. I moved away to a different region of the country and into a nicer neighborhood.

maxglute 3y ago

After 10 years of natural lifting, my maintenance calorie at sub 20% body fat is higher than when I was obese, normalized/settled at ~35% body fat around the same weight. Easier to maintain weigth and appearance than ever. And apart from hammering down some protein shakes, I eat whatever, like obesity days. That said eating clean does do wonders for my performance and energy levels. Ozempic probably has much greater gen pop appeal since it's a pill, and probably what one needs to stay on if they need to stablize below their natural setpoint. But sometimes I wonder if segments of population wouldn't be better off with a few dollars of testosterone and one day at gym a week before resorting to Ozempic. If only more longintunal research was done on moderate test usage. Arguably most slight-modest overweight people would look much better recompositing to more muscle at their current weight. That said I do have make an slight effort to be 5-10lbs shy of my setpoint weight during less active periods of winter. That few extra lbs is when I start experiencing health issues like gastric reflux and increase in blood pressure.