Pardon the rant. 44 yo 179cm man here, went from 96 kilos to 75 kilos. Which is of course amazing, don't get me wrong. I feel and look much better, no doubt.
But when I strip and look down, the simple reality is that I still have a pretty sizeable gut. Now, as of lately I have hit a plateau, and even though I have not regained any weight and have maintained my exercise routine, the realization that even some very "righteous" snacking (as in, a slice of Wasa bread, some cream cheese and two slices of ham) just completely stops any further weight loss is pretty depressing.
I do one hour of elliptical 3x per week, 2 hours of exercise bike, 2 hours of rowing machine, I walk at least half an hour everyday (one hour on the weekends); and yet despite all that even if I stop paying complete and utmost attention to what I eat I just stop losing weight completely. And by "not paying attention", I do not mean going back to my earlier terrible eating habits of having pastries all the time.
I feel like the last 5-6 kilos will probably be the hardest, and I am struggling with the realization that I am pretty much only made up of fat and little else. 75 kilos is quite low for me, I have usually weighed around 80 when I really put some work and thought into my weight.
I personally believe BMI to be an appropriate indicator for me, and the reality of it is that a BMI of 21.5 (smack in the middle of the range) means I would need to weigh 69 kilos, which to me is shocking. Don't get me wrong, I of course knew I ate too much, but just HOW much is hard to wrap my head around.
Nonetheless, I have decided to push forward, and in order to lose the last few kilos I am going to go OMAD, and hope that I can finally drop the last six kilos I desperately want to lose.
There. Sorry. Thank you for reading.
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