I figure weight gain/loss is down to three basic factors; quality, quantity and frequency. What you eat, how much and how often.
In mid-June of 2024, I clocked in at 253 pounds (within a pound or two of lifetime max weight), and it kind of pissed me off. Without changing anything in my physical routine (essentially non-existent due to injury recovery), only adjusting my intake per the above factors, I had shed over 50 pounds by July of 2025. I've been at or below 200 since, with a low of 190.4 pounds. Since recovering from a lower back injury (the crux of the weight gain), my hope is to capitalize on the results of diet adjustment by beginning to pick up my chosen physical activities again in the near future.
It occurred to me that the weight I gained was worse than the story told by the scale. Not only had I gained fat by inactivity and not adjusting my diet, but I also lost a fair amount of muscle mass, which was also replace by fat.
