38 Pounds Down in 17 Weeks Coming into the Holidays

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Hello all…just wanted to share my progress to hopefully pass along the same motivation I’ve gotten from others here before.

I’m a father of two whose weight crept up in the first six months of having number two. I finally got tired enough of feeling uncomfortable with myself (and chucking more and more favorite shirts into the bottom dresser drawer) that I gave IF another go. I’d made a pass at it a few years ago, but didn’t take the right mindset into it and sputtered out despite some modest progress. Here are the toplines:

• 38 years old, SW 215 lbs (97.5 kg), GW 179 lbs (81.2 kg), CW 177 lbs (80.3 kg)
• Started fasting process August 24, 2022, reached goal weight December 7, 2022
• 20:4, but with flexibility to do 16:8 for family events or restrict to OMAD if that’s all I needed
• Weighed daily and used Fastic for Android for fast and weight tracking
• In the opening weeks especially, severely restricted processed carbohydrates
• No change in exercise patterns, moderately active chasing two kids around
• Diet was just back to basics:
  • High bulk
  • Lots of veggies
  • Whole grains
  • Lean meats
  • High protein vegetarian options
  • Lots of color and texture variation

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• Meal planning was crucial, you’ll fall into ruts almost immediately otherwise
• Take a daily multivitamin; I’ve been told by plenty of people it’s a waste of money, but if I’m one-shotting a nutritional opportunity, I can’t imagine I’m getting 100% of every micronutrient I need every single time. Maybe that’s just the incredulity fallacy, but it gives me peace of mind.

I’ve done a full writeup of my experience that’s beyond the bounds of a reddit post; I’ll not post a link so as to not run afoul of the sub’s self-promotion guidelines, but if you’re interested, putting my username in a search engine will get you where you want to go. Happy to answer questions here though.