Yep, I’ve lost significant weight before through intermittent fasting (dropped from 230 to 170 lbs, 5′10″ tall). The lowest weight my body will tolerate without extreme effort seems to be 180. Right now I’m staying just shy of 200, and want to get back down to 180.
I can fast again, but it’s a lot of long, slow work and requires a lot of discipline. I lack the motivation right now for that, as at the time I wanted to become a bit more attractive to find a long-term partner. Now I’m married, so it’s less pressing, but don’t want to get above 200 for health and aesthetic reasons.
Also, thanks for the suggestions! I try to have the majority of my diet be plants and minimize animal products, and when I do eat animal products prioritize minimizing suffering on the margin (e.g. no seafood, careful on egg sourcing, dairy mostly okay other than some GI issues with it, etc.), so I’m quite used to eating food with low caloric density that fills my stomach, and that helps a lot with avoiding calorie dense snacks.
Yep, I’ve lost significant weight before through intermittent fasting (dropped from 230 to 170 lbs, 5′10″ tall). The lowest weight my body will tolerate without extreme effort seems to be 180. Right now I’m staying just shy of 200, and want to get back down to 180.
I can fast again, but it’s a lot of long, slow work and requires a lot of discipline. I lack the motivation right now for that, as at the time I wanted to become a bit more attractive to find a long-term partner. Now I’m married, so it’s less pressing, but don’t want to get above 200 for health and aesthetic reasons.
Also, thanks for the suggestions! I try to have the majority of my diet be plants and minimize animal products, and when I do eat animal products prioritize minimizing suffering on the margin (e.g. no seafood, careful on egg sourcing, dairy mostly okay other than some GI issues with it, etc.), so I’m quite used to eating food with low caloric density that fills my stomach, and that helps a lot with avoiding calorie dense snacks.