I tell people weight loss is easy. Its easy for me because I'm kinda cheating. I'm not addicted to food, I'm fairly strong under all this fat, and I've got nothing better to do.

Most 400lb people are wider than I was. Most work sitting jobs I would suspect. I worked retail, carrying it all around. Rucking all day. Back then I used to downstack heavy boxes from pallets. I don't miss that. I also just enjoy pacing and walking even at my laziest. My legs are very strong.

I briefly went to a gym 10 years ago. On the thing where you're basically squatting against weights at an angle the employee was very surprised to see the noon pounding that much weight. "Are you ok?" "Uh? Yeah? Im fine." Took me a minute to figure out why he was surprised lol.

I tried to get over 400lbs. I tried. But i only want to eat so much and i had to carry that weight [like Jude] so 400 was the equilibrium.

I lost the first 50 by accident. Taking a part time retail job 2 days a week for 6 months located next to Panera back when it was 5.99 for half nappa chicken salad sandwich and cup of soup. We didnt know how good we had it. When i started losing weight i was surprised i was 350 when did that happen.

I half assed it at the gym, though my halfass is way more assed than most people's full ass i must admit. I was mostly pacing angrily in an empty gym at 2 am. I like that Planet Fitness is always staffed. Inquit that gym twice and started walking 5 miles round trip to work long story short and frankly weight loss only started getting hard at 250.

Now i count calories. Im willing to work harder to eat more. If i cheat a lot i gain if i don't i lose. Simple as.

So my daily routine is up at 10 setting off at 11 walking 2.5 miles in florida to work with backpack about 10lbs, work 8 hours on feet with some lifting, walk home, feed cat and get high, walk 1.25 miles to gym no bag, do 30 minutes on elliptical max resistance, massage chair, walk home, bed. I tell people its because of gas prices thanks to Operation Epstein Fury.

Most people couldn't do this. Frankly if it weren't late i could go another round. Im tired walking home but not dragging ass. Im strong, im not just fat. I was never just fat. 15 years at 400lbs made me strong. Thats why this is easy for me. I lose weight quickly with minimal effort if i don't cheat because i am strong in my lower body not because im putting real effort into it.

I can't be bothered to do any weight lifting, elliptical wears me out without me having to do anything but zone out or watch youtube shorts. I dont have to apply myself or put any real effort in. I just have no friends or hobbies and i can do basic math.

Im 240 now and the only hard part is not cheating. I don't care about my health. I just want to get this weight loss nonsense over.and done with and ill have a suit made to my optimal size and count calories because i spent too much not to fit in it. I don't pretend to care about my health, the world is full of people who don't why people gotta shit on me when I admit it. I just want to cover my nasty saggy body in nice clothes and larp as someone normal looking, not because of a quarter century of dirty looks and "you're just-". Im sorry if my motives are impure but I'm not religious calling me an asshole won't change that.

Well... that's my proverbial weight loss journey.

People ask me if Im taking Ozempic, accuse me of it even, what part of I work retail didnt you hear? Think i got money for that? Lol. Its just a math problem. Losing weight is just calories on calories out and my strong legs let me run deficits while eating pizza. I'm just playing with my phone. Its not hard the tv told you it was hard to get you to spend money. But that's just how it seems to me as someone unimpressed with my own weight loss as you are about my 1.3 million gamerscore from back when i used to. "So what? Ok if you say so. Why tell me? Good for you I guess?"