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Right on the edge!

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Just a very quick update today. I am about to hit a milestone!

When I weighed in this morning, my weight was 250.6 lb. I have not been below 250 since sometime in the mid-1970s. It feels amazing.

I expect that tomorrow or the next day, I will leave the 250s behind, and get into the 240s. I am so happy to be saying that.

I lost a lot of weight in mid-March through mid-April. From the second half of April, through May and into June, I was really stalled out on weight loss, holding steady, or yo-yoing a bit. Maybe up 2 pounds, then down 3 and so on. It is frustrating when you are not eating and not losing weight. Thing is, all along I could feel my body losing fat. I mean, I could feel bones that I had never felt before. I felt that my belly was more “squishy” instead of solid, meaning to me that fat was going away. The pounds were not decreasing, but my body was getting leaner.

Starting around the 2nd week of June and continuing now, I have been dropping pounds pretty rapidly again, and I am sure glad to see that. I think I have a fasting/feasting schedule in place now that will keep the weight loss flowing. Previously, between fasts, I started doing a one meal per day regimen and I believe that is what stalled me out. Now, I am constantly changing things, and hopefully, that will keep the weight loss flowing!

Anyway, here is my body composition data from this morning. I do share this information (almost) daily with my Patrons on my Patreon page. If you like getting this kind of data on a nearly daily basis, why not sponsor the site on Patreon?

About Bob

Bob Martin is an American expat who lived in the Philippines from 2000 until 2019. Bob ins now back in the USA. Bob is an Internet Entrepreneur. Doing that kind of work is pretty sedentary, but Bob is making a big effort to be more active and moving toward better health!

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  3. Lorne Rowe

    Good job young man , just curious , what exercises are you doing Bob while your losing weight ? Cardio ? Swimming ? Walking ? All of the above , keep up the great work 👍

    • Bob Martin

      Hi Lorne,

      Thanks! I am working hard at the weight loss these days. When I started doing fasting and such it was not about weight loss, it was about reversing diabetes. But, now that I have accomplished that, the weight loss is what it is all about now, and it is really working!

      I think you probably know from this site, I follow Dr. Jason Fung pretty closely. He has a lot of expertise about all of this. Recently I heard him on a podcast. He talked about fasting, and he talked about exercise. He said that fasting is for losing fat. Exercise is for gaining muscle. If you are looking to lose fat, don’t worry too much about the exercise, concentrate your efforts on the fasting. If you are looking to build muscle, focus on exercise.

      When I heard that it made a lot of sense to me, and I slowed down on exercise and refocused mostly on fasting. Right now, I mostly walk, but not every day. When I refocused like this, I really started losing weight again.

    • Lorne Rowe

      That’s awesome , maybe after you reach your target weight , wouldn’t hurt to get back into a light exercise routine , best of luck my friend , cheers 👍

    • Bob Martin

      Exactly, Lorne! Maybe even before I reach my target weight. Right now, I am concentrating my efforts on losing fat, though! To be honest, I don’t even know what my target weight is, I have not decided yet. When I get closer I will have a better idea of where I want to be.

    • Bob Martin

      Thank you Bob. You are right, it does feel great! this morning, I was 250.2, I am very confident that I will break into the 240s tomorrow!

  19. Alexander Mooney

    Congratulations! Wow we are at the same weight right now. I’ve lost 10 pounds so far. With IF its a miracle. The only negative affect this has had on me is how much I despise people selling all this other crap for weight loss, beating around the bush when it really doesn’t have to be as hard as they make it out to be. Thank you Bob!

    • Bob Martin

      Thanks I wonder. Well, I still have a long way to go, but I’m really on the right path. You are right fasting is so simple, you just don’t eat! People selling all of these products supplements and everything else to make you lose weight, it’s really a waste of money, because the solution is so simple, at least for me. I’m really happy with this lifestyle and I’m enjoying it a lot.

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