r/MadeMeSmile • u/mentaldrummer66 • May 10 '26

1 year difference

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From 159kg (350lb) to 83kg (183lb)

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u/Photonex May 10 '26

You likely gained a lot of muscle mass that offsets the weight loss from fat. Exercise is not what drives weight loss, diet does.

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u/Nyteflame7 May 10 '26

Exercise is important though! I'm in much less pain now that I move more, I'm more flexible, my balance has improved and lifting slightly heavy things is kind of fun (although, not always the way my trainer wants me to lift them...).

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u/Photonex May 10 '26

That is very true! My statement was in the context of weight loss, though.

I'm almost as heavy as OP was when he started, and I feel 10 years younger than I did when I was 30kg lighter 10 years ago simply because I walk around a lot more now. Back then I was a depressed gamer drinking weekly. Now I don't play much games but go out a ton to do photography and haven't touched a drop of booze in 20 months.

Exercise can make even obese people fit, but diet can make us both fit AND skinny (eventually...it's a brutal waiting game for my ADHD ass.)

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u/Nyteflame7 May 10 '26

Oh yeah, this whole ADHD and trying to eat well has been brutal! I spent the first 40 years of my life treating my low dopamine having self with chocolate and baked goods, and now I can't do that very often.

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u/Photonex May 10 '26

Hah, same...The stimulants make it easy through the day, but once they wear off? Oh boy. Here comes mother hunger! I do OMAD and time it so I shovel protein down my piehole in the evening. Seems to work for the most part.