I’m a 50 year old male (6’, 225lbs) with a wife and two kids. I work a tech job from home, and have lifelong battles with major cyclical depression, moderately high blood pressure and a bad back from a childhood accident.
I’ve always been a bit over-size, with people commenting that I’m “a little pudgy” or “need to drop a few pounds.” However, when friends, doctors and trainers find out how much I truly weigh, they frequently don’t believe me — I normally get estimates as much as 40 or 45 pounds LESS than the readout on the scale.
A year ago, I decided that turning 50 was a good time to make some changes. I joined a gym, got TWO personal trainers, and have worked out four days a week (two weights, two cardio) since then. I also fast-walk half marathons on the weekends. (Can’t run - bad knees/back)
I also adopted a very strict high-protein, caloric deficit diet created by my trainers, reviewed and approved by two of my doctors. The calorie count has been reduced every month since I started.
Now, a year later, I should be posting progress pics. But there’s been zero progress. As of yesterday, I’ve been at this for exactly one year, I weigh exactly the same, all my regular clothes still fit, and nobody in my life has ever mentioned that I look any different. I eat so little now that I am thinking about food all the time, and my heart Doc is getting worried that my shaking hands and lightheadedness are a result of not eating enough. (It took showing him months of records and several tests to convince him I wasn’t lying about my diet and activity level.)
I saw a new doc about a month ago, and his first words to me were, “You really need to drop about 40 pounds. Have you tried walking?” He did not believe that I have averaged nearly 20,000 steps a day over the last two years until I showed him my phone/FitBit. He immediately called for a battery of tests to look for the inevitable cancer, tumors, testosterone problems, parasites, aliens… and found nothing at all out of the ordinary.
So: I still need to lose about 40 pounds. I lift with a trainer twice a week. I do cardio with a trainer twice a week. I walk 20,000 steps a day and am on a very strict caloric deficit.
What else can I try?
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