I’ve been active in the keto specific thread but I’ll join in here as well. My weight has been all over the place as an adult, but generally heavy. My heaviest was 295 around 2008-9. My lowest was 205 when biking thousands of miles a year in 2015. My natural weight when eating carbs (but mostly whole grains, some sweets, beer) and getting moderate exercise is about 230-245.
Last year I started doing keto/low carb at 240. I am “lazy” keto in that I don’t track macros to verify I’m below 20g carbs. Had a lot of setbacks/failures of willpower but in general as long as I stay strict with what I eat it’s a very satisfying diet, very hard to overeat on it and you’re rarely hungry between meals. I have not had any cheat days in four months now, and also dropped even low-carb alcohol like whiskey from regular consumption, which is improving my subjective perception of health.
Upped my exercise recently not so much to speed up losing weight but to improve health. Right now just cardio but I’m seeing a chiropractor for chronic neck/shoulder/back issues and I’m hoping I can do some basic strength exercises soon. I get a decent amount of weight lifting in just taking care of my homestead though.
At the lean muscle mass I need, I’m guessing my ideal trimmed down weight is about 190 but I’ve never been below 200 since age 13 so I don’t honestly know. I’m 6 feet tall and very stocky frame (often described as built like an NFL linebacker).
Weighed in this morning at 210.6.