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25 Post author: Qiaochu_Yuan 27 March 2013 04:51AM

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Comment author: ThrustVectoring 28 March 2013 02:39:42PM 0 points [-]

I haven't been keeping the closest track, so this isn't even a good anecdote. I was a 165 lb and 5'10 man going out of high school seven years ago, and went up to 220 as of a year ago. It wasn't all fat (I'm significantly stronger now than I was then), but I did go from wearing 34 waist jeans to a 38.

So I started at 220 and a 38 waist, and I've gone down to 180 and I think size 34 jeans (I haven't gotten around yet to buying more jeans, but my size 36's need a belt now). Exercise involved hasn't been too extensive - mostly just walking and housework. I'm still work-in-progress, but I haven't had a history of my weight yo-yoing on diets, and I intend to stay on keto for the foreseeable future.

Comment author: brazil84 28 March 2013 06:27:01PM 1 point [-]

I haven't been keeping the closest track, so this isn't even a good anecdote. I was a 165 lb and 5'10 man going out of high school seven years ago, and went up to 220 as of a year ago. It wasn't all fat (I'm significantly stronger now than I was then), but I did go from wearing 34 waist jeans to a 38.

So I started at 220 and a 38 waist, and I've gone down to 180 and I think size 34 jeans (I haven't gotten around yet to buying more jeans, but my size 36's need a belt now). Exercise involved hasn't been too extensive - mostly just walking and housework. I'm still work-in-progress, but I haven't had a history of my weight yo-yoing on diets, and I intend to stay on keto for the foreseeable future.

Thank you for your response. Will you agree to update this response in a year or two?

Comment author: ThrustVectoring 28 March 2013 07:22:41PM 1 point [-]

Yeah, I can do that.

Comment author: brazil84 28 March 2013 07:31:24PM 0 points [-]

Great, thanks. I have been doing informal research on diet and weight loss for a while now and I think there is value in following up with people a year or two down the road.

Comment author: ThrustVectoring 05 June 2014 05:08:23PM 2 points [-]

Update: I'm at pretty much the same place now as I was then. Dropped the keto diet since I was happy with where I was. Still fairly active but not hardcore about it.

Comment author: brazil84 06 June 2014 11:55:37AM 1 point [-]

thank you