Morbidly obese fat ass to kinda heavy dude:

Don't worry about the numbers on the scale so much. Aim for being healthy and energized. Five pounds might not seem like a lot but if you're building muscle and your breathing is getting easier, you're doing great.

And do some youtubing on ur diet plan!!!

U gotta be a slight calorie deficit but all that matters is ur getting out there. Be it a gym or running just good shit on getting out there.

I'm at the highest weight of my life, 202 pounds. I always bragged that "at least I've never hit 200 lbs!". But it happened. 

My culprit? Beer. 100%. Beer. I love to have beer. Lots of it, mostly.

I didnt drink yesterday or tonight after work. I try to only drink on my nights off, doesnt always work.

If I didnt drink, I'd look like a Male underwear model. I used to he a studly man.

I'm only like 5'7, too. I never felt short, but I know that in the average I'm shorter than the average guy.

When I stayed at a hotel the other day I did a nice half hour gym workout. I also have yet to move my treadmill to a reasonable spot. We aren't 100% settled in our new house yet.

So much stress these past years (well, life) has definitely influenced my weak behavior. I'll get loaded off beer and herb and eat terrible at night. However, I still so lots of fruit n vegetable homemade smoothies in the mornings and salads at lunch. Post-inebriation snacks are my downfall.

Being forced out of our house again was rough. Also my old friend gave us bed bugs (beyond description how hellish that was). Health problems and no health insurance to aid myself yet. My mom broke all her ribs and punctured her lungs falling down stairs. My closest homie went nuts and is back on hard drugs again. And is just a piece of shit overall. And my youngest daughter just got Lyme disease again out of nowhere, however we caught it by Phase 1.

But the positives! Everyone is still healthy enough. My wife finally got her surgery and can live a normal life. She also FINALLY got her job as a teacher starting in Fall. My mom recovered. My vehicle runs well. We found an AWESOME new place that shits on the other spot. Plus, all the weed I could axe for.

Anyway, back to weight loss.... I'd like to ideally get to 160 but that's not realistic. I would be content with 170. I felt big at 170 a few years back... how little did I know buahahah!

Anyone wanna do some contests? Like 5 pounds minimum loss a month. I'd be 197 if I succeeded. Last time I tried hard I got back down to like 188. MyFitnessPal app helped.

Didnt drink or toke for four days and nights, ate under my daily numbers using MyFitnessPal, lost 5 pounds.

Tonight I will be drinking and toking again, and on my nights off. I'll probably gain a pound or two back.

So I will simply just not drink or go over my daily numbers on work nights. It's easy and the results make me super happy.

Eating homemade salads and tiny breakfasts helps a bunch.

Most fast food or even restaurant salads are either full of more calories than the burger or just lettuce with unhealthy stuff on them.

I like my salads chock full of fresh cut veggies. Just a drizzle of dressing. No cheese or meat needed.