Hello from Oregon USA! I'm a 41 year old male and have struggled with weight management and food drive my entire life. I'm 5'8" and started the year at approx. 300lbs with a visceral fat index of 19. I was fed up (again) and started dieting (again). Lost a little weight in the first couple months, but in February I was surprised with a divorce. So as a typical mid life divorcee, I got serious about getting in shape. Hit a heavy caloric deficit and started lifting at a good local gym 4-5 days a week. Was able to drop around 50lbs but plateaued out and couldn't maintain a low enough deficit to break through. A couple months ago I talked to my doc and got prescribed Tirzepatide. Didn't end up taking it and decided to go with Retatrutide instead. Since then I have gotten down to 215lbs and my visceral fat went to an 11 on the index and I feel better than I have in well over a decade. I also started cycling research stacks for mitochondrial health but I'll save the research talk for the appropriate sections of the forum. That's my journey so far but it is far from over.
