Congrats on the weight loss. The before/after' pictures Reminds me of me at times.
Not too many years ago, early 2016, I weighed 245-250, wore 38-40 waist Wranglers when I had all my adult life worn size 36 waist. and that is with a 6'4" height. I am now back down to around 205-208 and back in size 36 waist.
Lost so much my suit hangs off me. I'm probably a little lighter than than now.


Be very careful about losing too much musclemass including in your feet. It can cause problems later in life as you will really miss that padding down there and the jarring transmits up to your knees and hips.

I'm missing something here tho. I see some references to diabetes but didn't see that YOU state that you are in fact diabetic.
If you are, and are type 2 diabetic, then there is much more to it than simple 'calories in-calories out'.

Carbs play a huge part of blood glucose/A1C control. Reduce caloric intake all you want, you still HAVE to watch your carb intake.
The rule of thumb many go by is 'if it's white, it's bad'. Bread, rice, potatoes etc. (rice is my kryptonite)
Back when I had the farm (pre mid 2022) I had miles of fence to walk every week, usually carrying tools, so exercise was not an issue. The last year I was there tho, I found myself more often riding the 4 wheeler instead. (I was 71-72yrs old)

I was, back around 2017, on one of the diabetic meds that also result in weight loss. Pretty pricey even with good insurance. There were/are several different ones of that type. I was on Bydureon, but Trulicity and Ozempic are similar. It's a twice weekly injection in your belly fat. Pretty painful and does leave a nice whelp at the injection sites but it drops A1c and weight pretty quickly. I got off of it when I lost an entire month's prescription going out of my property in a boat the big flood. I believe the newer ones allow for the injection to be in your thigh which IMO would be lots better. May have it in pill form now. (semaglutide dulaglutide I think they are. GLP-1 receptor agonists.)


Regarding bicycles. Around 2016, wife and I both bought bikes and didn't spend a whole lot of $$ on them at Academy. The bluish one is mine. 21speed.
When I lived back in East Texas, I generally rode 3-5 miles a day and it was easy, usually with my dog on a leash held in my left hand. Now, I had gotten away from it for awhile after moving out west but I still try to ride but it is much harder here, as there is probably not more than any 150' run that isn't hilly, and no matter which direction I go, there is going to be at least 1 significant headwind either on the outgoing trip or the return. I rode about 1 mile just yesterday and there was a steady 15 mph wind on the return that happened to be up a hill and I had to get off and push the bike for the last 50 yards.
This type hill (in front of my house).



The swimming pool helps but once the air temp dropped below comfortable and the water temp even worse, we of course can't use it.
I do still use my treadmill (which was a royal pita to move but am glad I did).


From yesterday's followup Dr visit (remember.. I'm 6'4" and almost 73. [I hate being the same age as old people])

My BP is a little low there and pulse a bit high but it's probably because I rode my bicycle to the Doctor office.

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