At what point is it hopeless to lose weight and gain muscle?

[Ace Corona]

I’m 53 years old and weighed 300 pounds in 2022. This year I got down to 259, but bounced back up to 274 recently.

I’m an amateur comic book artist and can’t draw when hungry.

I just don’t have the motivation to lift weights consistently, though I did from January to April.

Should I just say screw it and just accept that I’m fat? Or should I plan to get fit in stages, with time off from training for a month now and then?

[SuperHercules]

It should be a top priority as you age

There's no need to lose your quality of life yet. wait another couple decades before you consider giving up

[Ace Corona]

Thanks bro

[TwoTailedSperm]

you need to chose what matters to you most. you can't have it all after 40

[Redfish225]

When you’re dead.

[CellyTech]

Not having the motivation changes after you create a habit of lifting. The first few weeks can be a fuking grind. Getting to the gym is a grind. Wanting to leave every minute of every session. The idea of repeating it all over again the next day. It's all a fukin grind until it starts to become normal, then you start to look forward to it.

Just go fukin lift you geek. It gets easier srs. Also get on trt now if you haven't already

[BackwoodsGa]

Not having the motivation changes after you create a habit of lifting. The first few weeks can be a fuking grind. Getting to the gym is a grind. Wanting to leave every minute of every session. The idea of repeating it all over again the next day. It's all a fukin grind until it starts to become normal, then you start to look forward to it.

Just go fukin lift you geek. It gets easier srs. Also get on trt now if you haven't already

Well said!

[Ace Corona]

It’s so hard to stick to a diet and training program while working on something. I’m a NEET and try to set goals for myself, and I’m working on my first graphic novel and want to do a page a day, six days a week.

When I’m dieting and super hungry, I can’t work on my comics.

[Godfrd824]

Jump on TRT.

[Visel]

"Can't draw while hungry."

I would wager you're stuck in the "can't distinguish hunger from craving" phase right now. If you're an average American diabetescel, you will identify even the thought of food as "hunger" when in actuality it's a greedy "craving" disregarding the actual feeling (and lack of noises) from your stomach.

You already lost a lot of weight once recently, so during that time you should've become familiar with "hunger vs craving." It's only something you realize after you're committed to a deficit for an extended time frame (a week or longer).

So all in all, would say you should identify that this is all in your head for the most part. And you can draw during cravings, just don't inadvertently draw a chocolate cake when you meant to draw a flagpole.

[Ace Corona]

"Can't draw while hungry."

I would wager you're stuck in the "can't distinguish hunger from craving" phase right now. If you're an average American diabetescel, you will identify even the thought of food as "hunger" when in actuality it's a greedy "craving" disregarding the actual feeling (and lack of noises) from your stomach.

You already lost a lot of weight once recently, so during that time you should've become familiar with "hunger vs craving." It's only something you realize after you're committed to a deficit for an extended time frame (a week or longer).

So all in all, would say you should identify that this is all in your head for the most part. And you can draw during cravings, just don't inadvertently draw a chocolate cake when you meant to draw a flagpole.

When I’m dieting, I’m hungry for most of the day. Before lunch and before dinner are the worse times, I eat lunch at noon and dinner at 5 pm when dieting, and I’m super hungry for the two hours before lunch and dinner. I was eating 2,000 calories daily, so it wasn’t like I was imagining the hunger cravings. I’m 5-11 so 2,000 calories is a tiny amount of food for someone my size.

[usersignup2]

it becomes hopeless when you give up.

as long as you're willing, there is hope.

[latverian41]

It should be a top priority as you age

There's no need to lose your quality of life yet. wait another couple decades before you consider giving up

This!

Don't even give up then.

[mikeditka]

When I’m dieting, I’m hungry for most of the day. Before lunch and before dinner are the worse times, I eat lunch at noon and dinner at 5 pm when dieting, and I’m super hungry for the two hours before lunch and dinner. I was eating 2,000 calories daily, so it wasn’t like I was imagining the hunger cravings. I’m 5-11 so 2,000 calories is a tiny amount of food for someone my size.

2,000 calories is NOT a “tiny amount” of food.

I’m 6’3” 205 when lean, these days (I’m 40 now) I don’t bulk as often or as big but I may bulk to 218-222 and cut to 205.

Anyways, if you’re eating ****ty processed **** 2,000 can go quick. If you’re eating whole foods, veggies, lean meats 2,000 cal can go a long way. I have lots of days where I just eat 2,000.

You could absolutely survive indefinitely on 2,000 cal/day

If you’re going to get serious about this you’ll have to kind of grow up and be open to changing your ways of thinking. You’ve already lost when saying things like “tiny amount of food” is 2k cal.

[crupiea]

You can always lose weight, its just a simple physics things, eat less. If you are hungry, change your meals to something more satisfying.

if you want muscle, lift weights and eat more. or in your case, eat what you currently eat.

As for the lifting weights, its easy to aimlessly wander the gym doing this or that, if you have no solid plan, you wont know if you are getting stronger. obviously getting strong is putting on more muscle. Might not be able to see it because of the fat buts its ther.

once you lose weight down the road you will see it more.