Weight gain 7 months in

Lived a very active lifestyle prior to joining BB. Caloric intake hasn't changed - I've been tracking since the beginning of the year because I noticed the scale slowly starting to creep up. Obvious lifestyle change is that I went from working out very consistently to once or twice per week and sit for nearly 15 hours per day instead of get at least 3 miles of steps in per day.

Anyways, the scale today officially weighed me in +10 lbs. Anyone have any tips to help maintain/lose weight on the job? Trying to nip this in the bud before it spirals and one day I wake up +50 lbs and depressed.

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trying_my_best

Well, obviously this is a normal biological process. But rmb it's just another 2 months and you'll be rid of it

Why 2 months?

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

- Calorie deficit

- Exercise

- Metformin

”metformin is capable of accelerating the oxidation of fat in the liver, thereby leading to a decrease of visceral fat or body weight.”

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5291441/#:~:text=Thus%2C%2….

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 
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"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 
WildBill72

1 word: Ozempic 

You lose muscle and fat with Ozempic, but not with Metformin, which is why bodybuilders typically like Metformin to stay lean.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

Lived a very active lifestyle prior to joining BB. Caloric intake hasn't changed - I've been tracking since the beginning of the year because I noticed the scale slowly starting to creep up. Obvious lifestyle change is that I went from working out very consistently to once or twice per week and sit for nearly 15 hours per day instead of get at least 3 miles of steps in per day.

"I eat the same but I move less. Anyone have tips to help lose weight?"

Yeah - eat less or move more. Brother this is basic math.  

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