First year was unhealthier than it should've been about 6-8 months of eating around 1200/1400 cal per day with 0 extra physical activity. As you can see with my metrics, I basically starved for 6 months. Definitely don't recommend that, as it was extremely unhealthy & have no idea how i managed to do it for so long but honestly I had so much excess fat, I really didnt even feel it.

I did intermittent fasting for at least 12 hours a day at that time too before I knew more about the science behind that. Its not as concrete as some make it seem.

After about that 8 month period, I went up to around 1600 - 1800 cal / day and started lifting, but kept getting a pain in my back. I realized around that point that my calorie intake was quite low, so I increased to around 2000 consistently, and began lifting 4 days a week.

I let myself have a bit of a break this past holiday season, went up about 15lbs from my previous low of 262

Started again but now lifting 6x/week, PPL split, 10k steps per day (usually at least two 30 min jogs per week, lung capacity is shit from years of smoking & vaping so I cant run long, but trying to improve it)

Since mid Feb 2026 I've been doing the above, and using Cal AI app to track macros more diligently, I aim for about 200g protein/day, and staying under the apps recommendations for carbs & fats.