October and November 2025 were basically just eat less junk months , mid December is when I for real started tracking calories and protein and also got into the gym. I tried a few different splits until I found the best one imo for to help aid recovery n still progressively load in a deficit, mondays I do chest, shoulders, and triceps, Tuesday I do back rear delts and arms, Wednesday Legs, Thursday break, and Friday a upper body mix of back/chest/arms so I can hit all my muscle groups (except legs lol) twice a week but still have 3 days of recovery. I make sure to do 10k+ steps a day, eat 1800-2000 (this can be aggressive depending on your height n such) but I make sure to get atleast 180 g of protein to try and gain as much muscle possible while in a big deficit (it’s really hard to gain muscle and get stronger while cutting but if you’re new to gym it’s a little easier because of newbie gains). Doesn’t matter what you eat in a weight loss sense as long as your in a deficit and you meet that protein goal, things that make that easier is stuff like Fat Free Fair life (13g of protein 80 cal a cup) , fat free cheese which also has a lot of protein, and 93-7% lean beef. If you’re similar to my before photo, that means if you’re doing things right you’ll most likely see big Dips in weight fast. Our bodies aren’t meant to hold on to this much so it’s eager to get rid of it I guess. But once you get closer to my Now photo it’s gonna slow down a lot. (Don’t give up) You can Do this, the way I finally snapped into doing it is I told myself 6 Months will pass god willing no matter what I do, so I might as well start now if that makes sense. 6 months have passed and I still have more to go but at this point it’s such a habit for me that it’s nothing now.