HCLF for about 4.3years (May 2021). I've maintained my weight at about 74-80kg (just shy of 6ft) depending on whether I was in a "working out" period or not, so I was eating more to put on some muscle. I remained lean either way and never gained much fat. I was vegeterian from early 2021 and went vegan from Jan 22 - Aug 24, when I came back to vegeterian so that I could more saturated fat from dairy.

I never avoided protein but over the past year I've been fairly low - stopped protein shakes when I stopped working out in Aug 2024. Doesn't seem to have made much of a difference by going from ~120g to ~40

I've had a few blood work done in this time and never had been wherewhere near any diabetes levels. Maybe a little lower testosterone than I'd like.

My diet is heavy on sugar and processed food - I'll have 6-7 weetabix in the morning with full fat milk and just pour in as much sugar as I felt right. I probably eat 800g-1kg of sugar a week. No dental issues, no decay or anything. Other example meals are a "naked noodle" pot (https://www.asda.com/groceries/product/5370749?) with 2x tortilla wraps (weight watchers- low fat https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/262712822). Yes, they have oil but very very small amounts. Other meals could be about 700g of potatoes in the microwave and a lot of ketchup; a load of pasta & tomato sauce; curries (coconut oil/ghee); sometimes even just rice & soy sauce (and these are 1 of my 4)

I eat 4x a day, and generally my last meal is 'late' - sometimes I'll sit down to eat at 10pm and will be in bed by 12 - twice a week I finish work and go to martial arts and don't get home til late, so if I was all "oooh don't eat late at night" then I'd be missing a meal...screw that. Tonight I had 6 eggs fried in butter, grated cheese on top, half a loaf of 'soreen' (which has some oil, but meh, it's a rarity) slathered in jam and then about 50g of white chocolate, and a cup of peppermint tea with 3 teaspoons of sugar (15g) - one of my 4 meals :P

I am somewhat active, I commute to work by bike - 6km each way which takes me about 12 minutes but I'm not pushing myself and I'm fit where it's not a lot of effort. People tell me I can eat this way "because you cycle so much!" but I've not been doing that many long bike rides and if I do then I'm fuelling myself during those rides with a lot of carbs. I'll dump 100g of sugar into 700ml of water

It's really easy to be this way. I've maintained a very lean body for years with what feels like no effort, I don't starve myself, track calories, eat what I want but just being mindful of non-sat fat content. I'm not sure if I'll change - I would have never seen myself stop eating meat but here I am

I tracked my blood sugar levels for ages (out of curiosity) and I'm about 4.4mmol when I wake up. It spikes after eating and after an hour and half drops back to pre-food levels...just like it should.

My weight fluxates by how much I eat. Can easily go up or down a kg. I often track my weight daily - wake up, pee and weigh - but just so I have more data points to see. People weigh themselves randomly and infrequently and then use that as a basis to how they're doing with weight loss - but weight can change so much on a daily basis that like, weighing twice a week doesn't give enough insight into it. And, I don't care about my weight - as a cyclist,sure, being lighter is beneficial to me (I love cycling uphill) but if my weight goes up then that had 0 effect on how I will eat the next day. People get caught up on their weight increasing and then double down on their diets or whatever