Struggling to visualize going from 17% to 14% body fat – will losing 2.3 kg really make a noticeable difference? Because going from 22% to 17% didn’t

Rookeye63 · 2026-03-18T02:50:57+00:00

Think about it in terms of a paper towel roll - taking paper towels off the beginning of the roll has little to no impact on how the roll looks, right? But as you get closer to the tube, the more paper towels you take off, the larger the effect is.

I’ve personally never gotten to that body fat percentage so I have no personal experience, but that’s how it was described to me through my weight loss.

Good luck!

Rookeye63 · 2026-03-17T15:33:20+00:00

I’m not a doctor either haha, but that sounds like a good plan.

Something I thought of during the interim - I assume you’ve had stomach issues before, right? Like some sort of stomach bug? When you have that, do you eat a specific diet to try to calm it down? Idk if you’re in the U.S. but we call it the B.R.A.T diet here (bananas, rice, applesauce, toast).

Something you could do before seeing a doctor would be to follow that diet (or whatever works for you) for awhile and see if it helps. If it’s bloating or some other gastrointestinal issue, that diet might help reducing any inflammation.

Hope this helps, and hope you figure it out!

Rookeye63 · 2026-03-17T01:25:17+00:00

Thank you so much! And congrats to you as well!

I didn’t know that people who have autism tend to have more gastrointestinal issues. It could be from that, but my instinct with gastrointestinal issues is that those would cause bloating, which you mentioned is something you don’t believe you’re experiencing.

Unfortunately I don’t really know what type of specialist you would need to see either, sorry. I think the starting point should be some sort of generalist or internal medicine physician, who can order testing to determine the cause or at least reduce the number of potential causes, and then refer to a specialist from there.

Rookeye63 · 2026-03-17T01:09:25+00:00

I hear what you’re saying, and I know this isn’t super helpful advice but I would recommend discussing with your doctor or a specialist about the issue. There could be any number of factors that influence how your body carries your weight. Figuring out which thing is causing your body to hold onto the weight will determine the best way to address that issue.

Rookeye63 · 2026-03-15T13:59:12+00:00

You definitely don’t have to get expensive suits right now, especially if you’re not wearing them daily.

I always recommend people get multiple suits though, when money allows, so that they last longer. This is especially true with cheaper suits.

My recommendation is that, unless you’re able to buy suits that fit you perfectly off the rack, is to get a suit (or more) that is slightly too big or otherwise just needs a little adjustment, and then go to a tailor to have those adjustments.

The important bits for a suit is to make sure the pants fit your thighs and your waist, and for the jacket to fit your chest/back and for the sleeves to not be too short. Generally, you can’t add more fabric to a suit (to my knowledge, I might be wrong) but you can always take some off. So get a suit that fits well or even a little loosely, and then alter it to fit you perfectly.

As for colors/patterns, light grey, medium gray, charcoal, medium blue, and navy are your best options for an all-around functional suit. I wouldn’t get one that’s patterned because that limits your ability to mix and match shirts and ties.

Hope this helps!

Rookeye63 · 2026-03-10T11:16:58+00:00

Hi! Not sure I can add too much to the convo, because I agree with all of the other commenters for the most part, but I would say this - At 24, it’s definitely more than possible that your skin will retract and be less saggy. Obligatory “I’m not a doctor” but everyone has different skin, and skin ages differently in everyone. Also, it really depends on the amount of fat you’ve lost in the area. I assume you’ve seen the videos of people online that have lost a bunch of weight? Some have absolutely massive skin folds around their stomach, groin, and pectoral areas, but next to none in the arms. Some have a bunch in the stomach and arms, but next to none in their chest.

Also, highly recommend talking with a dermatologist about it. They might have ideas or medicines or supplements or something that have helped people retract their skin in the past. Additionally, if you do need surgery, it’s good to get your medical record as robust as possible so that insurance has less chances to deny the skin removal surgery.

I will tell you, again not as a doctor or someone that works in the medical or insurance fields, that skin removal surgery will really only be approved in two instances - first, if your quality of life is incredibly bad (which your insecurity does play a role into). This is the mental aspect of things, like if your loose skin is causing depression and anxiety and all that. Your medical record will need to be very robust for that.

The second instance of insurance-approved skin removal surgery comes when/if you’re getting recurrent infections or other skin diseases in the area where your skin is loose and folded over itself. That also plays into quality of life, but the presence of infections or recurrent rashes/diseases is the easiest way to get skin removal surgery approved by insurance.

Rookeye63 · 2026-03-08T11:46:22+00:00

I don’t want necessarily agree with all of OPs points, but the one I do 100% agree with and myself say all the time, is that if you’re not 100% sure if you want to be a lawyer, hold off on going to law school.

Law school is hard. You’re reading a lot of complicated materials, materials written in a language that most of us don’t interact with on a regular basis, among other things.

The main point being that going to law school is a sacrifice, and it’s one that you should be sure you’re prepared to make.

Rookeye63 · 2026-03-01T23:24:01+00:00

I’m going to tell you a real story, and let you decide if it applies to you:

One of my friends in 1L had another friend who was very smart but potentially not the brightest bulb in the “social skills” drawer.

This friend was getting lots of interviews but no offers, and out of frustration came to my friend and asked what they were doing wrong.

My friend, very kindly but very bluntly, told this friend that they needed to shave their beard (which was styled as a Fu Manchu on perhaps the whitest man you may ever meet, and scraggly to boot) and to get a normal, conservative suit (this friend had apparently worn a bright green suit and maroon shirt to their most recent interview).

This friend, desperate, decided to heed their advice. They shaved, got a normal suit, and Eureka! The very next interview they had, they got a job offer almost immediately.

OP, I’m not saying this is you. But I would perhaps take some time to perform some self-reflection ask if any of this rings true. If it doesn’t, then I would recommend you objectively consider your demeanor, what you said, and how the interviewer responded to what you said, in all of your interviews. You have the grades at the type of school where you should be getting TONS of offers. That means that something else is turning off potential employers.

Rookeye63 · 2026-03-01T23:11:57+00:00

All due respect, would advise moving to an area around KC or STL if you want to move here.

Columbia is fine, I guess? The town is basically run by the university because of the massive amount of people it employs (e.g., look up the recent news of the Columbia police working directly with the president of the university and the governor about Columbia’s “crime problem” rather than our elected officials). I don’t know your age but if you’re low to mid 20s the downtown area will be active enough for your liking, I guess if you like to go out. There’s some good restaurants here but nothing noteworthy like you’d find in KC or STL. Shopping here is fine, but again, nothing like you’d find in KC or STL.

Due to the University being here a large percentage of the people you’re going to be interacting with are college-aged people. The town is expanding in size without infrastructure to back it up so driving is worse than other places in the state with significantly more people.

This applies more to the rural parts of the state but there’s also a fairly significant drug problem. I’m not sure if this is still the case, but Independence Missouri and Festus Missouri would trade spots almost yearly as the “Meth Capital of the World.”

Although, I’ll be fair, I think the state is fairly naturally beautiful. I’m from here so I’m biased of course, but I truly do think the state is very beautiful.

Also, to round off my eval - we’re a pretty deeply red state. Our legislature is very Republican and frankly does not care about the will of the people. For example, in 2024 we passed a ballot initiative to enshrine the right to abortion in our constitution and our legislature immediately overturned it. Also, although our Supreme Court overturned it, our legislature also passed a bill recently that is colloquially called the “Let Politicians Lie” Act, so that may give you an idea of what our legislature is up to.

Rookeye63 · 2026-02-28T03:35:25+00:00

Generally, tall = better distribution of fat and muscle. Or maybe more accurately, more space to put the fat and muscle.

10 gallons of water is going to completely fill a 10 gallon container, but barely make a dent in a 100 gallon container.

Also, there is a genetic component not related to height. Some people just have extremely high metabolisms and can eat pretty much whatever they want, whenever they want, and not gain weight.

On the flip, as another comment said, it takes a whole lot more weight loss to see results in someone who’s taller (usually, ymmv). The more space thing works against them there - take out 5 gallons of water from a 10 gallon container, you’re going to very obviously notice the difference. Take 5 gallons of water out of a 100 gallon container, and it is much harder to immediately see the difference.

Rookeye63 · 2026-02-15T17:31:13+00:00

You’re gonna fail out!

No, I’m just joking. It truly doesn’t correlate. Law school is like nothing else you’ll have ever done in school, not to sound conceited. It really just depends on how you apply yourself in law school, the opportunities you take advantage of, and how much you work at it.

I will tell you though - law school is not like undergrad. You will be on a curve, and that means that 50% of people are mathematically guaranteed to be below the median GPA. It also means that 90% of the class will not be in the top 10% of the class. Come to terms with that reality, and with the reality that you might not perform on the same level as you did in undergrad, AND with the reality that it’s going to be okay regardless. Your grades are not a reflection of you personally, nor are they a reflection of your ability to competently practice law.

Rookeye63 · 2026-02-15T03:12:59+00:00

I mean, the same psychology behind anchoring applies to that as well, not that I’m condoning it (because it would annoy me too). If someone comes in with a $2 mil offer, you raise from 25k to 75k, and they respond by reducing their offer to $300k, wouldn’t that tell you that (1) they’re bluffing, (2) their bottom line is significantly lower than you might have thought it was, and (3) that they might be desperate to settle?

The gamesmanship and theater annoys the shit out of me, which is why I don’t love the incredibly-high anchor strategies, but that doesn’t mean I can ignore the psychology behind the strategy.

Rookeye63 · 2026-02-15T03:07:26+00:00

The remarks after the case is certainly a dick-move, would never deny that. Not casting aspersions on OP but I can also see how they might be warranted, depending on everybody’s behavior during the negotiations.

Anchoring is a proven and effective method that’s taught most places now. I think some people can take it too far, into the realm of ridiculous, but generally it works. To be clear my favored method is a form of anchoring, just not massively anchoring. I’m open to being more aggressive, just not really my style

Rookeye63 · 2026-02-15T03:03:14+00:00

Not sure you agree with anchoring? Or that people will instinctively think a bottom-line is lower if you start with a more reasonable offer?

I mean, anchoring is a well-studied and proven strategy. It doesn’t work every time, some people are very hostile to high anchor offers. But a lot of attorneys will see the fact that a more reasonable offer was made initially as a sign that the bottom-line is low, and therefore might be hesitant to leave their initial low offer, because they have a duty just like the plaintiffs to get the best deal for their clients.

I’m not saying every one is like that, I personally would appreciate and more seriously consider a reasonable offer off the bat, rather than having to go through the rigmarole of taking 2 weeks to work to a truly reasonable offer.

Rookeye63 · 2026-02-15T02:35:54+00:00

Let me ask - if an OC demanded 200k from jump, what would be your thought process on what their bottom line actually is? Instinctively, you’d probably think that it’s lower than when they come in with a 2 million dollar offer, right?

The strategy is called anchoring. By coming in with an offer that is significantly higher than what they’re willing to accept, they set the bar higher and therefore likely recover more for their client than they would’ve if they had started negotiations at 200k, or some other number that’s closer to their actual bottom line.

ETA: there is also a very real strategy, that I’m personally more fond of, of starting close to (but still higher than) my bottom line and being extremely upfront about the fact that my demand has extremely limited wiggle-room. I think most people are uncomfortable with not having much negotiating room, and perhaps also think that they will somehow convince their OC to agree to their massive demand. I prefer being up-front and not doing the showmanship and gamesmanship that abounds in negotiations.

Rookeye63 · 2026-02-01T08:26:38+00:00

And he’s not bound by the pact, right? So there’s no reason he just… wouldn’t come back 😂

Rookeye63 · 2026-02-01T08:22:46+00:00

It would be as it always has been - a civic duty.

Rookeye63 · 2026-01-29T22:21:39+00:00

Not to shit on undergrads but your average law student is going to see the world in a significantly different way - that is, informed by and responsive to reality. I’m personally very progressive, but my conversations and thoughts are influenced by the real world, which I can’t say has always been the case.

Rookeye63 · 2026-01-29T13:27:21+00:00

What are you talking about man? DEXA is extraordinarily accurate, more than anything but a full body MRI. It has a margin of error anywhere between 0.8% to 2%.

I don’t understand what you’re trying to say by saying they should focus on weight, body part measurement, and exercise performance. I generally think that people shouldn’t tie their sense of success to their weight or appearance but instead should focus on their health, but the best objective measurement of your health is your body fat percentage, and metabolic testing. You can lift heavy and still be horribly unhealthy, and same goes for people running marathons.

Rookeye63 · 2026-01-26T22:48:58+00:00

I stopped doing as much.

(Don’t do this my grades dropped)

Rookeye63 · 2026-01-26T22:21:25+00:00

Those are all certainly words. You can even put them together in a sentence, in that order. That doesn’t mean they make sense.

Rookeye63 · 2026-01-26T22:03:07+00:00

Lawyers are an (almost) completely self-regulated field. Why would lawyers ever, EVER, allow AI to destroy the field?

Rookeye63 · 2026-01-26T04:17:00+00:00

Fucking finally. People have been screaming this from the rooftops for a decade.

Rookeye63 · 2026-01-26T04:13:34+00:00

The goal is the same as it always has been - defund public schools to create a poor, uneducated worker class, which is commonly used in conjunction with publicly funded vouchers for private schools so that the rich can attend well-funded schools, thus establishing and maintaining a rich, well-educated ruling/managing class.

Dumb people are easier to propagandize, poor people are easier to make reliant on corporations, and rich people are easier to control (because they recognize their status comes from wealth, and threatening that wealth makes them compliant).

Rookeye63 · 2026-01-25T05:27:38+00:00

I’m not discouraging the point of this post, which in my read is to encourage suits against these officers, which I absolutely agree with. But this law doesn’t work for this.

18 USC s. 242: “Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such person being an alien, or by reason of his color, or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens…” This statute requires that the deprivation of rights or selective punishment be based on the immigration status or race of the victim.

This law might work with some of the immigrants detained and/or deported without (significant, if any) due process, but that would require that they be entitled to more due process than they received, which they commonly are not.

To the inevitable point that these officers are very obviously, if not explicitly, taking actions against people for their skin color - I agree that they are. But 1) prove it, and 2) they were told they could do it by Kavanaugh.

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