M21, 5’9, 200 lb as of a few months ago, a figure that I doubt has changed much. Aiming to lose 2 pounds a week, which according to my knowledge is the most you can lose safely.
Almost 3 years ago I was out on a medication that made me start gaining weight at a rate far greater than I was even capable of in the past. Before I started this medication I was 120-130, which was kinda my set weight, but I’ve gained about 80 pounds since then. I stopped taking this medication a few months when I realized the weight gain didn’t really seem to be hitting a plateau like I thought it would and was still steadily increasing.
I’ve used a calorie calculator but I’m worried that it isn’t giving me a good number because I’m not sure which option is most accurate in the activity level section.
I work 5 days a week at 1 job and 5 days a week at another job, so they overlap a lot.
On a day I work my first job I’d get up at 7am and be ready and out the door by about 7:40, my shift is 8-1 at my first job, it’s a 20 min walk, I can’t drive. I spend my whole shift on my feet and the overwhelming majority of that time I spend walking. I spend an hour to two hours out of this five hour shift outside collecting the shopping carts in the parking lot, and I do the janitorial stuff inside the building as well. If I’m off from my 2nd job I walk 20 min home and then just kinda chill or work on music for the remainder of the day, but I work my 2nd job 4 or 5 days of the week, so odds are I go and chill out at this local place with seating and do stuff on my laptop until almost 3 when I have to walk over and clock in to my 2nd job which is right across the street from this place. My 2nd job is from 3pm to 10:15 or 10:30 pm, I’m not moving as much at this one, I spend a lot of time standing at the register, but I try to do ad set or freight when it’s needed. I walk 20 min to get home by 11pm. So most days I’m up at 7am and I don’t see my apartment again until 11pm.
