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So I did exactly what everyone tells you not to do. But, it has worked great for me and I've gotten better results than I could have even imagined. However, I will need to alter my approach in the near future, and would be open to suggestions.

Journey began officially on April 6th, day after 36th birthday. Started at 345 pounds and currently at 282. So just a tiny bit over a pound a day for 2 straight months.

Now before you freak out and start typing, I feel amazing. I'm not losing hair, I'm going to the bathroom every day, and no I'm not hitting protein goals, I'm barely cracking 400 calories a day most days. Sometimes I just don't eat at all. I would estimate that out of the 63 pounds lost less than 20% is muscle, most likely less than 10%. But don't know for sure.

I understand this approach is not sustainable for much longer, but it feels wonderful to get a jump start on the weight loss with end goal being around 175 pounds.

For dosing the titration is where I can say the results came from. This was the very first time trying anything like this and started at 1MG. Did that for another week. Then bumped to 2. 3 the next week. Then straight to 4. Then straight to split dosing and kept it 4 per injection every 4th day. So by week 6 it was 4MG every 4th day, and that has been a sweet spot since. Sometimes it's more like 3.5 MG but consistently 3.5-4 MG every 4th day for 5 weeks. My side effects include mild nausea and sulphur burps, but nothing too terrible.

Guessing I can manage another month or so of barely eating but at some point coming up I'll have to alter something. My main idea is to just reduce the dose and try to eat more as my body tells me it needs it. Or maybe it would be better to give up the split dosing and go back to once a week.

@brandenscheidecker I'm doing resistance training 1-2 times per week and have not noticed any strength loss whatsoever. I could have added that I used to be in great shape about a decade back. I still hold a lot of muscle on my body. So I agree I am losing some muscle, I don't think it's nearly as much as the YouTube doctors would have you believe. Also I think that's a fair trade anyway, I'd make that trade in my position. 10 pounds of muscle to drop 40-50 pounds of fat. That's a good deal, I'd make that deal.

Yes also walking, trying to do more of that every week. Usually do a minimum of 30-40 minutes a day and then on the weekends when I have time I go for longer walks of about an hour, plus I'm mildly active. Right now I work as a truck driver so it's hard to be super consistent with everything because I work 14-15 hour days 5 days a week and it's tough with those kind of hours. The good news is I'm healthy as far as I know aside from being overweight. No medications and just a few mild nagging injuries, nothing too serious.

@jamiegallien I really appreciate the intricate and personal response. That is some wonderful information and I don't really disagree with anything you've said.

Now having said that I'm going to say that I'm probably going to continue pushing forward with my 4x4 method for a few more weeks. I've decided that 100 pounds in a 100 days sounds pretty cool. I'm already so close to that anyways. That would put me right at 245 pounds.

I do worry about some of the things you've suggested, mainly the gallbladder but I have electrolytes salts and I've done extended fasting for years.

I would say there's a zero percent chance at this point that I've lost 30 pounds of muscle. It's definitely much less than that. I have not lost any strength whatsoever. All my lifts are exactly where they were 2 months ago. This is the main way I am measuring my progress apart from the scale actually. As soon as I start to lose strength, I'll know I've gone too far. I am willing to cross that line, but if I do I will admit I have gone too far.

I will add that my ultimate goal here is to transition into a long term healthy lifestyle. I get that. That is what I want.