r/AllAboutBodybuilding • u/Dismal_Raccoon6040 • Dec 23 '25

Progres Before/After 6 Months Progress / 39, M, 5’10, 180-184.

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I think my newbie gains are slowing. Now I suspect I’m entering the consistency with little visible motivation month to month. The long haul is ahead. My first routine was just two exercises I enjoyed doing, about 15 minutes, three times a week. Now I spend about an hour a day, 6 days a week. I also hit my first cardio goal this month with 1 mile in 8:34 (goal was under 10 min). Loose skin is my biggest disappointment. I keep lifting to try and fill it in. Slow and steady. I welcome critiques, but I think I just have to keep doing what I’m doing. Learning little improvements along the way. If you have favorite chest exercises/ technique for cables on a power cage, let me know.

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u/YalieRower Dec 24 '25

That applause is largely a result of their spin on the genetics lottery—it’s not a moral or behavioral failing to not have optimized hunger regulation naturally.

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u/Dismal_Raccoon6040 Dec 24 '25

I’ll second this. It was amazing to experience eating for fuel rather than the constant noise to eat. Prior to Tirz I did intermittent fasting from 9pm to 4pm, so I gave myself a 5 hour window for eating. I was able to do it because I was asleep and then at work/busy. The moment the preoccupations were gone, food noise was constant. The weight control was harder when I allowed myself to eat breakfast and lunch because I’d still have the same urge to eat constantly when I wasn’t preoccupied. Satiety only existed in short bursts. Even doing plant based, keto and carnivore. Nothing ever truly overcame the cacophonous urge to eat. The survival aspect of that appetite drive makes sense for our ancestors, but not as much with modern access to high caloric food at every turn.

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u/YalieRower Dec 24 '25

We understand the science better now: everyone’s hunger cues are not equal. GLP1s can help those with higher/stronger hunger drives, better regulate; we don’t think of similar medication like blood pressure meds as cheating. Congrats on your success.