<human>: Long story short: fighting my weight essentially all my life. Was pushing 38" waist jeans and XL shirts in junior high. 210 highest on the scale before I vowed never to go over that. 5'8" height.

Last week I grabbed pants in my closet after I already cleaned house of sizes last year. This pair was tight and I thought, "Great. I know I've been neglecting the gym for a month, but I can't have already did this much damage, have I?" I looked at the size and it was a 30" waist pants; I could actually button them! Yesterday I went to a department store and tried on a different 30" waist and those fit, too! I was sporting a giant broffin top, but this is the first time I've been able to fit into that size since... before high school!

These past 2 years when I've been taking my gym routine very seriously I have not noticed any weight change. I am constantly stuck in the low 180s when at one point I got down to 167 (but still didn't fit in 30" waist pants). So.... body recomp?

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<bot>: weight has stayed same but dropped 2 shirt sizes and roughly 8" from my waist! (still want to get back into the low 170s)