Bone density, strength and a loss phase

My dietitian gave me a target and then, more usefully, gave me three ways to hit it that did not require me to want food.

What I would say is that this is the least interesting and most reliable part of the whole business. It works and it is dull.

Something I got wrong was doing too much at the start. Two sessions I could keep beat four sessions I abandoned in March.

I found bodyweight work at home more sustainable than a gym membership, and it has been enough for what I needed.

Twice a week, whatever else happens. That is my whole strength plan and it has survived two years and one house move.

I found that a lot of the general advice assumes a large appetite, and the useful adaptations all came from people here.

What I got right was starting the lifting early rather than waiting until I felt ready, because I never felt ready.

The advice that helped least was to eat more protein without any suggestion of how, when my appetite had gone.

Thank you. Genuinely.

Something practical: I do mine on the same two mornings every week and I do not decide anything, I just go.

I keep a shake for the days when eating is not happening, and it is not elegant and it means the day is not a write-off.

Nemone — yes, and the bit that took me longest to accept was the next part.

What surprised me was how much easier the strength side got once the protein side was solved. They were not independent problems.

My experience is that this needed a plan for about eight weeks and then became automatic and I have not thought about it since.