I’m Quitting Exercise & Losing More Weight—Down to 130 lbs!

Video · published 2025-03-21

• When an injury flares up, accept it and stop the training that aggravates it — continuing (e.g., doing tricep work the day after a shoulder/bicep injury) only makes everything worse.
• Fasting (OMAD — one meal a day) combined with a keto or carnivore diet promotes healing by triggering autophagy; carnivore is the preferred end state for healing after finishing existing keto foods.
• Losing weight itself forces the body into autophagy, compelling it to consume tissue it doesn't need, which expedites recovery — the same protocol (stopping workouts for a couple of months plus diet) previously healed a knee injury that had lingered for about two years.
• The body is interconnected — an upper-body injury can radiate through bicep, tricep, shoulder, back, and neck, so even ab exercises and running must be approached carefully while healing.
• Being injured is not a reason to do nothing and regain weight; keep moving with low-impact activity like walking (and later runs, sprints, ab and leg work as healing allows) and keep pursuing a goal.
• Finish the goals you set: after staged targets of 177 → 150 → 140 → 130 lbs (at 5'6"), stopping at 131 lbs and roughly 9–10% body fat still left the goal nagging — hit the exact number, even temporarily, before moving on.
• Sequence the journey: first reach the fat-loss and healing goal (130 lbs), and only then return to building muscle.