@Serotoninskeptic I would say most days I'm typically within a few hundred calories of baseline, but for lots of my youth I'd have insane periods of binge eating and that's how I put on most of my weight. Sometimes I still have days where I will succumb and eat like 5K+ calories but it's not too often.

@Serotoninskeptic I understand that but the rate of weight loss would be far too slow for my liking unless I make a decent cut to my calorie consumption.

@Serotoninskeptic I just gave you my reason. To clarify, I am obese.

Hi everyone. I am currently in a weight loss challenge with one of my buddies. I am planning to lose a good amount of weight within a six month period. I am not very well read on Ray Peat and all of the nuances regarding weight loss but I have heard that quick weight loss is heavily frowned upon in this community due to the lowering of the metabolism. What are some precautions I can take to mitigate metabolic damage while losing weight quickly? And to what extent is metabolic damage reversible?