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No offense but at 255 and 5'7" the poster's BMI is 39.6, very close to Type 3 or Morbid Obesity (40 BMI or 100 pounds over a normal weight based on BMI). A 2 pound a week lost a this point is fine. As he gets closer to goal weight he can back of to a pound a week or so. Agree with an earlier poster. Need to figure out what…

What does watching my diet and exercising properly mean? Are you eating in a calorie deficit and how much and what types of exercise are you doing? Good luck.

Farmer's and suitcase carries. ab wheel roll-outs. The Bear: https://ericcressey.com/the-bear-core-stability-exercise/

The root cause of your problem may not be what you eat, but the fact you stress eat. Perhaps find a way to handle stress that doesn't involve food?

To be honest given the issues you have mentioned and the fact you've almost seriously hurt yourself while trying to bench, I would suggest you need a professional to look at you rather than well meaning people on this forum. A physical therapist would be what you want. A bonus if you find one who is also a Certified…

MONW subgroup (metabolically obese, normal weight) So the fancy wording for skinny fat :)

To be honest someone with a BMI over 30 and a health body composition is a college/pro athlete, special forces, etc. like in the 1% of the population. Very few meet that criteria.

If you have some medical issue, if you don't mind sharing, it may help with better suggestions.

With that comment, you need to be working on pushups even more. Forget about a barbell or dumbbells for the time being and work on pushups. Start with wall pushup, progress to pushups off a bench then ultimately on the floor. This article with videos shows good form and progressions. Go at your own pace…

Drop the bench press and do pushups for a while. If your core is as weak as you say, you need exercises that improve that weakness. Pushups will work the pressing muscles while engaging/strengthening the core. Get to the point you can do 10-15 quality pushups then try reintroducing the free weights.

Tough love coming. You have to have a strong why to fix this issue. Something that will bring tears to your eyes. Do you love your wife, do you have kids? Picture yourself laying in a casket at a funeral home with fast food wrappers stuffed all around the body and your wife and kids crying. I'm guessing you don't like that…

I would work on the root cause first. Why are you craving food comfort?

Yes you still have to do squats even if you're the guy or gal loading 900 pounds on the leg press machine. Remember, as mentioned above, squats are a basic human movement. One needs to train the movement (not necessarily with additional weight, although that is good). Reclining on a bench and extending your legs, isn't the…

But you shouldn't be having the typical US treats and desserts every day is my point (unless one is considering an apple a treat/dessert). Assuming one wants to control weight and be healthy.

Treats and desserts do not have to be a daily thing

As mentioned above based on your provide picture you don't have a significant amount of fat to lose. You might want to consider a bodybuilder/figure athlete pre-contest cut diet/exercise approach. The weight loss will not be sustainable, but it could get you in the range you mention for a few days.

Not having the strength to get off the toilet is one of the primary reasons people are in assisted living. Instead of people in their 90's in the home for this, we will see people in their 70's in that situation and it won't be long unfortunately. How many people on these drugs have added resistance training as suggested…

Anterior pelvic tilt is probably more common. This explains and gives some fixes. https://www.baptisthealth.com/blog/sports-medicine/anterior-pelvic-tilt#:~:text=Anterior%20pelvic%20tilt%20can%20have,weak%20to%20counteract%20the%20pull.

What's your sport? What is a cut going to do to your performance? Unless you're a distance runner (which you're not at 180 lbs.) your coaches will probably want you gaining muscle. Lift, eat at maybe a slight surplus and stay at 180 and improve body composition.

To be honest, a walker helps support bodyweight, just like crutches. I doubt it makes much difference in calories burned but I would consider movement with crutches or a walker similar. Summary from article linked below: A walker can make it easier to get around after surgery or after a bone break in your foot or leg. A…

The purpose of my post wasn't to make a cute rhyme. Go back to your old psychology textbooks. To make change one needs a strong, emotional reason to do so. In some cases that reason could make one cry. Something like imagining your young kids looking at your body, carrying significant extra weight in a casket. Imagining…

Find a really strong "why" you want to lose weight. The "why" should be something that makes you cry. Like being healthily to see the birth of your new baby's children. Establishing a strong "why" will make the good suggestions above much easier to implement. Congrats and good luck.

I can agree with that. If one isn't being challenged, they are not growing. And if one is being challenged they are going to be out their comfort zone.

You obviously did not had relatives impacted by Hitler.

To be honest, you'd be much better off spending the 20-30 minutes reading or listening to a topic you're interested in from someone with actual qualifications in the field.

The USDA allows 20% +/- on any food label to still be considered "accurate". Is this what you're talking about?

The calorie counts are most likely accurate. Less processed foods are generally less calorie dense than highly processed foods so the servings look larger with fewer calories. Extreme example, take a look at 100 calories of broccoli compared to 100 calories of a chocolate chip cookie. Good luck.

Personally if someone is calling themselves an influencer my ears perk up and my inclination is their advice isn't worth the powder to blow them to hell. Find me someone with years of experience, appropriate degrees, certifications, and high performing people in their field who work with the individual.

How long have you been at this?

Decent list above. Take a look at the labels and limit things with added sugar. https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/health/diet-nutrition/total-sugar-vs-added-sugar