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Great job bro! Definitely tough to stick with it but once you've seen progress you never want to go back. I'm 20 myself and still have about 15-20 lbs to lose; just hit onderland sometime earlier this week, and it feels good man.

Exactly this. Preserving your LBM while losing fat is the best way to lose weight.

Congratulations! You must be so proud of yourself! I know I will be once I hit 199. I'm only 2lbs shy myself.

Listen to the above, you are not happy with your body because you need to lift heavy weights so you can look "toned". Please remember that you will NOT look like a bodybuilder! Looking like that takes A LOT OF TIME and effort. Also, I think water weight is the most common cause of scale fluctuation. New or intense exercise…

A large deficit (1000 calories or a TDEE-20% cut depending on stats) coupled with heavy weight training once or twice a week is the most optimal routine to preserve LBM and lose weight healthily.

Congratulations! You look Amazing!!!!!