If you aren’t already getting adequate vitamin D, I recommend that highly—taking a daily 5000 IU supplement is much easier than exercise. Of course, you want to exercise as well.
I’ve found that exercise is a very inefficient method of weight loss. Dietary change is much easier. Exercise is important for health, but it is not effective unless you also change diet. My ‘natural’ weight varies from around 160 to perhaps 200 when I shift from a paleo diet to eating whatever I want (lots of junk) - in either case I am never consciously caring about how much I eat, just varying what I eat.
If you aren’t already getting adequate vitamin D, I recommend that highly—taking a daily 5000 IU supplement is much easier than exercise. Of course, you want to exercise as well.
I’ve found that exercise is a very inefficient method of weight loss. Dietary change is much easier. Exercise is important for health, but it is not effective unless you also change diet. My ‘natural’ weight varies from around 160 to perhaps 200 when I shift from a paleo diet to eating whatever I want (lots of junk) - in either case I am never consciously caring about how much I eat, just varying what I eat.
Changing the diet will be a huge challenge since it is my parents that have the money and thus control of the food budget.
So another objective is to make enough money so I can spend on the right kind of food myself.
I’ve been taking roughly that much vit D (4000 IU) on days when I’m not getting sun. I mildly recommend it.