Yesterday the co-workers said my belly was smaller and I must be losing weight. That was sure nice. Still fasting 14-17 hours most days and mostly by default since it's easy to just not eat before I start night shift. Long-term goal is if I can lose the belly completely, then I could bulk up and try to add some muscle (I'm skinny-fat), but that's long-long-long term and I'd only do so if I were confident of having a diet/exercise plan that worked well for me. Until then I'll be plenty happy just losing a belly I've had for 20 years. Still got a ways to go, though. Last year was at 240, now 218, goal maybe 200. Extra bonus for me I've been doing deadlifts with a hex bar and it actually hasn't hurt my back (which is a total mess and goes out on me about three times a year). I think it's helping me stand up a lot straighter, which is probably why the belly looks smaller. I only deadlift about 180 lbs and do two reps at a time to total 10. I'm too scared to try more weight and hurt my back. I'd never really eaten much fruit because I've done a lot of keto and it says no to fruit sugars. But based on all these comments I'm going to get a bunch next time I go shopping. Blueberries, cream and stevia on top sounds really tasty.