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A substantial portion of those 240 pounds must surely be muscles?

Lol, not on my body.

I have at least another 20 pounds to lose.

I was on a path to just get fatter and fatter, pumping myself full of insulin and various other drugs. Vs limiting how many carbs I consume.

Respecting how dangerous soda is, particularly in the massive corn syrup quantities Americas consume, has done wonders for my health.

Hell, I'd argue excessive soda consumption is worse than smoking.

How tall are you? At 240 you either have a lot off muscle, are very tall, or have a lot more than 20lb left to lose.

A person would have to be about 6’8” to have a “healthy” BMI at 220.

I'm only 6', but I'm content with getting down to 220.

I do intend to live in Europe for at least 2 months, with any luck I'll lose weight given the higher quality food. Worked last time

Makes sense. Obviously you decide what your comfortable weight is. I just realized my “lot of weight to lose” reads very condescending.

Congrats on the weight loss so far!

A substantial portion is almost certainly bone mass, from quite tall bones.