Last August I weight 295. At 5'10, this was ... bad.

went on Keto diet and lost 20 pounds in two months.

Didn't have much money at the time as I just changed jobs(to a much better job) and apartments so by the time I had money for a gym membership it was the beginning of December. fast forward 6 months of lifting later and Im down to 220 lbs. Also Im on a 180 day no fap/no porn steak (at day 180 now)

Unfortunately Im still about 40 pounds from my goal.

Last month I stopped monk mode and started approaching.. a lot. Met some pua type friends who for some reason believe that you can pull girls even while fat.

I...well I can't. over at least 400 approaches since april and. . I have gotten 0 results. this is like an hour and a half a day of approaching. so not that much time spent out of the day I still lift and eat right. I do One meal a day with the occasional 44 hour fast (did two this month)

The women front is a disaster though. like At least with lifting, after a reasonable amount of time you can see SOME sign of improvement. But with a approaching a lot as I am. . its not working for me.

Im considering going back into monk mode for a few more months to focus on getting my body on track and other mission related projects and just forget about women altogether for a while.

No one wants me when Im down in the valley, or even climbing the mountain. So It seems I hae to get to the mountaintop.

I saw illmitible Mans post on the sidebar about taking a year off game while getting yourself together . But I saw another post about "not being able to monk mode your way to success" So at the risk of being spergy here, should I return to monk mode untill my body goals have been met and just forget about women altogether for 5 to 6 more months? Or is it still worth it to approach even in a bad state that im in?