I'm a recent divorcee, 10 year relationship ended right before the pandemic. Between the end of the marriage, the actual divorce and the pandemic, I put on a bunch of weight and my self esteem was at an all time low. Before I got married I never had a problem either talking to women or picking women up.

About 4 months ago I started both the Keto diet/intermittent fasting and I went from being completely sedentary to working a job where I'm on my feet for 8 hours and rarely get a chance to sit and eat a meal. Not that my place has many keto options, I use this time at work to fast and then do one meal a day.

I've lost 48 lbs since I started the diet and have dropped three pant sizes. I went from XXL shirts to XL and I love the way they fit on me. I'm actually on my way to being slimmer now in my 30s than i was in my 20s.

This has been great but the only hangup I have now is my age. Even though Ivr always had a bit more weight on me, I've only dated girls that most people would consider traditionally beautiful. In other words I am very picky. In my 20s and when I'd get in shape a bit, I was crushing it with the 20yo hotties.

I'm early 30s now but like I said, I'm same size now as I was 10 years ago. Still have my hair, and I've only just recently splurged on new, nice fitting clothes. Still for some reason I know I feel something about being 30 something and women can sniff out insecurities like crazy so I need to watch that.