JustMakeMarines

You only "lose" 30% if you choose to sell; if you hold, you realize gains/losses at point of sale.

Using your own comment as copy:

"How can I write more succinctly? Too often I write overly long sentences."

Find which words and phrases don't add MEANING, those things which you can cut out without changing the message. Phrases like "I feel like whenever" are not actually helping the reader. It's totally fine to write your first draft with these phrases, but then go surgical editor mode and ruthlessly remove pointless phrases.

One big topic with weight loss is alcoholic drinks. Is it true that there is a double-whammy type of effect with alcohol and sugars? That they're metabolized by similar systems so drinking them together is more taxing than either alone? Would it be "officially recommended" to try a scotch vs. a beer, for instance, because the scotch contains less sugars?

What is your background? I'm asking because it's pharmacologically not a simple question. You mention long-term effects, but at what dose and frequency of administration are you referring to? Which studies of the drug are you referencing and in which organism?

I'd be highly skeptical of your conspiratorial thoughts about Pharma pushing it, Vets get a lot less interaction with these pharmaceutical companies since there's substantially less money in animal treatment than human treatment. Human doctors were actively pitched how opioids weren't so addictive, how there was a great deal of pain, how pain needed to be minimized for patient QoL...the Veterinary field isn't inundated with these lobbyists and these junk studies, as far as I know.

Not the OP: Each person's body stores fat preferentially in different places. For instance, some might store it more in their legs, in their butts, or in their breasts, leading to a variety of body-shapes.

If you have belly-fat that's "external", i.e. subcutaneous fat under the skin, that's a different matter than internal organ-fat that ends up in your liver. You'll see older men with fatty livers and fatty organs, they may have an extremely large gut while their other body areas seem skinny. This is NOT good, our organs do not want fat stored in them to that degree.

Like the other comment said, the best way to lose fat is to take in less calories. The easiest way IMO is to never drink calories. Cut out sugar from the coffee, cut out alcoholic drinks, cut out sugary beverages like sodas, fruit juices, etc. These things are the easiest to cut out and will give you MUCH bigger impact than tinkering with your diet.

It will be hard at first: your micro-biome, your gut bacteria, will be angry at you for 2-4 weeks. But once you get off these drinks, you'll find your cravings go WAY down as your bacteria and your body itself adjusts. My family made the switch when I was in high school and all of our BMI's dropped a fair bit due to this one change.