I'm around 100 lbs heavier than my smallest, 80 of them were over the last 5 years.
The idea of "the threshold" is interesting. I think I first started feeling like a small fat guy maybe 30 lbs ago, that felt just-barely over the line. Every pound past that is more weight piling onto a person who has already started feeling fat though, I feel thoroughly transformed by this point.
For what it's worth, I have only ever increased my goal as I approach a weight I was okay letting myself reach. Maybe some people have more self control, I thought I did for a minute there, but here I am fatter than ever and ready for more 😅
5 months