i actually lost about 70 pounds in 7 months due to the half fasting that coelho does. i would eat one main meal a day, and id be set for the rest of the day afterwards, and i actually found weed to be of help to that, because i used to eat when i was bored, well after smoking weed, i started to make new friends, spend more time doing activities, and it made me work harder because i knew i needed money in order to support the lifestyle i was wanting to live so i became a full time employee since college didnt work out for me the first run i had. And college for me was failing before i even started smoking so it wasnt the cause for that, it just exacerbated the problem to a tiny degree, as i was already mostly done by the time i had stopped.