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  • COVID and my impending 40th birthday. A few weeks after my 39th birthday, it occurred to me that I could continue working from home for the rest of the pandemic, keep eating whatever I liked whenever I liked, and maybe pack on 10 - 20 more pounds. Alternatively, I could finally do something about it and try to lose the…
  • Congrats! Down 49 lbs. as of this morning, and also seeing a big change in my face. Feels great. Still have a way to go, but it's very encouraging.
  • Congrats. This is exactly what I've been doing since late July. Down 40 lbs. Tried many diets over the years: Atkins, South Beach, Bernstein -- none are sustainable (for me) because you're left feeling constantly hungry and deprived. Now, I eat what I want (within reason, obviously) and just keep my calories under 2000…
  • For what it's worth, I was on a health kick in 2017 (and in 2013, as my username suggests :smile:), working out every day, eating right, losing weight. Thought I was going to do it for good that time. A few months into it, my dad died. I fell off the wagon, and it's taken me until now to muster the motivation to get back…
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