Today I gained another year for my age. It didn’t happen all at once — it’s been accumulating for a while now.
My loss has also been accumulating (deccumulating?) for a while, though not as long. Earlier this year, I set a goal of getting my weight down under 200 pounds by my birthday.
According to my scale this morning, I weigh 199 pounds. That’s a loss of 30 pounds since the beginning of the year.
How did I do it? For the most part, it was through eating less and exercising more.
I cut back on eating out for dinner. Instead, I mostly ate Michelina’s Lean frozen entrees (sometimes with a can of tuna added) or Lean Pockets.
I went from two Sausage Egg McMuffins for breakfast down to one. (I’m not kidding.) Or else a Clif Bar energy bar.
Usually no lunch or just a light snack.
I bought a treadmill two Christmases ago, but didn’t really start using it until this year. I put it in front of the TV. It’s amazing how quickly 40+ minutes of walking goes when watching a TV show.
And then there’s one other thing that I’m not sure whether it had an effect or not. I have asthma, and I’ve been taking an amino acid (NAC) that’s supposed to break up mucous in the lungs. But NAC is also being tested for stopping nicotine and cocaine cravings, so maybe it lessens food cravings, too? If so, then NAC made it easier to stick to my diet. (FYI, I have never craved nicotine or cocaine, so I don’t know whether it works on that.)