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Today I came to the realization that it was time to do something I have been putting off: I got a box, labeled it “fat clothes” and started lobbing clothing items into it.

Why would I want to put off doing that, you ask?

Because I’ve been down this road before. And I’ve had to go looking for the “fat clothes” box, dig those clothes out and start wearing them again when the weight went back on.

And I don’t want to go down that road again.

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No one can stay on a diet indefinitely because it is not natural. It is an artificial way of living that can be adopted and adhered to temporarily, but must come to an end.

When it does — as it inevitably will — and you revert to the old ways of eating and relating to food which were familiar to you for so long before you began the temporary program, all of the weight lost will be regained. And more. Because your body will protect itself instinctively from any repeat onslaught of starvation such as the one it just survived.

I’m not a nutritionist, but I have read a great deal of literature about this.

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I am not on a diet. I have changed my lifestyle as it pertains to food and exercise.

What’s the difference?

Conceptually, diets are of finite duration. They prescribe what, when and how much food you can eat. They involve counting calories or points. All too often the diet becomes a new obsession and when the novelty wears off or it becomes too difficult to maintain the momentum, the old eating habits are resumed. Old patterns prevail and the weight lost regained.

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I haven’t written here for a while.

Why?

Well, I felt crummy for quite a while. Through two rounds of Cipro, to be exact, I had a miserable sinus and respiratory infection which impacted my breathing, and I coughed a lot.

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Really, it’s a very simple question, isn’t it?

What are you willing to do in order to improve the quality of your life?

Notice that I did not say “lose weight.” That’s just a nice side effect of a new approach to living. ¹

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1. I’m down 53 pounds so far! However, the physical change is more dramatic than the number suggests because I am building lean muscle and reducing my overall body fat percentage.