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(29,655 posts)Irish_Dem
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(29,655 posts)soldierant
(6,854 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,014 posts)Luciferous
(6,078 posts)That's what did it for me... I got an elliptical and started working out every day and had more time to prepare healthy meals.
Irish_Dem
(47,014 posts)And then when many of us had the time, we didn't use it wisely.
We just became couch potatoes, eating all the time.
I am working hard right now on a very healthy diet, and walking every day.
Going to start lifting light weights.
soldierant
(6,854 posts)started regularly getting up around noon - which I had been doing, but hadn't gone further. I started making what I had been calling "dinner" my "breakfast," and grazing for the rest of the day.
And I didn't lose a phenomenal amount, but enough for about one size, and it was effortless.
And then I am also a born introvert. I never did eat out much - maybe once a year with a close friend. And I have food allergies, so watching what I eat is almost automatic.
Now that I think about it, I suppose it would be possible for many people to turn their meals around, start large and proceed to small portions through the day.
Irish_Dem
(47,014 posts)Getting more sleep suited to your body.
I have always read that having the big meal early in the day is best.
I myself don't eat after 6pm and eat two small meals.
One about noon and the other abut 5pm or so.
I never was a breakfast eater.
I am also an introvert with food allergies, so it is hard to go out to eat, and I don't really mind.
I was a lot more active before Covid, I had joined a number of activities, forced me to go out and be social.
Now I am out walking every day, around two miles a day.
Having a sweet tooth is my downfall, but now I am really trying to eliminate sugar from my diet.
Watching carbs, sticking to protein and veggies a lot.
Thanks for the info, it is helping me take some healthy steps.
Luciferous
(6,078 posts)Moebym
(989 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,014 posts)Great fund raiser.