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Things I Have Learned with Weight Loss
As I sit here, sipping some iced tea, with a dash of milk, I realize how much my body changed. First off, let me tell you something about weight loss. It is not easy. Sometimes what complicates it are things not in your control. I had one of those. It was a medication side effect, and this drug is no longer in the market. One well-known side effect was rapid weight gain. in my case, this was over fifty pounds in less than three months.
When all was said and done, I was able to lose about thirty, but then started to slowly regain. I have kept a food diary for years. These days I use Lose It because it is easy to use, and lives on my phone. So I knew it was not my diet, necessarily. As I wrote earlier in the year I then had a tooth infection and a three-week course of antibiotics. This changed my gut biome, my taste buds, and my hunger level.
On the plus side, I lost weight to the point that I am about ten pounds from a healthy body mass index. And to be brutally honest, if I do not lose more, I am happy. If I do, that be a bonus.
Regardless, I have learned a few lessons. They matter if you decide that you need to lose weight.
The first and most important lesson is that you need to discard physical reasons for your weight gain. And by that, I do not mean eating too much. If you are constantly hungry, or…