![]() I ate more protein, ate less sugar and drank no alcohol. I built muscle by lifting weights and doing lunges and squats. Those things work for lots of people, which is wonderful! I just hadn't had success with them. I didn't use a trainer, I didn't do Keto or Paleo or follow an official diet, I didn't eat specialty foods, and I didn't do intermittent fasting. So here I am!ฤก0 Things I've Learned About Losing Weight While I considered writing an update post last fall, I decided to let myself get to a year and make sure I felt solid about where I am. When I posted that article, I thought it would be the final recap, but in the seven months since, I wound up dropping some more weight and learning a few more lessons along the way. Here is that post, in case you'd like to read the details. I wrote a post last June, after I had lost 43 pounds, explaining the different ways I'd approached losing weight. So last January, at my highest weight ever and with the wedding of my daughter looming in May, I just knew I had to start. With the exception of walking with the dogs, I had pretty much given myself permanent permission "not to have time" to exercise because of work, scheduling issues, and any other excuse I could come up with. ![]() After years of writing cookbooks, hosting a cooking show, owning a restaurant and bakery, and having a cooking website, the weight had crept up through the years and my exercise/activity level had all but slowed to a stop. I had zero idea how I was going to do this, I only knew that I needed to start. Roughly one year ago, I decided I wanted to lose weight.
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