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222 pounds

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As a rule of thumb, weight loss is generally 75 percent diet and 25 percent exercise. I might walk 5+ miles a day but I need to work on cardio and weight resistance training. I have friends that work out like monsters but drink like little fish on the weekend. No different then when I do well 5 days a week and had "Ben and Jerry" weekends. The picture below is my screensaver on my phone. I made it to remind myself of the OMAD (One Meal A Day) approach i'm striving for. Really isn't that had, most days.

maintaining weight lost while loosing more. A new concept I'm doing.

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I'm happy where I am...for now. I am working on loosing more than 40 pounds but I have stumbled upon something missing from most "diets." I need to practice maintenance now. It's like my mindset. 90% of how my weight loss goes is how I mentally handle it. It's allowing myself "cheat meals". I had a party to go to the other weekend and I let myself go. Not like I used to but I still tasted EVERYTHING.      It's like driving a car without my instructor with  me and realizing  I need to practice driving on my own. 95% of all diets fail because of weight loss ending and not learning how to keep it off. Not doing much different than in my "diet" mode, but I am practicing getting my mind around the fact that I am still fat, but not as big as I was before.  I plan on uploading pictures I've taken of the last months OMAD meals. Don't starve. I've lost around 60 pounds over the last 7 months and i'm ok if it takes longer to loose th...