(Reposted from Cognitive Dissonance)
Editors note: Someone asked about a diet posting here... so enjoy
So about five years ago I clocked in at around 240 pounds. It's pretty easy to get up there in weight if you eat tons of garbage, never exercise, and don't pay any attention for a few years.
It finally came to my attention when I went to a new doctor after never going at all for years on end, and he pointed out that I was officially in the "obese" category. That kinda sucked. So I did the usual and picked out a diet and went to the gym. The diet that I went with was "The ABS Diet" from Men's Health magazine, which is a pretty standard "Superfoods" type diet, and it worked OK. The Gym attendance died after a few months when I ended up hurting something or another, and never went back. Just with the diet I was able to get down to around 226 or so.
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