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Maximum Pace
- Aug 28, 2012
- 1,650
- 1,195
Two or three years back I suddenly realized my belts needed use of a hole nearer the end. I weighed myself for the first time in ages and found that whereas I'd assumed I was in the low seventies I instead weighed 82kg. I'm all in favour of intelligent and healthy eating but there's something about diet "gurus" that either repels or amuses me. (Here's one installment of the excellent Ben Goldacre -- an actual scientist -- debunking one of them, "the awful poo lady".) I decided that instead of spending time figuring out which expert was neither a moron nor a charlatan, I'd simply follow my own, simple-to-remember method: eat less. I'd always automatically asked for ōmori (and then never had problems consuming it). When rushed for lunch I'd always get (and easily gobble) three packs of sandwiches. Under my new regime, no more ōmori, and just two packs of sandwiches. For four months or so, I felt hungry half the day. But eventually I got used to it. I went down to 74kg and I've stayed there. (I'd still prefer half as much again in most meals, but doing without is no longer agonizing.)
(Course, I still don't have much in the way of muscles, but I didn't before I lost weight either.)
(Course, I still don't have much in the way of muscles, but I didn't before I lost weight either.)