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Isn’t it true that weight loss has now become a mind-boggling problem?
This is particularly the case given the proliferation of diets that is currently obtaining in the intensity of the situation thus making one not know what actually is a success story.
But if the messages passing across are confusing it is made worse by different advisories. Today I invite all of you to mute all the distractions and focus on science.
Here are nine evidence-based strategies that worked for me to lose weight and prevent regain: no quick wins, no gimmicks.
My Weight Loss Journey
But as a way of creating a backdrop to all that is about to follow, I feel it is necessary to recount my personal experience of losing weight. I’ve shed the pounds — about 40 pounds to be exact, if the scale is to be believed.
I have never been a very large person; nonetheless, the highest weight I obtained was 160 pounds, which was quite significant for me. I did not take pictures of this period as I was shy, but the change was gradual and in phases.
