It’s totally a diet.
But what I am planing on doing is what I did way back in June 2008 when I stepped on my scale and, over its piercing screams of horror, saw that I weighed 187.5 pounds (it could only show half pound increments, which seems like an odd limitation for something that only does one thing).
Today I weighed in at 171.9 pounds (thanks, modern-day precision!), which even a non-math expert like me can see is only about 16ish pounds short of my roly-poly former self.
(At this point I was going to share a screenshot taken on my iPhone 5 in 2012 showing my weight in MyFitnessPal as being something like 143 pounds, except I cannot find the shot now. So just imagine it here.)
The point here is my approach to getting to my desired goal of 150 pounds is not working.
It didn’t work in the early 2000s, either. In order to actually lose weight back in 2008, I had to redo my entire food plan and stick to it. I did and lost over 40 pounds. I don’t need to lose 40 pounds this time, so I already have a head start!
Here is my plan, which I will start on May 1, 2025:
- No snacks, except for fruit or veggies. And no cheating by counting something like “strawberry shortcake” as fruit.
- I will wean myself off non-sugar soda over the space of a month or so. This is to avoid nasty caffeine headaches from withdrawal, which has happened before.
- Switch to drinking water.
- Keep breakfast and lunch as is.
- Be more mindful of calorie-rich dinners.
- Continue to exercise regularly.
We’ll see how it goes.
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