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How to lose weight: on losing 40 lbs in 4 months 16 comments
Published on July 22nd, 2007

This essay is NOT about me attempting to convince you, the reader, that you should follow in my footsteps. I don’t want to engage in any arguments on how to eat right and proper exercise regime. Instead, this is merely a recap of my own experience. I AM NOT A DOCTOR, nor am I a nutritionist.

Back in December 2006, I published an article on this site, where I listed my New Years resolutions, one of them being getting my weight down to 175 lbs by the end of the year. At that time, my weight was 213 lbs. I started losing weight in February, and reached my goal in June. I plateaued for a while, but now my weight is down to 173.

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How to start and keep practicing any activity 5 comments
Published on November 28th, 2006

You all know the scenario: inspired by reading, seeing or hearing how great and useful something is, you decide to incorporate it into your life. Be it going to the gym, learning how to play golf, writing a page of your novel a day, it’s going to make you healthier, make your life better, it’s good for your teeth, etc.

Bursting with enthusiasm, you set bold goals for yourself, faithfully following your new schedule. Until one day, you miss it. You might have a perfectly good excuse, but it really doesn’t matter. You missed a day, and then another one. You know where this is going – soon enough you stop doing that activity altogether, felling pretty bad about yourself. You might make up elaborate excuses as to why it didn’t work out. You might do the opposite and get depressed, thinking that you’re a weak-willed person, since you can’t follow through with something that is beneficial for you.

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