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If I Had To Lose 56 Pounds All Over Again, I Would Do These Things Sooner.
I could’ve shed the weight in a fraction of the time
At 35, I was a clinically obese office worker weighing 101 kg.
One day, everything changed for me.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson made a breaking news announcement interrupting every television broadcast in the U.K.
“from this evening, I must give the British people a very simple instruction — you must stay at home!”
The government enforced countrywide lockdowns because of a bat virus outbreak, and the only people allowed out of their houses were “key workers.”
I worked in sales for a logistics company, but somehow, they managed to Harry Houdini around the rules.
There I was, sitting in that “fast-paced and exciting environment,” with divider shields between me and anyone with a pulse and a one-way system around the building that made me feel like I belonged on a conveyor belt.
It nuked my anxiety and turned me into a walking vegetable that couldn’t string a sentence together.
In a bizarre twist, it triggered a lunch walking habit that I used as a tactic to ease…