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Lose a Lot of Weight by Making This One Tiny Change to Your Diet

An effective way to get back on track when you lose your way

Keith Dias
In Fitness And In Health
4 min readOct 5, 2020

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How do you lose Pandemic pounds?

My friend Sandra has gained 43 pounds since the start of the Pandemic. Prior to March, she had been going to the gym regularly and eating well.

After the gyms were shut down, Sandra’s habits took a turn for the worse. She never really got into a routine of exercising at home, and her diet also went progressively downhill.

Nowadays, her gym has reopened but they only allow a limited number of people in at one time.

Yesterday, she tried to book an appointment online but the slots were all full. Sandra drove down to the gym, and waited in line for 30 minutes, on ‘stand-by’. She was hoping someone wouldn’t show up, and she’d be able to take their spot.

It didn’t work. The gym was full, and Sandra didn’t get to exercise. On her drive home, she stopped by the McDonald’s drive-thru and picked up a hamburger with french fries and a Coke for dinner.

It was a depressing end to a failed attempt at exercising.

The Pandemic has led to a downward spiral for my friend Sandra’s health, and the biggest problem, in my…

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In Fitness And In Health
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Keith Dias
Keith Dias

Written by Keith Dias

Travel geek. Productivity nerd. Husband, father, son, brother, friend, joker. I once met Stevie Wonder. I’ve played competitive ball hockey for 30 years.

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