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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not that hard to lose weight. You don't have to eat only lettuce. You just have to eat less.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Not even that, just gotta eat the right things! I can eat a ton of veggies and fill myself up.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Veggies are great too. I remember when I first started using a calorie counting app, I was blown away at how quickly the weight came off of me, even though I was getting fairly minimal exercise. I went the entirety of my teenage years being fat as hell, basing my idea of weight-loss on having observed my brother years before, running laps around the property, eating salads and other foods I disliked, and sitting in the laundry room with sweats on as though it were a sauna. This deterred me from ever really trying, and unfortunately he was usually the one giving me weight-loss advice.

Didn't find out until my twenties that I could still have the foods I liked, as long as I closely controlled the portion size and/or earned a larger deficit by walking throughout the day. I'm still a rollercoaster of self-control, but I at least remain on the lighter side these days.