Practice This

Disclaimer: I am not a physician or a diet professional. Here I describe my personal practice. Consult specialist before taking actions described in the post.

My mom came visiting us the other day. After she left my wife told me what my mom told her. It was “Darling, Alik was such a pretty boy, what happened to him now? He is so fat…”. I decided it is time to take action.

I set 4 rules that I can easily follow and also enjoy my life:

• Rule #1 – Eat protein rich food separately from carbohydrate rich food. This is practice I use for last 15 years and it kept me from becoming really fat. Once I stopped doing it and in one month I became a real behemoth. The technique is simple – I never eat meat with bread, rice, potato, or pasta. I do eat all these but separately. My breakfast is carbohydrate rich food. My lunch is about meat and vegetable. I sometime give up on meat and eat just rice, potato, or pasta for my lunch.
• Rule #2 – Do not eat after 7 PM. That one is not easy. That is why I made one exception to it. I can eat low calories vegetables – my favorite are kohlrabi and cabbage.
• Rule #3 – Drink a lot of water. I made a habit to carry a big bottle of mineral water with me to any place. I usually drink 2 1.5 litter bottles a day. It helps me pushback my desires for a snack. I heard fashion models eat ice. It is far fetched for me but carrying water is reasonable. Make sure the toilets are in proximity…
• Rule #4 – Do sport. I needed something that fits into my life rhythm. I only can do sport late at night – starting 10 PM. It must be something both stretching and relaxing. Swimming was natural choice. Luckily, there is great country club in the neighborhood and they have great pricing plans.
• End result. I lost 8 kilograms in one month while eating without any strict restrictions on amount and type of the food. I feel great, I stopped snoring – my wife really love that one, my friends compliment me I look good.

Lately my sister visited me and she has noticed at once I lost weight. 30 minutes after she left I got a phone call. It was my mom on the phone – “Son, I just have spoken with your sister and she said you lost weight. It is no good, dear. You must eat well. Promise me you will eat well”. “No probs, mom, I will”. Go figure….

“God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.” – proverb.