First, congrats to flu for closing in on a huge milestone.
Regarding losing that excess weight around the waist, it is all intake related.
–get rid of refined carbs, have your carbs in the morning or lunch only.
–watch the sodium as it spikes your cravings and you generally end up eating more than planned
–no calories in liquid form, your body doesn’t see them
–reduce your portions slowly, too fast and your body kicks into famine busting mode and it’ll work to restore prior weight loss
–exercise daily 40-60 minutes, modest exercise is sufficient, break it up into 15-20 minute sessions, remember the modest exercise helps burn stress and therefore reduces cravings, you are not exercising to burn calories, it doesn’t compute.
–aim for very modest goals, 10-20 lbs in a year, not in 3 months.
I’m down about 20% my prior weight, dropping from BMI of 26.5 to 20.5 in 4 years and maintained ever since. I never joined a gym, I never ran.
That weight around the mid-section is metabolically doing harm, unfortunately Asians are predisposed to deposit excess weight directly to that mid-section.
