What did you do during the COVID-19 Pandemic?
Remember the common essay question asked to write about when you returned to school in the Fall? What did you do during your summer vacation?
This memory recently struck me as I finished almost four (4) months of intentional weight loss using the NutriSystem program. I have lost just a bit over 40 lbs.
My journey started on February 13 when I made the decision that I wanted to improve my health through weight loss. After years of effort via, exercise and attempts to limit my food intake, I decided I needed to get serious. Emphasis on the word “attempts”.
I have always had to watch my weight which goes back to when I was a child. At age 7 I was diagnosed with Legg-Calve Perthes (LCP) Disease. That diagnosis began years of restricted physical activity while my hip joint developed. My physical activity restrictions caused weight gain that I learned early in life would increase my leg pain. So weight has always been a “sore” subject (literally) with me as tried to keep it down to limit my discomfort.
So back to my original story. In February I made the decision to lose weight. This was a time just before the COVID-19 Pandemic caused my State (Illinois) to implement a shelter in place Order by our Governor. So my original plan was to combine my regular exercise routine with a new dietary regiment. Of course that did not happen. But dispute this unexpected COVID “stay–at–home–cation” I was not deterred.
After about a month and half I had lost nearly 20 lbs. That was my original goal. But I changed my mind as I decided to reset my goal to reduce my weight to a Body Mass Index (BMI) at or below 25%. This is the upper threshold for normal weight. So that became my new aim.
I don’t want to make this post an advertisement for any specific weight loss program. But personally, I found that NutriSystem foods good to eat and its methodology gave me the discipline and routine I needed at a time where most of our routines were tuned on their heads. Actually as I write this that is still the case for many of us. But there are many other dietary programs that others might find effective.
So let me end by saying that whatever small routine you can either establish or follow during this weird time in our Country my be more beneficial than you realize.
What did you do your COVID “stay-at-home-cation”?
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