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Employ Atomic Habits’ Framework to Lose Weight
Setup your environment and it will support your weight loss
Several years ago, I watched a TV program about obese people losing weight (my wife enjoys watching such shows on “the woman’s” channel). Most of them did that by stomach stapling.
But there was one guy who lost 400 pounds without any surgery or pharmacology. He told his philosophy of weight loss:
“Eating is my addiction. I think it is the worst addiction of all, as eating itself is necessary to support my body with energy. I cannot break up with it, like with drugs or alcohol.”
He overcame his urges in the simplest possible way — he had at home only the food for his nearest meal. After a breakfast, he went to the grocery to buy his lunch. After a lunch, he went there again to buy his supper.
By the way, this is the same tactic my friend Nathan used to achieve rapid results in his weight-loss. He went to the grocery every day to buy the food products only for the next day, too.
I sympathize with the TV show guy’s philosophy. That kind of attitude to eating, especially to…
