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As I recovering overweight person, I have had my ups and down in terms of weight… I have lost lost significant amounts of weight in the past, but ended up gaining it back after some time.  The one big thing I did wrong those times was that I kept my old clothes… big mistake!  As I started gaining weight, I would just wear the bigger pants… (pants with elastic “comfort” waists are the worst, since you wont’ realize you’ve gone up a size until it is too late).  I ended up with a huge wardrobe, with pants ranging in sizes from 34 to 42+.  This annoyed my wife to no end, but she’s always been a good sport and supported me.

This time, I’ve taken a radical approach.  I’ve gone from a size 42+ to a size 36 and I’m on my way to a size 34.  Every time I go to a smaller size comfortably, I make a big pile of the bigger clothes and donate them.  This accomplishes two things:

1) Making the big pile feels great!  It’s a nice way to mark an in-between achievement and provides great positive-reinforcement (it makes the wife happy too)

2) Gaining weight after losing will cost you money… in many ways.

The moto will be: If I can’t fit in my pants, I’m going to the basement and put a video in to work out… I’m not buying a bigger size

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