There's only ONE way to lose weight: The way that works for YOU. (Hooray, I'm a normal BMI today!)

SW: 218.8 (9/1/19) CW: 178.6 / 24.9 BMI GW: 165

I've read a lot about weight loss over the years, and there's only one universal truth that I know of (besides the unbreakable law of CICO): There are no universal truths. Everybody is different, and everyone will succeed with different paths. Here's mine, a slow and steady approach.

• Lots of diet soda. Five cans a day, I'm living proof that you can lose weight drinking diet soda. (Yes, I know it's not the healthiest choice, but it was my one vice over the recent months.)
• Low-carb, under 20 grams a day. I'm really good at abstinence, I suck at moderation. So forcing myself to eat low-carb helped keep me from packing on the pounds.
• No calorie counting. I was sensible in my eating choices, but didn't keep a diary of the food I ate.
• 16:8 intermittent fasting in the last few weeks, after I stalled.
• 1,000 calorie minimum burn per day above my BMR.
• FitBit. I don't know how I would have succeeded without it.
• A FitBit-connected scale. I weigh myself every day, which forces me to be honest, but I only pay attention to the weekly average that FitBit calculates, which I think is the best of both words.

Good luck to all my fellow travelers on the path.

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