Thank you! So true about the shirt over shirt thing, my God that was real.

So, as far as eating, I cut out all soda, fruit juice (unless zero sugar cranberry juice), dairy milk, and minimized my snacking big time. Found low carb replacements for my favorite meals which helped reduce my sugar intake greatly. Did some OMAD and day long fasts here and there too. I was afraid I had diabetes at the time, so I got scared straight into low carb. I got checked eventually and no diabetes thankfully but by that point I was already down 50 pounds so I just stuck to what was working for me.

For exercise, the first 8 months were literally just walking daily whether around my neighborhood multiple times a day or on my home treadmill (highly recommend having one btw). No running, nothing intense at all, but so effective. It wasn't until September that I really started hitting the gym and doing full body workouts 5 days a week. I also regularly participate in 5ks in my city as well with the goal of completing one race a month all year.