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through my favorite stores, checking out clothes, accessories and everything
I desired to add to my new wardrobe. Also being at the mall every day I would be
one of the few customers who would get to know about the sales early enough to
grab the best buys. This motivated me not just to be regular but also to control
my emotional eating. I started to keep aside a pouch for myself and called it the
magic pouch. Every time I craved for junk food I calculated its worth and saved
that money in the pouch for buying clothes and accessories. Example if I craved
for a burger meal worth 25 Dhs that amount would be kept aside.
Now since I was giving priority to wardrobe over food I made sure to carry a
few healthy snack options like one fruit, baby carrots, crackers and nuts always
with me to the mall just so that if I got hungry I would not head to the food court.
However having a sweet tooth my biggest challenge always has been desserts and
for that I tricked myself with flavored water. Now that my junk food intake had
further reduced I lost additional 5 kilos by July 2017.
It’s been over 6 months now being stable at 72 kilos and size 16. Although
it may have taken me a little more than 18 months to lose 15 kilos and 4 sizes
but it was worth it as I did not deprive myself of anything not even the sugar in
my tea.
Though now my mall visits have reduced to 2 days a week as my daughter loves
playing at my neighborhood playground but that has not impacted my weight
loss efforts. I still continue to eat in small portions, indulge in a cheat meal on
2 cheat days and most importantly save money on frequent eat outs to do lots of
shopping. Girls can never enough clothes or accessories, can she?
Tazeen Ahmed
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