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Re:Ask HN: What was your “why didn't I start doing this soon... by cade on Friday July 29, 2016 @11:02PM (#12191436)
While visiting my parents a month ago, they had a scale sitting out in the bathroom. My five year old daughter exclaimed, "Daddy, look how much I weigh! ... How much do you weigh?"

If you had asked me without a scale for reference, I would have said 160 pounds.

It was 172.

172 isn't a crazy weight, but not realizing I'd made it into the 170s (which I'd never been before) while simultaneously believing I was 12 pounds lighter was definitely a "moment".

After a month of very low carb diet, exercise, and other lifestyle changes, I'm down to 153 and feel much better too. :)

Re:Ask HN: What was your “why didn't I start doing this soon... by tasty_freeze on Saturday July 30, 2016 @12:00AM (#12191564)
19 pounds in a month! That must have been a very low calorie diet, not just substituting other things for carbs.