Growing up as a fat kid wasn’t exactly a piece of cake. Being somewhat kinesthetically challenged (a.k.a. – clumsy) I preferred reading over playing outside and it wasn’t until puberty hit that I finally lost some of my childhood chub. Not until my college years, however did I finally start becoming active on a regular basis.<\/p>\n
My first year in the Mile High City was the adjusting year. A mixture of stress and homesickness caused a yo-yo effect on my diet and ultimately my weight. I would use food as a coping mechanism. After that first year I moved downtown where, parking being the bitch that it is, it proved much easier to walk rather than drive. I was forced to walk more – to school, food, stores, friend’s apartments, EVERYwhere. The local restaurants also offer food that is less greasy and smaller in portion size than what is offered in San Antonio therefore reducing my normal calorie intake.<\/p>\n
Those lifestyle changes are what helped me lose the weight I had gained the first year in college and what helps me continue to keep the weight off. When I go home to visit, people ask me what it is that\u00a0 I’ve done to lose so much weight. It almost seems too simple when I say “walk more\/eat less” but it’s true. Now, if only it were that easy to help cities like San Antonio tackle and overcome their obesity problems. Maybe there is an easy way?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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