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I will do a retrospective post about my sabbatical soon \u2013 I\u2019m not considering it to be over just yet, since I am still finishing off one project, and classes don\u2019t start until next week.<\/p>\n

But I thought I would share a separate post about one of my sabbatical goals, which was to exercise regularly, and not merely lose some weight, but actually get within the recommended range for someone my height and age. That goal was successful, and although the process began before the sabbatical, during the past half a year I\u2019ve been much more diligent and have made much better progress.<\/p>\n

\"buturugi\"I was inspired to write this post at least in part by the fact that my wife has started a new blog, called \u201cOur Daily Bread Recipe.\u201d<\/a> Her first few posts featured the recipes for\u00a0some of my absolute favorite baked items that I enjoy eating. Incredible cakes that the Romanians call \u201cbuturugi.<\/a>\u201d Homemade\u00a0bread<\/a>.\u00a0Those recipes on my wife\u2019s blog illustrate the challenges I\u2019ve faced when it comes to losing weight. My attitude used to be,\u00a0\u201cWho cares about how much you weigh, when you are eating homemade baked goods that are so delicious?\u201d\u00a0But that approach was unsustainable, and I haven\u2019t had to give up these goodies entirely in order to achieve the aforementioned goal.<\/p>\n

My wife\u2019s\u00a0most recent post is a\u00a0salad recipe<\/a>, and it\u00a0is one of the keys to how I\u2019ve lost so much weight over the past year or two. Almost every day, a\u00a0salad is my lunch. It is filling and tasty, and switching up the meats, adding olives, and making other minor changes offers variety so that I don\u2019t get bored. I\u2019ve had a lot of people ask me lately how I\u2019ve managed to lose so much weight<\/a> (around 30 pounds or so over the past year and a half, I think). Exercising and cutting out snacking have made a big difference, but a key part has also been eating a healthy breakfast and lunch. I will have a boiled egg and\/or some homemade muesli with homemade yogurt for breakfast (I expect that both of those recipes will appear on the \u201cOur Daily Bread Recipe\u201d blog<\/a> at some point) almost every day (with an exception made for something like French toast<\/a> on very rare occasions). \u00a0And a salad for lunch.<\/div>\n
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\"salad\"In the morning, I usually exercise while getting caught up on a TV show that I feel I ought to watch, and otherwise would not find time for. A half hour lifting weights and\/or on the exercise bike while watching Stargate<\/a> kills two birds with one stone. I realize that not everyone has the \u201cneed\u201d to watch science fiction for work-related purposes. But you can certainly combine something you\u2019d like to watch for\u00a0pleasure with an exercise routine.<\/div>\n
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And I think the thing that has made the biggest difference has been\u00a0cutting out snacking<\/em>.\u00a0I did some of the other things and lost some weight, but it really kicked into high gear when I made the decision not only to not stuff myself at meal times, but also to accept being hungry in between meals. I\u2019m hungry as I write this, and am simply going to wait until I have lunch. Yes, it can be distracting, but usually drinking some water, tea, or coffee is sufficient to take the edge off the hunger.<\/div>\n
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I\u2019ll say more about other things I did during my sabbatical soon. But I thought I would share a whole post on this topic, since so many people have been asking me.<\/div>\n
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And now, time for\u00a0lunch\u2026<\/div>\n
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