7:00 PM: Dinner is salmon, rice, and broccoli. You eat until you are full. You leave food on the plate. The world does not end.
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When you first try to exercise without the goal of weight loss, you may feel a phantom panic— "If I am not trying to shrink, what am I even doing?" 7:00 PM: Dinner is salmon, rice, and broccoli
5:30 PM: You go for a walk. You listen to a true crime podcast. You walk slowly, looking at the clouds. You stop when your hip pinches. No punishment. The world does not end