Change is the law of nature. Knowingly or unknowingly, many things bring a change in our life. Here, I would like to talk about a time when my life changed for the better. It was about two years ago. My cousin, Jesslyn, visited us from Canada. She had gone to Canada for her high education. The Jesslyn I knew was a size XXL. But the Jesslyn in front of me after two years was a size XS. She was unrecognizable. She was also a lot more confident and smarter. She was with us for two days only. But just two days, weather changed me a lot. Even I was on the borderline a bit, but nothing had worked for me till that time for losing weight. I asked Jesslyn about a journey from extra big to extra small. She told me that it hadn’t been easy for her, but she had made up her mind to lose weight. Gradually and in a sustainable way, she made it a point to walk to her college. Which was just a mile. All her friends took the bus, but she walked. Surprisingly, they reached the college in almost the same time. She had to wait 5-10 minutes for the bus, but she reached the college in 4-8 minutes. What a brisk world. In everything she would go to the library of the college. So these 4 miles every day helped her. Another thing she did was add a lot of fruit to her diet. She stopped sugar all together. Just these two things and in two years she was a new person. Since then I have started walking whenever and whenever possible. My teeth are without sugar and when I’m hungry with meals I go for fruit. It hasn’t only improved my looks, but also feel healthier and more confident. All my clothes look good on me, but…
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Change is the law of nature. Knowingly or unknowingly, many things bring a change in our lives. Here, I would like to talk about a time when my life changed for the better. It was about two years ago. My cousin, Jesslyn, visited us from Canada. She had gone to Canada for her higher education. The Jesslyn I knew was a size XXL, but the Jesslyn in front of me after two years was a size XS. She was unrecognizable. She was also a lot more confident and smarter. She was with us for only two days, but just those two days changed me a lot. I was also on the borderline a bit, but nothing had worked for me until that time for losing weight. I asked Jesslyn about her journey from extra big to extra small. She told me that it hadn't been easy for her, but she had made up her mind to lose weight. Gradually and in a sustainable way, she made it a point to walk to her college, which was just a mile away. All her friends took the bus, but she walked. Surprisingly, they reached the college in almost the same time. She had to wait 5-10 minutes for the bus, but she reached the college in 4-8 minutes. What a brisk world! In everything she did, she would go to the college library. So those 4 miles every day helped her. Another thing she did was add a lot of fruit to her diet. She stopped sugar altogether. Just these two things, and in two years, she was a new person. Since then, I have started walking whenever possible. I have eliminated sugar, and when I'm hungry between meals, I go for fruit. It hasn't only improved my looks, but I also feel healthier and more confident. All my clothes look good on me, but...
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