While I’m only a social drinker, mostly on the weekends, I found myself drinking more over the holidays. I decided in late December I was going to give Dry January a try. It came down to buying new clothes or losing weight. When I tried to put jeans on, they were tight. Nearly 10 pounds may not seem like much, but on a 5’2” frame it is. He laughed, but I didn’t think it was funny. You’re still within a healthy weight range, but you may want to address that.” He asked if anything was wrong, and I said, no, but all I bleeping do is eat. When the doctor read the chart and said “you know you’re nearly 10 pounds heavier than you were last year. When the nurse weighed me, I couldn’t believe the scale. My wakeup call was a December checkup with my doctor. Because I’ve been working from home in sweatpants all day, I didn’t notice how quickly my weight crept up. The quarantine 15 is what they’re calling it. Ruth offers a recipe for this low point chicken sauté in this week’s column.
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