When Someone Loses A Bunch of Weight, Maybe Don’t Lead with “How’d You Do It?”
Weight loss is not a life change that just happens with a snap of one’s fingers. There’s more to it than that, even when people say it’s just about “putting in the work.”
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It really just comes down to putting in the work.
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Schmendrik. Foolish, contemptible.
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It really just comes down to putting in the work.
It really just comes down to putting in the work, Gideon.
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it really just comes down to putting in the work
How’d you do it?
I worked very hard
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