For the last four years I had gained about a pound every month, leading to 40+ lbs over 4 years. This even though I was somewhat active; going to the gym, spending all day fly-fishing, etc. After reading The Hacker's Diet, I did some math and determined that I was consuming about 150 calories too much per day.Well I know exactly where this surplus came from.
For years I have started each and every day with an evil concoction whose gluttony-enducing seduction is matched only by its massive amount of calories. The dreaded White Chocolate Mocha!
Yes, I have had one of those liquid bon-bons every day for the last four years. According to the Starbuck's nutritional site, a 12 ounce white chocolate mocha is 300+ calories. If I had instead been drinking just coffee and cream this whole time I would have lost 10 pounds a year instead of gaining 10 pounds a year.
I immediately gave up the white evil and as a result, if I don't do anything else, I'm going to lose all that weight -- it just might take four years. And you know what? That would be okay with me.
