* When my jeans feel comfortable again.
* When I have to start wearing a belt.
* I suck in my stomach, and I can see some definition, like a 4-pack.
* When my belt notch moves back to where it used to be.
* When I don't get tired walking up two flights of stairs to my office.
* When I can see my cheekbones.
* When I don't have to inhale to button my pants.
* When friends or colleagues ask me if I've lost weight.
How many of these do you use?
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