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The latest writing from Too Petty to Quit, with the newest article first.
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The hardest days are the ones before anything has changed
The first days of trying to lose weight can feel brutally unrewarding. You are doing the work, seeing almost nothing, and wondering why you bothered. This is the dangerous bit you have to get through before the proof starts arriving.
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Should you tell anyone you’re trying to lose weight?
Should you tell people you’re trying to lose weight? I usually don’t. Here’s why I keep my goals private, avoid the questions, and prefer a grand reveal to a public progress report.
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I named my inner saboteur Grumelda
I gave the sabotaging voice in my head a name, a personality and a pair of long red nails. Meet Grumelda Grudge, the woman I now refuse to take advice from.
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Waiting for motivation that never comes
Waiting for motivation has never got me very far. This is about the miserable truth that motivation often never comes, and how carrying on anyway is what finally works.
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What you should not trust AI to do with your diet
AI can be genuinely helpful during weight loss, but it can also guess, miscalculate and sound convincing while doing it. This article looks at what not to trust AI with when it comes to your diet, from calorie totals to meal plans, weight predictions and health boundaries.
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Use This Prompt to Turn AI Into Your Weight-Loss Companion
Use this copy-and-paste prompt to turn ChatGPT or Claude into a kinder, more useful weight-loss companion for weigh-ins, food decisions, motivation, difficult days and everything in between.
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What AI can actually help with during weight loss
AI has become my calorie tracker, meal planner, pattern spotter, memory and reality check. Here is what it actually helps me with during weight loss, including the parts that have very little to do with food.
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I want food because I want something to happen
Sometimes I do not want food because I am hungry. I want it because the day feels flat and food is the quickest way to make something happen.
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I keep waiting for the next time I can eat
Sometimes dinner is barely over before tomorrow’s food has started setting up camp in my head. When food becomes the timetable of the day, everything between meals can start to feel like waiting.
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Sometimes I’m full. I just don’t feel finished
Sometimes I have eaten enough, but the meal still does not feel complete. Learning whether I am hungry, craving one particular taste or simply unwilling to stop can help me decide what to do next.