Like many people in the time of COVID-19, Iâd put on a few pounds. Iâd gone beyond adding my normal layer of winter padding to having to rotate between the two outfits I had left that fit.
And when I say they didnât fit, I mean they physically hurt to wear. My stomach and belt looked like a tree that had grown for a hundred years around a wire fence.
I knew I wasnât up for a lifestyle change, so I went with a fad diet instead. And because Iâm a middle-aged man, I didnât know what the latest fadâ¦