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GrimReaper2023
GrimReaper2023 Posts: 1 Member
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Hey, I’m Ken. I have been here a few times. It works, this much I know from personal experience. It seems that I get craving struck and personal habits take over.
So here I am again.

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  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 35,497 Member
    Yeah, lots of people seem to succeed . . . repeatedly. Then, um, un-succeed again?

    So, I think the key question is what you've learned from that? You mention getting craving struck and slipping into personal habits.

    How can you change your weight loss plans, and better plan your transition into maintaining weight, so that that doesn't happen?

    Had you been over-restricting foods you find especially desirable/tasty? If so, can you figure out how to work them in in calorie-appropriate amounts, or at reduced frequency, to avoid that? Have you been going hard on un-enjoyable exercise, then giving up?

    What can you do to find new habits of eating and activity that gradually lead you to a healthy weight, and practice them until they're pretty automatic, so that you can keep going almost on autopilot with those new habits forever?

    It can work. There are folks here who've maintained a healthy weight long term after a substantial loss. (For me, 7+ years maintenance after 50ish pounds loss, following around 30 years of overweight/obesity.) Different people accomplish that in different ways - ways that are personalized to work for them.

    Can you think about weight management differently, find a path that can work that way for you? I'll bet you can. (The results are extremely worth it, IMO.) I'm cheering for you!

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