Cut That String....

9_Bill_1
9_Bill_1 Posts: 206 Member
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I've been like a yoyo...down then back up...over and over. Hoping this time that string breaks and I can stay down.

Can use all the help and support I can get…

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  • SunnyVibes0416
    SunnyVibes0416 Posts: 3 Member

    I am also troubled by these things, maybe we can discuss it with each other

  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 38,350 Community Helper

    Hello, and welcome!

    As an MFP old-timer, now in long term (9+ years) weight maintenance after around 30 years of overweight/obesity, my most sincere advice would always be this:

    Make an easier to follow plan, rather than a "lose weight fast" plan.

    Think in terms of experimenting to find the personally-suitable long term habits that will gradually take you to a good weight and improved fitness. That's an entirely different mindset from "lose weight fast", let alone "lose weight fast then go back to normal". The latter is the yo-yo plan, right?

    I'm talking about finding an enjoyable way to eat, fun ways to exercise, ideally. If enjoyable/fun seems out of reach, at minimum go for tolerable/practical. Anything less is hard to stick with long enough to lose a meaningful total amount of weight, let alone for the rest of our natural life.

    The less motivation, willpower, or discipline the plan requires, the higher the odds of success, IMO. Sure, it won't be psychologically easy every second, because change isn't always easy. But it doesn't need to be miserable, either: Being overweight isn't a sin we need to expiate by suffering.

    When experimenting to find those new permanent habits, not everything we try will work. That's OK. Cross that thing off the list, try something else. Other people can give us ideas, but we need to find our own actual solutions. Each of us has different preferences, strengths, challenges and lifestyles. Our tactics need to fit us, not just be the latest trendy whiz-bang workout or diet plan. (Those are mostly dumb, anyway, IMO.)

    Give it some thought. Look for an easier plan. Chip away at new habits. You may be surprised what that adds up to, given persistence and patience. I sure was.

    Best wishes for success: It's more than worth the effort!

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