Anyone use challenges to distract from the mental boredom weight loss? Do you find that they alleviate boredom/help you stay on track?

I've done challenges in the past to keep my brain entertained during weight loss. I did a 30-day vegan challenge. A 7-day fasting challenge (yeah, I know, controversial). Right now, I'm in the midst of a self-proclaimed month-without-fast-food challenge, as I know a few others are. Sometimes I'll challenge myself to a slightly higher "level of difficulty", such as a minimum number of steps per days for a week or a slightly higher deficit.

I just find that I get so impatient with weight loss that if I don't have these supplementary things to distract me, I can't keep at it indefinitely and the boredom eventually gets to me. I also find that, in general, weight loss becomes an obsession while I'm doing it and consumes the majority of my thoughts during those periods, and while I hate it, if I become less obsessive I fall off the wagon - the obsession keeps me going and disciplined.

Anyone else either experience boredom or do mini challenges for a different reason?

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