Once I was having a small personal crisis, and I ran into an acquaintance and after chatting for a bit about what was bothering me, something clicked for him and he said "Oh... so you've done this before?" And he was totally right, it was a pattern.
I've lost 30+ pounds a good 3-4 times, and all of those times I have managed to maintain for a while (sometimes years) before things fell apart. And it got me thinking: What lessons have I learned?
- Don't go on a diet where you hate the food. You can't have all your favorite treats when dieting, but your food should at least be pleasant.
- Find an exercise that you will stick with because you enjoy it. Keep trying different things until something clicks.
- Personally, high carbs are not my friend. I've done the high-carb/low-fat vegan thing and I love the food, but I don't lose anything. Conversely, I've done keto and learned that I can tolerate higher carbs than most people and <20g carbs is too extreme for me. YMMV, but different people have different diets that work for them, look at your history and figure out what works for you. We're not all the same.
- Life is going to fuck up your maintenance sometimes. Pregnancy. Your mom gets cancer. You get your dream job with a looooong commute. Global pandemic. Is it OK that these things have meant that I gain weight? Sure, they're all stressful things. But I need to figure out some kind of backstop so that I gain 5-10 pounds and then put a stop to the gaining. Not sure how to do this. Yet. Gonna figure it out.
So this thread is for those of us who have done the weight loss thing before. What have you learned that will help you this time? What have you learned NOT to do? Where has your maintenance collapsed and what can you do to prevent that from happening again?
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