Why The Weight Keeps Coming Back

1. Habits

We all carry around the habits we’ve ingrained over the course of years, even our entire lives — and it takes time and concerted effort to entrain new ones. If you slip back into your old habits for a moment, that’s normal; if you don’t pull yourself back out of them, that’s where you’ll run into trouble. Fight for your desired habits first. Do everything in your power to shape them into what you want, because they are the foundation of everything in fitness. When the weight starts coming back, ask yourself honestly: “Am I consistent with the habits I want, or have I been slipping back into my old, unproductive ones?”

2. The pull of the ‘old you’

As habits become ingrained, they start to define the way we see ourselves. If you have no ‘proof’ yet of the person you want to be, it’s easy to look at your habits, lifestyle, and health and think this is simply who you are. But if a lifetime of choices and habits created this you, more intentional decisions can create a new you. The simplest way to start is by gathering evidence that you already are the person you want to be, from logging your habits to buying healthier food to tracking and logging your meals... it all compounds, and recognizing the changes you make helps solidify the transition you want to embody.

3. Discipline as freedom vs. discipline as punishment

This last point is a tricky one. You can stay disciplined for a day, a week, maybe even a month through sheer force of will... but if you want to stay on track for years, your success depends on a critical distinction: Do you see discipline as creating a life of freedom, or one of punishment and suffering? If your association with discipline is negative at its core, you’ll constantly be pushing up against a wall — or you’ll be miserable throughout the entire process. This is where you need to remember why you’re on this journey in the first place, identify with your ‘why’, and use discipline as your path to what you care about, not something you ‘have to’ do.

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