Weight loss is a marathon, not a sprint. If I get to the finish line a few months sooner, I'll only see that it's not a finish line but only another starting line- and one that doesn't have an end. If you view it as an end to achieve your goal and go back to your previous eating habits, you'll find yourself back at your original starting point or worse!
Maintenance is tricky, which is why the vast majority of weight loss ultimately fails. I'm not there yet, but when I originally lost the weight in 2010 (although I petered out before I hit my goal weight at the time, which I now see as unrealistic) I did keep it off for over six years, which gives me confidence that I'll be able to do that again. I hit enough life stress that I just stopped caring. And that's going to happen again, one way or the other, so I'll have to have a plan to deal with it.
In the meantime though, I still have more than 30lbs to go before I see how I'm feeling in terms of my goal weight. So, I'll keep on the way I've been going and keep taking things one day at a time.
But for today? I'm happy! It's just a number, and I'm not going to vow that I'll never see that 2 in front again (let's be realistic, my weight could easily fluctuate around here for several weeks!), but I'm going to do my best to make sure that this is the last time I ride this weight loss rollercoaster in this way. Yo-yo dieting produces way too much stress on my body and my health won't be able to handle it. I've already got enough medical conditions that the last thing I need is to regain all this weight. Since I'm diabetic, I may be on Ozempic or a similar product for the rest of my life, and I'm okay with that. Do I love giving myself injections? No, but it's better than needing insulin shots to control my diabetes.
I'll take the small victory and be positive about it.
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