Hey there. I used to be a chronic diet restarter. You know the type… start a new program on Monday, hype myself up, swear this is “the one,” then crash and burn by the weekend. Hit repeat the next week. Sound familiar?
At some point, I had to step back and ask myself what was really going on. Why was I always starting over? And the answer was pretty simple. I was chasing excitement. I thought weight loss was supposed to be this thrilling journey. But the truth is, the day-to-day part of this process is incredibly basic. And that’s actually a good thing.
Here’s what finally worked for me. I picked an eating and exercise plan I knew I could stick with and I committed to it for six months. Not six days. Not until I got bored. Six months.
It didn’t matter if the scale moved in week two or stayed exactly the same in week twelve. I stopped measuring success by the scale alone. I started tracking progress with photos, waist measurements, and energy levels. I took a full-picture view of what it actually meant to improve my health.
That shift in focus helped me get real with myself. I wasn’t going to “hack” my way into lifelong health. I had to build habits. That meant doing the boring stuff consistently. Drinking water. Getting enough sleep. Moving my body regularly. Following a basic nutrition plan that didn’t make me miserable. It meant turning fitness into something so routine that it became just another part of life.
If you're stuck in the loop of constantly restarting, I want you to hear this… it’s not because you're broken or lazy or doing it wrong. You’ve just been conditioned to think that results have to come fast or feel exciting all the time. That’s not real life. What works is picking a plan that fits into your life and sticking with it even when it gets repetitive. Especially when it gets repetitive.
And look, you’ll still have that voice in your head trying to talk you out of it. We all do. That’s why learning how to be your own coach is so important. You’ve got to get on the same page with yourself.
So if you’re a chronic diet restarter, this is your invitation to stop. Choose something simple, sustainable, and build the consistency muscle. Let this be the last time you have to restart.
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