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Hi Reader!

If you have struggled with weight for a long time, you might believe you suck at weight loss. You have made multiple attempts to lose weight, cycling through periods of losing and regaining weight. Despite successfully losing 20 pounds, 50 pounds, and even 100 pounds, you believe weight loss is where you fail:

• No matter what I do, the weight always comes back
• I have to find a better way to lose weight

What happens when you finish losing weight? Why is it that after working hard and achieving a significant result, you start gaining weight instead of maintaining your progress? As I see it, you are very successful at losing weight, but you don’t know how to maintain it.

It’s almost like there are two tracks: either restricting or indulging, undereating or overeating, eating “healthy” or eating “whatever I want”—no wonder the weight loss process is often associated with hunger, deprivation, struggle, and discomfort. Understandably, every time you start a new weight loss cycle, you want to be done as quickly as possible.

Now, we have these magic pills (Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and others), which offer a relatively easy way to lose weight. Many people are willing even to tolerate side effects, such as nausea, diarrhea, or constipation, as long as they can shed those extra pounds. Millions are injecting these drugs and will continue until they reach their weight loss goals. At some point, users might want to discontinue due to concerns about the long-term effects of drug therapy, pregnancy, or cost. As they stop the drug, the question of weight maintenance comes back.

Whether it’s Ozempic or a restrictive diet plan, the question remains: how do you eat when you’ve lost weight?

Here are some things to consider:

• Think of the process as something you are adjusting to for life, rather than just the duration of the weight loss. For example, can you eat cottage cheese and grapefruit for life? Probably not, so don’t do it to lose weight.
• Weight loss is about changing eating habits; like any change, it requires commitment and effort. Struggle, however, is optional and often stems from our thinking and attitudes rather than reality.
• To make weight loss more comfortable, set realistic expectations. You can lose weight without feeling hungry or depriving yourself. There are many shades between restricting and indulging. It might take you longer to lose weight, but you get to escape the lifelong cycle of yo-yo dieting.
• Get curious about your body’s responses to different foods or meals. Your weight is an honest feedback from your body on what you eat.
• While you are in the process of losing weight, take breaks and practice maintaining your weight.

In Summary

Whichever way you choose to lose weight, think of it as a lifelong change. Weight maintenance eating is essentially the same as weight loss eating, just slightly more permissive. Please let me know if you need ideas on how to structure this new approach to weight loss.

I'll be in touch in two weeks, take care!

Olga