I managed to maintain my weight for 1.5 years, but lost focus a year ago. I'm back now!

I lost almost 40 kgs in 2018. I kept it off for 1.5 years, and then stress caught up with me, and my healthy habits dwindled.

I have gained almost all of it back, but I'm finally ready to go back to my healthy habits. I know I can do it because I did it before, and I know how to, so it should be fairly easy this time around.

I'll focus on simple rules, that I will follow each day:

1. Intermittent fasting if I feel like it.
   
2. Only snack on healthy stuff between meals, except on Fridays.
   
3. Fill up on low calorie vegetables at dinner, by covering half my plate in salads
4. More exercise that I enjoy. Time to play some VR games, and walk a lot, occasional run and HIIT training

This time I will reframe everything in my mind. I will be focusing on eating MORE, not less. So the idea is to eat more healthy low calorie options throughout the day, thereby limiting the amount of high calorie foods I can fit in my stomach. It works better for me psychologically.

I will be following the above for 1 month, while weighing myself each day, and tracking the weight. Then I will adjust if necessary. I have been doing this for 4 days already, and I suspect this strategy might be a bit too effective (I don't want to lose weight too fast), so I'll probably start eating more healthy fats soon.

Wish me luck!

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