I am 41F, 5 foot 2.5 inches, with a current weight of 130 pounds. My goal weight is about 120 pounds. Over the past 20 years I have probably lost and gained the same 30 or so pounds about 4 or 5 times. I lose the weight, keep it off, hovering around the 120-125 mark for a few years then things in life change and my weight creeps back up and stays up for a year or so until I get really sad about it and then lose it again. When I’m in a losing weight mode I find it’s like a switch goes on in my head and I can focus on it. When I’m not in this mode I make ridiculous choices. Last year, before Covid hit, I started losing weight and during the lockdown went from 147.5 pounds to 118 pounds, in about 5 months. I found the first lockdown great for losing weight and it really helped me focus on eating well and exercising. My country was in lockdown again at the start of this year and unfortunately I did not have as good an experience and my weight began creeping back up and I slipped into some bad habits again. I’m now 130 pounds and I’m stepping on the brakes of bad eating and focusing again before I am back at being 150 pounds.
My question is how do I break this cycle? I don’t want to keep doing this break up-make up thing forever. I also know that as I get older, hit menopause etc it’s going to be harder to lose weight. When I’m losing weight and at the start of maintenance I am highly focused, track food and exercise and then I eventually get fed up doing that and that’s when my problems begin and I start into bad habits. I think of these 30 pounds as an unhealthy on again-off again toxic boyfriend and I want to dump him forever but he keeps insinuating himself back into my life! Do I just need to track my food forever? Any advice or tips from people who have experienced something similar would be appreciated. Thanks!
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