I'll go first. For context, I tried for the past 10+ years to lose weight, and would lose up to 50 lbs at a time, but always gained it back. I finally lost it all (125 lbs) over the past year using calorie tracking and exercise, and feel like I truly changed my lifestyle permanently.
I think my biggest mindset shift was not caring if I missed my calorie or exercise target on a given day, and instead focusing on averages. Because of that, I could have the occasional celebration or binge, and still know that I was succeeding. I think that helped me have a positive relationship with the diet and myself, which meant I had a much easier of a time keeping with it for a long time.
In particular, I had a 7-day, 30-day, and all-time calorie average I was tracking. I didn't worry about day-to-day calories too much, but if my 7-day average went above 2,000 calories, I knew to pull back a little bit (regardless of how my weight looked).
But even then, I didn't get upset about my 7-day average being high. I knew as long as the 30-day and all-time averages were <2,000 calories, I was still trending in the right direction and hitting my goal was just a matter of time.
Did you have a similar mindset shift? Different one? Curious to hear!
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