Why do we often regain after reaching our goals...
I've lost hundreds of pounds, but later regained them. Anybody with me on this?
Sometimes it's cockiness, sometimes complacency, sometimes it's overwhelm ... and sometimes those things are just the excuses we cook up.
I read a good blurb today that I want to share. It's from Ryan Holiday's book Ego is the Enemy:
SUCCESS
Here we are at the top of a mountain we worked hard to climb—or at least the summit is in sight. Now we face new temptations and problems. We breathe thinner air in an unforgiving environment. Why is success so ephemeral? Ego shortens it. Whether a collapse is dramatic or a slow erosion, it’s always possible and often unnecessary. We stop learning, we stop listening, and we lose our grasp on what matters. We become victims of ourselves and the competition. Sobriety, open-mindedness, organization, and purpose—these are the great stabilizers. They balance out the ego and pride that comes with achievement and recognition.
This time, I have not regained the weight and throughout these seven years, I have kept to the task as if reaching goal weight didn't happen.
Many of us have observed in /r/loseit that reaching our goals is anticlimactic. We expected a confetti, a party ... we expected something. But it was nothing like that and its moment was fleeting.
Am I proud? Nobody would understand except for us /r/loseit people. I'm pleased that I'm among those here who have cracked their personal code and are putting in the work to take off or keep off their weight responsibly. We're a little proud but mostly humble because we respect what taking our eyes off of the task can do. Yesterday's work mattered yesterday; today we have to earn it still.
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