Weight loss and the finish line

I have lost a significant amount of weight several times in my life. I know how to lose weight. The thing that plagued me was the maintenance.

I had good reasons for keeping the weight off. I know how long and hard loosing weight can be. But time after time the weight would creep back on until I  was at square one again and again.

One thing I knew as I began my health journey this time was that this couldn't be a diet and my goal couldn't be a number on the scale. Reaching a goal weight signals the end of needing the diet. No structured diet meant the weight would find its way back on my body.

My goal in 2018 has been to establish good healthy eating habits. I purposefully avoided habits that felt like a diet like meticulously tracking my food. Weight loss has been a nice side effect of eating better but wasn't my main goal.

Healthy habits like eating nutrient rich foods that nourish my body is what I hope will keep me at a healthy weight forever.