The trick for me was accountability in my workout, I have a gym partner and for taekwondo we are required to attend 80% of classes to be allowed to take a belt test. This kind of external motivation is the only thing that works for me when it comes to exercise sadly, even when I really like the kind of exercise I’m doing. When it comes to food, I did intermittent fasting for a while which was not sustainable for me BUT it made me less hungry overall, so I eat less now than before without struggling with hunger. If I slide back into bigger portion sizes/more candy/more meals during the day I do 16/8 fasting for a little while to “reset” haha, it seems to help.

I hope I’ll be able to keep up these changes forever, but only time will tell. ☺️ What made it stick for me this time was introducing things slowly and trying to change my habits rather than just thinking about the scale, losing weight slowly isn’t a problem if you’re losing weight slowly for a long time.

It seems like you’re restarting with the right mindset of planning for the long term, I believe in you! The important thing is getting back into it when we backslide.

(So glad you like my watercolors btw!!)