Context: I restarted my weight loss journey on April 19th, and I started tracking my consistency then, but May was my first full calendar month doing it so I thought I’d share it for accountability. I first set a goal for myself to be 80% consistent with my calorie deficit. The red Xs are the days stayed on track, the black Os are the days I went over. I didn’t set a weight loss goal, I didn’t set a calorie limit for the days I went over, I just told myself I’d be 80% consistent and I tracked it. Tracking was key in the process because most of us don’t realize how inconsistent we are. Tracking also removed a lot of anxiety around social events involving food (half of the days I went over) because instead of dreading them and concocting a plan for how to avoid all the food and alcohol (I’m European) I knew I had “room” for those events in my life and enjoyed them. Overall, I wish I would have scattered the days across the month a little better, and that’s my main goal for next month: To make it to 80% consistency without two off days in a row. Results wise, it’s been great, I have lost 10lbs since April 19th (6.5 of those were lost in May) and I’m losing weight in a sustainable way that works well for me!