Why Do You Keep Regaining All Your Weight?
Maintaining Maintenance Isn't Sexy
The word “maintenance” isn’t very sexy. And that’s the problem.
You’ve probably heard this before:
“95% of people regain the weight after a diet.”
That stat gets thrown around a lot.
In reality, it’s probably closer to 30–60%.
The exact number doesn’t really matter.
The point is: it happens. A lot.
Most people don’t have a weight loss problem.
They have a weight maintenance problem.
And it’s not just because you “couldn’t stick to it”.
It’s because most diets are designed to blow up in your face.
You spend four, six, maybe even twelve weeks focused.
Cutting back hard.
Saying no.
Watching the scale drop.
And then?
You relax.
You return to “normal”.
But if that “normal” is what led to the weight gain in the first place…
You already know what happens.
You return to your slightly less miserable life.
Just now with more food.
The countdown begins.
So when you hit a week or two where the scale doesn’t budge…
Or your measurements stay the same…
You throw your hands in the air and declare it’s not working.
You start second-guessing everything.
Maybe you need a supplement?
Should you cut carbs again?
Maybe it’s your metabolism, or your hormones, or your breakfast?
(Although Slimming World Karen is definitely to blame for something.)
You’re not doing more—you’re looking for a faster way to do less.
Maintenance isn’t sexy.
No one claps when the scale holds steady.
No one posts about being 71.6kg again this morning.
But that’s the skill no one learns.
How to hold it.
If you can’t maintain it, you never really had it.
Some of you would rather stay hungry than risk maintaining.
You don’t trust yourself with a bit more freedom.
You assume that if you’re not losing, you’re failing.
You’re not.
You just hate the idea that boring might be working.
Your Task For Today
What if this is working?
What if this week of “nothing” is the thing that proves you’ve changed?
You’re not broken.
You’re just maintaining what you have.
And that’s rare.
On the next one: Being consistently inconsistent—and why your Jekyll-and-Hyde routine from Monday to Friday is undoing you every weekend.
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