
07/23/2025
If you’ve lost the same weight over and over, you’re not broken; turns out you are an actual human. You’ve just been using short‑term diets for a long‑term goal, and that is a tough deal to keep up.
Let’s go through a few steps to help you fix that today.
1. Quick Diet History
Grab paper. For each “diet” you’ve tried in the last 5 years, write down:
-How long you stuck with it
-What you restricted
-What worked
-What broke it
It doesn’t have to be in-depth or super accurate. Patterns will jump out. Those show us where to start.
2. Pick ONE Daily Practice (Choose the one you’re 90% sure you can hit 5+ days/week)
A. Protein + Produce at Lunch & Dinner
B. Eat Slowly to ~80% Full
C. Protein With Breakfast Every Day
Any is fine. Confidence beats perfection.
3. Install an Afternoon “If–Then”
Example:
If it’s 2:30–4:30 pm and I want chips, then I will:
-Drink 8–12 oz water
-Eat my planned anchor snack (protein + produce),
-Wait 10 min. If I still want chips, I’ll portion a small bowl and sit to enjoy them.
We’re sequencing, not banning.
4. Track Consistency, Not Perfection
Make a weekly scorecard:
Let’s say your goal is to have protein at 2 out of 3 meals per day. Count how many days of the week you accomplish that.
When you average 5 out of 7 days over 2–3 weeks, we add the next practice.
5. Measure What Matters
Check weekly:
-Energy (1–5)
-Hunger control/cravings
-Clothes fit or waist measurement
-Weight (optional, trend over time)
You don’t need another extreme diet. You need small, repeatable upgrades that survive busy days.
If you need help creating AND sticking to that plan, I’m pretty good at helping people do that :) Just reply and type Plan if you want to learn how that might work for you.
There is a better way,
-Joe