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by linsomniac 1264 days ago
It is, in my personal experience, all to easy to fall back into the old habits.
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No doubt. The old habits are easier. It’s way easier to order in food and lay in bed than to cook and workout. Of course, it’s overly reductionist to assume weight loss is as easy as “stop laying around, eat healthy, and exercise.”

It kind of is that simple, but there are so many factors that help prevent us from good habits. I think my biggest issue is that food is one of the few things in my life that’s ever evoked a positive response for me. I’ve gone years without being fat, but it comes back because of some issue I encounter, and I lack the tools to deal with it in a better way. So I get depressed and eat, and eventually hate myself for falling apart again, and so we go, forever and always.