The odds favor that, having lost all that weight, we're going to regain it.
Don't hate that sentence. Use it. Forewarned is forearmed.
If we feel devastation upon regaining some of that weight back, it means we didn't consider that happening in the first place. But if we go into this knowing that a month - six months - or two years after hitting goal weight that we're more likely to weigh much more, then we can make a plan for what to do as we reach our goal weights to prevent it or calmly react to it.
"Fortune falls heavily on those for whom she's unexpected. The one always on the lookout easily endures." -- Seneca
This doesn't mean that maintenance is as hard as losing weight. as it is harder to crawl out of a ravine than it is to take care to avoid falling into one. It does mean, though, to keep some kind of effort up and to be ready to react early and with coolness when it happens. Regaining is not a surprising event, and we already know how to lose weight. Just do it.
And, if you're reading this, having already regained most or all of your weight back, you might be feeling angry and regretful. Can I offer, though, that this is the feeling of someone who was innocently conned. You lost that weight. You put in the time, did the deeds, got the results, and it seemed like you owned them: but they evaporated. Again, this is what normally happens. We're kinda wired that way.
We're often paying attention to our latest crises, which is why those bridges that were new 30-40 years ago are deficient today having been poorly maintained. It's unusual to keep any focus on a problem already solved; we're not in that practice.
Stow away your feelings of self-condemnation -- you're no more a fool than any of us. Just fix it and now you know.
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