Here is a great quote from, Danica Patrick; female race car phenomenon. She was making her NASCAR debut on Saturday at Daytona, but a 12 car pile up half way through the race put an end to that. You can get a peek inside of the belief system she uses to navigate from the quote below.

“It’s important to have realistic expectations,” Patrick said. “There’s going to be spikes in performance, I don’t doubt that. But there’s also going to be tough days. And today, I would say, was more of a tough day.”

Not a “big deal”; no “set back” to “overcome”. In fact, it was all just a part of what her belief system included and knew to expect at some point. Nothing more, nothing less.

What are some things you allowed to de-rail you in the past..things that you hadn't planned for?

What contingency plans will you put in place to smoothly address them in the future?

Break an ankle? What is plan B for continuing to get some form of exercise?

A meeting you hadn't planned on? Where and when will you exercise instead?

Remember, weight loss- and weight maintenance-barring endocrine challenges like undiagnosed diabetes, thyroid conditions etc. will always come down to eating/exercising/sleeping

So, the big question/s then, are "what have been the things in the past that interfered with eating in a useful way, exercising sufficiently, and getting the proper amount of sleep?

Whatever your answers, that represents the crux of what the challenge has been with maintaining long term weight loss.

Now, start developing backup plans, so that when these things happen again(and they will) they are no longer a problem.

Chat with you soon!

Vince