Just try. The worst thing that can happen is you don’t lose weight.

I have periods of depression where I just give up and decide to eat whatever I want and not exercise. I also am a perfectionist, and I will give up if I make small mistakes. I don’t allow myself to have small wins or deviate from a plan, and I burnout. I always have this voice in my head telling me “there’s no point in trying because nothing you do will work.”

The realization I had this morning was not to put pressure on myself to make it work. As long as I’m trying, I at the very least shouldn’t gain weight. If what I’m trying is not working over a period of a few weeks, I can tweak things a bit further. Regardless of what I’m doing, maintaining is at least as good or better than what I would be doing if I wasn’t trying at all.