We don’t have a weight gain problem in this country, we have a weight regain problem.

If you’ve ever gained weight back after a diet, you know this from personal experience!

That’s why, in this post, I’m gonna share the top three mistakes I see people make after a diet that lead to weight regain.

I’ve been in this industry for thirty years, and I see these same mistakes over and over again.

Mistake #1: Going back to what you were doing before.

The problem with diets is that they come with a short-term mindset.

As in, “I’ll make a temporary change to get something I want, then go back to what I was doing before that’s more comfortable and familiar.”

In this case, that temporary change is usually changing how and what you eat to get the weight off.

Most people mindlessly do this without thinking it through.

But when you do think it through, you realize that going back to doing what you were doing when you were fat (and maybe sick) is just gonna make you fat again.

The foods you eat in the quantities you eat them are part of the reason you have a weight problem.

Going back to eating those exact foods in those exact quantities is gonna give you the exact same result.

To keep your weight off, eating to keep the weight off needs to be a way of life, not something you abandon as soon as you’ve lost all your weight.

Mistake #2: Not having a plan to reintroduce foods.

Just because you remove a food to efficiently drop the weight doesn’t mean you can’t or shouldn’t ever eat it again.

It DOES mean that you can’t go back to binging on it whenever you feel like it and expect to keep your weight off.

You need a plan to transition from eating for weight loss to eating for maintenance.

With the Code Red Lifestyle™, I created a maintenance roadmap that walks people through building their food volume back up and reintroducing foods so they can enjoy as much (or as little) food flexibility as they can handle without regaining their weight.

Getting to your goal weight is just the first step. You’ve gotta have that plan to transition into weight maintenance and create a sustainable lifestyle that works for you.

Mistake #3: Changing your behavior without changing your identity.

Most people with a weight problem see themselves as someone with a weight problem.

And due to how our minds work, when an action aligns with who YOU believe you are, it will feel the easiest to do.

If you believe you’re someone with a weight problem, actions that keep you in that identity of someone with a weight problem will feel the easiest to do.

Shifting your identity into that of someone who comfortably stays at a healthy weight is a non-negotiable for successful, lifelong weight maintenance that doesn’t feel like torture.

That’s because you’re reliant on behavior change to keep the result. If that behavior conflicts with your “weight identity,” it’ll feel hard.

When you shift your identity, it’ll feel easier and easier.

Keeping your weight off after you lose it is 100% possible when you avoid these mistakes. I’ve seen people keep their weight off, too, and ALL of them do it by avoiding the mistakes I’ve mentioned here. You can, too!