# 25| If you want to lose weight and keep it off...DON'T do this. Part 1/3

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Podcast: [More Than A Number | Lose Weight, High Protein Diet, Low Carb Diet, Meal Prep, Lose Weight Fast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/more-than-a-number-lose-weight-high-protein-diet-low-carb-diet-meal-prep-lose-weight-fast-7450725)
Published: 2026-02-02T10:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Welcome back, friend! If you’re here because you’re trying to lose weight (and keep it off) but you feel like you’re constantly falling short, this episode is for you. So often, I hear from clients who are actually making great progress, “I thought I’d be further along by now.” Their brains spiral down the same anxious questions many of us ask when we’re trying to lose weight: Am I a slow loser? Is something wrong with me? Is this not working? Am I “cheating” without realizing it? And my answer was: no, no, no, no, no. The problem isn’t their effort. The problem their expectations. We’ve been conditioned to want results immediately — to lose weight fast — and when that doesn’t happen, we assume we’re failing. We live in a world where you can have anything delivered overnight, so we expect our bodies to work the same way. And that mindset makes it really hard to stay consistent with the boring-but-effective stuff that actually creates long-term progress: meal prep, tracking, hydration, sleep, strength training, daily movement — the unsexy systems. And here’s what I really want you to take from part one of this series: expectations and comparisons don’t just make you feel bad — they can directly lead to quitting, weight cycling, and worse overall health, because they convince you your progress “isn’t enough” even when it’s objectively significant. Now, I’m not here to crush your hope. I want you to dream big. I want you to believe you can change. But I also want you to understand reality so you can stop getting in your own way — and stop letting the scale dictate your peace. The expectations that sabotage weight loss A “magic number” goal weight in your head that decides whether you’ve succeeded or failed A timeline you believe you should hit (and you mentally calculate…

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