If you’re one of those people who has lost weight only to gain some or most of it back, you’re a part of a large crowd. Only a small percentage of people who lose weight and gain health successfully, manage to remain that healthier version of themselves. Why does this happen? And how come it happens to so many of us? Working on your health and fitness is like working on your career or relationships — it never ends. It isn’t meant to end. Any concept or system that evolves needs continuous attention and work. Health and fitness are not destinations.
Think of improving health or fitness as pushing a large rock up a hill with no summit. Pushing the rock up-slope is work and will always be work. But holding the rock without letting it roll downhill is continuous hard work too. Stop working and the rock will roll downhill much faster than you pushed it uphill and you need to start all over again.

If you’re one of those people who has lost weight only to gain some or most of it back, you’re a part of a large crowd. Only a small percentage of people who lose weight and gain health successfully, manage to remain that healthier version of themselves. Why does this happen? And how come it happens to so many of us? Working on your health and fitness is like working on your career or relationships — it never ends. It isn’t meant to end. Any concept or system that evolves needs continuous attention and work. Health and fitness are not destinations.
Think of improving health or fitness as pushing a large rock up a hill with no summit. Pushing the rock up-slope is work and will always be work. But holding the rock without letting it roll downhill is continuous hard work too. Stop working and the rock will roll downhill much faster than you pushed it uphill and you need to start all over again.