What comes quick, leaves quicker.

Have you ever had a vacation planned and thought, I'm going to restrict, restrict, restrict until this vacation so I lose weight on the scale? And then if indeed that scale weight goes down, do you then give yourself permission to over-indulge because you have all this 'room' now to eat?? The problem with this way of thinking is that whatever leaves quick as a result of severe restriction, will come back quicker when you come out of that. When you get into this flight or fight mentality to do something drastic, think again. If what you are doing is working, stay the course, trust the process, and most of all enjoy yourself. This isn't a race. It's your life, and it has to be sustainable.