Endless Cycles
One of the many frustrating things about health and fitness journeys for me is that it is never over. You don't just hit a magic weight and then get to relax and hang out there. No, it's always changing. We continue to get older. We run into different medical issues. We have injuries. Heck, the seasons change and disrupt routine. If nothing ever changed, we'd probably get bored with the routine anyway. My approach to my health and trying to be fit is always changing. I wrote a few years about my weight steadily increasing despite keeping the same healthy eating and exercise habits. It never stopped going up. I could never figure out why--and I still don't know why all the way. I would eat smarter, eliminate all snacking, never eat fast food (and only eat at restaurants when family is visiting like every couple of months), and work out harder. I did cardio. I did weights. I did Piyo. I did various workouts I found on Pinterest. Nothing helped. I guessed that maybe it w...