Weight regain isn’t failure — it’s feedback that something in the original approach didn’t address a root cause. The common missing pieces: insulin and the set point, the food environment, habit architecture, identity, or underlying drivers like stress eating. Each cycle can make the next harder as you return to previous eating with slower metabolism and higher hunger.
This companion explores the five common missing pieces, the regain pattern, reframing regain as useful information, and how the next approach can be different. (4 min read)
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