Don’t forget about the basics.

I’ve found that there can be within me a reliance on one improvement, or one change, to address all things that need improvement.

None of this is ever thoroughly thought through, which was my biggest problem. An example of this was: I ate too many carbohydrates, so in eating none, all aspects of my life would improve. The problem was, I was also eating too much fat. And so, when weight loss stalled for months at a time, I’d throw in the towel and say to hell with this diet.

But in looking back at those times, I found that I wasn’t doing anything about improving my life other than not eating carbohydrates. I wasn’t getting any exercise at all, I wasn’t ensuring that I got proper sleep, I wasn’t drinking enough water. Not eating carbohydrates was my silver bullet and even the law of thermodynamics still apply (how much you eat matters), if I stuck to that.

There a study (2011, Taiwan, vitamins vs placebo https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797611416253 ) done that indicates when people make one correction, they tend to get lax in other areas. This is EXACTLY what I’d been doing with diets for so many years.
Thermodynamics still apply, exercise can change your life and outlook, sleep and hydration are vitality important, and nothing beats working tirelessly on habits as a foundation.

Above all, becoming tirelessly specific with exactly what I intend to accomplish with an implementation, and remaining brutally realistic, has made all the difference.