Will power use a usable entity and cannot be lived on alone.
At the beginning of this year, I weighed nearly 300lbs and tried many different diets to get into shape. Many of the plans I tried worked for a short period of time, but eventually, I gave into my desires and gained back my weight plus a few pounds for my effort.
I eventually found a plan that worked and got me to lose 100lbs over 8 months, and the thing that made the difference between this one vs. the other's was how they talked about willpower and how it works. I would try to stick to the plan only through willpower alone, deciding at the moment to eat my food or not. What made this diet different was explaining how willpower really worked and planning so that it doesn't affect you.
Our will power is renewable; we get a fresh tank every day. When we deplete our will power, it's harder to say no to our desire for instant gratification. You want to take the decision making out of the equation; you want to make it easier to do the right thing than that which you happen to feel like.
In the plan, I used it to write down and plan your food a day in advance. Every night I would prep my meal for the following day and only eat it and nothing else. This made it easy to eat right, as I didn't have to decide at the moment when I was hungry. I already knew what I was going to eat, and it was ready for me.
Key takeaways:
1) Will power is renewable and gets used from focus
2) will power into account when planning something hard
3) Set yourself up so that you don't have to decide at the moment