I don't know if this answer will help, but basically I kept eating as I had
been eating -- but I just wasn't quite as strict with myself. I eyeballed a lot
of stuff I'd previously measured. I allowed myself a little more leniency in my
food choices. I didn't throw the book out, by any means...that would never have
worked. I just allowed myself more grace in my choices.

Dunno if that make a bit of sense. But that's what works...and has continued to
work...for me.

beeswing

My plan is simple. Eat slightly more than during weight loss, weigh
every day, keep track of the weekly moving average. If it goes up too
much, eat less, if it goes down too much, eat more, have some treats
etc. I exercise about as much as I did during weight loss.

My weight recently went up by 1 lbs and was 174 (moving weekly
average) whereas my plan called it to be at 171. So, I decided to
start logging my eating and exercise in fitday again, and lose weight
the same way I did during my dieting last summer. It's been 3 days and
I see a little downward movement.

i

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Hi Chris,

Congratulations! I am curious -- do you think your recent "refeeds"
had anything to do with the whoosh fairy coming to visit? :-)

I am a ways off from maintenance, but I am already formulating a plan.
I essentially plan to eat like this for the rest of my life, so
instead of 1300 cals during the weekdays, I will try going to 1500 and
from the current 1500 allowance on the weekends to 1800. I will adjust
up or down from there as needed.

Well, that's the plan, anyway. :-)

Ally
212/181/160

Hi Chris,

I haven't reached maintenance and don't know if I ever will.. but I am
trying.  Anyway, maybe you should just play with the amounts you eat....
find out how much you can add a day before your weight starts creeping back
up.

BTW, congrats on finally making maintenance!!

WTG Chris!

You've received many suggestions so I'll just add......  I'm sure you'll
conquer this phase just as well as you did the losing portion.

Beverly

What I did is keep on eating the same, and then slowly add a few
calories here and there to get to weight stable. By the end, I only
needed another 200 or so calories a day to do that. The food content,
however, was the same. I lost all my weight eating healthy with an
occasional splurge, and that's what I've continued over the years.

My exercise routine has stayed at a high level, although it's changed
over the years to accommodate some injuries, and also Marty's illness.
Three months ago I started working out three times a week with a
trainer because between injuries and deconditioning, I needed the
help. He's also done wonders with my frozen shoulder. I'll probably
stick with him for at least a year.

I never did measure my food, nor have I ever journaled, so I can't
help you on those.

While I was losing weight, I weighed myself almost every day. It took
a long time, past my one-year goal anniversary, until I stopped
weighing several times a week, at a minimum. I now weigh myself every
two weeks, unless I'm in a very stressful time (like the last couple
of years), or I feel myself slipping.

Most people don't weigh themselves as often as I did. But you might
try weighing as often as you always did for the first two months, and
then spacing it out a little more.

Barbara
210/124 since November 1997

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