What to do when you get to your goal?

annacole94

Yup, I reported you. You need help. In person, from people with degrees, not a message board. Unless you've dropped a thousand calories from the numbers your giving us... and then you still need some therapy to get to a place where you can eat food without guilt.

Carlos_421

TimothyFish wrote: »

cnbbnc wrote: »

TimothyFish wrote: »

My suggestion would be to stop viewing food as something that makes you fat. Instead, look at food as fuel for your activities. If you aren't providing your body with enough fuel for the thing you want to do then you are depriving yourself. But also, if you are providing your body with too much fuel then you are being a glutton.

You really think mentioning the word "glutton" around someone with manifestations of an eating disorder is helpful here? Really?

Really? You are going to judge me for the use of one word rather than the point of what I said. Can you not see that I am suggesting that one should create beneficial bounds on both sides of ones goal weight? I chose the words "deprive" and "glutton" purposefully because the OP used the word "guilt." Since guilt is what the OP responds to then it makes sense to place guilt on both sides. Feel guilty for eating too much, but also feel guilty for eating too little. The end result is that the person who doesn't want to feel guilty will eat the proper amount.

No. Using guilt in relation to food with someone who is potentially suffering from an eating disorder is beyond irresponsible. It reinforces/validates their disordered thinking about food.

H_Ock12

I set a new goal! Example, last year I lost 50+ pounds through diet and exercise. I still have about five to lose, but my new goals are to continue my weight training and get back to running 5k races on a regular basis, getting back the active lifestyle that I lived before. I eat within my newly allotted calorie goal and consider my food the fuel that powers my goals.

butcher206

MotherOfSharpei wrote: »

I set a new goal! Example, last year I lost 50+ pounds through diet and exercise. I still have about five to lose, but my new goals are to continue my weight training and get back to running 5k races on a regular basis, getting back the active lifestyle that I lived before. I eat within my newly allotted calorie goal and consider my food the fuel that powers my goals.

5 pounds is nothing and I'm sure you can do it! This is pretty inspiring, and exercise is so good for the mind as well as the body. You're going to be so happy so proud of yourself; take back that old life that you used to live and own it better than you did before! And thank you for sharing this

nowine4me

katy2090 wrote: »

Thanks everyone for replying! So when I reach my goal weight I just adjust the app to the maintenance setting and keeping doing exercise and just regularly check there isn't a huge amount in weight gain?

Yup. But from experience I can tell you it's not as easy as it sounds.

butcher206

There won't be any weight gain at all unless you aren't tracking correctly or you're misrepresenting how many calories the exercise you're doing is actually burning. Don't listen to any lies or myths

aprice20

If you are on the right way I think you should continue. Even myself always follow that rules. If I get success from somewhere. I always try to follow that as much as possible.

sammyliftsandeats

aprice20 wrote: »

If you are on the right way I think you should continue. Even myself always follow that rules. If I get success from somewhere. I always try to follow that as much as possible.

Please read whole thread. OP is eating way too little calories and feels guilty when she consumes over 200. This is not wise advice.