I need help keeping my weight off.

delaney056

In January of 2012, I was 150 pounds.
I began working out and eating right, and by October of 2012 I was down to 114 pounds.
I stayed at 114 until May of 2013. I stopped working out, stopped caring about what I ate, and now I'm back at 150 pounds again.
What I did before worked very, very well. I just don't know how to maintain my weight loss.
Any advice or support would be greatly appreciated.
Also, feel free to add me.

delaney056

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kiwitechgirl

I stopped working out, stopped caring about what I ate, and now I'm back at 150 pounds again.
What I did before worked very, very well. I just don't know how to maintain my weight loss.

Keep working out, keep caring about what you eat, but eat at maintenance calories, not a deficit. That's how to maintain!

MoreBean13

OK here's the problem- what you did to lose the weight didn't actually work if you couldn't keep it off. It's not two separate things- losing and maintaining- they're actually one process that starts when you start losing weight. Your whole plan should be designed with the idea that at the end you're going to keep it off. Here's how you do that:

1. You lose weight slowly. At your weight, 1.5lbs/wk should be your goal. until you get to 25left to lose, then 1lb/wk, then around 10-15 you want to switch to 0.5lb/wk...Yes, this means that it takes more time to get there, but what's a few extra weeks versus never doing it again?

2. You need to accurately log every bite of food you eat and stick to your goals. Don't overeat OR undereat.

3. You don't need to go super gung-ho about working out- you do need to find something you like to do and find a way to fit it in your schedule so it's not a chore to stay active

4. Educate yourself- become active in the forums here, ask questions, read threads, follow people you respect, share your successes and failure with your friends, and read read read- particularly posts and threads written by people who's success you want to emulate.

If you do those things, you'll get to maintenance and it will be seamless, and you'll have learned the things you need to learn and built the habits you need to keep it up.

ninerbuff

You "dieted" to lose weight, meaning you abstained from eating what you like to eat. Choose a better approach by still having what you like to eat, but stay within calories deficit limits. That's really all there is to it. Exercise for fitness and health.

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