need support~ ADD ME please~

Mrs_Holly
Mrs_Holly Posts: 42
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I'm to goal and but now to hold it there. I need support and will give it to :) Add me as a friend. Thanks :)

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  • LowcarbNY
    LowcarbNY Posts: 546 Member
    Transition to maintenance is so mentally difficult. I know from failure. During the loss phase you have a clear goal. Get down to a number XXX. No matter how far away XXX may be it is a clearly visible goal. Then you get there. Now what? Just hang out at XXX. But how? XXX may be a little behind me or a little ahead of me or right beside me. Not so clear any longer. What is normal day to day fluctuation and what is a change that I need to respond to?
    I had all these things that I did not eat at all during loss. Can I eat a little of them? How much? Which ones? How Often ?

    I'm making myself sick just thinking of all the issues. No wonder you are crying out for support.

    I have only two suggestions:

    1) Make changes slowly and gradually. Add back one moderately higher carb food at a time. Increase your carb level only a set number per week. And write that number down so that it is real not just some fuzzy idea in your head.

    2) Set limits. I'm at xxx if I get to xxx+n (replace n with whatever number you think is slightly greater than your da to day or month to month normal variation. ) I'm going back to my original plan. Once I get back to xxx I'll start adding back again, mindful of what got me to xxx+n .
  • Mrs_Holly
    Mrs_Holly Posts: 42
    That is exactly how I am feeling... like now what do I do? I don't need to lose anymore and don't want to allow more then 5 lbs sway~ Atkins can't give us that answer. We have to find it for ourselves. Our bodies are all different in what we require. This time around I have this *MyFitnessPal* food logging program I am using and an idea in my head that there REALLY IS a magic carb number just for me that will turn on that craving again... And to tell you the truth I am really afraid of that number. I think if I get to it AGAIN... I won't know it until it's to late and I'm sucked back into the triggers. No one to stop me but myself and so far *myself* has been unreliable all the times before. No being paranoid... but realistic. So now I feel like a I about to tip toe up to a number and then run back until I see if any monster appears! LOLOL! I still have my sense of humor~ : ]

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