continuing to lose weight post diet

I totally understand and I'm not sure what you do. I am experimenting myself.

what is your exercise like? are you burning more during work outs and daily activity than you think. are you much more active than you were before you started dieting? what type of work outs are you doing? if any.

also, it has a lot to do with what you eat. If you diet (the food you take in) has become healthier than it was before you started that is a big factor. When you body is fed the nutrition it needs, it runs better. Like a car on premium gas, it performs faster. Therefore, your body has become used to feeding off its calorie stores and using the calories you intake. Your metabolism has been kick started and its going full force.

I would say that if you are working out, I would focus on a muscle building work out. That way you are still staying active but you are doing something to counter act the weight loss (burning of calories/fat) and gaining healthy muscle/weight. Also, on the food side of things you may what to try indulging once or twice. Eating a fattier meat or having a cookie once in a blue moon. Now i know this sounds crazy but it is a little way to add some extra calories to your diet without going overboard on unhealthy crap.

Lastly, I would look into MyPyramid.gov - this is the governments new nutritional guideline website. (its the new food pyramid) Instead of counting calories see how your body does following a personalized nutrition plan recommended by Dietary Guidelines of America. This website is a great source for information and nutritional support. On their home page, on the right hand side there is a blue box that says "I Want to..." at the top. Click on "get a personalized plan" and follow the instructions from there. It is free and easy to use. I try and use it in combination with Myfitnesspal.com Its a really great way to learn what your nutritional intake needs are AND track how well i am doing on my plan.

I hope this was helpful

This is of great interest to me too, as I am 5.5 pounds from goal. And for medical reasons I can't go under that. I have lost successfully, and the loss seems to have been an average of two pounds a week or so with plateaus thrown in. Once I reach my goal I won't want to lose any more weight, but am afraid that, given the pattern of the loss so far, I might continue to do so.

My situation is that I'm epileptic. Several years ago I lost 52 pounds, and unintentionally got to four pounds below my goal. That resulted in three seizures, hospitalization, and my albumen level bottoming out. The doctor said I was malnourished. I remember laughing at him, thinking, "What? Me, malnourished?" My doc said to gain a little weight back. Well, that seemed like an open door. I gained everything back. Bummer. Now, I will have lost 38 pounds when I get to goal, which is ten pounds more than the previous goal. Everything else after weight loss will be trimming and toning, i.e., lots of work at the gym.

But I don't want to go lower than my goal, which I am so close to, and risk any health problems.

I will be reading this thread to see what people say.

Thanks.

I would totally check out Mypyramid.gov to look into getting your nutrition needs met during your weight loss diet. See my post below for more details.