Avoid for Maintenance

robingmurphy · May 2016

There have been some great threads on what habits people do to maintain their weight. But what things do you avoid at all costs? What behaviors or thoughts will definitely sabotage your attempt to maintain your weight?

Cutemesoon · May 2016

I noticed that I must avoid processed foods. I like veggie chips but I over do it on them. So items that I know i'll go overboard on, I don't bring into the house. If I only have healthy items in my house, that's all i'll eat.

KareninLux · May 2016

Shopping when I am hungry. I buy stupid things and start eating them early.

TR0berts · May 2016

Avoid complacency.

gothchiq · May 2016

I avoid junk food/highly processed and refined foods/empty calories. chips, candy, donuts, all that stuff. Forget about it. It no longer exists in my life. If I eat these things they vastly increase my appetite which leads to gaining weight and having to lose it back off. So they are best completely avoided.

RoxieDawn · May 2016

KareninLux wrote: »

Shopping when I am hungry. I buy stupid things and start eating them early.

Nice! I do this and actually will open something I plan to buy and start eating it! It is a real No No for me!

I do not avoid one single thing. Its not necessary. I stopped frozen processed stuff years ago, so this is not at play for me!

ElJefeChief · May 2016

Right now I'm making sure to continue to log (so, I'm avoiding not logging). A few weeks ago I stopped logging for about two weeks and gained about 2-3 pounds in short order. Took about that much time to take the weight back off, but it reminded me that I need to log if I want to stay where I am.

mitch16 · May 2016

TR0berts wrote: »

Avoid complacency.

This. And entitlement ("I deserve a hamburger and french fries...")

zyxst · May 2016

Eating until I'm satisfied and eating what I want in the amounts I want. That's half of what got me morbidly obese (other half is not moving).

Rocknut53 · May 2016

After spending the weekend at my son's for my grandson's graduation and my granddaughter's birthday with 2 days of travel thrown in for good measure, I have learned I need to reassess how I will handle those situations in the future. I was one pound from goal weight, now I'm three. It was nonstop grazing and meals and libations. I couldn't say no to any of it. Moving forward, I need to regain my self control I was so proud of maintaining for almost 5 months. I know I will always have to log everything to hold myself accountable. I can do this.

CapeCodSheila · May 2016

I need to avoid afternoon snacking. Right now it's a bad habit I've fallen back into because of stuff life's thrown at me, so I also need to avoid emotional eating. I know I need to, not currently successful though. Back to logging.

nxd10 · May 2016

Eating something just because it looks good when I'm not really hungry. And as soon as I put it in my mouth I know I don't want it - it was habit. I know it's gonna make me feel crummy. If no one is around, I just spit. It's dumb to eat something you know you don't want just because you were silly enough to pick it up.

Also - standing at the door of the pantry when I'm hungry watching my husband cook and snacking on the nuts and crackers. No no no no! I swear that's how I put on the last 10 pounds before I lost weight.

sijomial · May 2016

I avoid laziness by making a conscious effort to take stairs whenever I can, make local journeys "human powered" as much as possible etc. Those little bits and pieces of movement and avoidance of being static/sedentary add up and build healthy habits.

I don't avoid any food or drink that I like, I just avoid an excess of them.

The mental side of thinking "I'm done" needs to be avoided, I'm a natural goal setter so I use that to set new targets and challenges for myself.

sarabushby · May 2016

I don't 'avoid' foods but I certainly plan for them. I don't eat takeaway as often and if I'm having a calorie dense meal out or a drinking session then I will try and get a good calorie burn during the day to compensate and/or be a little more strict with myself during the rest of the day. But if you go over one day here and there it's not going to suddenly ruin your progress and that's something I have to remind myself sometimes. OCD? Me? Naaaa....

Becca_250 · May 2016

I avoid buying large/"share" sized bags of anything - crisps (UK), chocolate, bread, biscuits etc as I still struggle with willpower and find myself eating everything in the bag, whatever size it is.

dramaqueen45 · May 2016

Still avoid keeping trigger foods out of the house such as cookies and potato chips- hard to eat just one serving.

godlikepoetyes · May 2016

I've just started maintenance and I know what the reality is--most people who lose weight gain it all back, and then some. I don't want to be one of those people cause I have been there many times before.

First off, when I started MFP, I accepted the fact that I will always have to log my food, every single day forever. Second, I am going to figure out what it feels like to eat the calories MFP has given me, a generous 2,050. I plan to sit still with this amount and see what happens. I am going to try not eating my exercise calories at first, i.e. not exercising just so I can eat MORE (not that this is a bad motivation). I am going to stop weighing every week, try to let go of that number on the scale.

kommodevaran · May 2016

I don't accept samples of sweet foods. I don't go to the grocery store unless I have the intention to buy something specific. I don't linger around snack food shelves. I don't stand and sniff food smells from shops/cafes. I don't buy edible goods that aren't intended for specific meals. I don't browse recipes for cakes/sweets.

Sabine_Stroehm · May 2016

gothchiq wrote: »

I avoid junk food/highly processed and refined foods/empty calories. chips, candy, donuts, all that stuff. Forget about it. It no longer exists in my life. If I eat these things they vastly increase my appetite which leads to gaining weight and having to lose it back off. So they are best completely avoided.

Yup. Pretty much this. I stopped eating these things 14-15 years ago and have been maintaining since. They are no longer appealing at all, which makes it easier.

Sabine_Stroehm · May 2016

TR0berts wrote: »

Avoid complacency.

YES!

mamadon · May 2016

I try to avoid a negative mind set. One of the things that always derailed me in the past was being too down on myself. If I had a big day of over eating, I would convince myself that I couldn't do it and just give up. These days, I remind myself, that one day or even two does not make a bad diet, as long as it balances out over all.

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