Can’t seem to shift the weight

slimsalma123 · December 2017

Hi all
Does anyone else find it as difficult as me to keep the weight off? I lose a stone and a half and before I know it, I’ve piled it back on again! I’m getting fed up of the yo yo weight loss but don’t want to give up! Help!!

malibu927 · December 2017

You need to look at this in the long term. Once you hit your goal weight, you cannot eat as before. You have to eat to maintain the new weight. Log everything as accurately as possible and plan.

kommodevaran · December 2017

Losing weight is not the same as maintaining weight. Everybody knows how to lose weight. Most people have trouble keeping it off. Still, to keep the weight off, you have to more or less do the same as you do when you're losing weight, forever, and without the instant reward of seeing the drop on the scale. If you see weightloss as a temporary fix to a problem with your body, and just can't wait to get the diet over with, you'll keep yoyoing. But if you look at surplus weight more objectively, as an effect of unbalanced behavior, possibly rooted in unhelpful attitudes, it's going to be easier to implement the necessary changes.

livingleanlivingclean · December 2017

Maintaining weight is harder than losing it imo - you need to have a plan once you've reached your goal to help you stay there. Continuing to log might be a good idea, at least you get an idea of what your intake is. Have a goal weight range, and monitor how you're going - I like using a trending app to show if I'm going up/down/maintaining.

RavenLibra · December 2017

Develop an active lifestyle, you don’t have to hit the gym every day but it helps. Join a team or get into some physical hobbies.

megs_1985 · December 2017

I have lost and gained and it was because I went back to old habits. You can't start a diet that you won't be able to sustain long term. That's why fad diets don't work long term. Find activities you actually enjoy that you can keep doing (sports, walking, lifting, swimming, etc) and find a reduced calorie diet that has foods you enjoy and gives your body nutrients. One thing I do when I'm trying to maintain is weigh myself once a week and if it's trending up I start logging my calories again for a week or two so I can pinpoint where I need to cut back.

Can’t seem to shift the weight

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