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size102b wrote: »

emmamcgarity wrote: »

Have you taken any diet breaks eating at maintenance calories did a couple of weeks? If not, I strongly recommend it.

FWIW I’m age 52, 5’1”, 133 lbs. and recently post-menopause. I have 7 lbs to go to reach my goal. I have my calorie goal set at 0.5 lbs per week and find it helpful to take diet breaks. I’ve lost 40ish lbs in approximately 2 years (most in the first year). I’m finding that focusing on maintenance periodically is helping keep me focused and helping me avoid binge cycles that have been problematic in the past.

No except my 50th I wasnt so strict for 3 weeks only had evening neal off plan and I gained 11 lbs in 3 weeks I wasnt even eating a lot - that’s when I swapped from WW to calorie counting after losing 50lbs in 14 months When I started cals I lost 18lbs in 9 weeks Christmas 2 days off plan = 9 lbs gain - I gain fast and lose fast week 1 as water
So those are the only breaks I’ve had.

You maybe right tbh

Did you gain when you went to maintence calories ? What were you eating to lose and eating to maintain ( calories )

Thankyou

The scale fluctuates a lot and I generally stay within a 3-4 pound range. I try to ignore fluctuations as much as possible. Sometimes it’s from a restaurant meal and will go away in a day or two. Other times my weight goes lower than expected just because I pooped... none of this is really weight loss or weight gain. If I weigh myself several times per day, I’ll get several different numbers from these fluctuations. The weight trending apps help you figure out if you are on a downward of upward trend. But I’ve found it helps my sanity just to know that the fluctuations exist and that my weight will fall in a certain range. Right now that is somewhere around 132-136. This morning was 134.5. Tomorrow may be slightly higher or lower. But none of the daily fluctuations are actually fat gain. If I saw that number climb to 137 or 138 I’d know that I’m headed in the wrong direction and would re-evaluate. I want to be able to maintain my weight once at goal. Every maintenance break is good practice. I’ve resolved that I’ll be logging my calorie intake forever and am ok with that. But that means I log days over on calories and days under on calories.