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I think the only way to know the answer to that is to, after hitting your goal, *experiment very cautiously*. I lost 80 pounds over a period of a year at a good clip of 2 pounds per week. As I neared a goal (Ok, one of my series of goals) I began to "ease off". I experimented with not tracking my calories thinking I had…
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Bushe, I agree. We are all different in how analytical we like to be in our approach to something like this. Coming up with a theoretical approach to what I am doing really seems to help me, even though it is clearly just another way to motivate myself. I think just the act of tracking what you are taking in is generally…
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Chickybuns, 15 pounds is great - and it seems like a long enough time to make it a really healthy change. One of the things that has helped me tremendously, is finding a few "secret weapon" foods. Those are low calorie items, or relatively low calorie items that I find very satisfying. So much so that I absolutely look…
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Thank you stefaniee83. You too! For me, I am afraid continuing as I am now won't be enough. I am thinking that the losing part is perhaps the easiest (and though I'm not complaining, it wasn't easy - though not nearly as as hard as I thought it would be). I am now bracing myself for some additional big changes to my daily…
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I find this fascinating: It is the National Weight Control Registry (http://www.nwcr.ws/). It is a study, set up in 1994 to document long term weight loss success. Currently there are about 10,000 people in the study. To qualify to join the registry (so they can add your information to their study), you have to have lost…
