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Post by bbbearsmom on Aug 11, 2019 23:26:22 GMT
Monday, 08/12
Beck Diet Solution
Chapter 11: When to Stop Losing and Start Maintaining
The important part of this chapter is making the point that there is a “lowest achievable weight” and a “lowest maintainable weight.”
“Your lowest achievable weight is the weight at which you naturally plateau.”
“Your lowest maintainable weight is the weight you can sustain permanently, while still following a sensible eating and exercise plan.”
When you get to a weight and plateau (Weight Watchers definition: six to eight weeks at about the same weight while following the plan perfectly) the question to ask is: are you willing to do more work to lose more weight? If you are willing to step up the work you can do that and see if you continue to lose weight.
You’ll know you are at your lowest maintainable weight when there is a balance between the work you put in and your satisfaction of living your lifestyle. A low weight will not work if you are not satisfied with your lifestyle.
Beck gives these steps to use if you are unhappy because you didn’t end up as thin as you want to be:
Continue to enrich your life.
Focus on the parts of your body that please you the most.
Say to yourself, Oh, well.
Focus on how you’ve improved.
Change your comparison.
Prepare yourself mentally before you weigh yourself.
Accept compliments from others.
Act “as if.”
For those that are maintaining a weight loss how did you decide to stop losing and start maintaining?
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Post by bbbearsmom on Aug 11, 2019 23:27:50 GMT
I decided to stop losing and start maintaining because I was at the weight my doctor had suggested and I wanted to eat more. It was hard to give up losing. I was impressed with what I had done (lost 80 pounds) and was reluctant to give up this new skill I had mastered (losing weight). After all I had spent years overweight/obese feeling I couldn't lose weight and here I had mastered the skill. I also stopped losing because you have to stop somewhere and I was worried that if I continued I might go too low.
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Post by cathygeha on Aug 12, 2019 6:14:28 GMT
Having dieted to lower weights more than once in the past and having achieved and maintained a few for awhile I will say: * In 1984 the 135 was probably too low for me. I did get my lifetime but started gaining almost immediately. I went up to between 140 and 145 and maintained that for about two years and then we moved to Saudi Arabia and...weight lost plus more found me. * In 1999 I again reached a goal of 140 or was it 145 (high end for my height) and maintained it easily for a couple of years. I lost my focus and it came back plus some.
I hit plateaus at 200, 180, 160 and 140. I am not sure that I would want to go below 140 even though I am only 5'4" and could probably weigh less. Will see how it goes this time. Last time, a few years ago, I got to 180 (another setpoint) and was inundated by pounds and pounds of candy bars my daughter brought as a "treat" and they did me in.
Anyway, scale is moving in the right direction and I plan to keep the scale moving down.
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Post by lani on Aug 12, 2019 16:26:50 GMT
My weight, when I was not actively trying to lose and not overeating like a mad woman, has swung between 140 and 130. When I first started Becking I picked 125 as a goal. It was reasonable with my GI issues which were keeping my weight unnaturally low. Now that I have no symptoms (knock on wood) 130 is more realistic. I have been maintaining well below 130 lately, but I want to keep that goal weight. I really takes the pressure off and makes me feel successful.
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Post by surfgirl on Aug 14, 2019 6:43:25 GMT
I'm not near my goal yet but I do know it's very realistic and I think it's doable for life. If I decide to go down another 5 or so, I'll decide then.
I do know that in the past I've gained back weight because I stop tracking, checking in here, etc., and I accept that now I cannot stop doing what I'm doing now. It's for life.
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