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Post by bmazzo on Mar 21, 2024 0:18:31 GMT
"I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear." Rosa Parks
Holly's goal for the period was to maintain her weight & healthy life style. We all know how hard it is to maintain a weight loss. I have often said that maintaining is harder than losing. Maintaining a weight loss is probably the hardest thing that I have ever tried to do.
The steps you take to lose weight can also help you keep the weight off:
The support systems that helped you take weight off can also help you keep it off. A study conducted by the National Weight Control Registry found people who lost weight and continued bi-monthly support group meetings for one year maintained their full weight loss. Study participants who didn't regained almost half of the weight.
Studies show that even non-rigorous exercise like walking and using stairs, has a positive effect. Activity that uses 1,500 to 2,000 calories per week is recommended for maintaining weight loss.
Diet and exercise are vital strategies for losing and maintaining weight. A study by the National Weight Control Registry found that nearly all of 784 study participants who had lost at least 30 pounds, and had maintained that loss for one year or longer, used diet and exercise to not only lose the weight, but also to maintain the weight loss.
Once you reach your desired weight, you can try gradually adding about 200 calories of healthy, low-fat food to your daily intake for one week to see if weight loss continues. If it does, you can add more calories of healthy foods to your daily diet until you determine the right balance of calories to maintain your desired weight. It may take some time and keeping track of what you're eating to figure out how adjust.
I would love to hear everyone's answer of how to maintain a loss? Seems to get harder & harder the older that I get.
FUN: Do you like yard sales? Have you ever had a yard sale? Do you go to them often?
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Post by cathygeha on Mar 21, 2024 7:57:25 GMT
I would love to hear everyone's answer of how to maintain a loss? Seems to get harder & harder the older that I get. * I am seeing the slow creep up on the scale. It has been a couple of years since I really lost and it is time to knuckle down or the creep will become a lot more than that. To maintain a loss I know I have to continue to: track every bite honestly, keep eating as I did while losing weight with only an additional few calories/points per day, and stay positive and focused jumping back onto the lower points of weight loss part of the program till the pounds that crept up are gone again.
FUN: Do you like yard sales? Have you ever had a yard sale? Do you go to them often? * I haven't been to a yard sale in years. I don't know if I would enjoy them or not?
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Post by jasimons on Mar 21, 2024 15:04:17 GMT
When I first reached goal, I think there was a certain number of points to add to try to stay stable within a range. I switched to the core program soon after, I don't remember much beyond that for specifics.
At this point, keep an eye on the scale (but I don't have a set schedule for weighing), I guess it is more how I feel. When I am about 2 pounds or more over goal, I'll pay more attention to see what might be going on. An example would be today - I went out for lunch with friends yesterday. I'm sure restaurant meals are higher in sodium and I did see a change (higher weight) today, but I'm confident that will go down.
For me - I need to pay attention to decide if I'm really hungry to be sure I'm not eating because of emotions or even being bored. When I get up to move/walk a bit, I'm likely to walk through the kitchen, keep in mind that doesn't mean I need to snack. Keep some things out of sight (like the chocolate in the basement freezer). Drink water. Remember the "Why" - to be healthy, be able to keep doing things I like to do.
Yard sales - usually called "garage sales" around here. I shopped garage sales a lot when I got my first apartment, but not after that. It's been at least 30 or more years since I had a garage sale, it was a group thing with friends. It wasn't at my house, we all helped set up, bring tables, clean up, etc. I do sometimes shop at thrift stores - sometimes just for fun to see what there is, sometimes looking for things for craft projects (maybe something for a craft project or towels for the dogs).
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Post by Holly Gail on Mar 21, 2024 20:29:11 GMT
I still eat mostly zero point foods (according to the last SF list I saw). I added chocolate (no surprise there) but pay attention to how much I ingest each time. And when I go overboard, the scale reminds me either the very next morning (or the second morning after I indulged) and so I cut back that day. When I know something is coming where I'm going to be tempted a lot, like Thanksgiving dinner, I cut back the previous week so I walk into the dinner one or two pounds below goal so that if I do overindulge, I'll still be within my two pounds over goal. I read something recently that talked about walking (what I call the "only" exercise I get all week) and it mentioned that waking up and down the stairs really does count (I never count it; my house is a two-story one, so several times each day I have to walk up and down the stairs). I made goal in the summer of 2010 and have been at goal (within two pounds over or under) ever since. I do have to say I have less of an appetite than before I started Weight Watchers though. I believe that contributes to my still being at goal.
FUN: I haven't been to a yard sale since before the pandemic. I liked going to them. I didn't make a lot of great purchases, but enjoyed seeing what people had for sale. DH once did a yard sale. He was out of work for a few months and sold a lot of his belongings. One t-shirt in particular didn't sell and I took it to sleep in; I can't tell you how soft that cotton is! That yard sale must have been at least 25 or more years ago...
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Post by cherryt38 on Mar 21, 2024 20:34:29 GMT
That's pretty much the way I maintain my weight. When I gain 2 or 3 lbs. I start paying more attention to what and how much I'm eating.
Around here they are called garage sales or rummage sales. Occasionally someone will list the ad as a yard sale, but not that often. I used to go to garage sales and a couple times I joined with someone else at their house. I haven't been to one for years.
I just realized I didn't answer yesterday's thread, so I will now.
I think I've tried every one of those things while losing weight. As far as making cakes or other things from scratch, I almost always do. Occasionally I'll use a box cake but not very often. If I do it is because I'm making one of those special cakes with other added ingredients, like a poke cake with toppings that you pour over the batter and soak in. When I make things from scratch I know exactly what is in them. No ingredients I can't pronounce. I make whole wheat bread from scratch too, 100% whole wheat.
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