Various Topics on Medicine - Diet

..r.. ..a..

Well, this week I seem to be having an unexpected visit from the
whoosh fairy. My plan was (and is) to diet down to 145 and then stay
in the 145-150 range, but I expected it to take a few months to lose
these last 5 pounds. For whatever reason, I've lost 3 pounds in the
last few days, and today weighed in at 146. It could take me another
3 weeks to hit 145, of course, but it could happen very soon. So I
figured it was time to think about what I do then. While I don't plan
to stop eating pretty much as I am now, I don't wish to continue
losing weight below 145. And of course I also don't want to gain
significantly.

For those of you who have reached goal and entered a maintenance
stage, I'm curious what you did. Did you stop doing something you had
been doing (like, say, journaling)? If you upped your calories, by
how much? What did it take to get your weight to stabilize? Did you
change your weigh-in frequency?

For those who haven't yet reached goal, do you have a plan for what
you'll do then?

Thanks,
Chris
262/146/ (145-150)

..eswi..

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Chris Braun wrote:

>For those of you who have reached goal and entered a maintenance
>stage, I'm curious what you did. Did you stop doing something you had
>been doing (like, say, journaling)? If you upped your calories, by
>how much? What did it take to get your weight to stabilize? Did you
>change your weigh-in frequency?

I don't know if this answer will help, but basically I kept eating as I had
been eating -- but I just wasn't quite as strict with myself. I eyeballed a lot
of stuff I'd previously measured. I allowed myself a little more leniency in my
food choices. I didn't throw the book out, by any means...that would never have
worked. I just allowed myself more grace in my choices.

Dunno if that make a bit of sense. But that's what works...and has continued to
work...for me.

beeswing

..noramus152..

My plan is simple. Eat slightly more than during weight loss, weigh
every day, keep track of the weekly moving average. If it goes up too
much, eat less, if it goes down too much, eat more, have some treats
etc. I exercise about as much as I did during weight loss.

My weight recently went up by 1 lbs and was 174 (moving weekly
average) whereas my plan called it to be at 171. So, I decided to
start logging my eating and exercise in fitday again, and lose weight
the same way I did during my dieting last summer. It's been 3 days and
I see a little downward movement.

i

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On 16 Jun 2004 02:42:11 GMT, beeswing@aol.com (beeswing) wrote:

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>Chris Braun wrote:
>
>>For those of you who have reached goal and entered a maintenance
>>stage, I'm curious what you did. Did you stop doing something you had
>>been doing (like, say, journaling)? If you upped your calories, by
>>how much? What did it take to get your weight to stabilize? Did you
>>change your weigh-in frequency?
>
>I don't know if this answer will help, but basically I kept eating as I had
>been eating -- but I just wasn't quite as strict with myself. I eyeballed a lot
>of stuff I'd previously measured. I allowed myself a little more leniency in my
>food choices. I didn't throw the book out, by any means...that would never have
>worked. I just allowed myself more grace in my choices.
>
>Dunno if that make a bit of sense. But that's what works...and has continued to
>work...for me.
>
>beeswing

I find myself a bit reluctant to stop measuring and stuff. I'm
thinking of picking a slightly higher average calorie level than I've
been consuming lately and trying to hit pretty close to that average
each week, then adjusting accordingly. But we shall see... Until I
lose that last pound I will keep going just as I have :-).

Chris
262/146/ (145-150)

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Chris Braun wrote:

>I find myself a bit reluctant to stop measuring and stuff. I'm
>thinking of picking a slightly higher average calorie level than I've
>been consuming lately and trying to hit pretty close to that average
>each week, then adjusting accordingly. But we shall see... Until I
>lose that last pound I will keep going just as I have :-).

It might help you to know that I didn't stop measuring right off, as soon I
started maintenance...it was probably a good quarter- to a half-year later. And
I didn't stop measuring everything all at once. For example, I continued
measuring cereal portions the longest, I think (they are the hardest for me to
eyeball, for some reason). And when I'd find myself going off track a bit, I'd
also go back to measuring briefly.

But, no, I don't measure anymore. OTOH, I've been on maintenance for well over
a year now.

It's only been fairly recently that I've stopped weighing daily. And a large
part of that is that we've been remodeling the bathroom so that the scale has
been inconveniently placed.

Bottom line, of course, is ya gotta find what works best for *you.*

beeswing

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On 16 Jun 2004 04:20:48 GMT, beeswing@aol.com (beeswing) wrote:

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>Chris Braun wrote:
>
>>I find myself a bit reluctant to stop measuring and stuff. I'm
>>thinking of picking a slightly higher average calorie level than I've
>>been consuming lately and trying to hit pretty close to that average
>>each week, then adjusting accordingly. But we shall see... Until I
>>lose that last pound I will keep going just as I have :-).
>
>It might help you to know that I didn't stop measuring right off, as soon I
>started maintenance...it was probably a good quarter- to a half-year later. And
>I didn't stop measuring everything all at once. For example, I continued
>measuring cereal portions the longest, I think (they are the hardest for me to
>eyeball, for some reason). And when I'd find myself going off track a bit, I'd
>also go back to measuring briefly.
>
>But, no, I don't measure anymore. OTOH, I've been on maintenance for well over
>a year now.
>
>It's only been fairly recently that I've stopped weighing daily. And a large
>part of that is that we've been remodeling the bathroom so that the scale has
>been inconveniently placed.
>
>Bottom line, of course, is ya gotta find what works best for *you.*
>
>beeswing


Thanks -- this does help :-)

Chris

..k

On 6/15/2004 11:51 PM, Chris Braun wrote:
> On 16 Jun 2004 02:42:11 GMT, beeswing@aol.com (beeswing) wrote:
>
>
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>>Chris Braun wrote:
>>
>>
>>>For those of you who have reached goal and entered a maintenance
>>>stage, I'm curious what you did. Did you stop doing something you had
>>>been doing (like, say, journaling)? If you upped your calories, by
>>>how much? What did it take to get your weight to stabilize? Did you
>>>change your weigh-in frequency?
>>
>>I don't know if this answer will help, but basically I kept eating as I had
>>been eating -- but I just wasn't quite as strict with myself. I eyeballed a lot
>>of stuff I'd previously measured. I allowed myself a little more leniency in my
>>food choices. I didn't throw the book out, by any means...that would never have
>>worked. I just allowed myself more grace in my choices.
>>
>>Dunno if that make a bit of sense. But that's what works...and has continued to
>>work...for me.
>>
>>beeswing
>
>
> I find myself a bit reluctant to stop measuring and stuff.

I feel the same way. I have been doing more eyeballing but I still
measure from time-to-time to check myself.


--
jmk in NC

..k

On 6/15/2004 11:20 PM, Ignoramus15206 wrote:
> So, I decided to
> start logging my eating and exercise in fitday again, and lose weight
> the same way I did during my dieting last summer.

Why bother? Just last week didn't you tell us "counting calories can
never be precise enough." :-/


--
jmk in NC

..noramus239..

In article <2jasllFutlg5U5@uni-berlin.de>, jmk wrote:
> On 6/15/2004 11:20 PM, Ignoramus15206 wrote:
>> So, I decided to
>> start logging my eating and exercise in fitday again, and lose weight
>> the same way I did during my dieting last summer.
>
> Why bother? Just last week didn't you tell us "counting calories can
> never be precise enough." :-/

Well, my logging is not precise. If my log says 1800 calories, it does
not mean that a super precise count of my calories would be 1800. I
use it as more of an accountability tool.

i

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On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 02:30:52 GMT, Chris Braun
<braun_chris@mindspring.com> wrote:

<snip>
>For those of you who have reached goal and entered a maintenance
>stage, I'm curious what you did. Did you stop doing something you had
>been doing (like, say, journaling)? If you upped your calories, by
>how much? What did it take to get your weight to stabilize? Did you
>change your weigh-in frequency?
>
>For those who haven't yet reached goal, do you have a plan for what
>you'll do then?
>
>Thanks,
>Chris
>262/146/ (145-150)

Hi Chris,

Congratulations! I am curious -- do you think your recent "refeeds"
had anything to do with the whoosh fairy coming to visit? :-)

I am a ways off from maintenance, but I am already formulating a plan.
I essentially plan to eat like this for the rest of my life, so
instead of 1300 cals during the weekdays, I will try going to 1500 and
from the current 1500 allowance on the weekends to 1800. I will adjust
up or down from there as needed.

Well, that's the plan, anyway. :-)

Ally
212/181/160