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Angela D asked in HealthDiet & Fitness · 1 decade ago

Weight maintenance suggestions?

i've now reached my weight loss target, having lost 142 pounds over the past year and a half. nothing special, just counting calories and exercising.

so i'm now moving to maintenance mode. what sort of things have people found useful for making this transition? for keeping their weight stable, and keeping those pounds off?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Wow congrats! That's amazing!

    Stick to your same diet and exercise plan. Maybe since before you've been limiting calories so that you'll burn more than you eat, maybe you could eat a few more calories a day. Nothing big, take it slow, you don't want to gain the weight back. And make sure you're still eating healthy. Fruits & Veggies!

    Good luck!

  • 1 decade ago

    If self-control ever becomes a problem for you, find a mantra to repeat and every time you think you want to give in to diet temptation, repeat the mantra instead. I lost alot of weight too, but now when I get stressed I eat, and OMG...I'm gaining weight so fast....5 lbs in a week, I hate myself. So don't give in to temptation too often. Don't deprive yourself...but don't give in much. It's harder than you may think at times...

    But seriously, congrats on the weight loss!!! That's such a major achievement, and so few people actually have the willpower to do that. =D

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    okay, to get into shape , speed up your metabolism, rid yourself of excess fat and lose weight ,,,,,do as follows:

    Stop drinking & smoking (if you do this regularly)

    eat fruits & vegetables all you can (buy a food/rice steamer to make it easy on you)...(vegetables are not tasty, like junk foods,, but can be as you aquire your taste to them..and are loaded with energy and nutrients)...avoid all junk food, cokes, sweets, etc...and drink water . If you eat meat ,,eat only steamed fish or chicken.

    also, do an hour of walking each day at least. or some type of excercise.

    * you should lose about 10 lbs per month

  • 1 decade ago

    Congrats girly, thats a great accomplishment First off eat healthy, eat the same amount of calories that you burn, no bad fats only good fats like unsaturated fats and omega 369's not a lot of cholesterol and not a lot of saturated fats drink your daily reccomended amount of water and take your daily supplement of multivitamins and multiminerals.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Stick with your exercise and diet and avoid temptation.. stay with the routine that has allowed you to lose the weight because clearly it has been effective.

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