Comments on: Maintaining Weight-loss.

By: More on HEAB « Heather Eats Almond Butter

More on HEAB « Heather Eats Almond Butter — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:14:12 +0000

[...] here for a post by Mizfit regarding maintaining weight loss – there are a lot of great tips in the [...]

By: KK @ Running Through Life

KK @ Running Through Life — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:09:32 +0000

Wow, that stat is high! Yikes! It is all about the lifestyle change for me. It never has been a “diet.”

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Link Love Mondays!! | GO HEALTHY GO FIT — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:10:56 +0000

[...] MizFit shares her thoughts about maintaining weight loss. [...]

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Sat, 25 Apr 2009 09:48:26 +0000

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By: The Crazy Woman Inside Me

The Crazy Woman Inside Me — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:22:18 +0000

An excellent post and excellent feedback in the comments! This time as I journey along my Final Diet, I’m focusing not on the weight loss, because I know it will come off–just as it always has in the past. This time I’m focusing on maintenance and learning all I can about it and how others have managed it.

While the weight loss maintenance stats are indeed disappointing, I choose to think about the 5% who succeeded. If they can do it, then why can’t I? The only thing keeping me from weight loss and fitness success is me. As I diet I need to come to terms with what happens after the weight is lost so I never have to deal with another diet again.

Thanks for another great post!

–Susan

By: Mary @ A Merry Life

Mary @ A Merry Life — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:23:11 +0000

Reading this post and your comments was like a woah moment. I clearly don’t have an answer for the emailer since I regained almost all (but not quite all!) of the weight I lost 5 years ago. But I fully agree with you on the fact that it needs to be a lifestyle change that can last. I regained the weight when I had a reverse lifestyle change. [Ugh.] So whatever works to lose the weight needs to be sustainable for the long term to keep the weight off. I think.

By: POD

POD — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:20:50 +0000

Of course you know I’m a knowitall…so I have to say that keeping FAT and weight off is a lifestyle & health commitment which so many have made comments on already. We can’t just want to lose some pounds. We have to want to be healthier so that we don’t ever go back to unhealthier. And the things we tell ourselves have to be different. We cannot say, “I hope to keep the pounds off.” We have to say, “I will keep the pounds off.” At WW last week, a woman who’s lost over 100 lbs and this is her 2nd time, said, “I hope this is the last.” And of course we hope that for her too. But her phrasing needs to be more committal. That’s my 2 cents.

By: Meredith (Pursuing Balance)

Meredith (Pursuing Balance) — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:03:37 +0000

You have some great thoughts! I’m starting my last year of my MS in dietetics (so an RD-to-be), and I completely agree that eating healthy needs to be a lifestyle, not a diet. I’ve also read that, in regards to exercise, 60-90 minutes a day most days a week is recommended for weight loss whereas 30 minutes a day for most days of the week is recommended for maintenance. I think the idea with maintenance really should be to remain vigilant, so if you see weight creeping back on you can reevaluate what you’re doing.

By: Lara

Lara — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:08:10 +0000

This question could have been written by me!! I am totally struggling with this lately, and I’m scared I’m not really winning the war. It’s a really foreign concept to not be in the “Lose” mentality anymore. I feel like I am either gaining or losing all the time!

By: Melissa

Melissa — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:37:00 +0000

I totally agree; don’t expect to maintain if the regimen you used to lose was so strict that you barely ate and worked out like a fiend. NOT SUSTAINABLE. I’ve put on 15 from my lowest, and I’m still struggling to lose it, but though I’m still exercising just as hard as I did before (if not harder) I’m eating too much to lose at this weight. But if I were to cut back so severely on my intake, I’d gain it all back when I maintained.

Slow and steady wins the race. You can maintain (I’ve been more or less doing it for 4 yrs) but it does take work. And like the statistics, I’ve gained some too. It’s hard! Much harder than losing … good luck!