First I was only up one pound from my lowest. Yay!!!
Group was very very interesting. The facilitator was talking about dieting vs maintenance, and how hard maintenance is in someways compared to dieting. I already knew that, I think all dieters know that. But some of the things that she said that I found more interesting was that she said that studies show that you should only reduce your calories six to eight months or so at a time. I don't know where she found this study, I searched for it on the internet and couldn't find it, but it seemed to make sense.
You reduce your calories, lose the weight then you maintain for a few months, and then reduce your calories again. It sounds logical, kind of training for maintaining.
I have about 40 pounds to lose to be at my goal. I am seeing my times coming down, my swimming seems smoother and I am enjoying a fairly pain free life. All of this and steal 40 pounds to go, I can only imagine what it will be like at goal. But I am tired of dieting. I am tired of trying to get it at 1200 calories just to come up high over and over again.
We were told to decide if we wanted to continue with weight loss or go into maintenance. I thought about it alot and I have decided that I will lose 10 more pounds and do maintenance to the start of the year and hopefully finish it off mid-year 2018. I might change my mind, but that is my plan right now.
Group was very very interesting. The facilitator was talking about dieting vs maintenance, and how hard maintenance is in someways compared to dieting. I already knew that, I think all dieters know that. But some of the things that she said that I found more interesting was that she said that studies show that you should only reduce your calories six to eight months or so at a time. I don't know where she found this study, I searched for it on the internet and couldn't find it, but it seemed to make sense.
You reduce your calories, lose the weight then you maintain for a few months, and then reduce your calories again. It sounds logical, kind of training for maintaining.
I have about 40 pounds to lose to be at my goal. I am seeing my times coming down, my swimming seems smoother and I am enjoying a fairly pain free life. All of this and steal 40 pounds to go, I can only imagine what it will be like at goal. But I am tired of dieting. I am tired of trying to get it at 1200 calories just to come up high over and over again.
We were told to decide if we wanted to continue with weight loss or go into maintenance. I thought about it alot and I have decided that I will lose 10 more pounds and do maintenance to the start of the year and hopefully finish it off mid-year 2018. I might change my mind, but that is my plan right now.
Sounds like a good plan. I too need to lose another 40 pounds, and the last couple of weeks have not helped (up 4 pounds). Losing 10 to 15 more by the end of the year would be great for me, so I'm on board. The "diet food" fruit is lousy & 1,200 calories per day isn't enough. Given the huge amount of exercise you do, I don't see how you manage to stay upright - suspect a few more calories would be helpful to you.
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