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I'm still doing very good and looking in the past, I haven't been at this weight since 2008 while I was starting to struggle to keep the weight loss I had undertaken. Even during my initial descent I was already struggling.
I still haven't found some great strategies for weight maintenance that really speak to me. As far as I can tell, for years I'll be teetering on the edge of gaining it all back.
The Hacker's Diet suggests that I watch my weight (after noise filtration) and make corrections based on how much weight I'm gaining/losing. I have tried that and I think I'll need to different strategy (the noise filtration is still necessary of course). What I am thinking is that I could try a 2 day calorie budget instead of the one so that I can learn to have a less rigid diet and maintain. If I over eat one day, I'll make up the difference the next day. I would really like to just not worry about it, but I know that doesn't work.
I had recently heard about one doctor who is suggesting that the target calories a dieter should have is the amount of calories that are needed to maintain the goal weight. This method takes about 3 years to accomplish. It is brilliant in that if you succeed, then you've definitely made the "lifestyle change" that everyone is always talking about. The big problem with this is that if you want to lose more weight than you initially wanted, it will take another 3 years.
One thing that I have started to question is the morality of doctors recommending weight loss when it seems so hard to maintain. If a medical intervention fails so often, why recommend it? It makes people feel bad about themselves and isn't likely to work. If we can have good sound medical advice on maintaining weight that goes beyond "Lifestyle Change" then I am all for it. Unfortunately, those two words seem to embody most of what is known about maintaining weight loss. We have a little bit of correlation data recommending significant volumes of daily exercise and constant weight monitoring. I wish there was more and better information.
We shouldn't be concerned about what causes weight gain, we should be concerned about what causes people not to gain weight. Could we mimic the behaviors of the people who know how to properly regulate their calories? Maybe their behaviors include significant volumes of daily exercise and constant weight monitoring.
Diet Calendar Entry for 14 October 2012:
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1524 kcal
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Fat: 23.30g | Prot: 64.37g | Carb: 264.76g.
Breakfast: Lowfat All Natural Plain Yoghurt. Lunch: B&M Baked Beans. Dinner: Flour, Tomato, Mozzarella Cheese. Snacks/Other: 62% Cacao Dark Chocolate Chunks. more...
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