How do I maintain my weight after losing it?!


Question: How do I maintain my weight after losing it?
Okay so i was on a fairly healthy diet and lost 20 pounds in two months. (i just checked the scale yesterday) The weight loss was hard, but the harder thing is probably how to maintain the weight. Do I continue to do strenous exercise like before and eat like a bird?

Answers:

Congrats on your weight loss, that is pretty significant! And you are exactly right, maintaining your current weight is the hard/fun part.

If you lost weight with the intention of getting healthy, remember your intention every day of your life going forward. This will help you make healthy food choices. You don't have to be as restrictive as your were, but you obviously can't go back to how you were eating before you lost the weight. If you feel good now, ask yourself if (eating an ice cream sundae/drinking a 6 pack/having a bowl of pasta every night) will help you maintain this good feeling? The answer is pretty easy.

When people do strenuous exercise as a means to weight loss, they almost always gain their weight back when they stop. That is why nutrition should be the primary means to weight loss.

Calculate your daily calorie needs. This number will tell you how many calories your body needs to maintain your weight for the amount of activity you do. You can adjust the amount of exercise to be less, but realize the number of calories you need will be less so you do have to eat less, sorry!

http://www.bmrcalculator.org/
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Set a specific weight loss goal, and reach it. The psychological boost of reaching a specific goal is very powerful. When an individual stops losing weight before reaching a goal, they tend to feel defeated. These feelings increase the chances of gaining back the weight.

Step 2
Keep a food diary after losing weight. Keeping records of food intake after you have reached a goal weight helps to prevent unconscious overeating. The food diary should include all food and beverage intake, According to caloriecontrol.org, it is also helpful to make a habit of substituting low calorie foods for high calorie foods


Step 3
Change eating habits and eating behavior. Eat more slowly by putting down your fork or spoon after each bite. Other eating habits to consider eliminating include eating after 8 p.m., eating while standing and skipping breakfast.
Step 4
Drink eight glasses of water daily. Drinking large quantities of water creates a sense of being full, and may prevent overeating. Large amounts of water consumed throughout the day acts as a natural diuretic and helps to prevent water weight gain.
Step 5
Place before and after personal pictures in areas where you will see them often. Frequent viewing of the pictures will be a constant reminder of the advantages of maintaining a goal weight. Make it a habit to view the pictures when you get out of the shower in the morning and before you retire at night.
Step 6
Consult with your doctor regarding a daily exercise routine. If possible, perform resistance exercises three times each week to support lean body mass. The combination of aerobic exercise and resistance exercise increases metabolism and helps to maintain a goal weight.

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No. first of all, that's the reason you lost the weight like you did, and more than often people who diet and exercise like that put the 20 pds + plus additional weight right back on. Your body will eventually collapse from all that pressure u put on it. I don't know how old you are, but it doesn't matter. There's a right way to lose weight and the wrong way.

Maintain a decent diet which includes plenty of proteins such as lean meats (fish, poultry and turkey), fruits and vegetables, foods high in fiber. Keep up the exercise, but not to the point where it is strenous. Join a program like Weight Watchers. They have excellent counselors who teach you what to eat and how to eat. Also, if you belong to a gym and can afford it, hire a personal trainer or talk to a nutrionist at the gym to get you on the right track.



Maintain your body your new eatting habbits is something u dont sop continue on eatting healthy and exercising.When u choose to eat healthy it should be because you want to be healthy and fit for life when u lose the weight that does not mean you go back to your old ways or u will gain it back and all that hard work was for nothing ,



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Don't starve yourself or over-strain your body. Just find
a solid exercise and diet regiment to complement your
life-style and the 'new you'

Congrats on reaching your goals btw :)



to maintain your weight, you only need to burn off as many calories as you take in



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