On Wed, 3 Jan 2007 08:43:54 -0800,
chiefnine@webtv.net (William
Loranger) wrote:
>Is there a significant difference between your "maintenance eating plan"
>and the one you did for actual weight loss? Did you basically eat the
>same types of foods you're eating now (on maintenance)...only less -- or
>were your food choices totally different?
I eat the same way now as I did when losing weight, but with a few
more calories. For the last several months of weight loss I was
averaging around 1300 calories/day, and I gradually upped that to
around 1600. I eat the same kinds of foods, though. (In fact, if you
go into Google Groups and search old posts you can find my Food &
Exercise posts from back when I was still losing. I didn't begin
doing the posts until I was a ways into dieting (someone else started
it and I followed suit -- she quit, I didn't), but I've been doing it
steadily since I began.
Of course, when I say I eat the same kinds of foods, I should note
that I go through phases with regard to my favorite foods. And I've
been eating a bit differently since I retired last August -- like I
now have time to do my poached eggs every morning, and am generally at
home for lunch rather than packing a lunch to take to work.
>I realize exercise is also an important part of weight loss and
>maintenance. The reason I ask these questions of you ...rather than
>someone else in the group....is that I like your no-nonsense
>approach...without being brutal. Thanks. -- Sue
My exercise has also continued pretty much unchanged -- apart from
variations unrelated to losing vs. maintenance. Like I took up yoga a
year ago because I wanted to work more on flexibility. And now that
I'm retired I can get to the gym at different times of the day, and
can run outdoors more regularly.
Chris
262/130s/130s
started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004
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