Maintaining

[Thundarump 17]

How do u stop from losing once u get to your goal weight ?

Besides not getting anymore fills..

[Gigi_Girl 77]

I am not there yet, but have been told that your body weight plateaus out when it gets to the proper weight.

[Jachut 487]

It just kind of happened naturally for me. My weight loss just got really really slow. It took me a year to lose the last 10lb! And then I didnt really lose anymore. Occasionally I lose some and occasionally I gain it back.

Nobody can keep up the sort of strict eating you tend to do in the first year or two with the band - I've kept up the exercise, but I definitely eat more. There's just more treats, less thought about going out for a meal or having a few drinks etc. Those calories (for me anyway) added up to enough to maintain my weight. I find when I log and cut out the nibbling I still do lose weight - so if i were a perfect eater who only ate healthy foods three times a day, I would need to unfill a tiny bit.

that said, i was an eat less move more loser - no low carb, no logging, no cutting out of any particular foods, and I was never tight. I ate 1200 to 15.0 a day to lose on average - just ballpark. If you're an 800 calorie a day strict rules dieter, then you might find you need to unfill to stop losing. Me, i think I learned how to handle food in a real life way outside the security of a "diet" by doing it my way but everyone's different

[Kiskis 56]

Hi all,

I had had to go for a unfill to stop losing. I found it hard to find a balance and switching gears mentally. I am think I have that balance now. I go up and down 3-4 lbs. Exactly like Jachut said I get to enjoy more things. I have allowed a few more carbs and since the unfill I can eat more normal and also have almost no acid reflux. Loving life!

Cheers,

Kristi