tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498002565495221711.post415208598813953092..comments2023-06-22T05:49:55.907-04:00Comments on Melissa's Life - Life After 42: As I'm in my stall-out, I was thinking, "I don't think I could do this again".berryblondeboyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06075928021362889250noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498002565495221711.post-81295700214031293182011-08-14T08:36:24.016-04:002011-08-14T08:36:24.016-04:00Well, what I'm doing I plan to do forever. Wel...Well, what I'm doing I plan to do forever. Well, of course, I won't always eat at a deficit, but how I eat will be the same. Actually, what I eat isn't a far cry from how I normally ate. I just took out the simple carbs and those I did for my blood sugar issue. I simply had to make a choice - keep the sugars and take meds or get rid of sugars and control it by diet. I chose to control it by diet.<br /><br />I exercise an hour a day 6 days a week. Maybe I'll drop that down to 5 days a week when I get to goal, but everything else will probably stay the same. I don't have 'bad' foods besides the simple carbs and even those I'll eat in moderation at parties or birthdays. <br /><br />But until now, I wasn't craving sweets. Now I am and I'm trying to figure out why so I can fix it. My body doesn't need sugar and I'm getting enough carbs - about 100 net grams a day which for someone with blood sugar issues, is ideal.berryblondeboyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06075928021362889250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498002565495221711.post-19555061727495063692011-08-14T04:10:22.058-04:002011-08-14T04:10:22.058-04:00For me, this time it had to be that whatever I did...For me, this time it had to be that whatever I did had to be whatever I could manage forever. Because of that, my approach has been to "normalize" my eating habits rather than to radically alter them. What I'm doing now, I can do forever. I'm eating moderately restricted, doing moderate exercise, and allowing for moderate numbers of treats. I realize that is not for everyone, but it does make it easy to say that I won't regain and that I won't have to "do it again" because I plan on deviating so little from what I'm doing now once I reach my goal weight. <br /><br />I once lost a radical amount of weight (a long time ago) by cutting out all "bad" food and exercising a fair amount. Eating healthy wasn't really enough to reduce calories so much, but the exercise coupled with what I cut (sugar, fat, red meat) was enough to get me down to my lowest weight ever, but it was unsustainable. I gained it all back and more. This time, I learned from that mistake as well as didn't have the physical health to exercise 90 minutes a day 5 days a week. <br /><br />I'd suggest starting to adjust your choices to something sustainable. Make the transition slow and gain confidence as you take baby steps from the lifestyle in which you lose to one in which you maintain. It's much easier than waiting to gain it all back and do it all over again.screaming fatgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556199963917842135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498002565495221711.post-71879554652322290792011-08-13T13:41:13.407-04:002011-08-13T13:41:13.407-04:00Of course, how much could these ladies jump if I a...Of course, how much could these ladies jump if I added 30-50 pounds to their bodies too? We are probably expending the same amount of energy! (deleted above comment because I can't write!)berryblondeboyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06075928021362889250noreply@blogger.com