Anonymous wrote:40 lbs in 6 mo is incredible. Give yourself a dang break! It may come off a little slower now that you are smaller and have a lower metabolic rate now.

Anonymous wrote:Contents have shifted during the flight.

Four pounds is nothing. You could get a small stomach bug, or take a particularly large dump, and the number on the scale would read what you want it to read.

Why are you arbitrarily deciding that Number X is your perfect weight? If your body is settling in at 144, you don't NEED to be 140.

Now, if your doctor is telling you you need to be 140, that's one thing.

Anyway, my best advice if you really want to drop a few more pounds:

1) No alcohol. If you're serious about 4 pounds, you need to only drink on very special occasions, and only one drink.

2) No eating after 7:30 p.m. Have dinner, have a small portion of dessert when you want to, then that's it. NO late-night snacking.

3) Only eat "investment carbs," make sure those choices are really worth it. Half of a good deli bagel? Yes. A sad conference room bagel? Hell no.

4) Cut your portions by 1/3 until you reach your goal weight.

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Anonymous wrote:Contents have shifted during the flight.

Four pounds is nothing. You could get a small stomach bug, or take a particularly large dump, and the number on the scale would read what you want it to read.

Why are you arbitrarily deciding that Number X is your perfect weight? If your body is settling in at 144, you don't NEED to be 140.

Now, if your doctor is telling you you need to be 140, that's one thing.

Anyway, my best advice if you really want to drop a few more pounds:

1) No alcohol. If you're serious about 4 pounds, you need to only drink on very special occasions, and only one drink.

2) No eating after 7:30 p.m. Have dinner, have a small portion of dessert when you want to, then that's it. NO late-night snacking.

3) Only eat "investment carbs," make sure those choices are really worth it. Half of a good deli bagel? Yes. A sad conference room bagel? Hell no.

4) Cut your portions by 1/3 until you reach your goal weight.

This doesn't sound like a way to establish a healthy, maintainable weight. It sounds like a good way to lose 5 lbs, then regain 15 lbs. Ask me how I know!

Anonymous wrote:
3) Only eat "investment carbs," make sure those choices are really worth it. Half of a good deli bagel? Yes. A sad conference room bagel? Hell no.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
3) Only eat "investment carbs," make sure those choices are really worth it. Half of a good deli bagel? Yes. A sad conference room bagel? Hell no.

This has made the biggest difference for me for 10+ years and has helped a ton in keeping the weight I finally lost in my late 20s off all that time without feeling like I'm starving or depriving myself.

So, yes, I will have homemade mashed potatoes at Thanksgiving, or a sandwich at my favorite deli when I'm in NY for work, but no need for those tiny store bought muffins in left in the office kitchen for anyone to have or a slice of Little Caesar's pizza put out for the grownups at a kid's birthday party.