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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]After I lost 50 lbs a few years ago and found that was the easy part...keeping it off was the hard part...I read a book called Refuse to Regain about the maintenance phase. It was pretty good. It got it through my brain that I would never be able to "go back to normal." Normal got me 50 lbs overweight. The simple thing that helped me was the idea of having a tripwire weight - if I hit xxx lbs, I had to start the full diet phase again until I was well below that weight. I did, and still do, hit that weight and restart the weight loss phase at least once a year. It no longer panics me. I just remember our bodies are designed to gain and lose weight, and here we go. I will say that I find that I like to try different diets and new ideas just to keep it interesting. I dabble in calorie counting, low carb, and every form of IF. All just because dieting is deadly boring and trying new things is at least a challenge. 
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This is interesting -- just out of curiosity, how many pounds over your maintenance weight is your "trip wire" number?  (i.e., do you go severe-course correct at 3 pounds, 10 pounds, 20 pounds over)?[/quote]

It was 5lbs for 4 years or so, and that worked well (enough so it isn't just water weight, or my period or whatever). A couple of years ago I decided it was too restrictive, and that even 6 or 7 lbs should be easy enough to lose just by being more mindful of my diet, but not going full-out diet mode. Well, that resulted in me gaining a full 10 lbs over my previous trip wire weight over the course of a year as I was just being better, but not drastic. So I'm now back in full diet mode, have lost the first 2 of that 10, and should be back to usual in a few weeks. I'm trying the Fast 800 method, which is an IF variation. My trip wire weight is now back to 5lbs - my 10lb experiment was a failure! That was too much rope.[/quote]

Thanks.  I think that sounds like a good rule for me, when I get to my goal.  I keep creeping up even when I want to go down.[/quote]

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