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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I kept it off for over five years, did gain 15-20 during COV.iD which is a lot for my height but now just have 5-10 to go to get back. What works for me in maintaining is to always avoid certain foods unless they are very limited. For example, a small piece of cake at someone’s house is OK but if I make a cake at home for the kids etc I don’t touch it. I can never eat just a few potato chips so I never eat any. No starchy vegetables ever especially potatoes or rice including brown rice. Avoid bread.

For weight loss, I eat high protein, extremely low carbs, clean foods, lots of water. Mostly get fats from olive oil or avocados, not a butter lover. For weight maintenance, I still eat high protein, low carb but feel free to eat moderate carbs. I’ll eat low carb pasta, throw a can of black beans into chili, low carb beerr one glass of dry Pinot.

The biggest things to learn were how to avoid carbs while making good interesting food. We’re just so used to carbs being a base or a super plentiful side to everything, awareness that taking a day off doesn’t just mean gaining weight, it brings back craving food when I don’t need it, and changing how I go out to eat. People fuss about fast food but that’s easy for a lot of people to avoid. Sit down restaurant upscale and casual are the real problem. Chefs prioritize flavor and experience which means they use a ridiculous amount of fat, salt and high carbs. The average meal at a sit down restaurant is 1250 calories.  The plant based is even worse in terms of carbs.

Gaining some back during COVID was a bummer but I understand more now how to maintain and losing has been relatively easy. It is far from impossible to maintain. If you do gain some back, just get back on the wagon,

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This is me exactly! I lost a bunch of weight in 2013/2014 and kept it off until 2021. [Shaking my fist and yelling DAMN YOU COVID!!!]

In the past month starting going low carb again after I realized I did not fit into most of my summer clothes ... ug. It took me a couple of months to get motivated to do it.
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