I have been maintaining a 107 pound weight loss for the past 10 months or so. I have found my days have been either really good or really bad as far as my eating. I am doing great with the excersise. I gained 5 pounds I cannot seem to drop.

My question for those maintaining, how do you handle foods not on your typical eating plan. Do you have "treats" at all? Do you just have a little once in a while? I find once I eat something "bad" I say my day is blown so I might as well eat all the things I've been craving. Then I cut back severly for the next few days, sometimes just doing protien shakes for a day or 2. I know it's not the healthiest way to be, but I can't seem to get out of this pattern.

Any ideas are wecome. Thanks!

If I want a treat I eat it. Doesn't mean I blew the whole day. I just try to cut back from somewhere else to compensate for it.

I find maintenance pretty tough. I can't go with too much fill, a I loose to much weight, and I can't go without fill as I gain. I currently at 3 cc, and seem to be okay with that. Good luck. I have lost 104 lbs, but maintaining at about 100. Karen

I'm not sure I'm handling this the best way possible, but it's worked for the last 10 months or so.

I keep my band pretty loose and I eat what I want, for the most part. I eat treats but I try to limit the quantity. I've given myself a range that I can live with, 5 lbs up or down from my target weight. If I'm getting close to the upper limit, I cut back on the treats for a few days. I know that it's probably healthier, etc. to always eat wholesome, good-for-you foods, but I can't live that way. It makes me feel deprived and then I go off the deep end. I've done this too many times. So I've decided that I will get to the gym at least 3 days a weeks and I will watch my weight. I will NOT let that weight vary by more than 5 lbs. That range gives me enough flexibility to enjoy vacations and birthdays, but not so much that I can't find my way back.

I'm hoping it works long term, but this is new territory for me. It's just one day at a time for now.

Cindy

I'm not sure I'm handling this the best way possible, but it's worked for the last 10 months or so.

I keep my band pretty loose and I eat what I want, for the most part. I eat treats but I try to limit the quantity. I've given myself a range that I can live with, 5 lbs up or down from my target weight. If I'm getting close to the upper limit, I cut back on the treats for a few days. I know that it's probably healthier, etc. to always eat wholesome, good-for-you foods, but I can't live that way. It makes me feel deprived and then I go off the deep end. I've done this too many times. So I've decided that I will get to the gym at least 3 days a weeks and I will watch my weight. I will NOT let that weight vary by more than 5 lbs. That range gives me enough flexibility to enjoy vacations and birthdays, but not so much that I can't find my way back.

I'm hoping it works long term, but this is new territory for me. It's just one day at a time for now.

Cindy

Thanks so much, your plan sounds very similar to what I am trying to do. All the responses were helpfull. I think for now I am going to work on maintaining where I am and not worry about the 5 pounds. I hope this gets me out of the deprivation/bingeing mode I've been in. Thanks again.