Three Weight Loss Surgery Maintenance Models - Abstinence, No Dieting, or Mindful Moderation

[BCs 1000 364]

I am not quite there yet, but my plan is to use calorie restriction whenever there is a '5' in front of my weight and mindfulness if my weight starts with a '4'. So over 50kg restrict, below 50kg be mindful.

No idea if this will actually work, but I have lost this weight so many times before and put it all back on that I plan to watch the scales like a hawk.

[Doc'sWife 56]

Mindful moderation worked well for me until my band was removed and then the little part of my brain that said "o you haven't had (insert food here) in so long because you physically couldn't eat it, one won't hurt you". Yeah all downhill from there

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[Cape Crooner 589]

It seems like I eat less on #3 than I do on #1...

[erp 2,016]

I do a combo of #1 abstinence and #3 mindful moderation. Some foods like Bagels will never be in my shopping cart but the list of "nevers" is small. Usually I just track my food and weight myself daily to stay in check.

[DrCollins 8]

I've never had ANY weight-loss or weight-maintenance success with approach #1 or #2.

Both those approaches ... the "Abstinence = total Restriction of #1; and ...... the "No Diet = Intuitive Eating" of #2, have never been workable plans for me.. not at any time during the years BEFORE or at any time during the years AFTER WLS.

For ME, weight-loss and maintenance success can only be had through approach #3. AND during the past 12 years, this "moderate" way-of-eating, has included Consistent, Ongoing, Daily, food tracking using a computer food journal.

[goddess04 45]

I tried "no dieting", now im at mindful moderation and reboot lol