Gaining weight
on 9/29/12 7:13 am - Canada
so your stomach would still be the same size but you have to change what you are eating, more dense protein and low carby stuff and less potatoes etc.
The key is NOT to rely on restriction.......
Eating mindlessly and to full is perfect recipe for regain and how we got fat in the first place.....
Eating fixed amounts of food that is basically 80% of what you learned from WL is a good baseline for maintenance......
Always under eat your sleeve capacity....... The only real way to stretch your sleeve in constant over eating and putting internal pressure in your sleeve.....
Remember...... maintaining your weight is far easier than losing regain......
Disciplines you learn during weight loss and developing good habits is what carries you through maintenance.....
The reality is that in the big picture......losing the weight is the easy and exciting part...... maintenance is kinda boring and much harder if you don't keep your head in the game......
frisco
SW 338lbs. GW 175lbs. Goal in 11 months. CW 148lbs. WL 190lbs.
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Thanks everyone for the responses. I do try to stay away from the slider foods. Thankfully Im not big on Ice Cream and stuff like that. I consider myself lucky with that. Im not a stress eater either...I am a volume eater. I never felt like I had enough until I was so full I was sick to my stomach and literally could not fit in another bite. Im so afraid those habits will come back into my life. For now, I will continue to use the words of advice, UNDER EAT THE SLEEVE. DO NOT RELY ON RESTRICTON.
I feel better!
Forever Greatful, AMY
I agree with Frisco on this one. I think restriction is a small part of the overall process. It gets you started in the beginning but capacity increases over time with everyone. I know I can't rely on pouch size since I'm alreayd a high volume pouch so I have to really weigh and log and count. I don't THINK I would gain weight if I didn't. BUT if I ate crap and enough cheezits, I probably would gain. Slider foods can be eaten in large large amounts for some reason.