VLCD - Maintenance

Hi.

I'm wondering how you're supposed to maintain your weight after you've
reached your target goal on a Very Low Calorie Diet.

I'm not part of a programme, this is entirely makeshift for me, so I
would appreciate any advice which might be forthcoming.

Would I be right in thinking that it is simply a case of maintaining
*good habits*, such as a (slightly increased) low-calorie diet which
you gently ease into, and keeping up with regular exercise?

My obvious concern is that a VLCD somehow screws with your body,
making it inevitable that the weight will come back on. But surely if
it's simply a case of numbers (calories in vs calories out), a
lifestyle transition is 'all' it requires? Would I be right in
assuming that most weight regain cases are due to people heading
straight back to the junk food and abandoning the exercise?

My priority in exercise is to do serious resistance training while on
the VLCD. Ideally, if I can build even a few pounds of muscle then
I'll be more liable to keep the weight off when I do transfer to a
more reasonably calorific diet.

Any advice/stories/pointers/criticism is welcome

This is a good question. The percentage of dieters who regain is around
95%.


"dynamo" wrote in message
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Hi.

I'm wondering how you're supposed to maintain your weight after you've
reached your target goal on a Very Low Calorie Diet.

I'm not part of a programme, this is entirely makeshift for me, so I
would appreciate any advice which might be forthcoming.

Would I be right in thinking that it is simply a case of maintaining
*good habits*, such as a (slightly increased) low-calorie diet which
you gently ease into, and keeping up with regular exercise?

My obvious concern is that a VLCD somehow screws with your body,
making it inevitable that the weight will come back on. But surely if
it's simply a case of numbers (calories in vs calories out), a
lifestyle transition is 'all' it requires? Would I be right in
assuming that most weight regain cases are due to people heading
straight back to the junk food and abandoning the exercise?

My priority in exercise is to do serious resistance training while on
the VLCD. Ideally, if I can build even a few pounds of muscle then
I'll be more liable to keep the weight off when I do transfer to a
more reasonably calorific diet.

Any advice/stories/pointers/criticism is welcome

A 23 Apr 2005 21:29:19 -0700, (dynamo)
escribió:
I'm wondering how you're supposed to maintain your weight after you've
reached your target goal on a Very Low Calorie Diet.

My wife and I found this to be a great advantage of the
VLCD. The VLCD allowed us to focus completely on the task
of losing weight, while in weight-loss. During that time,
we had no worries, no concerns, no difficult decisions to
make each day. As the program progressed, we learned more
and more about how to eat healthfully for life, so when we
reached maintenance we were prepared and ready to do so. We
transitioned to a more traditional low-calorie diet, and
have maintained more than 90% of our weight-loss for over
three years.

I'm not part of a programme

That might be a problem, since the program prepares you to
eat healthfully for life, including nutritional education as
well as individual and group support. Furthermore, VLCDs,
themselves, are considered unhealthy without medical
supervision.

My obvious concern is that a VLCD somehow screws with your body,
making it inevitable that the weight will come back on.

That normally wouldn't be a concern, since any chance of you
heading down that path is bypassed by the medical
supervision. Without the medical supervision, that is a
definite possibility.


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