Help with maintainence

"Shawn Manning" wrote in message news:zmYIc.9258

I did have my bodyfat tested and it came at 10.6%
I'm desparate for any tips, tricks, suggestions, support you guys can
provide that might help me with the eating issue. Thanks.

Well, 10% is quite low. You might want to switch to a cutting/bulking
cycle, where you eat more calories, but eat them to fuel muscle growth.
Then you can increase your metabolism with the extra muscle. After you gain
a set amount of weight (hopefully mostly muscle) you can switch to a cutting
cycle where you drop bf again.
Or you might want to consider a bf% that is a little easier to maintain.

det

"Shawn Manning" wrote in message news:zmYIc.9258$ek5.3175@pd7tw2no...
Hello,

Everytime I had ever needed help with my weightloss goals, I always turned
to this group for tips, motivation support etc. Now that I have lost the
weight, I am turning to this group with my new problem with maintaining the
weight loss.

I can relate on the cereal problem, and it no longer sits in my cupboards -- it was
my first "binge food" (no kidding, it is filled with refined carbs) -- and since
childhood, I've demonstrated over and over that I cannot eat just a little bit of it.
Along with starting a craving cycle, "demolishing boxes of the stuff" is adding lots
of calories to your intake. Multiply the number of servings in a box (probably more
than 10) by the calories per serving (probably over 110), and you'll see how many
calories you are eating just in cereal-- and worse, you're eating all those calories
and it's making you hungrier and hungrier, not fuller. The curse of breakfast cereal.
:-) You have come very far and it's good to catch things now. I am going through the
same thing with weight maintenance -- so stick around and post how you're doing.

Mary
325-160-148

OK,

here is my link to the fitday journal

http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJ...Owner=hussaink

Please review and start piling on the assessments. The more brutal the
better as I really want to get a "feel" of what I am doing wrong. Thank you
all in advance.
"Shawn Manning" wrote in message
news:zmYIc.9258$ek5.3175@pd7tw2no...
Hello,

Everytime I had ever needed help with my weightloss goals, I always turned
to this group for tips, motivation support etc. Now that I have lost the
weight, I am turning to this group with my new problem with maintaining
the
weight loss.

First a bit of quick history, started in Feb 2002 weighing in at 350lbs.
By
Dec. 2003 was down to 160lbs. Stayed pretty constant at that number till
about March and then the trouble started.

Since mid March, I have been craving food and lots of it. My average
caloric
intake has jumped to 3700 calories daily. I have not had any emotional
moments in my life and I don't eat because I am bored, I simply get
hungry.
The one thing screwing me up though has been an extreme craving for
cereal,
I have been demolishing boxes of the stuff. I am eating healthy (lean
turkey, tuna, chicken etc) just too much of it. To compensate for the
intake, I have bumped up my workouts at the gym and focusing heavily on
cardio. I usually do 6.5 miles on the elliptical 6 times a week and in
addition I now run 7 miles 2-3 times a week on the treadmill. Weight has
jumped to 178lbs-180lbs and I have a bad feeling this is a slide towards
my
old form again. I did have my bodyfat tested and it came at 10.6%

I'm desparate for any tips, tricks, suggestions, support you guys can
provide that might help me with the eating issue. Thanks.

"Shawn Manning" wrote in message
news:q5dJc.17286$Mr4.13198@pd7tw1no...
OK,

here is my link to the fitday journal

http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJ...Owner=hussaink

Please review and start piling on the assessments. The more brutal the
better as I really want to get a "feel" of what I am doing wrong. Thank
you
all in advance.

28 servings of cereal? 11 servings of fruit bars?? You need to ditch the
carbs and eat more fat. You may even benefit from a atkins-type induction
of eliminating carbs for a few days, to get off the carb addiction. Try
eating 100g of carbs or less per day for about a week. Then gradually add
back in low glycemic carbs (veggies, high fiber breads and cereals, whole
wheat products) to a point that is well balanced - probably not more than
40% from carbs.

And it looks to me like you're binging, I'm no expert there, but you need to
address that issue.

det

"Shawn Manning" wrote in message
news:q5dJc.17286$Mr4.13198@pd7tw1no...
OK,

here is my link to the fitday journal

http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJ...Owner=hussaink

Please review and start piling on the assessments. The more brutal the
better as I really want to get a "feel" of what I am doing wrong. Thank
you
all in advance.

28 servings of cereal? 11 servings of fruit bars?? You need to ditch the
carbs and eat more fat. You may even benefit from a atkins-type induction
of eliminating carbs for a few days, to get off the carb addiction. Try
eating 100g of carbs or less per day for about a week. Then gradually add
back in low glycemic carbs (veggies, high fiber breads and cereals, whole
wheat products) to a point that is well balanced - probably not more than
40% from carbs.

And it looks to me like you're binging, I'm no expert there, but you need to
address that issue.

det