lowering of metabolism after weight loss

Stacey Bender wrote:
Doug Freyburger wrote:

I suggest that the common knowledge is largely
incorrect.

Which knowledge is correct then?

That's the $64K question. The things I know:

1) Everyone is different so plans that insist they are
the only way are all wrong. Some do great on low fat,
some do great on low carb. Some require specially
designed plans. Some are willing to do specialized
plans, some aren't. If an easy plan works for one
person (say South Beach) they have no need for a
customeized one (say Atkins).

2) Everyone is different so a plan that is a process to
determine correct portions/grams/whatever will beat any
one-size-fits-all plan if the process is well designed.

3) It's easy to design a terrible process that does not
work as well as one-size-fits-all.

4) Much newbie stress on rapid loss is a disaster for
staying on plans long term. It's a crash and burn
formula.

I don't know what is correct. I just know that it can
be figured out. I know that Atkins worked for me and
I know it took a lot of work because Atkins as it is
really designed is a fully customized process not a
one-size menu. Will Atkins work for everyone? If it
made that claim I'd call it wrong.

Combine the calculation and the level where it's worth the
effort. The result is the situation I am in. If I regain
more I get back spasms and the pain supplies motivation.

Then you go on drugs to compensate from any of the related symptoms.

I refuse to take drugs to stop muscle pains. I know I
can drop fat and the muscle pains go away. In my case
the spasms wewre caused by my belly being too big. I
would rather remove the cause than mask the symptom.
IF I can find the cause. Often a big if but in this
one case not much of a mystery.

I think the more physical aspects we find the less attention
is placed on the psychology, and once pain issues are gone
the physical motivators go. At some point it becomes a
psychological game.

On the other hand there are systems that claim it is all
psychological. Maybe true for a small number of people
but most certainly false for many.

Pyschologists have been basically behaviouralists, treating humans
like
a black box. That's clearly not the case. Thank god we have PET scans

and fMRI so we can go beyond the witch doctor stage of explanations.

It remains a daily battle. Maintenance is harder work
than my loss phases ever were.

I hope you can keep up the good work.

Thanks.

What choice do I have? Gaining more equals pain. Losing
more equals extra work. I am in a state were laziness
prevents further loss, but I have a hard and fast motivator
against further gain. I actually think I have it easy in
this way. I know what will happen with 10 more pounds. I
have gained them a couple of times and the spasms started
again and I lost again.