Biggest Loser Club: Staying on track

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  Posted by TheFriz Tue Dec 16, 2008 1:15pm PST

  He's neglecting the fact that your metabolism drops after (and during) weight loss. Beyond the fact that your BMR decreases when your body mass is lower, your body will adapt to the decreased caloric intake you've been feeding it and adjust. Sometimes you're doing the exact same things you were on day one that lost you all the weight, but they just aren't cutting it anymore. Sure, sometimes people get lazy, change back to the old habits that gained them the weight, but some of us simply have to redouble the effort. Try mixing up your workouts so your body is challenged more. If you increased your calorie intake to a maintenance level after reaching your target weight, evaluate that; it's probably too high for your lower metabolic rate/BMR.

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  Posted by Kathy Tue Dec 16, 2008 2:33pm PST

  I am an active person at 47 years old. I lost 85 pounds seven years ago. Maintained this weight for 7 years. I feel great. Now gaining the 20 pounds in four months back has devasted me. I even walked 30 miles last month. did not lose any weight. This Doctor tells me you have to live with the change because your body is in menopause. This comment is driving me crazy. I know all the correct things to eat and I exercise. I won't even go out with fiends. I worked so hard to keep this weight off and I am totally sick to know that it can just come back.

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  Posted by susanc Tue Dec 16, 2008 3:44pm PST

  I am 49 and I too am having a hard time maintaining my weight. It seems to just keep creeping up

  all the time. I walk about 4 times a week, a very hilly and challenging route but that is about it.

  I eat very little during the day that can be considered bad, yogurt, cottage cheese, or protein shakes but at night I like my wine and sometimes dessert although I try to choose one or the other. I do think that when you are approaching 50 your body needs even more exercise and calorie control, but I am not really sure I am that committed!!!

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  Posted by P J Tue Dec 16, 2008 4:21pm PST

  i am the same i have maintained my current weight for 8 yrs, which i need to lose 30 lbs, i am 56 yrs old, i try to eat right excercise and i work. i have arthritis and a few other things that limit me. i am trying at least to maintain my current weight.

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  Posted by barry Tue Dec 16, 2008 7:16pm PST

  get on the scale once a month if you gain 1 pound lose 2 the next.

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  Posted by Dustie M Tue Dec 16, 2008 10:23pm PST

  Oh so easy to say, not so easy to do. I quit smoking, gained weight and decided that's ok. I just went through my mother dying of lung cancer. I'm not going to let a weight gain, even a significient one, to get me down. No sir! Besides, I'd rather go with a heart attack caused by being overweight then be skinny and die of lung cancer!

  We'll all beautiful, and it takes all kinds of body types to make a world. Don't go overboard and eat a whole bag of chips at one sitting. Eat reasonably without depriving yourself to the point where food is all that you think about and then quit worrying about being overweight. Have fun in life...it's too short to spend moping because we're not skinny!

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  Posted by Susie Q Tue Dec 16, 2008 10:55pm PST

  starve yourself...thats the only way i can do it...gross huh!?

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  Posted by Brigitte Tue Dec 16, 2008 10:56pm PST

  i just read the comments about weight, I think so much of this is hereditary..i too exercise regularily and i work on not overeating but somehow if ya got skinny genes ya have a better chance. I do think men need to get a grip though it is somewhat easier for them to maintain. I have done everything from teaching water exercise classes 30 hrs a week for 2 months to watching what I eat and I have had very little change. I'm not huge but it would help my arthritis if I had aboiut 20lbs off of this 57 yr old frame. The only time I fit into the charts at the proper weight was once when I had jaw surgery (tmj) and was wired shut for 6 weeks on a liquid diet. Most of my bones, ie ribs, hips, etc stuck out and I looked like a poster child for a 3rd world country. I don't have much faith in what we are "supposed to look like"

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  Posted by Brigitte Tue Dec 16, 2008 11:32pm PST

  my comment never showed up?? what happened??

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  Posted by LizaS Tue Dec 16, 2008 11:55pm PST

  Making exercises is the best way of being on the track. In this simple way you're going to stabilize yout matabolism and not to have a headache about calories excess.

  It was proven on me)))

  Cheers

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