A patient called in today, ten lbs away from her goal weight, to ask us if she could do this forever. She brought her doctor information we provided about the program, and the doctor was impressed, but concerned with what happenned after reaching goal weight.
First of all, as our patient asked, you can eat cookies forever, if you're so inclined. After reaching your goal weight you would have to introduce more calories, of course, to stop the weight loss, but they are very healthy and great for snacks! If you are, as she is, so happy with them and afraid that a completely non-cookie diet will leave you hungry and gaining fast, you can do this! come in or all in to talk us about how!
Secondly, for the majority of the population who, at the end of their weight loss, are ready and excited for wider selection of foods but still want to maintain their newly acquired goal weight, we have the maintenance program. We will discuss this more in depth with you when it's time, but the basics are these:
- Through the program, you have learned to eat many small meals throughout the day. Continue doing this, just substitute other food for cookies.
- In selecting your dinners, you have learned how to make healthy food choices--keep up with this! You can now eat things that were "off-program," just make good choices and eat small portions.
- Watch your weight! Set an "alarm weight" about 5 lbs above your goal weight. If you reach this point, call us up or visit and do the cookies for a week or so until you're back down to your goal. This way, your weight never gets out of control!
When you're ready for maintenance, a Weight Counselor will be happy to work with your personally to devise a plan!
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