maintaince

i want to know when u reach your ideal weight  which i have ..how
do u maintain it ...? do you do anything different ?
I'm 9 months out and i have reached my goal that i set 4 myself b4 my surgery

Personally, I am not doing anything differently than I was when I was still losing.  It took me 20 months to get to my goal (but of have reached yours in 9 months, you had a lot less to lose than I did) and then my body quit losing entirely.

You said you are at the weight you want to be at, but have you actually stopped losing?  If not, you may have to add some calories annd/or carbs in order to stop losing.  Because you still have some of your caloric malabsorption going on (mine was gone or almost gone by the time I got to my goal weight), you may find that you will start to have weight creep once you are beyond 18-24 months out and you are absorbing more of the calories you eat, and may need to drop your calories down in order to avoid that creep.

Lora

thank u

Congrats!!!! I look forward to reaching my goal!!!!  I have an appt on the 6th and I want to ask him about what his goal is so I can compare it to my goal and discuss it.

Congratulations on making it to your goal weight! 

 All Carbs are not created equal. I would definitely refrain from eating Refined Carbs. Eat Simple Carbs (dairy, fruit) and Complex Carbs (beans, vegetables, whole grains). I do not count daily Carb grams. 

 

 I eat 1800-2000 calories a day to maintain my weight loss of 200 pounds at a weight of 131 pounds. My height is 5'4".

 

 I do not participate in a formal exercise program due to Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis. I do move around a lot more and do a lot more walking.

 

 It defies our logic that I can enjoy so much good food and calories for my height. I believe part of the reason is I am a Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian. I eat a variety of beans, peas, low-fat dairy, eggs, whole grains, fruits and vegetables. 

 

 I also have never introduced a food into my mouth that I have not planned to eat. I always consider the protein and nutritional value of each morsel. 

 

 I know this rigid, controlled way of life is not for everyone, but it works great for me! 

I eat 1800-2000 calories a day to maintain my weight loss of 200 pounds at a weight of 131 pounds. My height is 5'4".

The following is just a suggestion, not a rule.

To Determine Your Calorie Expenditure Use The Following Formula For Women:

655 + (4.3 x weight in pounds) + (4.7 x height in inches) – (4.7 x age in years) = BMR.

Then you have to determine your Activity Level:

-If you are Sedentary: BMR x 20 % (.2)

-If you are Lightly Active: BMR x 30 % (.3)

-If you are moderately active (You exercise 3 to 4 times per week): BMR x 40 % (.4)

-If you are very active (You exercise intensely 5 or more days per week): BMR x 50 % (.5)

-If you are extra active (You do hard labor or are in athletic training, or exercise intensely 5 or more days per week for 3 or more hours per day): BMR x 60 % (.6)

Add your Activity Level number to your BMR = Daily Calorie Expenditure.

Okay, so I have read this before, but I had never done it. I did and according to it I should be eating 1780 calories! That's a lot, I think. I'm doing like 1000 right now. I mean, that's all I can eat at this point. But it still seems like a lot.
Sorry, I don't have any suggestions on how to maintain. I'm still trying to reach goal.

 I posted a similar question recently and some people suggested that I shouldn't rush to maintain my arbitrary goal.  That increasing calories to maintain then, 18-24 months when malabsorption stops, I might find it more difficult to control bounce back. The suggestion was that as long as my weight was in a healthy range, I should just wait till my weight loss settled on its own.  I have an appointment with my centre in about two weeks and plan on discussing this with them then.

Good luck to both of us :)

Andrea. 

 I am not in maintance yet.  I have about 20 more pounds to go until my personal goal of 140, and I am 8 months out.  But my personal plan is to let it ride out.  140 is at the upper end of the bmi range, so if i go lower, i'm more then ok with that.  i'm going to focus on healthy choices and an active lifestyle and let my body do it's thing.

now if i start gaining, then i will adjust things, but i plan on letting my body settle on it's own.