Great Book Helped Maintenance Success Plan
I highly recommend a great book that has helped me firm up my "transition to maintenance" plan. Dr. Barbara Berkeley's "Refuse to Regain: 12 Tough Rules" resonates with what I continue to learn on this journey. It is an easy read, and there are a lot of great take away, even if you aren't interested in removing processed food from your lifestyle.
Age: 64; 5' 5"; High weight: 345; Start weight: 271 (01/05/15); Surgery weight: 218 (05/27/15); Pre-Op (-53); M 1 (-18); M 2 (-1.5); M 3 (-13.5 ); M 4 (-13); M 5 (- 8); M 6 (-12) M 7 (-5, Xmas); M 8 (- 9) Under surgeon's goal and REACHED HEALTHY BMI 12/07/15!! (Six months and one week.) AT GOAL month 8. Maintaining at goal range (139- 144) ~ four (4) years !!
Hi,
I copied this from a book review of the "Refuse to Regain".
- Dr. B lays out 12 Tough Rules:
Be Tough, Not Moderate - half-measures aren't good enough
Commit Yourself to a 3 month opt-out period - give this plan the "old college try"
Weigh Yourself every day - really keep tabs on it
Reverse Small Regains Immediately - no fudging or procrastination!
Eat Primarian 90% of the time - basically Paleo with tweaks
Eat One Major Meal Per Day - with mini-meals and snacks
Perform a Daily "Scan & Plan" - look ahead to what might subterfuge your food plan
Stop eating after 8 PM
Eat from a limited menu - too many choices or too much variety is intoxicating
Have one acceptable treat per day
Have a love affair with exercise
Maintain with support and support others
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There are some good suggestions here, but I think it needs tweaking for VSG. It might be fun to put together a list of rules for maintenance for people after WSL.
Surgery May 1, 2013. Starting Weight 385, Surgery Weight 333, Current Weight 160. At GOAL!
Weight loss Pre-op 1-20 2-17 3-15 Post-op 1-20 2-18 3-15 4-14 5-16 6-11 7-12 8-8
9-11 10-7 11-7 12-7 13-8 14-6 15-3 16-7 17-3 18-3
