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KD · 28th February, 2007

Thought I write down some things that come into my mind when I read maintaining diaries. Most of these questions have been things that have gone through my brain over time. Others are things I’ve read between the lines in diaries.
It’s not easy is it?

Nope. Okay, there are easy times, times when you think you can do this forever but there are times when it all seems overwhelming. There are also times when you couldn’t care less and just want to eat….lots!

I should be able to relax now?

No! Definitely not. Well, not for me anyway. That doesn’t mean you have to 100%, just that there is a price to be paid for everything. Being at goal doesn’t mean that you now have a passport for keeping your new weight. Relax, by all means, but you have to sort it out sooner rather than later.

I don’t want to diet again!

No…nor do I. Cutting down a little for a few days isn’t really dieting though. It’s what people do naturally. For us, it has to be a conscious effort, so it may feel like a diet. It’s not though, it’s just behaving normally.

Calorie counting is a diet!

No. I calorie count (not so much now…as I pretty much know what I’m doing). I calorie counted because I didn’t know how to eat normally. I didn’t know how to mend mistakes. I thought I knew, but I’ve learnt more since!

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I tell my piano students that whenever they make a mistake on the piano, they have taught their brains to do it that way. They have given themselves an ‘x’ cell. When they do it right, they have grown a ‘y’ cell. Lots of mistakes gives them lots of ‘x’ cells.

So 5 times wrong gives them 5 x cells, once right and they have one b cell. When they come to play and don’t concentrate, which cell is the brain going to go for ‘x’ or ‘y’? There are so many x cells to chose from, the brain might happen to do find the y cell amongst it all, but the chances are, it will go for an ‘x’ as there are many more of them.

The same applies to maintenance. If you’ve spent many years doing it wrong, a few right things might just pop up without thinking, but you need to do the right thing most of the time, so that you get more ‘y’ cells.

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KD Gone fishing KD's Profile Albums KD's Photo Gallery Join Date: 22nd July, 2006 Location: Bournemouth Posts: 18,058 Thanks: 165 Thanked 488 Times in 353 Posts Rep Power: 620 Diet: Was Cambridge, now maintaining	My questions about maintaing...with my own answers :D Thought I write down some things that come into my mind when I read maintaining diaries. Most of these questions have been things that have gone through my brain over time. Others are things I’ve read between the lines in diaries. It’s not easy is it? Nope. Okay, there are easy times, times when you think you can do this forever but there are times when it all seems overwhelming. There are also times when you couldn’t care less and just want to eat….lots! I should be able to relax now? No! Definitely not. Well, not for me anyway. That doesn’t mean you have to 100%, just that there is a price to be paid for everything. Being at goal doesn’t mean that you now have a passport for keeping your new weight. Relax, by all means, but you have to sort it out sooner rather than later. I don’t want to diet again! No…nor do I. Cutting down a little for a few days isn’t really dieting though. It’s what people do naturally. For us, it has to be a conscious effort, so it may feel like a diet. It’s not though, it’s just behaving normally. Calorie counting is a diet! No. I calorie count (not so much now…as I pretty much know what I’m doing). I calorie counted because I didn’t know how to eat normally. I didn’t know how to mend mistakes. I thought I knew, but I’ve learnt more since! (Skip this in italics bit if rushed for time) I tell my piano students that whenever they make a mistake on the piano, they have taught their brains to do it that way. They have given themselves an ‘x’ cell. When they do it right, they have grown a ‘y’ cell. Lots of mistakes gives them lots of ‘x’ cells. So 5 times wrong gives them 5 x cells, once right and they have one b cell. When they come to play and don’t concentrate, which cell is the brain going to go for ‘x’ or ‘y’? There are so many x cells to chose from, the brain might happen to do find the y cell amongst it all, but the chances are, it will go for an ‘x’ as there are many more of them. The same applies to maintenance. If you’ve spent many years doing it wrong, a few right things might just pop up without thinking, but you need to do the right thing most of the time, so that you get more ‘y’ cells.