Maintenance Obsession
Posted 23rd March, 2009 at 03:08 PM by MissAma
Some people asked what I am going to do for maintenance and I am almost ashamed to admit what I'm doing...
Presumably obsessing is what I'm doing. To sound less off my head let me explain. Not only am I the OCD sort but if I don't read/understand and learn everything there is to be read and understood about a certain topic I never feel like I've done it properly.
So as a result, I've known before the diet, before Cambridge and even before the calories counting I did for a few months before Cambridge that to defeat my impatient nature and satisfy my obsessive side this would require oodles of research. Last year in August when I decided to do something about myself -cigarettes and body alike- I knew I had to learn about the best diet for me and evaluated them all. I've started with the calorie counting and exercising because I thought I could first asses the rate at which I lose that way. It was good but not sustainable or fast enough for my weight so I have decided to give Cambridge a go after formulating a plan for an entire year, complete with medical exams and ideas for maintenance and lifestyle changes.
That's just a bit of "why" I am so obsessed with maintenance today, 39 kilos away from goal, because in essence, it is "only" 4-6 months away and I have so much to learn! I want to understand metabolic principles, read the latest research and gather what each nutrient and vitamin will do to my body. So it's not that soon for me to start assessing every life/weight management plan I can think of. Which also answers the question in this thread. Once I'm informed enough, I'm deciding how I'll live for the rest of my life and find this extremely exciting!
The mister is at goal weight and this has prompted a weekend of thinking what will life be like from now on for him and then for me. We read and saw many a lectures on the various potential life and diet managements, decyphered insulin resistance, considered the proportion of exercise needed, how we'll attain this, etc.
Right now I am wanting to remember the following as extremely important:
- Whenever I will forget I am a reduced obese and start eating intuitively I will get it back on. I need to be aware and conscious of what I eat for the rest of eternity. For that, I want to get into the habit of planning the weekly meals ahead -whether on Atkins or whatever else maintenance program I chose-
- Exercise is vital. Not for weight loss or as a method to burn calories but because it has vastly beneficial effects on my body. I will find a gym I enjoy, a series of exercises I like and ensure this becomes routine!
- A reduced obese needs to eat 20-30% less or exercise 20-30% more. I will most likely do the former.
- Evidence is mounting in support of Atkins being both healthy and incidentally comprised of yummy things so right now it looks like there will be one more full round of complete SS on CD till the 29th of June, then a min 84 Kg weight achieved, 2 weeks of Atkins AND EXERCISE induction and then OWL and a slow search of the CCLL thereafter for as long as it takes.
This is scary as I have questions and questions as to how to make the transition without piling up on the kilos but it ought to work.
Presumably obsessing is what I'm doing. To sound less off my head let me explain. Not only am I the OCD sort but if I don't read/understand and learn everything there is to be read and understood about a certain topic I never feel like I've done it properly.
So as a result, I've known before the diet, before Cambridge and even before the calories counting I did for a few months before Cambridge that to defeat my impatient nature and satisfy my obsessive side this would require oodles of research. Last year in August when I decided to do something about myself -cigarettes and body alike- I knew I had to learn about the best diet for me and evaluated them all. I've started with the calorie counting and exercising because I thought I could first asses the rate at which I lose that way. It was good but not sustainable or fast enough for my weight so I have decided to give Cambridge a go after formulating a plan for an entire year, complete with medical exams and ideas for maintenance and lifestyle changes.
That's just a bit of "why" I am so obsessed with maintenance today, 39 kilos away from goal, because in essence, it is "only" 4-6 months away and I have so much to learn! I want to understand metabolic principles, read the latest research and gather what each nutrient and vitamin will do to my body. So it's not that soon for me to start assessing every life/weight management plan I can think of. Which also answers the question in this thread. Once I'm informed enough, I'm deciding how I'll live for the rest of my life and find this extremely exciting!
The mister is at goal weight and this has prompted a weekend of thinking what will life be like from now on for him and then for me. We read and saw many a lectures on the various potential life and diet managements, decyphered insulin resistance, considered the proportion of exercise needed, how we'll attain this, etc.
Right now I am wanting to remember the following as extremely important:
- Whenever I will forget I am a reduced obese and start eating intuitively I will get it back on. I need to be aware and conscious of what I eat for the rest of eternity. For that, I want to get into the habit of planning the weekly meals ahead -whether on Atkins or whatever else maintenance program I chose-
- Exercise is vital. Not for weight loss or as a method to burn calories but because it has vastly beneficial effects on my body. I will find a gym I enjoy, a series of exercises I like and ensure this becomes routine!
- A reduced obese needs to eat 20-30% less or exercise 20-30% more. I will most likely do the former.
- Evidence is mounting in support of Atkins being both healthy and incidentally comprised of yummy things so right now it looks like there will be one more full round of complete SS on CD till the 29th of June, then a min 84 Kg weight achieved, 2 weeks of Atkins AND EXERCISE induction and then OWL and a slow search of the CCLL thereafter for as long as it takes.
This is scary as I have questions and questions as to how to make the transition without piling up on the kilos but it ought to work.
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