Warning, contains some food mentionings!!! Please don't read if sensitive! I would feel terrible!!
Hiya,
The short answer to ''is weight loss maintainable'' is yes. Obviously, it is. Whether it's easy or not is a whole different question ;-).
I haven't been maintaining my CD loss for long so don't feel like an expert or anything.. but maybe what I'm doing now can help you later on?
Working up the plans was tough but I made it through. It's quite doable, you just have to think about what to eat, when to eat it. Planning meals and such is a very handy tool for me. I also tell myself beforehand I will be allowed x treat today (
whether it's a can of coke, a piece of chocolate, hot chocolate (no fat, no added sugar! <33) nuts or desert) and when the time for that treat comes I ask myself if I want it or not.
I think it's important to see if you really want it and why you want it. I used to binge in emotional moments so I had a lot of trouble dealing with those without food during CD. I haven't yet had an emotional binge and I'm pretty sure I'll have a whole lot less of those this year ;-)
I eat lots of veggies and in dinners I usually have 1/2 plate of veggie/salad, 1/4th of protein and 1/4th of carbs. I saw someone tip that and it works fine for me. I usually have fruit in between, I love sweet fruits like grapes and strawberries but apples and kiwifruits work just as well.
I did lose quite a bit of hair doing the steps up but I have very thick hair so losing a bit isn't bad!
It will grow back stronger and more beautiful and I'll be healthy.
I keep a food diary in a small notebook, add up my calories and check if I have enough fruit/veggies. I sometimes put the carbs in there too. I'm from the Netherlands and we have different steps up so I'm currently at 1000-1200kcal. I plan on going up a bit but I want to find some stability with the food I'm having now before I up my calorie intake and start working out.
I plan to go to the gym 2x a day, I ride my bike to school 3 x a week (2x30=60mins x3= 180mins bikeride a week) and work out on our home trainer at parents 2x 30min in weekend. I don't know if this will work but I'm optimistic. So far I haven't gained weight back in fat weight, just some waterweight due to eating carbs which is now slowly finding a stable amount of % to be at. I'm still losing weight coz of my low calorie intake and I plan to caloriecount for quite a bit so I have a good view of what I eat and how many kcal it is etc etc.
Good luck hon,
xxx