How are you all planning to maintain your weight loss once you eventually get to target? I love reading other people's plans so I thought I'd share my intention here (since I've just spent ages working it all out).
Having regained five stone after a previous diet, I am determined that this time I will maintain the weight loss properly when I eventually get back to my target weight. My ultimate aim is to adopt a sort of maintenance-level crossover between low GI and paleo/primal (allowing the occasional splurge for high days and holidays), with two days of intermittent fasting each week for health reasons.
Right now, I have just started week 6 of Exante's Total Solution, and I plan to stick with that for the remaining stocks of my current mixed bumper pack (so another three weeks, making eight in total). After that, I would like to start reintroducing food again, because I am a bit concerned that by just eating packs, I am abdicating responsibility for eating correctly rather than building a habit for the future. Also, to be honest, I am getting a bit bored!
But I still have a lot of weight to lose (more than four stone from today), so I need to make sure that the food I start to introduce is compatible with weight loss as well as with my ultimate goal. "The New High Protein Diet" (a book by Dr Charles Clark and Maureen Clark) seems to fit the bill quite well for this, being a fairly moderate low-carb regime broadly in keeping with both my end plan and Exante's recommendations for Stabiliser Steps.
So here is my transition plan:
So I am planning to shift from Exante to the higher-calorie "The New High Protein Diet" over the 14 weeks following my initial eight weeks on Total Solution, and to stick to that until I reach target. After that, I will shift to low-GI for most of the week. Unfortunately, I don't lose weight following low-GI on its own, but I'm hoping that it will work for me as a maintenance approach.
To make sure that I don't chicken out, I have already ordered the Exante supplies that I need to implement this plan. I have opted for the build-your-own bumper pack this time, because I need non-standard numbers of soups, bars and shakes. This is great because I don't have to have the ones I don't like! Allowing for the purchase of three extra bars (which are handy as an emergency backup if I'm out for the day), I need exactly one 4-week-bumper-pack's worth of Exante products, which is convenient.
So there we go. Are you all planning to stay on Exante until you reach target? If you are shifting to a real-food diet, how do you plan to make the transition? And how do you plan to maintain your weight once you reach target?
Having regained five stone after a previous diet, I am determined that this time I will maintain the weight loss properly when I eventually get back to my target weight. My ultimate aim is to adopt a sort of maintenance-level crossover between low GI and paleo/primal (allowing the occasional splurge for high days and holidays), with two days of intermittent fasting each week for health reasons.
Right now, I have just started week 6 of Exante's Total Solution, and I plan to stick with that for the remaining stocks of my current mixed bumper pack (so another three weeks, making eight in total). After that, I would like to start reintroducing food again, because I am a bit concerned that by just eating packs, I am abdicating responsibility for eating correctly rather than building a habit for the future. Also, to be honest, I am getting a bit bored!
But I still have a lot of weight to lose (more than four stone from today), so I need to make sure that the food I start to introduce is compatible with weight loss as well as with my ultimate goal. "The New High Protein Diet" (a book by Dr Charles Clark and Maureen Clark) seems to fit the bill quite well for this, being a fairly moderate low-carb regime broadly in keeping with both my end plan and Exante's recommendations for Stabiliser Steps.
So here is my transition plan:
- Week 1: Two days of Exante Total Solution, five days of two Exante packs plus evening meal
- Week 2: Two days of Exante Total Solution, five days of one Exante pack plus lunch and evening meal
- Weeks 3 to 8: Two days of Exante Total Solution, five days of three meals
- Weeks 9 to 14: One day of Exante Total Solution, one day of 500 calories, five days of three meals
- Week 15 until target weight achieved: Two days of 500 calories, five days of three meals
- Maintenance: Two days of 500 calories, five days of gradually-introduced low GI
So I am planning to shift from Exante to the higher-calorie "The New High Protein Diet" over the 14 weeks following my initial eight weeks on Total Solution, and to stick to that until I reach target. After that, I will shift to low-GI for most of the week. Unfortunately, I don't lose weight following low-GI on its own, but I'm hoping that it will work for me as a maintenance approach.
To make sure that I don't chicken out, I have already ordered the Exante supplies that I need to implement this plan. I have opted for the build-your-own bumper pack this time, because I need non-standard numbers of soups, bars and shakes. This is great because I don't have to have the ones I don't like! Allowing for the purchase of three extra bars (which are handy as an emergency backup if I'm out for the day), I need exactly one 4-week-bumper-pack's worth of Exante products, which is convenient.
So there we go. Are you all planning to stay on Exante until you reach target? If you are shifting to a real-food diet, how do you plan to make the transition? And how do you plan to maintain your weight once you reach target?
