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Originally Posted by Alaskaipjourney
I am very close to phase 3 and have heard that when you start phase 3 people tend to gain 3-5 pounds back. I just wanted to get an idea of the average gained back and if its true. I also wanted to find out if you went below the weight you wanted to maintain before starting phase 3 to compensate for that weight gain. I would like to maintain 125 and am currently 124 and was thinking I needed to go to 120 to compensate for the possible gain in phase 3.
The closer I get to my goal the more I feel like I want to continue to lose. I started thinking maybe I should get down to the teens. Not sure that it's a maintainable weight for me. Did anyone else have this issue when you reached your initial goal weight?
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I was just saying on another thread that not only did I not experience the 3-5 lb weight gain after ph. 3 and 4 but that I actually lost another 6 lbs and have been maintaining that weight loss. I'm still on vacation in Israel and have been eating a ton of bread, hummus and middle eastern food and will probably have gained a few pounds, but only because of constant free days, which is not my normal behavior on maintenance.
So...this is a long winded way of saying you might keep losing as you head toward maintenance. If you find that you don't, you can always do a few low carb ph. 1 type days and lose a few more pounds. You really won't know until you get there and I favor moving forward on IP and get a feel for real life in the food world. Its a more realistic way of finding out what your bodies really up to after all this time. Best of luck and congrats on your weight loss.
Sunny