I had a similar problem, and grew disheartened for a number of reasons. Then I went to a nutritionist who told me that I need to start adding junk foods back into my life. I think her reasoning was that I do this in order to lessen the power of these foods over me, but I just took it as an excuse to slack off, stop counting, and eat crap. After over a year of everyday being "the last day before I go back on plan," I had gained 100 pounds back and felt totally defeated.
I think the problem for me, as with some others, is that we convince ourselves that "dieting" is a temporary state of being, and that things will go back to "normal" afterwards- meaning you'll have more freedom to eat what you want. But I believe that in reality, many of us can't really go back to a loose, casual way of eating, because while we know very well how to diet, we don't know how to eat casually and stay healthy. Most of the maintainers I know are successful because they realized that maintenance requires a plan and attention in order for it to work; it's a long process of learning how to live and eat without an end goal to push you.
So my advice to you is to make sure you're in a good mental place to keep going, even after you reach goal. Don't let yourself get tricked by "the finish line" being the place where the work ends. You've almost moved out of one house, but you still have to move into the next one.
Last edited by kelly315; 07-28-2011 at 11:59 AM.
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