Bump- very helpful read if you are nervous about transitioning to Phase 4.

Bumped for Berta54758 - You go girl!:D

Hello everyone!
I hit my goal weight of 150 (loss of 50 lbs!!) last summer and have managed to keep it off for a year. However, the year has been a struggle of up a few down a few. I've learned that I can't drink and stay at a constant weight. However, I don't think I ever learned how to "do" phase 4. So today at 160 I am going to commit to phase 1 for a month (not just until the scale says 150) and then DO phase 4 the right way. Before when I hit my goal weight I just started eating generally low carb - which isn't bad - it's just not "protocol". It seems that 1-3 phases were very strict and then four was too vague for me to adhere. Well, I am going to try to embed it on my brain and do better this time. Last time, I didn't want to do the one cheat day but now I think that is how I can get my love of cupcakes and vodka sugar-free kahulua white russians (which I tricked myself into thinking were ok because half and half and vodka are both low-carb! :-)
Thanks for all the help and discussions - I think 4 is making more sense to me.

Bumping this thread for myself and others who are going to be phasing off soon. I found it VERY helpful and jotted ideas down in ultimately what is the "Phase 4 meal planner" document posted several times in here but most recently by Lisa not too many posts prior to this one.

Hahaha, I got a meal planner sheet with my P4 info, and looked at it but never really ended up using it... I'm sure it's stuffed away somewhere in my folders along with the other Phase 4 info.

Bumping this - I have one more week on Phase 3 - I love this thread and am excited to really look into the attachments and handouts!