Fruit alone in the morning is setting you up for "sugar crash hungries"... Breakfast is where it is important in maintenance to eat a bit of everything - you need to jump start your body after fasting all night. Almond butter on your toast or English muffin is a good thing, but you also need more protein to slow the absorption of the carbs. Remember your P3 breakfasts...
I find it is important to track every bite that goes into your mouth or there will be forgotten stuff that really adds up. Measuring is key - are you eyeballing your 'glass' of wine and thinking it's a 4 or 6 oz serving? Wine glasses these days are very deceptive - try pouring a proper serving amount in a measuring cup and then pouring that into your fave wineglass to really see how much it holds.
Are you measuring your ice cream into a little bowl, or eating it out of carton and assuming it's 1/2 a cup, lol.
BTW if you haven't been doing a P1 (or P2) day after your excesses, that is just asking for trouble
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If you add one day, and then maintain the next, what do you get? formula looks like this:
+===+===+=== your trend can only be up.
s/b like this +
-=====+
-==== so that your up days are balanced by down days. Then you maintain. To re-lose a larger amount you need to reset - so that may take a while of P1...
Anyhow, you've realized what the problem is...and you have the tools to fix it...
don't forget to separate the fats/carbs at lunch & dinner in maintenance once you reset. If you find you have a hungry time regularly like mid-afternoon for example, have a low fat protein snack for then.
Join us on the maintainers threads to get a bit more encouragement and ideas on how to maintain successfully.
Liana
