I've reached my goal weight and no longer want to lose any more. What I've been doing to maintain my current weight is eating right (between 1500 and 1700 calories a day) and exercising (45 minutes on the treadmill at 4.7 miles an hour) Monday - Friday. But I eat what I want and don't usually work out on the weekends. So far this has been an effective way to keep my weight steady, as it seems that any damage I might do during the weekend, I undo during the week. Has anyone else had success with this method ? I hope so because knowing I can eat the so called "bad stuff" on the weekends makes it easier to stay motivated during the week. Thanks.

National Weight Control Registry study (sample size = 1429) says consistency is predictive of keeping weight off, with people who ate similarly throughout the week and/or throughout the year 1.5 times more likely to keep their weight within a 5-pound range over the course of a year. Promoting long-term weight control: does dieting c...[Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 2004] - PubMed Result (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14647183?dopt=Abstract)

FWIW, I'm a do everything the same every day person, and I'd be miserable at 1600 calories and 45 minutes of exercise every weekday. (And you can't be that much smaller than me - I'm 5'4 and ~125ish.) If you ease off a bit during the week, you might not feel the need to go wild on the weekends.

I have to agree.... that is a bit low with that 45 minutes of activity.

this is the topic I took an interest in and why I am here.

yikes - I am currently at my goal weight of 180-185, with BF% of around 12 or so.

my daily intake is in the range of 4500 - 5000 cals but I am training and doing an Ironman in 22 days. After that I don;t know what I am going to do.

I am affraid!

ok I will be :bigear: now! hahahaha I love the smiley selction!

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