On Maintenance

Well today is my first day on Educational Maintenance (yes I decided to go on it afterall).  I did not get an injection today but go in for now on once per week until my 8 weeks is over with.  My weight just isn't moving much so I've decided to give my body a break and follow the principles of the Educational Maintenance diet. I can only go on this once so once I'm through I will most likely go back on the strict diet to finish the rest up. 

I now get unlimited vegetables (except for the starchy ones like peas, corn, carrots, potatoes and rice ---those come later), I decrease my fruit to 1 per day and I can now have all fruits, I can now eat 8-10 oz of protein/day (right now I only eat 70z/day), I can now have 2 0z of low-fat brick cheese/day, fat-free plain yogurt (1 cup), etc.  The nurse said that 99% of people that go on this gain weight but only b/c they eat more than the maintenance program tells you to eat.  I went and bought groceries yesterday to coincide with the new amounts I can now have so I do not plan on gaining any weight. It would be retarded of me to start eating outside of the allowance after all of the money I spent losing 63 lbs!  I don't feel like I will go crazy or lose my motivation at all.  The Nurse said that as long as I follow the serving amounts on maintenance, I can even still lose weight.  I'm not worried b/c if something happens and I start to gain, I will just go back on the strict program.  I can tell you that I'm sure looking forward to having different foods in my diet and unlimited vegetables now! 

Today for lunch I have a garden salad with 3 oz of chicken breast, cucumbers, tomatoes, avocado, and 2 tbsp of fat-free italian dressing.  For breakfast I had my usual egg white omelette and for dinner I will be having 3 oz of chicken breast or extra lean ground beef with brocolli, cauliflower, peppers and onions and I will still have my 1 cup of no sugar jello for dessert.  I also have my usual 18 breton mini garden veggie crackers and my 1 apple that I normally have.  I do not add in more carbs until week 2 (next Wednesday).

I am planning on starting my running program come Monday (I am thinking that running will be much easier with 63lbs less body weight!)  I am still going to update this blog...maybe not as much but I will still continue so that you all can see my progress with maintenance.

Here's my weight results for today:

Current weight as of June 9/10: 155.0
starting weight as of Jan 5/10: 218.4
Total weight loss to date: 63.4 lbs
Weight loss to go: 25 lbs
Goal Weight until maintenance: 130