Well, this weight is my "eat what I want when I want (but don't go crazy)
and only do a minimum of exercise" weight. It's nice to know that in my
current way of life, eating mostly low-carb and exercising regularly is
just normal now, and what I'm doing when I'm not even trying is enough to
keep me from gaining past this point.

Because I haven't been pushing myself to stop eating even when I'm still
hungry, and I haven't been pushing myself to do more exercise or higher
intensity exercise, I feel like I've been on a break, even though this
"break" is nowhere near as unhealthy a lifestyle as I had pre-lc.

Pre-lc, if I wanted a snack, I'd eat a whole bag of potato chips. In my
"not trying to lose weight" phase as of late, if I want a snack I have some
almonds, pistachios, cheese, or steamed buttered broccoli, something like
that. During "weight loss" mode, if I want a snack, I just butch up and go
do something else.

In article ,
Ignoramus1166 wrote:

If you can find weight and woe where you are not food crazed and
stable, that's very wonderful.

Paleo and weight 173 is probably the sweet spot for me.

i

In article , Luna
wrote:
Ok, cool. It's been about 6 weeks since I quit smoking, and I gained some
weight but it seems to have stabilized. I went from 149-151 pounds to
156-158, and it's been holding steady for about 2 weeks now. I increased
aerobic exercise for a few days but I hated it so I went back to just doing
the weight training and walking. I've quit binge eating, but other than
that I haven't been consciously restricting how much I eat. I've had a few
carby splurges, like a 20g carbs chocolate bar once or twice a week, (I
wasn't low-carb at all at Dragoncon this past weekend, but I was also far
more active than usual, so I don't think it hurt me.) Never went
completely off low-carb, just less strict than when I was actively trying
to lose weight. Seems my body has stabilized at this weight for now, and I
feel mentally and emotionally stable, so it's time to nudge up the exercise
and nudge down the eating, and get back into the losing game. )


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