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Will Dieting Ever End?

How to safely maintain your new weight.

I've lost the weight, can I get off this crazy ride?  Hark!!  Hear yon raven in the nearby meadow calling...."Nevermore"?  Yikes!  Get me out of here!

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but no.  Dieting will never end.  Sorry.  I know, here is a clean tissue.

The good news is that while you have entered your Weight Maintenance Phase, you can now increase your calorie intake a bit.  In some cases, you may be able to increase it a lot!  

If you continue to exercise and strengthen those muscles, you'll even be able to eat more because it takes more calories to support muscle than fat - and we all have fat, even thin people.

There is an old saying, "You can't have your cake and eat it too."  This aptly applies to this period in your life. You have accomplished a great feat - losing your unwanted weight.  Your health has improved, as well as your mental outlook, your confidence, and perhaps your pocketbook.  Eating out isn't cheap!  These accomplishments represent your 'cake'.  

If you return to 'your pre-dieting ways' you know that you'll quickly regain the weight.  So you simply cannot have your cake and eat it too.

Some things you can do to make life a little easier for you are:

- remember what you learned while losing weight and never forget those important lessons!

- stay active

- reach for healthy choices

- create fun menus!

- if you splurge, eat light the following day or the following meal

It's all about wise food management and making healthy food choices and most importantly, WILLPOWER.  Give your body a bit more time to adjust to this new change and soon, you'll know all the right buttons to push regarding weight maintenance!

Staying fit isn't a bowl of roses, rather a wad of roses laced with sharp pointy thorns.  With great care and consideration, you can avoid getting stuck on the Old Diet Trail again and turn your thorny diet into a bed of tamed, thornless roses.  

Life can indeed be sweet, but keep in mind that losing weight won't solve all your problems.  You'll still have bills, you'll still have ills, but life will be so much more of a thrill!

Regaining the lost weight:

It's very wise to keep in mind that almost everyone who loses weight, regains that weight PLUS additional weight.  Don't become a statistic!  

Keep on track.  Keep focused.  Keep aware of your surroundings.  You just never know when that chocolate donut will sneak up on you to paste on the pounds - through the lips and to the hips. Speaking of chocolate, some nifty nutrition facts:

Calories in Chocolate

Milk chocolate contains about 156 calories per ounce of chocolate.

Dark chocolate contains about 155 calories per ounce of chocolate, 45% to 59% cacao solids.

Dark chocolate contains about 164 calories per ounce of chocolate, 60% to 69% cacao solids.

Dark chocolate contains about 170 calories per ounce of chocolate, 70% to 85% cacao solids.

White chocolate contains about 152 calories per ounce of chocolate.

Carbohydrates in Chocolate

Milk chocolate contains about 7 grams of carbs per ounce of chocolate.

Dark chocolate contains about 7.5 grams of carbs per ounce of chocolate.

White chocolate contains about 5 grams of carbs per ounce of chocolate.

Protein in Chocolate

Milk chocolate contains about 7 grams of protein per ounce of chocolate.

Dark chocolate contains about 7.5 grams of protein per ounce of chocolate.

White chocolate contains about 5 grams of protein per ounce of chocolate.

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