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> Daisy wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Im new here. Based in the UK. I have a question. Been on the WW diet
for
> > 2 weeks now and doing very well. Am actually enjoying this and all the
food
> > that i can eat that i never thought i could!
> >
> > However, I'm very afraid that after a few weeks i will enter starvation
mode
> > and then put it all back on when i eventually finish dieting.
> >
> > Any tips as to how to stop this happening please.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Daisy Weight 13 stone 11 lbs (193 lbs) - height 5.5"
>
> You won't, if you follow the program properly.
>
> I started at 15 stone 3 lbs, and am 5'4", and have lost 33 lbs so far. Every so often you will put
> a pound or two on: this will usually be due to a holiday, with adendent lapse in being strictly on
> points, illness and lack of exercise, or time of the month. Such small gains will soon drop off
> again. Occasionally you will hit a plateau, where nothing will shift even if you are properly on
> points and exercise. This too shall pass...
>
> Once you reach goal weight, they teach you how to maintain, so you don't keep losing, or put it
> all back on. The key is to keep counting the points.
>
> For those ultra hungry days, make a batch of zero point soup. I like the carrot an coriander one,
> the butternut squash one (rather more seasonal) and I'm going to try the February Singapore soup,
> in February's little booklet. Also, take into account that as you go on, and lose weight, your
> appetite is re-trained and your stomach shrinks, so you no longer need to eat the volume you ate
> before to feel full.
>
> One important point to remember is that once you reach goal, that is NOT the end! WW is a way of
> life, not a diet. If you 'stop dieting' (go back to your old eating habits) you WILL put the
> weight back on. You need to do this slowly, and re-train your tastes and eating habits, so that
> the new regime is not a weight loss diet but the way you eat FOR EVER.
>
> On Points: off weight!
>
> Off points: ON weight!
>
> Simple as that!
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