Changing the diet and lifestyle to MAINTAIN rather than LOSE

[Cantona]

For the past year now I've been losing weight. You can read all about that here (if you feel inclined): http://weight-loss.fitness.com/befo...bs-134kgs-10-stones-13lbs-141lbs-69-4kgs.html

I'm now roughly a stone (14lbs) from my final goal and am wondering how I change my mindset gradually to go from losing weight to actually just being the same weight.

My diet at the moment is:

Breakfast: A bowl of porridge with a chopped up banana
Lunch: Homemade soup then a piece of fruit after.
Afternoon snack: Piece of fruit
Dinner: Anything and everything (see my diary) it's normally quite substantial.

I try to hit up the gym 3 times a week as a minimum.

But now as I near my goal, and finding that I lose around 2lbs a week, I'm thinking "how do I stop this happeneing?".

Do I eat more? Exercise less?

Some advice would be great - although I don't know how many people who stick around after they have lost the weight.

 

[dawnball]

Continued exercise correlates well with maintaining weight loss and general health indicators, so I wouldn't drop your exercise.

You seem to be losing weight at a good clip still, so I'd just bump your calories up by 10% a week until you maintain instead of losing. That should give you a slower slide into your final weight, too.

That might be a roll with your soup, or some more calorifically dense fruit in your porridge (dried fruit maybe?) Or a couple of beers on the weekend, or a restaurant meal once a week for lunch.

 

[Cantona]

Cheers for the advice. It's going to feel a little scary eating that bit more food each day.