How to maintain your weight loss

How to maintain your weight loss

Follow 5 rules.

This is how 4,000 members of the National Weight Control Registry lost an average of
72.6 lbs and kept it off.

1. Limit calories and fat.
  • Eat a low calorie diet.
  • Keep your fat intake below 30% of your total calories.
2. Eat breakfast daily.

What should I eat for breakfast?

3. Exercise 60 minutes a day.

If you don’t have time for 60 minutes of continuous exercise, exercise for shorter periods of time, multiple times throughout the day for a total of 60 minutes.

Example:

Exercise for 20 minutes on three separate occasions throughout the day.

4. Track your weight and food intake

How to keep a food journal

5. Watch less than 10 hours of TV a week.
Sources:
National Weight Control Registry
Rena R Wing and Suzanne Phelan. Long-term weight loss maintenance. Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, Jul 2005; 82: 222s-225s.

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