How to Stop Gaining Weight after You Have Lost It

Yesterday I posted about how my hubby Jack has lost 50 pounds since we met. A lot of people ask me how he’s managed to keep it off; especially people who have also experienced significant weight loss
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You've put on some pounds. It happens. And it's okay. So often we're bombarded with things we must start to do to lose weight stat. But what about all the things you're already doing that may be adding to the problem? As much as I hate to come from a place of "don'ts", here's a list of things it's a good idea not to do when you've gained weight. Don't Start Skipping Meals Skipping meals won't help you lose weight in the long run. Studies show that eating every few hours helps stabilize your blood sugar and keeps you from making bad choices at the next meal (since you'd be famished otherwise). Plan ahead, and make sure to eat every few hours. Pre-planned portioned snacks and meals will do the body good and stop you from gorging later on. MORE: 6 Reasons You SHOULDN'T Starve Yourself After Over-Indulging
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All you have to do is wheel your grocery cart into a checkout line to see the cautionary tales screaming at you from the tabloids: Kirstie Alley regained the 70-plus pounds she lost on Jenny Craig. Maureen "Marcia Brady" McCormick got even heavier after she was on Celebrity Fit Club. Oprah—well, we all know about her weight loss struggles. Janet Jackson, Kelly Clarkson...the list goes on and on. It makes you wonder: If these rich, powerful women, with their personal trainers and private chefs, can't win the weight war, what chance do I have? It doesn't help that the statistics are grim: By some estimates, more than 80 percent of people who have lost weight regain all of it, or more, after two years. Researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles analyzed 31 long-term diet studies and found that about two-thirds of dieters regained more weight within four or five years than they initially lost.
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Losing weight is easy—at least compared to keeping it off. After all, when your pant size stops shrinking and the compliments becoming few and far between, just one more cookie may not seem like such a big deal. Luckily, a new American Journal of Preventive Medicine study pinpoints the four main lifestyle behaviors that cause former weight-loss winners to put the pounds back on. For the study, researchers from The Miriam Hospital followed 3,000 people—all of whom had lost at least 30 pounds—for 10 years. At the end of the study, nine out of 10 of the participants had kept off at least 10 percent of the weight. The more weight they had gained back, however, they more likely they were to share some key habits:
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Who among us hasn't high-fived ourselves for finally fitting into those skinny jeans once again, only to relegate them to the back of the closet a few months later, when we gain weight again?
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Four tips on maintaining weight loss.
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