Keeping your weight steady, without putting it back on

Losing weight, loads of people manage that. Not putting it back on, that’s a different story. And then there’s everyone who’s got nothing to lose and just wants to stay as they are, without thinking about it every day. Keeping your weight steady is something you can learn, and you don’t have to cut things out to do it.

Why we so often put it back on after a diet

After losing weight, your body burns a bit less energy than before, and hunger tends to creep back up. If you go straight back to your old habits, the scale climbs again. It’s not a lack of willpower, it’s just mechanics. The good news is that the habits that helped you lose weight are also the ones that help you keep it off.

What the people who don’t regain actually do

American researchers have spent years tracking thousands of people who lost weight and kept it off long term. Most of them share the same few habits.

• They weigh themselves regularly, at least once a week, so they can react before two kilos becomes five.
• They move almost every day, walking counts for a lot.
• They keep a regular meal rhythm, weekends included.
• They keep paying attention to what they eat, without banning anything.

A range, not a number

Your weight shifts every day, thanks to water, salt, digestion or hormones. So keeping your weight steady isn’t about hitting one exact number, it’s about staying within a range. What matters is the trend over several days, not the reading on the scale this morning. To find your starting point, try our calorie calculator.

How Kiloach helps you keep your weight steady

When you start, Kiloach asks you one question, “Do you want to lose weight or keep it steady?”. In maintain mode, you choose the weight you want to stay at, and the app sets a range around it.

• Your daily target is balance, not a deficit. The goal is to eat what your body burns.
• On the home screen, the “Weight to keep” card shows your range in green, your current trend and how many days you’ve spent in your range.
• After each weigh-in, the app tells you whether you’re in your range, at the top of it, above it or below it.
• It flags it when the trend starts moving again, either way.
• Here, balance is the win. A surplus triggers an alert, and so does a big deficit, because you’re not trying to lose weight anymore.

Just hit your weight loss goal with Kiloach? A “Keep my weight now” button switches you into maintain mode in one tap. And you can switch modes anytime from your profile.

No diet, no banned foods. You eat what you want, you just see where you stand.

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