Maintenance 101

A lot of people lose a lot of weight each year. The problem comes after--what happens when you stop that program? Unfortunately, most diets do not have a follow through plan to help you keep that weight off. Capitol Hill Cookie Diet is different--we're there for you for the rest of your life, helping you stay healthy!

First of all, as some patients have asked, you can eat cookies forever, if you're so inclined! After reaching your goal weight you would need to introduce more calories, of course, to stop the weight loss, but they are very healthy and great for snacks! If you are so happy with them and afraid that a completely non-cookie diet will leave you hungry and gaining fast, you can do this--we're happy to talk to you about how.

Secondly, for the majority of the population who, at the end of their weight loss, are ready and excited for wider selection of foods but still want to maintain their newly acquired goal weight, we have the maintenance program. We will discuss this more in depth with you when it's time, but the basics are these:

• Through the program, you have learned to eat many small meals throughout the day. Continue doing this, just substitute other food for cookies.
• In selecting your dinners, you have learned how to make healthy food choices--keep up with this! You can now eat things that were "off-program," just make good choices and eat small portions.
• Watch your weight! Set an "alarm weight" about 5 lbs above your goal weight. If you reach this point, call us up or visit and do the cookies for a week or so until you're back down to your goal. This way, your weight never gets out of control!

After doing this, you will be able to reset your body's set weight and your body will help you stay at that weight.

When you're ready for maintenance, a Weight Counselor will be happy to work with your personally to devise a plan!