Maintenance
Maintain a healthy weight requires some work. To succeed where most fail, we must maintain the habits that have helped to lose weight. As such Dr. Caroline Gosselin: "To maintain their weight long term, we need every day to honor your commitment. "
The maintenance phase
You have reached your goal? You are now at a healthy weight? Congratulations!
It is time for you to gradually reintroduce certain foods into your diet to find the balance between inputs and energy costs. In fact, an adult spends more or less 2000 calories per day. When your weight loss, we have reduced your caloric intake to help you achieve your goal in learning new eating habits. Your objective is achieved, it is time for you to return slowly to a caloric intake greater.
This maintenance phase is also the opportunity to develop your independence face of certain foods and to follow your hunger signals. Our speakers are trained to assist you during this period and lead you to adopt a healthy relationship with all types of food.
You are afraid to return to lost weight and even more? This is normal. However, if you continue to feed you as indicated in your food program (Dynamic, Dynamic option, Energetic, Active or muscle) and you do your maintenance phase respecting the calorie levels, you keep your weight.
What is a landing?
A plateau is a phase that will maintain his weight, despite an increase in daily energy intake. Each level can take about a week and allows to reintroduce gradually certain foods to your diet.
The speaker shall, for each level, a list of foods that is equivalent to energy intake recommended. Thus, at the level 1, the member added every day for a week, a food that is 50 calories in its staple food. The following week, if the Member has maintained or lost weight, the speaker gives a new list of foods that corresponds to level 2, or 100 calories. Again, each day, the member adds one or more foods that total 100 calories. The level 3 is equivalent to 150 calories, the level 4 features 200 extra calories per day, whereas the level 5 allows an addition of 250 calories daily, etc.. Thus, at the end of the eight levels, the member will have increased their daily caloric intake of 400 calories.
What is interesting is that it is possible to travel through the various levels For example, one member is at level 5. It should add to its core program input of 250 calories per day. It can therefore be taken:
a food bearing 5 (1 X 250 calories)
or
three foods bearing 1 (3 x 50 calories) + food bearing 2 (1 X 100 calories)
or
a food bearing 4 (1 X 200 calories) + food bearing 1 (1 X 50 calories)
The choices are endless: it is sufficient only to meet the level of daily intake.
All foods have a place in a healthy diet, it is possible to consume a food that does not appear on the lists that you have been given. However, see the table and ensure nutritional caloric intake of the product.
For example: want to drink a soy beverage flavored strawberries provides 140 calories per serving
250 ml? This product can be consumed at level 3, which corresponds to a daily intake of 150 calories.
What a Life Member?
A life member is a member who maintains his weight after the eight levels of maintenance. Thus, following the increase of daily caloric intake for each period of 50 calories to your diet weekly basis until it has reached an additional 400 calories per day, the member gets his card Life Member of Minçavi the lecturer.
What are the benefits of being a Life Member?
The life member may, upon presentation of their card, weigh and be free to attend conferences on the condition that its weight is equal to or less than the weight of balance (according to the policy maintenance) stated on the book Life Member.
Moreover, no fees, re absent or are imposed on members for life. For example, a life member comes to a point after 12 months of absence. Balance weight is 140 lbs. Minçavi provides free services and conferences weighed on the condition that the member weighs 140 lbs or less. If it weighs over 140 lbs, the member must pay his weighing the same day.
Is it that I can continue my weight loss after reaching my weight balance?
Often, the member continues to lose weight during the maintenance period. However, by accepting its status as a Life Member, the latter undertakes to act honestly as to its weight balance.
Minçavi tolerate a loss of up to 7 lbs (3 kg) below the weight balance. Where appropriate, Minçavi claim that the member wishes to continue his weight loss. Minçavi reserves the right to withdraw at any time, the privileges of a life member at fault and require that it pays its weighing.
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Did you know that Minçavi has been submitted to a scientific study (PDF English version only) to verify the effectiveness of our long-term program? Well, I announce that the study demonstrated that the program Minçavi a retention rate significantly higher than other programs.
Summary of the scientific study of researchers and Guylaine Gosselin Caroline Côté
Most reports show that less than 10% of people maintain 5% of their weight loss after five years. Maintaining weight after 10 years is rarely assessed, especially in commercial programs. A study published in Bio Med Central unveils the results on the continued weight of those who follow the commercial Minçavi, there are between 2 to 11 years.
To assess program performance Minçavi based on Canada's Food Guide, researchers Caroline Guylaine Côté Gosselin and interviewed by telephone 291 randomly selected women. They lived in different regions of Quebec. They had all followed the Minçavi food for at least a month. Data on weight at the beginning and the end were available and their body mass, age and size. Documents (books weighing) were tested to validate the information received. Results showed that depending on their current weight, the percentage of women who maintained at least 5% of their initial weight loss corresponds to the following:
2 years = 43.6% (n = 55) 5-6 years = 38.2% (n = 55)
3 years = 33.3% (n = 42) 7-8 years = 29.4% (n = 51)
4 years = 23.8% (n = 42) 9-11 years = 19.6% (n = 46)
Five to eleven years later, after completing the program, 29.1% of women maintained a weight loss of at least 10%.
In conclusion, despite the fact that the success rate is not as high as can be expected, the results show that program participants may Minçavi long after the program, maintain their weight loss. Furthermore, the results emphasize that more research should be made on programs for weight loss.