SparkPoints: (22,370)
Fitness Minutes: (7,227)
Posts: 750
1/11/12 12:40 A

122 Maintenance Weeks

0 35 70 105

140

SparkPoints: (88,798)
Fitness Minutes: (20,412)
Posts: 22,932
12/11/11 2:12 A

hello and welcome to the team

Pounds lost: 75.0

0 18.75 37.5 56.25

75

Posts: 12,313
12/11/11 1:31 A

Congrats on reaching your goal!

current weight: 9.0  over

10 5 0 -5

-10

Posts: 2,410
12/10/11 8:43 P

on what you've accomplished! We help each other. I'm looking forward to more from you -- sounds like you've learned some key lessons.

current weight: -1.1  under

5 2.5 0 -2.5

-5

SparkPoints: (76,304)
Fitness Minutes: (54,344)
Posts: 3,755
12/10/11 7:41 P

Congrats OneWeigh! Welcome!

76 Maintenance Weeks

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80

Posts: 1,820
12/10/11 6:53 P

Congratulations on reaching your ultimate goal and sticking with it. Your story is much like mine and Sparkpeople has helped me maintain my goal weight for 4 years now and I feel great!
Keep your positive attitude and stay in touch with your teammates and you'll stay fit and healthy

current weight: 0.0  under

5 2.5 0 -2.5

-5

SparkPoints: (27,054)
Fitness Minutes: (45,452)
Posts: 94
12/10/11 1:42 P

Welcome!

We're glad to have you, and we hope you find the support of others will help you maintain that "do-able" weight you've found.

I followed the same track: decided now was the time, found Sparkpeople, reached my initial goal, figured I might as well try for a lower one, then found that an even lower one was, as you say, "do-able." But I've only been maintaining for about 3 months, so your news is really encouraging to me.

Hope you'll join the challenge when it next rolls around. It's a real motivator for us to stay on track.

current weight: -0.4  under

5 2.5 0 -2.5

-5

Posts: 753
12/10/11 12:20 P

I haven't been very active in teams lately, but this group is just what I need in these cold, dark, food-filled days of winter. I have struggled with my weight all my life and found SparkPeople at a point when I wanted to do something about my weight and had a specific date goal to aim for: I celebrated my 10th wedding anniversary and my 30th high school reunion the same summer and I really, really wanted to 1. fit into my wedding dress and 2. Impress my old classmates. I did it! My original goal was 125 and when I got there I dropped it to 120. When I reached 120 I realized that my "irrational goal weight" of 115--a number I had been clinging to as ideal since I was 13 (!) was actually do-able. I've been up and down a few pounds in the past year but I have been sticking with Spark and keeping it within a range of 113-117. If it gets up a bit it's my warning to stop slacking. I also give myself permission to relax a bit on vacations and holidays--but only a bit! I've worked too hard to get and stay where I am. I'm NOT going to let myself slide back into !