SparkPoints: (22,326)
Fitness Minutes: (24,567) Posts: 511 11/26/12 6:43 P
Many Thanks for the warm and encouraging welcome from so many maintainers!
So far so good, but it's only been 3 days! I'm adding about 100 calories to see how this works for the first week.
Reached goal weight 112 lbs November 23, 2012
current weight: -6.0 under
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TINAJANE76
SparkPoints: (36,839)
Fitness Minutes: (39,044) Posts: 2,274 11/26/12 6:01 P
Many congratulations on reaching goal. That's fantastic!
Lots of maintainers have success leveling off their weight by gradually increasing their calories. I did this by adding in an additional 50-100 calories at a time, recording how the increase was reflected on the scale then making adjustments as necessary. I find that I can eat, on average, an extra 300 calories above where I was as I was still losing and hold my weight steady.
Good luck as you begin maintenance and let us know if you have any questions or need some extra support!
Central European Time (CET), Venice, Italy
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NELLJONES
SparkPoints: (127,917)
Fitness Minutes: (95,890) Posts: 26,340 11/26/12 5:32 P
Congratulations!! The happier you were able to be with your life while losing, the better you'll be able to keep it off.
Nell
No one ever got up in the morning wishing she'd eaten more the night before.
Original Goal: 114. Current old lady goal: 106.
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MKELLY72
Posts: 1,564 11/26/12 3:52 P
Congratulations! You are in the right place for some great motivation/ accountability in maintenance. It will get more comfortable as time goes on...just don't forget how easily it can become too comfortable if we allow it to :) Ask for help when you need it! Welcome!
Michelle
Highest weight: 248 August 2010 Reached goal weight of 148 Feb 23, 2012
The past is our definition. We may strive, with good reason, to escape it, or to escape what is bad in it, but we will escape it only by adding something better to it.
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THOMASINA57
SparkPoints: (22,326)
Fitness Minutes: (24,567) Posts: 511 11/25/12 8:37 P
Calories control is what works for me too!
I hope I can eat a couple hundred calories more each day and not gain, but I guess time will tell what works!
Reached goal weight 112 lbs November 23, 2012
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SUZYMOBILE
Posts: 8,909 11/25/12 8:04 P
I reached goal, too, the day before you did. Now I'm trying to hold onto it! In my case, calorie control is all.
"Awareness is all."
"Letting go is much harder than fighting." —SUZYMOBILE
"Everything is exactly the way it's supposed to be."
“Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next.” —Gilda Radner
"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change the things I can; and the wisdom to know the difference." --Reinhold Niebuhr
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THOMASINA57
SparkPoints: (22,326)
Fitness Minutes: (24,567) Posts: 511 11/25/12 7:51 P
Hello everyone, I reached my goal weight on Friday November 23 and was surprised as I thought it would take me all winter to lose the 10lbs I needed to lose.
I attribute this to the food tracker as it sure showed me where all those calories were coming from.. cheese, butter and too much bread and cereal.
I'm happy to be here, but a bit anxious about how the maintenance phase will go. I'll look around this team and see how others have acheived this.
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