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10/31/10 8:53 P

Thank you so much for the encouraging words! boy did I need you guys today! I recovered from the morning and ate well the rest of the day! I'll keep coming back for support!

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10/31/10 6:19 P

You've got the right idea sending all the tempting goodies to work with your husband. I've found that "out of sight, out of mind" is motivation to keep those high-calorie, low-nutrition items completely out of the house. Also, planning your snacks ahead of time can keep you from getting too hungry. When I am starving, I am tempted to eat everything in sight, so try to have 3 meals and 2 snacks every day. We're all in the same boat and face the same temptations. Monday is a great day to start back on the right track! We're pulling for you. Peggy

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10/31/10 12:08 P

Snookums: Never forget how awful you feel today! It's called "keeping it green". The next time the urge hits (and it will) remember this feeling and that it isn't worth any food you can think of. Call someone, come here and Spark a hundred people, whatever it takes for the urge to pass. And it will.

You never have to feel this way again.

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10/31/10 7:49 A

OMG so sad! I'm in my first binge in 10 months :( I knew what I was doing and did it anyway. It's so sad. I hope I'm done. All candy and baked goods will go to work with my husband tomorrow. I should be back on track. Please send me some support!

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10/29/10 7:22 P

Still at goal and maintaining at 110 by getting as many steps on my pedometer daily as possible (today - 11554)
and logging in to Sparkpeople to record my food and exercise every day. Plan to continue till the end of the year at least.

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10/27/10 12:53 P

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10/25/10 9:36 P

Congrats, Posey!! Welcome to a new phase in your life and a great team. Glad you have joined us!!

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10/25/10 1:41 P

Welcome Posey440.

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10/24/10 4:49 P

POSEY440 to the team

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10/24/10 4:35 P

Hello I went to my doctor this week and he told me it was time to stop losing anymore weight. I have been here on spark over a year and lost 93 pounds. I am at 132 right now so here I go to the next step in this journey. So I joined this new team to see what was next.

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10/24/10 8:13 A

That's a shame Nell, you'd think Sparks would come up with something.

Still at 123 and happy with that- my weight dipped midweek but back up again this morning.

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10/23/10 7:24 P

That's pretty much it, Teach. A bunch of us have asked Spark to do a special "maintenance" ticker to show bounce weight around goal, but the ticker won't show below goal. Which is why I don't use mine anymore.

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10/23/10 7:12 P

Does anyone know how to set up the goal for maintenance of weight? I have my current weight at 140 and my goal weight at 140, but I didn't know if there was a different way.

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10/22/10 6:08 P

Between olives and feta, Greek salads tend to be salty...so it could be water gain. :-)

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10/22/10 6:06 P

I thought I was till I weighed this morning and I'm up 3 POUNDS, after just a Greek salad (yes, I did have the dressing). Hope this is water weight and that its gone after a couple of days.

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10/22/10 4:34 P

Yes indeed! Clothes are fitting well and I am on top of it all...looking forward to the challenges of the holidays!

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10/21/10 6:06 P

By weighing just once a week at the same time (as soon as I get up) and wearing the same clothes (none), I'm still at my goal weight (110) today. Hooray!

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10/20/10 10:23 P

Moonchild: my weight has bounced a couple of pounds up and down for years. Always around goal, though. It has something to do with being 80% water or whatever it is.

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10/20/10 10:07 P

Only 1 day in the last 6 weeks that I have not been within +/- 2.5 lbs of my goal weight.

current weight: 142.0

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140

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10/20/10 6:53 P

Yes, but having a little trouble getting my weight not to fluctuate up and down a pound or two. Right now, I'm 2 pounds below goal.

Edited by: MOONCHILD17 at: 10/20/2010 (18:54)

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10/20/10 3:34 P

Good to see you Mimi!!

I weigh every day in the morning, I'm below goal right now. I am into New Day's Resolutions every day, rather than one batch a year right after the holidays.

And the days keep going by....

(If Spark would ever allow a ticker to show a weight below goal, I'd put my ticker back up.)

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10/20/10 3:15 P

It's good to check, at least once a month, where are we, regarding our goal weight, and act upon it, if necessary.
I check it every day...smile...

6 years, 3 months and 18 days at maintenance.

***************

Here's somthing I wrote a while ago. I still find it very helpful.

How about having a fun "Staying at goal and maintaining" party during each month, right here, on this thread.
A NEW thread will start at the beginning of each month.



If you're within your maintenance range, WONDERFUL!
Celebrate it!

********************************



If not, ABSOLUTELY GREAT, because you cought it just in time! NOW! in OCTOBER 2009.
Evaluate what caused you to slip, the situation, and where it might have occured.
See that you can learn from your slip.

REMEMBER!!!
Slips should teach you, not defeat you!

Forgive! Forget! and Move on!

========================================

Important note!

If you're within any goals that you've set up for yourself for maintenance, it's time for a party!


*************************************

NOVEMBER 2009! Here we come!

ONE MONTH AT A TIME!

MAINTENANCE FOR LIFETIME!!!

Mimi

p.s.
Please add your victory EMOTICONS..... (if you wish)







Edited by: PERSISTENCEMIMI at: 10/20/2010 (15:19)

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10/20/10 12:52 A

It's GREAT---the maintenance road has not been hard to maintain...{though NOT getting to exercise due to my asthma & bronchitis has proven to be a test! I dan;t even do the Walk Slim Dvd yet.But I AM getting better--just finished dr. meds & have new inhaler!}

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10/15/10 2:48 P

Congrats Rissaspieces, Peggy, and Mommafitness and all of you who are maintaining!! I'm feeling pretty good about myself this month, too! -Marsha

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10/15/10 10:45 A

I forgot to post that my official WW October weigh-in was well below goal. :-) I really have decided that I do not want to lose anymore at this time...I really wanted to get to 143, for that last five pound star...but I am happy where I am. :-)

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10/14/10 9:06 P

I weighed in at 126 this morning! Feeling great in my jeans!

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10/14/10 5:53 P

10/14/10 - Still maintaining at 110 and plan to stay there the rest of my life.

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10/10/10 9:59 A

Wow! As someone new to this team (and to having reached my goal) it's so inspiring to read about those of you who have kept it off for a year or more!

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10/10/10 9:57 A

Up a pound overnight, but I bet that's because I enjoyed a special birthday dinner at my favorite French restaurant last night. Today it's back to the fitness and nutrition routine!

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10/8/10 6:21 P

I've been weighing once a week ever since I reached my goal of 110 3 yrs. ago and my scale always stops right at 110, until this week it stopped at 109. I was quite surprised, so I decided to measure my waist, hips and thighs to see if they had gotten any smaller since I last measured in July. Hallelujah! I've lost an inch in my waist, an inch and a half in my hips and an inch in my thighs. My friends at Jazzercise were telling me how great I looked, but I couldn't believe it. Now I do! Thanks to Sparkpeople, yoga and Jazzercize and walking 10,000 steps a day.

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10/6/10 3:38 P

I just weighed today, not official WW, just me on the scale and I am down two pounds since vacation. I hope it is just the normal hormonal fluctuation, since I really do not want to lose any more weight at this point. :-)

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10/6/10 3:20 P

Still holding and keeping watch

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10/5/10 11:43 A

I weighed in at 146 on 9/30 and that is after a really difficult month with lots of challenges. I can see that I have made some real changes in how I select what I will eat.

I hope everyone is doing well.

Edited by: ANNANN63 at: 10/7/2010 (11:09)

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10/5/10 8:02 A

I am at my goal! Hopefully that doesn't change now that it's getting colder out and I don't want to walk to class. Any ideas for exercises at home? I don't have any equipment

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10/4/10 10:16 P

Any word from Spark about letting our tickers show weights under goal? It doesn't make sense to have to change goal just to show the down bounce.

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10/4/10 9:39 P

Congrats to all you great maintainers!!

Yes, I'm maintaining. Official October WW weigh in was 128.8 this past Saturday. My lowest WW weigh ever was 128.2, so I'm close. At home I had a 127.2 on Saturday. My lowest at home has been 125.6. So, I wouldn't mind going down a pound or two, but honestly, I am very, very happy to be where I am.

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10/4/10 12:59 P

a year for me!!!

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10/4/10 12:16 P

I am new at maintaining,(about a month in) but I feel great.

At goal and maintaining, I was up 1.5 on Sunday, but am back to goal this morning. It fluctuates daily, but I'm okay with that.

Edited by: JAYE180 at: 10/4/2010 (12:18)

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10/3/10 9:51 P

I have not yet done my official WW weigh-in for the month, but I was 4/10ths of a pound down after three weeks of vacation. :-)

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10/3/10 6:12 P

So far, so good. I haven't been at goal for a month yet, but I keep close track of myself, especially the fat person inside me still trying to get out!

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10/3/10 2:52 P

That's goal. Biggest concern is the cold weather means going from a walk outside nearly every day to rarely but month's end.

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10/3/10 2:38 P

4 months now!

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10/3/10 4:27 A

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10/2/10 10:53 P

Yes, hooray!

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10/2/10 7:11 P

, I am.

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10/2/10 6:23 P

My pedometer is helping me get more exercise. Today I walked 11,791 steps which equals 5.2 mi. I'm trying to get in 10,000 steps a day. Still maintaining at 110 lbs.

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10/2/10 11:11 A

Weighed in at 126 so doing pretty good! Great job everyone!!!

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10/2/10 10:00 A

I am below my (newly adjusted) goal by about 6 pounds as of this morning. I figure I'm close enough, but still working on not losing more... the holidays will likely take care of that... even if I'm "mostly good".

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10/2/10 9:05 A

I am below goal. This morning my BMI hit 18.0. It's the "stress diet".

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10/2/10 7:31 A

Yes I am!!! As of October 7th I will have been maintaining for 2 years. Congrats to us ALL!!!

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10/1/10 9:48 P

holding at 134, right in my goal range of 130-135. Hoping I can stay there as we move into the holidays and I settle into my teaching position.

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10/1/10 8:38 P

I was in mid-range this morning. Been struggling on the weekends. Thinking about lowerig my range a couple pounds and going mdown those two more.

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10/1/10 8:26 P

I'm 8 pounds below goal right now. As soon as the stress level eases I'll pop back up, though. And I mean POP.

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10/1/10 8:04 P

Yes, I 'm at goal and maintaining. It's been 6 years almost, and the road is still a little rocky at times.

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10/1/10 7:47 P

Wow, it is October already! How time flies!

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