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I have been maintaining for three weeks and am doing fine. My secret is just commonsense. I am continuing to track my food and exercise and it has been working. When I cheat (am trying to keep it to a minimum) I just have to be careful for the next few days.

- Submitted by LAURELSPARK 9/24/2010 in Weight Maintenance | 3 Comments

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TBSMITH10 9/24/2010 10:13:00 AM

Exactly how I do and it continues to work. I just try not to beat up on myself for the overage days.

WOGGER54 7/3/2011 10:40:00 AM

one thing to keep in mind, what's done is done, can't be undone, but you don't have to keep doing it, keep your chin up, go from here, don't beat yourself up, just start now, don't look back, or you'll lose this moment and you'll never get this moment back, life is too short, live and enjoy, life is a gift from God

MARYLQ11 9/26/2010 4:47:00 PM

I've been maintaining for three years--keeping track of food is must

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Maintenance does not mean perfection each and every day of our lives. It means staying in the ballpark! We stay in the game and we manage our foods and activity so that our weight stays within a couple of pounds of our goal weight. Maintenance is about living life how we enjoy it and fitting our eating into our lifestyle. Changes yes, but not a life of total restriction. Maintenance, Life is grand!

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