02-05-2009, 07:50 PM
#1
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Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Bat Country
Posts: 6,915
Maintenance is....
Hi guys,
As some of you may know I ponder the philosophical side of this whole journey and sometimes I have deep thoughts and sometimes I have shallow thoughts. I thought it would be fun and enlightening to write about our feelings and interpretations of maintenance.
So....jump right in if you would like!
Maintenance is like running as fast as you can just to stay in the same place.
Maintenance is sometimes easy, sometimes hard, sometimes convenient, sometimes not, but it is always worth it. Just like lots of other things in life.
Really, I think maintenance could be a metaphor for life. Sometimes it's a pleasure and sometimes it's work, but who really wants the alternative at this moment in our lives?
What do you guys think?
Maintenance is.......
02-05-2009, 08:23 PM
#2
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Davis, Ca
Posts: 23,149
S/C/G: 204/114/120
Height: 5'
Maintenance is a full time job with great rewards.
02-05-2009, 09:00 PM
#3
Working my way back
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Tx
Posts: 729
S/C/G: 185/150
Height: 5'5
maintenance is that magical place i dream of... *sigh*
02-05-2009, 09:27 PM
#4
Pretty harmless really...
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Location, location!
Posts: 1,139
S/C/G: Maintaining 142-148
Height: 5 ft 8.5" athlete who can give a punch & certainly take one too! :)
Maintenance is...........
Cardio + Weights + Good Nutrition = my maintenance!
In other words plenty of this
and a lot of this
and I've consumed plenty of protein like these guys!
02-05-2009, 09:39 PM
#5
Just Yr Everyday Chick
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Florida
Posts: 10,852
S/C/G: Lost 50 lbs, regained some
Height: 5'3"
Maintenance is the healthy lifestyle I should have been following all along...
Jay
02-05-2009, 09:55 PM
#6
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Tucson, AZ
Posts: 2,071
Height: 5'7"
Maintenance is not about a number on a scale. Maintenance is the healthy, moderate eating, exercise, and mental habits that I need to do, almost every day, to live the life I want to live.
Anne
02-05-2009, 10:57 PM
#7
Let's do this!
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: 3rd cornfield on the left.
Posts: 3,757
S/C/G: 210/149/140
Height: 5'6.5
Maintenance is balance, physical well being and body awareness.
Maintenance is non compacency and being "tuned in".
Maintenance is finding the rewards beyond the scale and being grateful for them every step of the way.
02-05-2009, 11:02 PM
#8
I'M A YOGA WIDOWER!
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Southern California
Posts: 21,844
S/C/G: 201/186/180
Height: 6'
Maintenance is something I need to do better homework for.
02-05-2009, 11:45 PM
#9
Becoming myself
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 481
S/C/G: 294/233/180
Height: 5'9"
Maintenance is honoring what really matters.
02-06-2009, 05:10 AM
#10
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 1999
Posts: 8,974
Maintenance is 24/7/365, for the rest of our lives.
02-06-2009, 06:39 AM
#11
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 843
S/C/G: 150/G:finding the happy me
Height: 5'2"
Maintenance is just as challenging as weight loss. It requires the same careful planning, attention, and conscious choices. The difference is that we are enjoying all of the wonderful benefits of our new bodies while we continue to work at it.
02-06-2009, 08:33 AM
#12
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Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Bat Country
Posts: 6,915
Maintenance is the literal embodiment of the phrase "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
Wendalyn, I think at my cellular level, I am half turkey by now!
02-06-2009, 08:42 AM
#13
Maintainer Wannabe
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 1,614
S/C/G: 161/143/135
Height: 5'7"
Maintenance is consistency.
Maintenance is long-term focus.
Maintenance is being able to throw on last summer's bikini this spring break. priceless.
02-06-2009, 09:04 AM
#14
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 1999
Posts: 8,974
Maintenance is the hardest and most rewarding thing I've done in my life (besides being a mom!)
02-06-2009, 09:41 AM
#15
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Davis, Ca
Posts: 23,149
S/C/G: 204/114/120
Height: 5'
Maintenace
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Originally Posted by
Meg
Maintenance is 24/7/365, for the rest of our lives.
Meg, you said it best! That's it in a nutshell....took me a long time to learn this,
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