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Minor/major maintenance, one in the same?
01-18-2009, 02:13 PM
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Pretty harmless really...
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Location, location!
Posts: 1,096
S/C/G: Maintaining 142-148
Height: 5 ft 8.5" athlete who can give a punch & certainly take one too! :)
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Minor/major maintenance, one in the same?
Well today marks 22 months of maintenance for me and I'm thrilled to have another month under my belt. Yippee! 
Is their a length of time needed to have passed to consider ourselves a true success?
I'm pretty dayum proud of myself for getting to this level and staying on top of my maintenance game. Yes, I work at it, but it certainly was do-able to get to goal and stay within my 6 pound safe buffer zone (3 lbs above goal or 3 lbs below goal) month after month. Look out 2 years, cuz here I come!
I know others have lost five times more weight than myself, yet I still feel like a minority sometimes. But hey, I lost weight and I'm maintaining too! Minor or not, I still consider it pretty major! This is why I wanted to make a post shout out, so others like myself or featherweights can see someones success from a "little losers" perspective! 
Whether it's a 10 pound maintenance or a 100 pound maintenance, it still takes effort & we should be treated the same, regardless of how much we have lost.
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I'm hanging on TIGHT  cruising down the maintenance highway, and hoping not to de-rail!
 MAINTAINER with 5 YEARS + 2 months experience under my belt!
 aka ~ Wendalyn
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Last edited by evilwomaniamshe : 01-19-2009 at 08:03 AM.
Reason: typo
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01-18-2009, 02:25 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 1999
Posts: 10,489
S/C/G: 257/135/maintaining
Height: 5' 4"
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Congratulations on another successful month of maintenance, Wendalyn! 
And you're absolutely right -- maintenance of any weight loss, regardless of amount, is worth celebrating! 
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Meg
Start: 257 - June 1, 2001
Goal: 135 - May 12, 2002
Size 22/size 4
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01-18-2009, 02:27 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Tucson, AZ
Posts: 2,070
Height: 5'7"
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Wendalyn, I think the statistics on regain get remarkably better once you get past the 5 year mark. You've got 22 months under your belt, and you know what to do, so you'll make it!
I think we're a true success when we decide to make a lifestyle change and commit to it!
Anne
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Long enough have you dream'd contemptible dreams,
Now I wash the gum from your eyes,
You must habit yourself to the dazzle of the light and of every moment of your life. -from Song of Myself, Walt Whitman
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01-18-2009, 03:01 PM
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The Radiant One
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Upstate NY
Posts: 2,751
S/C/G: 250/142/135
Height: 5'2"
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Every day that you maintain is a success!
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01-18-2009, 03:03 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Idaho
Posts: 4,500
S/C/G: 261/156/below 160
Height: 5'8" (Dang, I shrank an inch!)
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Congratulations on 22 months of maintenance! It's an awesome accomplishment, and you should be incredibly proud of yourself. And what you said in your last sentence is so true--it's hard to maintain any amount of weight loss.
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Sheila
Women who behave rarely make history.
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01-18-2009, 03:41 PM
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Maintaining :)
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Michigan
Posts: 4,752
S/C/G: 215/117/120
Height: 5'4"
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Congrats! Maintenance of ANY loss is a huge thing! You deserve to celebrate!
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Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God, and that you are not your own? ICor 6:19
My Pictorial Journey " " My Goal Story
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01-18-2009, 11:20 PM
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3 + years maintaining
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 12,070
S/C/G: 287/120's
Height: 5 foot nuthin'
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01-19-2009, 10:18 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: California
Posts: 7,098
S/C/G: 197/135/?
Height: 5'7"
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Congratulations and thank you. As I approach maintenance, I appreciate every maintenance story I can find.
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"It is impossible to live pleasurably without living wisely, well, and justly, and it is impossible to live wisely, well, and justly without living pleasurably" Epicurus
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01-20-2009, 09:03 AM
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All stocked up on crazy!
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Planet Can-Do!
Posts: 3,193
S/C/G: 207.8 / 156 / 140
Height: ~5'10" of snark
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Congratulations! You've done fabulous!
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