Congratulations on your weight loss Gypsy. You have done an amazing thing for your health. You deserve a pat on the back, a big giant hug...not cookies!
Getting to goal, or even major milestones were anticlimactic for me as well. Oh sure it was great to be there, but I knew the work wasn't over...that it would never be over if I were to STAY at goal.
It's HARD. THe hardest thing I have ever done.
Staying the same weight is absolutely hard work. It's so hard, that hardly anyone ever actually does it. Like a small handful of people accomplish it.
Looking at, smelling, even tasting goodies
is a nightmare for me. Every time I resist crap I feel good, when I don't, I feel bad. I have no moderation button, and the stop button is broken. So, 90% of the time I suffer though the temptation and try to avoid sugar at all costs. On the occasions that I give in, there have been major spikes on the scale, and I end up feeling physically and
mentally ill. I remind myself of that every time I'm tempted. It sucks, really it does, but it's the cards I've been dealt.