This maintenance thing is....different. :/
I reached my goal on Wednesday (yay!!) Now, of course, I've started the whole six-week maintenance "adjustment" period. When I was actively trying to lose weight, I was at 29 points per day. This week, I've bumped my daily points up to 35 to see if I can stop losing and start maintaining.
But, oh my god, I'm finding it a bit difficult. I think the main reason is because I am pretty damn active, so this week I have chosen to eat my activity points rather than "keep" them, which was what I was doing when I was losing. And I guess it just seems really strange, after 14 months of actively trying to lose, to suddenly be eating more. It's hard to turn off that switch.
I mean, I went to the gym today and did an hour of high-intensity cardio, during which time I burned 887 calories (I wear a heart rate monitor and chest strap.) I couldn't just leave that kind of calorie deficit, since I'm trying to maintain now...but man, didn't it feel weird to eat that much more food than usual?
I guess I'll get used to it after a while, but....it's just such a strange switch. Does anyone relate to what I'm going through?
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