I was back to 234.6 today - but I'm still looking at +/- 1 lb as maintenance.
I was going to try to get re-started last week but it didn't happen for a few reasons, and realistically, it's not going to happen this week or next, as there are several family things going on, and this just isn't the right timing to set myself up for success. So I'm going to continue to practice maintenance, and I'm pretty proud of myself for being able to do this. In the past, I've never maintained - I was either actively losing or just ignoring the whole issue and at least gaining. But now, I feel like I'm doing things right- eating moderate quantities of healthy food, with an ocassional treat in there, but a portion controlled one. I am weighing in at least once a week and posting here.
And when the time is right, I will get back into my more aggressive, weight loss eating plan, with a lot of renewed optimism that this can in fact be the time that I can both lose the weight and maintain that loss. I have to accept that it's ok to do this in fits and starts and lose 25 lbs, and then maintain and then lose another 25 (or whatever) lbs and then maintain for a bit, etc. It's good for me to get out of the all or nothing mindset.
Everyone has to do what works for them, and for many people that is the right way to go. I thought it was for me, but my past history is that it didn't work, so I'm good with doing things differently this time.
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