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Originally Posted by Snoofie
did any of you feel this "trepidation" of sorts when you started getting somewhat close to your goal weight? Did you find the switch from losing mode to maintenance mode difficult? Can you share your experiences? And if anyone else who's still losing weight is feeling this way, feel free to commiserate...right now I feel like I'm the only one on earth who must feel this way! *L*
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1st of all,
on your loss thus far! You're doing great!!!
Having been a yo-yo'er most of my life, I can say that maintenance is the hardest thing - way harder than losing, IMHO. But I say that because I've (obviously) never been able to achieve it. I've lost 30-40 lbs about 6-7 times in my adult life, and so far, 8 months was the longest I was able to keep the weight off... and every single time I started gaining the weight back (plus more, ugh!!) it was due to a physical injury that prevented me from exercising. I had some sort of stumbling block in my head: "if I can't exercise, how can I lose/maintain??"
That's part of why I'm hoping this round of weight loss will be my final! No more yo-yo'ing!! Because I haven't made exercise the corner-stone of my weight loss this time - THIS TIME, I have made eating less food the corner-stone. And I stand by my mantra of "diet for weight loss/exercise for fitness".
While I still have 15 pounds to go to meet goal (& have suffered a wicked plateau the past 3 months!!) I still believe I am doing this the right way (for me.) It's taken me 2 years to lose 37 lb. That's pretty slow weight loss! - but from 3FC & all the members who come & go here, I've learned that slow & steady wins the race, because I'm changing my HABITS, and as many people tout, it's not a "diet" it's a LIFESTYLE change.