Jeez...I am so shy in this forum and I dont know why. I entered maintenance right before Christmas and would like to start regularly posting here....but I feel like I do not quite belong here yet. I don't know why...
I am scared I guess, scared of regaining. Don't get me wrong, I think I know what to do as I have read all of your posts and advice on how to keep the weight off. I still want to shoot for 6 more pounds to give me my maintenance range but I have technically met my goal which I set when I started out in May.
Hope to get to know you guys soon and to 'fit' in here.
I hear ya, about the whole being scared of regaining thing. I just started with the Metabolic Research Center, but I've only told my husband and my mom. I didn't want all of my friends and family to know. I mean, if I ended up failing, I didn't want it to be broadcast all over the world, ya know?
The way I figure it, though, is that if you've been able to take it off, you'll be able to keep it off, especially if you've got the knowledge you need. I'm sure you'll do FABULOUSLY!
Slim CB, I feel the exact same way that you do. I got to goal on 12-21-10 and plan to use my goal weight as my "redline" weight, but I'd feel better if I went a little bit below it. I've raised my calories from 1400 to 1500 and have been thinking that I should be able to maintain at 1700, but now I'm wondering whether I'll have to stay at 1500 (which wouldn't be horrible, but I'd rather have more breathing room for when I get older).
Didn't mean to hijack your thread...just wanted to say that I sympathize. Good luck to us in maintenance!
I was a little nervous about posting here initially, too. Felt like a fraud somehow, didn't know anybody, figured who wanted to hear about me and what I was doing. I have learned since that the online support is a fabulous thing, so come on in! Welcome.
Slim CB, I feel the exact same way that you do. I got to goal on 12-21-10 and plan to use my goal weight as my "redline" weight, but I'd feel better if I went a little bit below it. I've raised my calories from 1400 to 1500 and have been thinking that I should be able to maintain at 1700, but now I'm wondering whether I'll have to stay at 1500 (which wouldn't be horrible, but I'd rather have more breathing room for when I get older).
Didn't mean to hijack your thread...just wanted to say that I sympathize. Good luck to us in maintenance!
No worries...I am glad that someone feels the same way I do...shows me that I am not alone.
BTW...I got to goal on 12-22-10! Just one day after you!
How many more pounds do you want to shoot for? I am still eating at 1400, just for a couple more weeks to see if my weight will drop. I am just trying to experiment with this.
I was a little nervous about posting here initially, too. Felt like a fraud somehow, didn't know anybody, figured who wanted to hear about me and what I was doing. I have learned since that the online support is a fabulous thing, so come on in! Welcome.
Thanks! And congrats at being at maintenance for so long!
It's okay, girls. Bring your lunch tray over to our cafeteria table. You can sit with us. We'll be nice, I promise.
A major regain is pretty much everyone's nightmare.
Mine, too. Very much so. I've done this before, you see: Lost well over 100 pounds, got down to a size 6 (in old-style sizing, which I imagine would be tiny now) and went as low as 107 pounds, and then regained over 150 pounds.
I'm trying to get it right this time. What's going to help is that I feel less alone in the process, and I'm in a place where I'm far from unique. (Years ago, I was the only one I knew who'd lost that much weight without having my jaws wired shut or using NutriSystem or amphetamines.)
What I keep rediscovering on this board is that, no matter how weird my fears have seemed, or what kind of knots I've tied my mind into, worrying over something, I'm never the only one out there with that concern. Someone else is dealing with it, or has dealt with it. Usually even the act of writing it out in a post gives me some perspective & sanity. My sense irony returns, and helps me see how irrational I'm being. And if others have no clear-cut solutions to offer, at least there's the fellowship of commiseration & comfort & just plain being there through hard times.
Slim CB, I guess I'm hoping to stabilize where my morning weight ranges between 140 and 143 or thereabouts. I originally planned to stay at 1500 calories for 2 weeks, but I'm going to stay there for 4 or possibly 8 weeks because my best comparisons are 4 weeks apart. If my pattern for the last few months is still holding, I "should" lose about 2 pounds every 4 weeks at 1500 calories--8 weeks should provide some good data points to see if I'm still close to that.
saef, thanks for your post--you're so articulate, I always look forward to your posts.
Thanks also to bargoo, AshleyRae, and Shannon. Nice (virtually) meeting you!
Slim, don't be shy, speak up and post whenever you feel like it! I'm shy too, really. I think Saef said it really well. This forum is so helpful b/c we can share the positive times as well as the negative or stressful ones. I might be lucky enough to have supportive friends, but I don't have any who've successfully lost and kept off 60 lbs. My friends here can relate to me. And I think the fear of regaining is quite natural. And though I've experienced something of a regain, (20 lbs over the last 4 years), I've been battling it, and everyone here has remained really supportive. So don't be shy! We're glad you're here.
welcome! and yes, as saef noted....the threat of regain is what makes maintaining a challenge. i try to see that threat as motivation to keep up the hard work that got me to this point.
congrats on what you have achieved and dont be shy
Hi SlimCB and welcome to the forum. I'm new here as well although I've been lurking a couple of months. I feel nervous here as well right now, but I'm sure we're going to be fine.
I hit my original goal weight of 145 back in November but have since re-adjusted a couple of times and have now set my final goal I think for 132lbs with a red line of 137lbs.
Looking forward to getting to know you.
Shy Maintainer Here
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