[cmb9697]

I wasn't expecting it to happen today, but they officially moved me to Maintenance today. I'm only in week 5 of stabilization... what's up with that? My counselor told me that week 6 was the same as week 5 and that she felt I was ready. Is this true (week 5 same as 6?)? I thought there would be a difference. I hope I'm not missing out on something. I should be happy but I've got that fear of the unknown thing going on. Calorie counting shouldn't be too hard. I think I can do it... yeah.. I know I can. Anyone else experience something like this?

What was your transition like? How did it go? What did you do to be successful? Questions, questions....

thanks!
Carla B.

[reuselady]

I understand Carla. I was on vacation during week 5 so I repeated it when I got home (still didn't feel like I followed it very well) and then week 6 was exactly the same - the page just recapped all the additions.

When I started maintenance, I started tracking # of servings of the different food groups and how many of each I ate in a day. The hardest thing I found was getting enough protein - HNSs are just protein but everything else has carbs and fat with the protein. I probably had too few veggies for a month or so but I was missing them so a couple weeks ago, I made a conscious decision to cut out the treats I had gotten too liberal with over Christmas (especially chocolate and deserts) and increased the salads and veggie servings. I had put 3 or 4 pounds on and was able to get back down to 139 yesterday. I

'm feeling more confident each day that I can live like this the rest of my life. Congratulations on this new phase of your journey! jeanette

[cmb9697]

Thanks Jeanette! That sure does make me feel better about the transition. I'm feeling confident that I can maintain, and it seems like the center is 100% behind me too. They're going to keep me in line. To me, it's just a weird, wonderful feeling... like moving out and being on your own for the first time, responsible for yourself and your actions; and being afraid that you're going to screw it all up. But, I guess that's how we learn and grow(in our minds, not our waistlines - hopefully!) Thanks again.. and congrats to you too!!

[porchmom84]

Originally Posted by cmb9697

I wasn't expecting it to happen today, but they officially moved me to Maintenance today. I'm only in week 5 of stabilization... what's up with that? My counselor told me that week 6 was the same as week 5 and that she felt I was ready. Is this true (week 5 same as 6?)? I thought there would be a difference. I hope I'm not missing out on something. I should be happy but I've got that fear of the unknown thing going on. Calorie counting shouldn't be too hard. I think I can do it... yeah.. I know I can. Anyone else experience something like this?

What was your transition like? How did it go? What did you do to be successful? Questions, questions....

thanks!
Carla B.

You're a few weeks ahead of me...I'm on week 4 of stabilization. So how is it going? Any pointers? Easier/harder than stabilization?