xty, because of all the stalls I've had and the time I've kept my weight the same without losses/gains, I'm hoping maintenance won't be too hard. But to be honest I don't know what to expect. I have ideas on how I'm going to do this, I'm just not sure if my ideas are the right way.

That's why I've been hanging around here, hoping to hear some strategys or advice before I hit goal. There's so much advice out there on how to lose weight, but what about maintaining it?

StephanieM - Too true there isn't much advice out there. This forum is the one exception. The stickies are pure gold - I think the reason that I'm not sweating maintenance all that much is that I'd read all of those threads beginning to end several times, long before I completed "the first phase" of my loss. Granted, I didn't have to lose as much as most, and as I am sometimes rather abruptly reminded, that makes me a bit of an outsider in the majority of the forums. I love xty's attitude about flexing with the changes - if something doesn't work, have a plan B, C, and D waiting in the wings to try next!

152.5 this morning ... disappointing! One of those no-logical-reason bounces - I was better behaved this past weekend than I have been for a very long time. Perhaps even my scale developed the bad habit of the 2# weekend bounce? Oh. Well. Onward we go. I am sure that if I can link 3 good weekends in a row, I'll be moving consistently down again.

After literally one month with 193 as my lowest current weight, this morning it dropped. I had a few bad days earlier this month and the weight jumped up. I've finally lost what I gained and the new weight is 192.6. I don't want to wait another month to see new territory again, so I have to remain vigilant that I don't have another slide.

Congrats to all the losers this week! WTG, SB, xty, and Stephanie!

Welcome, Matt!!! Congrats on your impressive journey!

Becky, I think your scale did think "Oh, it's Monday! Add 2 lbs!" Have you seen Dodgeball? There's a part where the main bad guy says "Add 2 lbs to the scale in the ladies' locker room." scales!!

So I stepped on the scale yesterday and pretty much had a heart attack. Down two pounds today from yesterday just from cleaner eating. Time to get serious. I'm going back to a paleoish framework, allowing dairy, beans, potatoes (but only au naturel!) and sometimes oatmeal. So, yah, paleoish! The stuff I overeat is usually wheat-based, although cutting out junkfood would address most of that! Today I'm off to the store and the gym. Heavy legs day....

Hello

Here is what I need to remember and return to:

-no food after 8/8:30p
-if feeling weak regarding resolve to end nighttime snacking, retreat to bedroom with tea
-running makes me feel great
-if feeling weak regarding portion control and calorie counting, eat easy to count foods... 2oz cashews/ 8oz turkey breast (bkfst/lunch today)
-feeling in control and accountable is so much better than feeling out of control and like I let myself down.
-it is very ok to throw out leftover brownies

thank you for reading

I welcome your mojo to come and stimulate my mojo. I am in fake it until I make it mode must remember good habits before bad ones fully return

Wow - just ... wow! I hope that your mojo is good with providing me with this week's quote for my planner! Funny, I oughta tattoo that on the back of the hand that needs to be smacked for reaching into the potato chip bag.

So, I ate a little junk, but not that much this weekend (piece of carrot cake and a couple hershey kiss-sized chocolates). Didn't track my food over the weekend as I was away from home and missing my kitchen scale and calorie count program. And I'm up 2lbs today. It's like all my work of the past two weeks has magically evaporated, which makes me want to give up both on losing and on maintaining and stuff my face with junk. (The mentality of "If I'm going to gain anyway, I might as well enjoy it.") I know it must be water weight because there is no way I ate enough calories to gain 2lbs of fat, so hopefully it will evaporate in a couple days.

Meanwhile, due to various circumstances (okay, one circumstance -- being out of town in the middle of nowhere) I didn't make it to the pool or on my bike this weekend. Running is right on schedule though. Maybe pool tomorrow night if I'm not too tired, otherwise it will just wait for next weekend.

Matt Good to have you here.

KC - my mojo is tootling on over for a meet-up. It is very OK to bin brownies. Have some F&V, remember.

Jessica - bet that weight will go in a few days.

Food still pretty good here. Down another pound.

Lol, Silver I read F and V as ?fun and value?
Yes, fruits and veggies are part of my plan also
xo

Thanks Becky, I'm pretty sure maintenance for me will be a lot of trial and error. Seeing what works and and what doesn't. I want to keep logging my food until at least my little purple notebook runs out of paper. That way I can find out what's causing ups and downs.

I'm going to slowly increase carbs and calories once a week or so. That's the only plan now.

I did some awesome lat pulldowns today, some kettlebell exercises, and some good ab exercises that made my tummy feel good after.

Tomorrow is about practicing yoga moves and learning to be more flexible.

Day one POP completed.
-in the face of a 16 hour work day and a bleeping (insert bad language here) commuter nightmare.

onward. forward.
day two, here I come

MOJO MOJO MOJO MOJO MOJO MOJO MOJO MOJO MOJO MOJO

KC - that is excellent. Well done! Keep that mojo running. MOJO running.

Can I rejoin you guys? I was amongst the original "5-10" thread members, but have lost my way a bit. Um, yeah, and is it still 5-however much you need to lose? Cuz I've got more than 10! Since I was on the thread last August my weight has stayed between (gulp) 158-163. Now I'm back from my long vacation and reading 166. Not. Acceptable.

I've started a food journal for the first time in months, cleaned out the fridge (vaca helped with the that) and restocked & chopped my fruits & veggies, made a big pot of chili Sunday night, headed back to the gym yesterday... so I can do this.

KC, keep the mojo going!

Megan back! Are you tanned and relaxed? Just dive right in (I think you know how to do that).