Hey Nite,
It seems that you are sorta running in place and getting know where's huh?
But listen up girly, look how far you have come. First and foremost embrace that, dang you've done good, you should be so proud of the muscles you now have! Sure we all are a bit obsessive compulsed wanting the scale to go lower and lower time and time again, but sometime it settles for reasons unbeknownst to us and that sucks! I say continue doing what your doing food wise, but go full throttle for a week doing something totally different exercise wise and albeit you break thru that wall of plateau your at! If you want better abs, concentrate on those this week, do side bends, crunches, sip ups etc.
Be happy you can atleast maintain your weight, I find maintaning far harder than losing ever was....

You'll lose those last 3 pounds soon enough Nite, I am certain. Heck a few good ole sh*ts outta take care of those last 3 pounds try eating more FIBER, think beans, popcorn, prunes, grapes, fiber cereal, oatmeal etc. These great foods help the scale keep a mooooovin down ya know. You can do it, I am rootin for ya!
~wendalyn

Wendalyn!! Maybe I just need more FIBER

Don't you be laughin till you try it, It's worth a shot yannoo. Hey where can I find the cute animations for my replies too? I am not seeing them, so how can I add them to a post. I obviously had them at one time, being they are on my siggy, but now I gots nothin!

Hey, I'm only laughing because it's FUNNY... I'm GOING to try it ****, I'm about to go to Publix and get some PRUNES -maybe they will still have the cherry-flavored ones, since the regular ones are hard to swallow

Here's how to get the cute animation thingies:
Instead of quick replying, just click "post reply" - you will have a whole host of animation smileys available to you.

Top tip: chew 'em first.

But if you don't chew 'em, do you get even more fiber effect??

I like the regular ones fine!

Jay

It is a tricky one, isn't it. Wouldn't it be so much easier if your head didn't get in the way and you could just be ok at a reasonable and healthy weight? I am the same way, Shane. My goal was 130, but I was even eyeing 125. I was there for about 5 minutes and my body said "nope, no way, not a chance, not your weight". It really has taken some time and I've won some battles along the way (dropping a pants size, my stomach not "feeling" so flabby), but that magic number of mine will go no lower than 138 and I've got to be ok with that. 138 is a size 6/8. 138 allows me to eat out once a week. 138 makes me feel really good with a tan. I can maintain this and manage it well.

So 138 it is.

I don't have anything to say that will just make it magically ok or to make you magically hit that mythical number... I echo what Ennay said, to try something new fitness wise. When I took up running a whole year and a half after I lost all the weight, it gave me a renewed sense of motivation. It also gave me that extra 'something' that my normal workout didn't. I would also say to give it some time. Even though I had never been thin (as you have), I still had some hefty expectations that I had to realize were no longer realistic for me and how I wanted to live my life.

You guys are cracking me up. If ya swallow the prunes whole, you get the benefit of the pit working its way through your system. I'm sure moving a purne pit takes more calories than it contributes.

Thats what I'm talking about Nite, either get the cherry ones or the orange ones, they are AWESOME and ahemmm get the JOB DONE!!!!
No grunting required!

Hehe, junebug, you and I are the same weight! And you're right, it ISN'T a bad weight to be. I also wanted 125. Now how tall are you, out of curiousity?

I think my "thin" days gave me my hefty 125 expectations, though what I've realized is that at 125, I didn't have the muscle mass I have now at 138. I could see my hip bones, my stomach was pretty hollow (though I didn't have abs or anything), and I wore a size 4 (2 in some cases). Now, I wear a 4-6, so I'm very close, just heavier and more meaty (with muscle!)

gail!! In that case, I'm going to have to st the pit! A good portion of the prunes I've seen are actually pit-less, so you CAN swallow them all at once.

Oooo orange prunes! I'll have to get some of BOTH flavors!

And yeah, I'm cracking up hardcore over here. This is a funny subject.

Gosh, I only buy pitted!

Jay

Hi Shane! are you 100% certain that the extra weight is the issue and the reason you are feeling unsettled and not satisfied?

What happens if you wake up tomorrow at goal weight? would it all be over? would everything be perfect and you would live happily ever after?

As I've been losing weight I've realized I have other issues too, and they all need to be worked on - the weight is really only a symptom of what's eating me.

What ThinGirl says. Don't we all have issues of some kind.

Goes to show you how many prunes I eat. I thought they came with pits.

Thin, Yep everything would be in supermagiclalaland, so my life would be absolutely perfect!

Ha! You're right that it wouldn't be. I'll always find something to hate on my body, and I've grown to accept that... but I still refuse to accept any belly fat I may have

If I woke up and weighed 125 pounds and had perfect abs, I'd probably pinch myself, try to wake up, then thank God for the miracle BUT since that isn't logical or reasonable, I've decided to stop worrying about weighing 125 pounds and just focusing on the muscle definition I want.

gail, I never eat prunes either (well, until today - hahaha), but my mom is a huge fan and eats the cherry flavored ones most. I've had them before and they were not so bad. Still, the appearance and texture of prunes makes me less than eager to eat them.

5'6 and a half.

I say 5'7, my doctor says 5'6.

We've compromised.