Just thought I'd say...

  • I remember getting to the point when I only needed to lose 10 more lbs. and that is when I gave up and went back to my old ways...I look forward to being a featherweight and dread it all at once...am I weird?!?!?!
  • Not at all. Being a featherweight is great but staying a featherweight is a pain. I have the occasional dark moment when I think it would be worth weighing 20 pounds more again just so I wouldn't have to worry or care about what I eat, but at the moment I am beasting for a fresh home cooked meal after a couple weeks "off."
  • I recall battling with those last 10 lbs for what seemed like forever, I got in to the mindset that I didn't look so fat and terrible, I looked much better....still not where I wanted to be, but still not too shabby so I allowed myself to slack off way to often.
  • Ill be happy when I get to needing to only lose 10 more lbs
  • I feel the same way. I got on the scale this morning and saw that I had lost an impressive amount of weight in the past few weeks and then was in a really foul mood because

    a.) i thought it was a mistake and it must all be water weight

    and

    b.) that I would never ever be able to maintain it.

    I think it's the fear of losing what we've worked so hard to get that keeps us stuck. I'm so scared I'm going to blow this because I feel like I look so much better and yet have a ways to go and a lot of work ahead of me. But it is worth it and I'm willing to risk it all!!!!
  • For me, those last few pounds are the hardest because when I'm at that point, I feel like I look "ok." So it's a lot harder for me to find the motivation. I figure, "I look pretty decent, so why kill myself?"

    I just have to keep reminding myself that I want to look better than "decent." I want to be the hottest girl in the room, dammit! lol
  • Maintaining is always the hardest for me, as soon as i lose a few pound i go hey! i'm doing good i can slack off! which leads to me gaining it back. ugh. sick of this.